The same debate on rap music has been raging to no avail for over 30 years. Ever since its...
Benjamin Ricci
Mixcraft 8 Review
Performer reviews the Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio software from Acoustica. How did we like the low-cost...
COVER STORY: Diet Cig Opens Up About New LP ‘Swear I’m Good at This’
COVER STORY: Diet Cig On Modern Feminism in Music and Capturing Raw Emotion in Your Art The female...
Live Review: Ross Livermore Band
Church // Boston, MA// November 5 Delivering some of the best high-energy funk/rock and somber folk music, the Ross Livermore Band is an incredibly...
Live Review: The North Trolls
529 // Atlanta, GA // November 15 There was a small movement around 30 years ago called cowpunk. Just like it sounds, the genre was country-tinged punk rock. If the North Trolls came out then, they...
Live Review: Fun Fun Fun Fest
Austin, TX // November 5-7 Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Festival is one event that truly does live up to its name. This year Transmission Entertainment pulled together...
Live Review: Dawes
The Independent // San Francisco, CA // November 20 Long before Dawes took the stage, the capacity crowd arrived early and excited to catch the opening bands....
Live Review: Bronze Fawn
Neumos // Seattle, WA // November 18 Seattle’s Bronze Fawn took to the stage one last time on November 18 for a farewell show at Neumos, joined by friends and...
Live Review: Bear in Heaven
The Independent // San Francisco, CA // November 5 The energetic performance of Bear In Heaven delighted the audience in a nearly sold out Independent. The band...
Gear Guide: In-Ear Monitors
Get the Perfect Stage Mix Every Time The worst experience a singer can ever have is playing a live show in front of hundreds or thousands of people and not being able...
What’s New in Pro Tools 9
Jolting onto the scene in the early nineties, Pro Tools quickly managed to solidify itself as the industry standard in digital recording, as evidenced by the widespread...
Manufacturer Profile: Endangered Audio
Endangered Audio builds module and stomp box effects for studios and touring artists. EA gear is known for unique sound and dependability, using only through-hole components soldered in-house at...
Record Review: Weekend
Weekend Sports San Francisco, CA “Slow burn with no shortage of noise” For a debut album, Sports makes an assured statement that’s equal parts No Age and shoegaze. Like their Slumberland label...