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New Gear Review: Griffin Technology StudioConnect
Griffin Technology’s StudioConnect is a standalone dock for Apple’s iPad and iPad Mini with complete I/O connections for both audio and MIDI. It comes with ... -
Album Review: Black Joe Lewis - Electric Slave
Electric Slave • Black Joe Lewis • Score: 9 • Vagrant Records • Producers: John Congleton, Stuart Sikes Fuzz guitars, Stax horn arrangements and a raw garage sound permeate ... -
New Gear Review: Tech 21 Hot-Rod Plexi Pedal
The Hot-Rod Plexi pedal from Tech 21 has all-analog SansAmp technology to provide two operating modes that’ll change the personality of any guitar amp. In ... -
Album Review: Sponge - Stop the Bleeding
Stop the Bleeding • Sponge • The End Records • Producers: Tim Patalan, Vinnie Dombroski • Score: 8 out of 10 On this, their seventh studio release, the Motor City ... -
New Gear Review: CEntrance HiFi-M8
The CEntrance HiFi-M8 (“HiFi-Mate”) is a portable digital-to-audio converter (DAC) with headphone amplifier. The HiFi-M8 is a battery-powered (6 hours) portable audiophile level DAC useful ... -
Album Review: A Day To Remember - Common Courtesy
Common Courtesy • A Day To Remember • Score: 8 out of 10 • ADTR Records Producers: Jeremy McKinnon, Andrew Wade, Chad Gilbert Common Courtesy is about more ... -
Album Review: Insect Surfers - Infra Green
Infra Green • Insect Surfers • Marlin Records • Producers: David Arnson and Steve Refling • Score: 8 out of 10 It has been 10 ... -
Book Review: House of Blues: A Backstage Pass to the Artists, Music & Legends
House of Blues: A Backstage Pass to the Artists, Music & Legends by Daniel Siwek (hardcover) $45 Written with insight and flair by MC feature writer ... -
Music Connection's Top 25 New Music Critiques of 2013
Of all the Unsigned and DIY recording artists we critiqued this year, here are the absolute best—our 25 highest scorers as well as an extra ... -
New Gear Review: Blue Cat Audio Liny EQ 5.0 Plug-in
Blue Cat Audio’s Liny EQ is an 8-band linear phase equalizer plug-in with minimal latency—less than 3ms at 44.1kHz. Linear phase EQs have the unfortunate ...
