Performer Magazine goes behind-the-scenes with Ben Carter of Boston-based U-Turn Audio to discover...
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The Best Solid State Guitar Amps Under $500
Don’t let bedroom hobbyists and Internet forum loudmouths convince you that "solid-state" is a...
Audio-Technica Presents ATH-M50x “Circle of Music” Video Featuring Judah and the Lion
Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 50 years, has released a new...
Record Review: The 4onthefloor
The 4onthefloor 4x4 Minneapolis, MN “4 Bourbon 4 Scotch and 4 Beer” Minnesota is supposed to be for Prince - not the blues. But straight outta Minnetonka comes The 4onthefloor: a hard-edged blues...
Live Review: Cut Copy
Coming to this show, I wasn't in the greatest of spirits. While I was impressed with Cut Copy's Zonoscope and would praise the songs on their latest album without even needing a breath to think...
Live Review: Toro y Moi
Leading the pack of buzzbands coming out of South by Southwest, Toro Y Moi has generated a buzz that won’t seem to dissipate. A critically-acclaimed leader of the chillwave movement, the band...
Live Review: Joy Formidable
My last interaction with Joy Formidable frontwoman Ritzy Bryan was last year when I met her shortly before her set at the Great Scott. She gave me a huge hug (I interviewed her for a preview for...
Studio Diary: Lauren Flaherty
I began 2011 snowed in with Imogen Heap. Well, not really. It’s more accurate to say I started the year hiding from the back-to-back snowstorms clobbering...
Music Industry Execs Partner to Launch Marketing and Sync Licensing Platform Splother
Nashville, TN - April 6, 2011 - Publishing executives Dave Durocher and Steve Toland, along with branding and marketing executive Jason Collins, announce today a partnership in founding Splother, a...
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...