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WATCH: The final behind-the-scenes look at WYO’s new LP
It's WYO's world, we're just living in it. We shipped a supply of coated strings from Elixir...
VIDEO PREMIERE: Curse of Lono – “Blackout Fever”
Performer is excited to premiere the brand-new video for "Blackout Fever" from UK act Curse of...
The August Issue Has Arrived!
The new August issue is here! Join us as we talk with soul powerhouse and new Burger Records artist Curtis Harding. Also inside: interviews with Vintage Trouble, The Both (Ted Leo & Aimee Mann),...
WATCH: Exclusive Gianni Paci Video Premiere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laxcyks_zRw The music video for Gianni Paci's “Long Time” was shot by LGTR Productions, a Brooklyn-based collective best known for their work with Blank Paper as...
Our insanely late review of Jack White’s “Lazaretto”
“An imagined cast of characters provides a grandiose, smirkingly-poetic meditation on the need for control and the need to relinquish it - amid layers of intricate instrumentation.” Whether an...
TASCAM UH-7000 Mic Pre-Amp/USB Audio Interface Review
PROS: Professional design and sound; easy to use. CONS: None. PRICE: $599 When home recording meant tape-based, TASCAM stood above the rest in quality and performance. Unlike companies like...
Emperor X Finds New Uses for the Audio-Technica System 10 Wireless Stompbox
"Oh, Chad would love this," said Roger as he rummaged through the cramped Allston practice space of Pretty & Nice. He found a duffel bag full of wires and pedals and dongles and pulled out a...
Music Nomad Guitar Care Accessories Review
PROS: Well thought out; practical. CONS: None. PRICE: Varies (most under $20) Keeping a gigging guitar looking and playing new isn’t easy. Spilled drinks, sweat, and sometimes even blood (depending...
Samson MTR231 Condenser Microphone Review
PROS: Good selection of mic patterns; excellent clarity. CONS: Intermittent switch (on our test unit, YMMV). PRICE: $199 Every audio company out there has produced a condenser mic, so what makes a...
Samson VR88 Velocity Ribbon Microphone Review
PROS: Great sound; plenty of applications in the studio. CONS: None. PRICE: $399 Samson has always made good quality microphones at an inexpensive price point. With their new VR88 Velocity Ribbon...
PHOTO GALLERY: Brody Dalle Live in Boston
Brody Dalle, best known for founding and fronting the punk rock band The Distillers and rock outfit Spinnerette, stopped by The Sinclair in Harvard Square (Cambridge, MA) last Monday. While touring...
TOUR TEST: Pretty & Nice Goes Wireless with Audio-Technica’s System 10 Stompbox
Editor’s Note: A few months back, our friends at Audio-Technica hipped us to their System 10 Wireless gear. Awesome, I thought. Who doesn’t love wireless? Then they hit us at NAMM with a unit I’ve...