Lead vocalist and ska legend Pauline Black took a pause while touring in Germany to discuss the...
Chris Devine
FLASHBACK: Vintage 1959 Fender Esquire
FLASHBACK: 1959 Fender Esquire Once upon a time, in a land called Rock & Roll, a man known as...
RECORDS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE With Francis Beringer from Caustic Casanova
RECORDS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE With Francis Beringer from Caustic Casanova I’m Francis Beringer,...
Annie and the Beekeepers
My Bonneville Brooklyn, NY (Self-released) "American roots music, sweetly intimate with vast boot-stomping songwriting" Unlike most fair-weather folk musicians, Annie Lynch is a...
Aesop Rock
Skelethon New York, NY (Rhymesayers Entertainment) “A triumphant return and the best hip-hop to come out this year” On his sixth album, Ian Matthias Bavitz, better known as Aesop Rock,...
Aaron Embry
Tiny Prayers Ojai, CA (Community Music) “Spinning tales with a masterful, minimalist approach” Aaron Embry is singer/songwriter, a spinner of tales, and in nearly every sense of the phrase, a...
TC Electronic John Petrucci Signature Dreamscape Pedal
PROS: Good selection of musical modulations, true bypass or buffered bypass. CONS: None. TC Electronic’s Dreamscape pedal brings the modulation effects contained in John Petrucci’s monstrous racks...
TC-Helicon VoiceTone Mic Mechanic Vocal Effects Pedal
PROS: Simple, easy to use, good effects selection. CONS: None. Guitarists have long been able to use small pedals to alter/enhance their sound, while vocalists have been relegated to huge racks and...
From Practice Rooms to the Laundromats: In The Studio with The Stationary Set
http://youtu.be/DRwW9XKZS_c ALBUM INFO The Stationary Set Haunt On Recording Studio: Secret Society, Brooklyn, NY Record label: Self-released Release date: April 2012 Producer: Mike Beck and The...
Perfume Genius live in Boston
WHEN: OCTOBER 7, 2012 WHERE: JOHNNY D'S UPTOWN RESTAURANT AND MUSIC CLUB The aura surrounding Perfume Genius when he performs is mystifying. At times, it is beautifully mesmerizing and spare. At...
Crystal Castles and Health live in Boston
Where: House of Blues When: October 6, 2012 No one goes to a HEALTH/Crystal Castles concert expecting keen musicianship and tender harmonies—the only demand made for such a tremendous lineup is that...
Recording & Mixing Guitars in the Studio
Part 1 of 2 What’s the best way to record and mix electric and acoustic guitars? We have found that there is no “one way” to do anything in the studio, but here are some tried and true methods that...
Unnatural Helpers
Land Grab Seattle, WA (Hardly Art) “Seattle Sub-Punk” Land Grab features intense punk rock that makes a conscious nod to the golden-era Sub Pop sound. Formed around singer/songwriter/drummer (and...