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...
Record Review: Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters
Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters The Holy Noise EP Atlanta, GA “Dixie Damaged” Staking a claim in the crowded Southern-gothic half-acre is a risky, overdone business. Although the commonness...
Record Review: Cloud Nothings
Cloud Nothings Cloud Nothings Cleveland, OH "Fuzzed-out, blistering guitar driven bedroom pop" Cloud Nothings is the moniker for Cleveland’s music school dropout Dylan Baldi. His sophomore...
Record Review: Brooke Fraser
Brooke Fraser Flags Wellington, New Zealand "The soundtrack to the next iPod commercial" This album feels like the soundtrack to a meaningful movie (“Orphans, Kingdoms”), or the saddest, most...
Record Review: Bad Books
Bad Books Bad Books New York, NY “It’s okay to be sad if you sound this good” When two beloved artists come together, their respective fans’ sky-high expectations can eclipse whatever product comes...
GEAR REVIEW: Fender Blacktop Jazzmaster
From our December print issue. The new Mexican-made Blacktop Jazzmaster looks like a beautiful reissue of a Fender fan favorite. Sometimes though, looks can be deceiving. The Blacktop has more...
Austin City Limits Roundup
We had so much fantastic coverage of the annual Austin City Limits festival that we couldn't fit it all in the magazine. Here is another great round-up of the greatest fest in the greatest live...
Record Review: Violens
Violens Amoral New York, NY New Wave is (unfortunately) an underused descriptor of current music, with a rare and welcome exception coming from Violens’ first full length, Amoral. The record is...
Record Review: Tweak Bird
Tweak Bird Tweak Bird Carbondale, IL The resurgence of ’70s style rock duos consisting of two dudes with shaggy and vaguely out-of -style haircuts is proved awesome once again by Tweak Bird. The...
Record Review: Tumbledown
Tumbledown Empty Bottle Seattle, WA Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if pop-punk and Americana/country music were melded together? Pick up the second full-length album by Tumbledown...
Record Review: Speak Easy
Speak Easy Words Have Power Atlanta, GA Sean Fahie has chosen the right moniker. As Speak Easy, rapping over jazz horns and soul riffs, his voice transports the listener to an alternate 1920s...