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Book Review: This Rock N’ Roll Dream
Here’s the final novel in Vaughn’s Frankie Spencer trilogy. Once again, the author invests her writing with an authenticity that’s drawn from years as the ... -
Book Review: Better Days Will Come: The Life of Arthur Briggs
“Genius of Harlem, Paris, and a Nazi Prison Camp,” Briggs was wrapped up in the world of the Lost Generation and jazz in the 1920s––and ... -
Book Review: I Am Michael Alago
This memoir by the prominent A&R exec is a life-affirming, music-loving journey. Alago signed Metallica to Elektra Records, taking them from a promising underground thrash ... -
Book Review: Practizma Practice Journal
Practizma Practice Journal takes all the effort out of organizing a practice journal on your own. It gives musicians a practical template for improving their ... -
Book Review: Ministry Prescripture: The Visual History
A beautiful twisted hardcover, this book is filled with exclusive pictures and graphics of the band from their start as industrial pioneers to current legends ... -
Book Review: Timeless Concert Images: And 40 Years of Rock Concert Images
O’Leary made a career of photographing the biggest names in rock history and his book compiles some of his best, most significant and impactful images, ... -
Album Review: The New Abnormal by The Strokes (7/10)
When Rick Rubin takes on a legacy act (Johnny Cash, Mick Jagger), he drills down to the core of the artist’s craft and enhances it. ... -
New Toys: Artiphon Orba Synthesizer
Orba is a $99 portable synthesizer, looper, and MIDI controller that fits in the palm of your hand. This is the perfect controller for the ... -
New Toys: Warm Audio Bus-Comp Stereo VCA Compressor
The Warm Audio Bus-Comp is an all-analog, 2-channel, stereo bus compressor that uses four, THAT Corp 2180 VCA chips—two per channel. VCAs or Voltage Controlled ... -
New Toys: Silo SoundLabs Trident Audio Plug-ins
Silo SoundLabs has their first audio plug-ins in their Vintage Series based on hardware equalizers. These are the Trident 80B Series console EQ (pictured) and ...
