Our recent gear test winners, Absence of Ocean, have been hard at work these past few weeks...
Zach Blumenfeld
The Difference Between Liability Insurance and Property Insurance for Musicians
We’ve run a number of articles in the past about insurance coverage for working musicians. Mainly...
Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Reviews: 3 Different Takes
STUDIO TEST: Performer’s Product Testers Hit the Studio (and the Street) with the ATH-M50x studio...
Live Review: Kung Fu at The Big Up 2011
Kung Fu is an eclectic outfit of seasoned, well-played, innovative musicians - a super collective hailing ties to The Breakfast, RAQ, Deep Banana Blackout, and Scofield....
Live Review: Consider The Source at The Big Up 2011
Before their set, Consider The Source wasn't entirely sure what kind of crowd they would draw at 2pm on the last day of the festival. By the time they took the stage, people...
Live Review: The Werks at The Big Up 2011
The Werks channel the best part of classic jam rock, they just do it their way. Slightly psychedelic synthesizers and electro-dance beats integrate unnoticeably into their...
Live Review: Lollapalooza Day 1
It’s the seventh year since the rebirth of Perry Farrell’s brainchild Lollapalooza as a three-day festival in the heart of downtown Chicago (it was formerly a festival that traveled from city to...
Live Review: Big Gigantic at The Big Up 2011
After EOTO's set on Saturday night, a friend and I were discussing the headliners. He talked about the difficulty he had getting into Big Gigantic. For him, the duo was too...
Live Review: Timbre Coupe at The Big Up 2011
Timbre Coup takes their time getting to the point, but there's no real rush. They're more about the journey. Timbre Coup's path winds from cool and laid back to funky, stomping...
Live Review: Technicolor Lenses at The Big Up 2011
Technicolor Lenses was an unexpected breath of fresh air at The Big Up. Their emcee straddles manifestations of Atmosphere and Mr. Lif and their dubbed out, electro-pop beats...
Live Review: Warped Tour in Atlanta
Where: Atlanta, GA When: August 1, 2011 (photos by James Hester except where noted) Atlanta's Warped Tour 2011 might have had a rocky start for...
Live Review: Wobblesauce at The Big Up 2011
Oh dance-rock, with your dub bass lines, weird synth grooves, and fat beats. We can't seem to get enough of you this summer. As part of the electronic wave sweeping over jam...
Live Review: Jimkata at The Big Up 2011
Jimkata is a solid electro-rock act. Persistent, steady dance grooves line drum machines, synths, and electric guitar. The band's powerful drumming and guitar work ride the...



