Michael St. James

Top Pick: STUDIO MONITORS – KRK V Series V4

Not only do we recommend the KRK V Series for your home studio, we're also looking for a killer artist to WIN and test out the KRK V4 Series 4 Studio Monitors. Need killer sound for your home studio? Enter below! The KRK V4 Series 4 Studio Monitors combine the best of...
[REVIEW] BAE G10

[REVIEW] BAE G10

This month, we take a look at the 500-Series EQ from BAE, the G10. Should you install one in your...

Record Review: Glass Notes

The Glass Notes Dust and Hours Seattle, WA Produced and mixed by Robb Benson // Recorded in the Shelk project studio, Seattle, WA // Mastered by Nate Yaccino, Robert Lang Studios, Shoreline, WA...

Record Review: Festizio

Festizio Hot City San Francisco, CA Recorded and mixed by Scott McDowell at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco // Mastered by Justin Weis at Trakworx in South San Francisco // Produced by Festizio...

Record Review: Emily Elbert

Emily Elbert Proof Boston, MA Produced by Stephen Weber and Emily Elbert // Engineered and mixed by Stephen Weber // Mastered by Jonathan Wyner Emily Elbert has been playing music since she was 15,...

Record Review: Demon’s Claws

Demon’s Claws The Defrosting Of Montreal, QC Too often nowadays, bands try to develop a sound that is as complex as their musical tastes, and usually end up falling short with their pseudo...

Record Review: Carnivores

Carnivores If I'm Ancient Atlanta, GA Recorded by Mike Wright at New Street Studio, and Cyrus Shahmir at Railroad Earth // Mixed by Cyrus Shahmir and Carnivores // Mastered by Travis Thatcher The...

Record Review: Brandi Emma

Brandi Emma Photographic Memory EP Los Angeles, CA Produced, recorded, mixed & engineered by Tom Livemore // Mastered by Thomas Schoebel If Brandi Emma’s 2006 debut Swim would fall under...

Record Review: The Blank Tapes

The Blank Tapes Home Away From Home San Francisco, CA Recorded to cassette tape by Matt Adams in Oakland, San Francisco and Apple Valley, CA Matt Adams must be one hell of a dynamic guy. His most...

Record Review: Bad Cop

Bad Cop Harvest the Beast Nashville, TN “Brash, psychedelic rock ‘n’ roll exuberance”From the opening riff on “Amores Perros” to the closing drum fade on “Control,” Bad Cop’s Harvest the Beast is 30...

Record Review: Astral

Astral Forever After San Francisco, CA "A dream that's a little too familiar" Forever After sounds dreamy - and for the most part, it is. It’s got spacey, reverberating guitars and fuzzed-out bass...