SoundCloud is struggling to revamp its business model. What could this mean for artists? When...
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Audix Celebrates International Drum Month, Announces Giveaway of Gold D6 Drum Microphone
Audix, a leading manufacturer of application-specific vocal and instrument microphones has...
Beans On Crafting and Releasing Three Records Simultaneously
The same debate on rap music has been raging to no avail for over 30 years. Ever since its...
Live Review: The Frail and Music for Animals
Slim’s // San Francisco, CA //December 16 Even though it was raining outside, the energy showed up way before the bands arrived at Slim’s. The Frail headlined a great night of music at the...
Live Review: Merry Lifmas 2010
Church // Boston, MA // December 21 A full moon was hazily brightening up the sky, and what could be a better sign for the evening’s “Merry Lifmas,” a Mr. Lif signature holiday...
Live Review: Horse Feathers
The New Parish // Oakland, CA // December 17 Light rain on the streets of Oakland couldn’t put a damper on Horse Feathers’ cheerful mood. Being from Portland, where it rains virtually half...
Live Review: From Exile
529 // Atlanta, GA // December 13 It’s being generous to say that 150 people could fit into 529. On this night, From Exile pushed that limit. Because their music is faster, more intricate, and...
Live Review: Corey Branan
Paradise Rock Club // Boston, MA // December 11 Cory Branan was lucky enough to be a part of Chris Carrabba's Swiss Army Romance 10th Anniversary tour. The tour marked ten years since...
Live Review: Nigredo, My Empty Phantom & The Acorns
The Drunken Unicorn // Atlanta, GA // December 19 On the worst night Atlanta’s seen in years, a thousand-plus cars were sliding across ice, crashing into each other in series and parallel....
Seymour Duncan Liberator Solderless Pickup System
Swapping pickups can be a daunting task. Putting your beloved axe under a soldering iron can be expensive if you take it to a tech, or just unnerving if you try to do it yourself. The time...
MANUFACTURER PROFILE: Blackout Effectors
Blackout Effectors Asheville, NC “Built by us, for us … but available to you” Kyle Tompkins started Blackout Effectors in his Vancouver kitchen in 2008, modding, fixing, and building the occasional...
Studio Diary: The Bynars
Straight from the band’s collective mouth, “This is our first full-length LP. We self-released three EPs in 2008 and 2009. The album is about two-years and a few hundred songs in the...
Live Review: Monotonix
Rickshaw Stop // San Francisco, CA // January 28 Monotonix is out of control in the most entertaining way possible. First off, the band doesn’t use stages; instead they set up their drum...