Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile will lead an all-star band on a once-in-a-lifetime tour of North...
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Neunaber Iconoclast Speaker Emulator Review
Going direct and getting a realistic speaker sound used to mean either using a plug-in that ate up...
Top 4 Must-Have Effects Pedals Under $200
Tony Schreiber, co-founder of Pedal Genie, gives his top picks for the coolest pedals you didn't...
Live Review: Richard Ashcroft
March 24, 2011 // Villa Victoria Center When I first got wind that Richard Ashcroft was coming here, my "Sonnet" lyric tattoo from The Verve's mega-successful album Urban Hymns practically raised up...
Live Review: Tres Mts. With Gull
Tres Mts. a Pearl Jam side project of bassist Jeff Ament, Doug Pinnick of King's X, and also featuring Mike McCready (who joined them on their short six show tour.) The Paradise Rock club was lucky...
Apogee Launches Duet 2
Meet Duet 2, by Apogee Electronics, the next generation of the world’s most popular and respected portable recording interface. Duet 2 is built upon 25 years of Apogee Research and Development....
Live Review: Shaun Wolf Wortis’ Mardi Gras Ball
March 5, 2011 at TT The Bear’s Place; Cambridge, Ma. The 18th edition of Wolf’s annual Mardi Gras benefit show, with proceeds going towards support of the New Orleans Musicians Clinic, kicked off...
Live Review: Glassjaw with Tidal Arms and These People
Long Island New York's Glassjaw performed a sold out tremendous set at the Paradise Rock Club last Friday. There were many eager fans waiting to hear and see them. They played material...
Record Review: Zoey Van Goey
Zoey Van Goey Propeller Versus Wings Glasgow, Scotland “Don’t mess with robot dinosaurs” With a band name like Zoey Van Goey, it makes sense that this Scottish indie pop quartet has been described...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: Young Antiques
Young Antiques Fucked Up In Public Atlanta, GA “In the Dirty South, punk snot dead” Arriving on a 7-inch slab of swirly, colored vinyl with a mock-Ramones logo adorning the label, one would be quick...
Record Review: WH Walker
W.H. Walker Suds! Portland, OR “Doo-wop pop meets garage punk fun” What happens when a band fuses 1950s doo-wop pop with garage-punk and a contagious beat? Nostalgia for those laid-back summer days...
Record Review: Stereoflower
Stereoflower It's Alright, It's OK, Satellite Commander Perth, Australia “Pop laden lo-fi on the barbie” Stereoflower’s debut It's Alright, It's OK, Satellite Commander, is an admirable step forward...
Record Review: Sean Rowe
Sean Rowe Magic Troy, NY “American folk ready for the long haul” How refreshing to hear a voice with such conviction, with storytelling and song craft so compelling, so stirring to the human soul....