It’s hard to believe that the standard guitar pick has evolved just as much as guitars and amps,...
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Grammy-nominee Kenyon Dixon Releases New Single “Drippin’”
“Less of a sound, more of a feeling; this record is just that. The summer feels you’ve been...
IK Multimedia’s UNO Synth now shipping
IK Multimedia's first hardware synthesizer, UNO Synth, is now available. Designed for everyone...
BUILDER PROFILE: Livid Instruments
Livid Instruments creates customizable hardware controllers that turn computers into playable instruments, smoothing workflow and enabling inspired live performances. Livid began in 2004 in Austin,...
Electro-Voice ZLX-12P Powered Speakers Review
In the past, even a minimal PA system could fill the better part of a band’s van, was a mega kluge of wires and hardware, and possibly featured questionable reliability. EV’s new ZLX system...
PreSonus ADL 700 All-Tube Mic Channel Strip/Preamp Review
Digital recording gives plenty of clarity, but warmth has always been the secret ingredient that’s most elusive. PreSonus brings that audio glow to the modern age with their ADL 700, an all-tube...
The Goodnight Darlings “July” Video Premiere
Like outlaws, The Goodnight Darlings shot their newest music video ("July) in the same wild desert backdrop as the movies “No Country for Old Men” and the 1950s classic “Giant." After touring their...
Line 6 Sonic Port iOS Audio Interface Review
Here’s something you’re gonna dig. Got an iPhone and wanna jam on the go? Line 6 has got you covered with the new Sonic Port guitar interface for iOS. This works seamlessly with all iPod, iPhone and...
MY FAVORITE AXE with Don Miggs
"Like the last 50 years of rock and roll music got put into a blender" is how Miggs has been described. Road warriors and dozens of "almost famous" stories later, the band has been delivering timely...
FLASHBACK: 1960s Heidelberg Cylinder Letterpress
The printing press heralded the new age of modern life by introducing movable type. Johannes Gutenberg is credited with invention of the printing press and movable type in 1440 (although I hear that...
Studio Lessons: Quality vs. Quantity (Part 1 of 2)
“How many songs do you think we can record in X hours”? It’s the number one question we get asked by artists in pre-production meeting. We once recorded, overdubbed and mixed nine songs for...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: MUUY BIIEN – “This is What Your Mind Imagines”
Hailing from Athens, GA, the awkwardly spelled Muuy Biien spews forth a distorted, garage-infused bombast of electric sludge: junk punk, if you will. It’s fast, it’s hardcore, and it’s everything...
Eliza Moore “Shimmer” Video Premiere
Montreal-based folk pop violinist Eliza Moore has traveled the world playing everywhere from street corners to opera houses. She was classically trained by composers in Boston and London and has...