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Album Review: Blonde Redhead - "Barragán" (Score: 5/10)
Barragán, the ninth studio release from New York’s alt-rock trio Blonde Redhead, is certainly not for the faint of heart. It’s heady, otherworldly and challenging ... -
FabFilter Pro-G Gate/Expander/Ducker Plug-in
FabFilter has updated their Pro-G gate/expander plug-in to include “ducking” capability. Ducking works like an inverted gate—when the threshold is crossed, the signal itself is ... -
Album Review: Real Friends - "Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing" ...
“Living in the past never helped me or anyone move forward,” is one powerful line among many off the debut full-length release from this pop-punk ... -
New Gear Review: Samson Expedition XP106W Portable PA
Expedition Express in these pages and the XP106W is like a big brother at about twice the weight. Also pole-mountable, the XP106W has a rechargeable ... -
Book Preview: Death Punch'd: Surviving Five Finger Death Punch’s Metal Mayhem
Jeremy Spencer, drummer and cofounder of Five Finger Death Punch brings us an autobiography from a small-town boy who rose to rock fame and nearly ... -
New Gear Review: Yamaha Motif XF7 40th Anniversary White Edition
The all-white Motif XF Music Production Synthesizer celebrates the company’s 40th anniversary of manufacturing synthesizers and would be a dream to own. This sleek white ... -
Book Preview: Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James
Rick James and acclaimed music biographer David Ritz met in 1979 in Marvin Gaye’s studio while Ritz was interviewing Gaye for a biography. Intrigued, James ... -
New Gear Review: Genelec 8010A Active Monitor
The Genelec 8010A Active Monitor is the newest and smallest member of their 8000 Series of monitors widely used in high-end professional audio, mastering, post-production ... -
Album Review: Wovenwar - Self-Titled
Wovenwar plugs the hole in my chest where Tim Lambesis ripped out my double-bass beating heart, but no matter how much you lay asphalt over ... -
Album Review: Ann Hampton Callaway - From Sassy To Divine
Despite decades of acclaim singing jazz, legendary songstress Sarah Vaughan (aka “Sassy”) has said she was not specifically that —which makes her the perfect icon for a similarly diverse ...
