When you can’t use a mic, your best bet is a DI box, and when a respected microphone company makes...
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Telefunken M60 FET Cardioid Microphone Review
Telefunken’s been one of THE names in microphones for decades, with a price to match their...
VIDEO: Sterling Microphones ST151 Demo (Isolated & in the Mix)
Our senior reviewer Chris Devine and vocalist Rob Kelley (of The Goodbye Theory) are testing out...
HARMAN’s DigiTech Announces the Rebirth of DOD
It’s the biggest news in guitar effects in decades: HARMAN’s DigiTech today announced the rebirth of DOD, one of the world’s most legendary guitar pedal lines. DOD is returning with a vengeance,...
New Video from The Breton Sound – “Standing On The Edge of the World”
In this month's "My Favorite Axe" column, we highlighted Jonathan Pretus (pictured below) of The Breton Sound out of New Orleans. Today we're happy to premiere their new video for the...
Elusive Parallelograms – “Fragments” Review
The newest release from Milwaukee’s Elusive Parallelograms, Fragments, is a raw, energetic representation of the band’s DIY spirit and approach to producing records. Opening with “Lucidity,” a...
Coke Weed – “Back to Soft” Review
Bar Harbor, ME quintet Coke Weed could be a Velvet Underground cover band and devastate the tribute band circuit. The group is fronted by singers Nina Donghia and Milan McAlevey’s catchy interplay,...
Balancing Booze and Adrenaline to Record an LP With “Huge Balls” – In The Studio with Sandrider
PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? We didn't really do the traditional pre-production. In fact we never have for any of our albums, this band or otherwise. It's not...
Make Money on YouTube with ONErpm
There's a saying in the startup world by founder Marc Barros of Contour Cameras: "The best product does not always win, the product everyone knows about does." I often repeat this when I speak at...
Typhoon: How the 11-Member Group Used its Numbers to Create Their Own Scene
Typhoon has moved away from the vernacular music traditions of their early recordings, which had song titles like “Sea Shanty,” “Sea Shanty 2” and “Gypsy Song,” to a relatively more pop sound. My...
Jacuzzi Boys Open Up About Recording New LP
They sound how a warm summer night feels... Maybe that’s because Jacuzzi Boys are a trio from Miami. Or maybe it’s because when Gabriel Alcala, Diego Monasterios, and Danny Gonzalez get together,...
Holograms Premiere New Video for “Meditations”
This week Holograms celebrate the release of Forever, their sophomore album that eMusic calls "invigorating and slightly dangerous at the same time" and praised by Pitchfork for "how they transform...
Celebrate Funk Friday with Isaac Hayes’ “Theme From Shaft”
He's a complicated man, but I think I understand him. Then again, I suppose I don't. Not fully, anyway. According to Hayes, the only one who can manage that is is woman. Who'm I talking about? Just...