With the summer in full swing, Steel Panther’s Stix Zadinia stopped by to give us his guide to surviving the festival season. Those not easily offended can check out his mixture of hilarious and downright bizarre wisdom here.

We were again inundated with new gear, such as DW’s Pacific Mainstage Series, Highwood’s Hallmark snare and The Dube. The latter is the brainchild of former footballer Dion Dublin, and we caught up with Dion and session ace Karl Brazil to get a demo of the percussive cube.

There was also plenty of time for some star interviews, as The Like’s Tennessee Thomas told us there aren’t enough female drummers and Ronnie Vannucci gave us an insight into when we can expect a new record from The Killers.