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Producer Crosstalk: Joe Chiccarelli
Music Connection first spoke with producer, engineer and 10-time Grammy winner Joe Chiccarelli for our February 2012 Producer Crosstalk. In the intervening years, the Bostonian’s ... -
Album Review: Terminal Bloom by Light This City (9/10)
A 10-year hiatus can have quite the effect on any band. Along with next-to-impossible expectations set, most artists return with a new writing approach, distancing them-selves further from ... -
New Gear/New Toys Review: IK Multimedia Arc 2.5
IK Multimedia's latest version of their Advanced Room Correction software now includes a MEMS microphone. MEMS (or micro-electro-mechanical systems) are capsules fabricated just like semi-conductors ... -
Album Review: Future Me Hates Me by The Beths (7/10)
The Beths are a female fronted quartet from the “other Down Under”—New Zealand! Their song “Future Me Hates Me,” with its self-explanatory hilarious title, would be a ... -
Album Review: Hive Mind by The Internet (9/10)
Hive Mind by The Internet is a mixture of alternative R&B, neo-soul, funk, psychedelic soul, hip-hop and avant-garde jazz. The album’s first single, “Roll (Burbank ... -
New Gear/New Toys Review: D'addario Accessories DIY Pedal Board Power Cable Kit
D'Addario offers a way to have custom length DC power wiring cables on your pedal board--and all without soldering. The DIY Pedalboard Power Cable Kit ... -
Album Review: NASIR by Nas (7/10)
Hailed as one of hip-hop’s “Top 5, dead or alive,” Nas continues to reign as a heavy-weight in rap. Though his penmanship is sharp, with production from ... -
New Gear/New Toys Review: Neumann U 67 Tube Microphone Reissue
Pretty awesome that Neumann's U 67 tube microphone first introduced in 1960 is back and meticulously reproduced to original specifications to sound and work like ... -
Album Review: Iconic by Take 6 (7/10)
Long before a cappella pop sensations Pentatonix became a YouTube, Billboard chart and touring sensation, 10-time Grammy winners Take 6 were laying the groundwork for all modern ... -
Album Review: Palo Santo by Years & Years (8/10)
Years & Years’ Palo Santo is somewhat of a departure from the indie-pop of their first LP. Many of the new songs contain upbeat sounds ... -
Album Review: Twenty Something Nightmare by Vista Kicks (8/10)
This L.A.-based rock quartet comes off last year’s Booty Shakers Ball with a sophomore effort that continues a standard of stellar harmonies and inventive songwriting. The 18-track ... -
Teen Sensation Billie Eilish Stars in Our August Issue - Now Available
Don’t miss the all-new August issue of Music Connection, teeming with inside info for all music-makers. Available now in both digital format and on magazine ... -
MC's July Issue Featuring Lord Huron Now Available in Print and Digital
It’s here, the brand new July issue of Music Connection, where you’ll find essential information for all music-makers. Available in both digital format and on ... -
DIY Spotlight: Julia Othmer
Julia Othmer is the epitome of a DIY artist. The Kansas City native, who now makes her home in Los Angeles, has been working tirelessly, ... -
Signing Story: Kranium
24-year-old Jamaican native, the artist known as Kranium emigrated to Florida when he was 12 and ultimately made his way to Queens, NY in 2004. In ... -
MC Needs an Intern!
Music Connection is seeking a sharp, detail-oriented intern to help out our Editorial Department on a one-day-per-week basis in the Los Angeles area. Candidate must ... -
Time Travel for Two: She & Him
An edgy musician’s musician and a high profile film and television actress: On the surface, the duo She & Him, comprising Zooey Deschanel and M. ... -
Gear Review: Great Divide 2.0
TWA GD-02 Great Divide 2.0 Godlyke Distributor’s Totally Wycked Audio GD-02 Great Divide® is an analog synth octaver guitar pedal. It combines an analog octave ... -
Album Review: Alter Bridge - Fortress
Score: 7 out of 10 Back from solo albums and side projects, Alter Bridge releases album number four, Fortress, a heavy and textured melding of ... -
Album Review: M.I.A. - Matangi
Score 3 out of 10 This is a symphony of samples slapped together and laid under what could be perceived as lyrics, although the jury ...
