Gear Reviews
Mackie Launches All-New Onyx USB Interfaces
Mackie today announces a new line of mobile, high-resolution audio interfaces - Onyx™ USB Interfaces. Designed for singer/songwriters, home studios, content creators and more. Available in two models, the Artist 1•2 and the Producer 2•2, Onyx USB Interfaces feature...
Mad Professor Twimble pedal REVIEW
Dumble Amps are less common than unicorns, and even the clones and copies of these mythical beasts can get expensive. Mad Professor captures the essence of this articulate and toneful rarity in its new Twimble pedal. It’s a blending of two of their existing pedals,...
Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Pedal Review
There are pedals that could be called “tweaker’s delights,” and then there’s the Chase Bliss Audio Brothers pedal. With 2 channels (A & B) that can be set for boost, drive or fuzz, it can handle those tones easily but the circuits are done a bit differently, with...
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Thundercat Live in Seattle
WHERE: Barboza - Seattle, WA WHEN: Sunday Nov. 17, 2013 Seattleites love to say that their city is the hometown of Jimi Hendrix. They usually neglect to mention that nearly all of the guitarslinger's musical development took place outside the Northwest. Hendrix left...
Metal Night in Cambridge: Doomriders, Kvelertak & High On Fire Live at the Middle East
WHERE: Middle East Downstairs - Cambridge, MA WHEN: November 16, 2013 Norway’s Kvelertak Put Cambridge In A Stranglehold Boston’s own Doomriders stomped through an opening set that sounded something like the Foo Fighters’ heavier moments beefed up with a 100cc...
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FLASHBACK: 1950s Sony C-37A Microphone
Sony engineers created this microphone in the early 1950s. At first, it was used to record symphonies and quickly became a sought after vocal mic. Neumann’s studio microphones reportedly inspired the C-37a. HOW IT WAS USED The C-37a is a multi-pattern tube condenser...
Air Traffic Controller Rocks the Blue Microphones Baby Bottle SL
Our friends in Air Traffic Controller are testing out the entire range of Blue Microphones' 'Essential Series,' which they'll be using to record an EXCLUSIVE new version of one of the tracks off their latest record, Echo Papa. Watch as the guys start tracking with the...
Air Traffic Controller Tests the Blue Microphones Bluebird SL in the Studio
Our friends in Air Traffic Controller are testing out the entire range of Blue Microphones' 'Essential Series,' which they'll be using to record an EXCLUSIVE new version of one of the tracks off their latest record, Echo Papa. Watch as the guys start tracking with the...
Industry News
Beach Slang Sings Redemption Song at Boston’s Sinclair
I first fell in love with Beach Slang two years ago during their CMJ Music Marathon showcase; I blindly stumbled into their set while hopping around the streets of Brooklyn in search of a band to hold my attention for longer than 30 seconds. That's exactly what Beach...
Attend Music Industry Day at the Summer NAMM Show
What: Music Industry Day at the Summer NAMM Show Where: Nashville's Music City Center - 201 5th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37203 When: Saturday, June 25, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Cost: $10 advance price (until Friday, June 24) and $20 day of event at the door – buy online now and...
THE ORIGINAL MISFITS REUNITE – First Shows Since 1983
Original Members Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only with long-time guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein set to Share Stage For the First Time Since 1983 as the Original Misfits and Headline Riot Fest in Denver and Chicago. And they said it would never happen. Never!!...