Benjamin Ricci

Yamaha YC61 Stage Keyboard REVIEW

The new Yamaha YC61 is quite the beast – a 61-key clonewheel-style organ and piano combo that takes cues from some existing Yamaha instruments (like the CP73) and retains the feel and sound the Yamaha audio team has become known for. Why did we mention the CP73? Well,...
D&A Gig Strap Review

D&A Gig Strap Review

Does the new D&A Gig Strap actually help guitarists soften the blow to their shoulders and...

Mojave MA-50 Review

Mojave MA-50 Review

Let's see how the Mojave Audio MA-50 Condenser Microphone stacks up against the competition. ...

Record Review: RIBS

RIBS British Brains Boston, MA Head banging to a melody is not an easy feat. There is always the very real risk of dislocating your neck while incorporating a smooth-yet-jerking motion into any rock...

Record Review: Mikie Lee Prasad

Mikie Lee Prasad Jukebox Folktales: Volume Two Oakland, CA One of the hardest working musicians in the Bay Area, Mikie Lee Prasad has been performing his rollicking brand of energetic Americana in...

Record Review: Mermaids

Mermaids Tropsicle Atlanta, GA The cover of Tropsicle contains a weird, collage-like image of summertime pictures from long ago. The sounds within the album perfectly fit this image.  The 11 tracks...

Record Review: Kordan

Kordan The Longing Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn natives Kordan provides a lush backdrop to a winter night, just right for a cruise through downtown NYC. Full of fierce passion and insight, the band’s...

Record Review: Kim Taylor

Kim Taylor Little Miracle Cincinnati, OH Written and recorded in just three days, Kim Taylor’s Little Miracle captures raw emotion. The lyrically driven album features sparse instrumentation,...

Record Review: Jon Lindsay

Jon Lindsay Escape from Plaza-Midwood Charlotte, NC Jon Lindsay dazzles his way into the limelight as one of Charlotte’s premiere musical poets, delivering his first full length, Escape from...

Record Review: John Vanderslice

John Vanderslice Green Grow the Rushes San Francisco, CA Few musicians have given as much to the Bay Area indie scene as John Vanderslice. The former frontman of MK Ultra in the latter half of the...

Record Review: The Honored Guests

The Honored Guests Please Try Again Chapel Hill, NC The last time The Honored Guests put out a full-length record was in 2006 with the experimental pop sounds of Tastes Change. Decidedly a “grower,”...

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...