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• What Are Some Essential Free VSTs?

  

  The price of professional plugins can be intimidating or outright prohibitive to amateurs and veterans alike. It’s not unusual to see a single effect to retail... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 MUSIC

• The Khanz – ‘Falling Apart’

  Reaching our (pebbled) shores all the way from Sydney, New South Wales, The Khanz are here with a powerful video to match the big sound of their new single,... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 MUSIC

• Arêtes – Mission Creep

  

  It amazes me how Arêtes manage to give so many flavours of ‘dreamy’ (on Mission Creep) but they do – without ever being boring. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 MUSIC

• Ed Dowie – The Adjustable Arm

  

  In a world of music by committee and style and/or shock value over substance, Ed Dowie’s work encapsulates the vulnerability of a particular kind of artist. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 MUSIC

• What is DAW Automation?

  

  Automation is arguably one of the most important tools a producer has, but it is simply a way of recording change in a parameter over time... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 MUSIC

• Vulfpeck – ‘It Gets Funkier’

  

  LA band, Vulfpeck recently received a substantial amount of press coverage for their Sleepify album, a silent release created to fund their tour via Spotify. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 MUSIC

• Rick Wakeman – Journey To The Centre of The Earth (30 April, 2014)

  

  30 April, 2014 - Forty years after recording Journey To The Centre of The Earth, Rick Wakeman and his band(s) are performing the prog-rock classic on tour. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 MUSIC

• The Monks of Mellonwah – Turn the People

  

  Ken Ford-Powell on The Monks of Mellonwah's debut full length album, Turn the People; "It’s delicious and I’m not ashamed to say so." Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 MUSIC

• Isaiah Mitchell of Earthless Talks About Teaching Music from the Tourbus

  

  Earthless guitar shaman, Isaiah Mitchell talks about teaching music online to students all over the world - plus some axe tips for beginners with bad habits. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 MUSIC

• Review: The Currys – Follow

  

  Brothers Jimmy and Tommy Curry, along with their cousin Galen, formed the kernel of The Currys years ago in Port Saint Joe, Florida, honing their brand of... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 MUSIC

• Analogue Wave – N.L.G.W.V.

  

  N.L.G.W.V. demonstrates the Analogue Wave’s versatility as a group globalized by genres from around the world but uncommitted to format. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 MUSIC

• Make a Track on Audiotool and Win the Chance to Play at Moogfest!

  

  Produce the best track on Audiotool and win a spot on the Moogfest linup alongside Kraftwerk, Daedelus and Nile Rogers. Ace! Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 MUSIC

• Review: Beasthead – Tallest Trees

  

  From the tip of 'Top of The Mountain', Beasthead paint a rolling picture of agreeable sound, veering from soothing to electrifying. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 MUSIC

• Review: MusicByJam – The Stars & The Moon

  

  An alternative hip hop concept album with more soul than a Starsky & Hutch convention, The Stars & The Moon from MusicByJam is a marriage of... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 MUSIC

• Introducing the AirTurn Pedal Board

  

  Android, iOS, plus options for Mac and PC; the AirTurn wireless pedal board is an affordable tool that can do more than just flip virtual pages. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2014 MUSIC

• Review: Rollergirl – Rollergirl

  

  Rollergirl's self-titled nu-disco album upholds that same buoyant quality that you’d expect from floor-fillers of the 70s and the often-overlooked 80s. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 MUSIC

• Video: Bat Hazzard – ‘Cold Shivers’

  

  The Doughnut's favourite spaz-punkers from the desert down under have just released a brand new video for their track 'Cold Shivers' (Out Of The Caves EP). Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 MUSIC

• Review: Death To Ponies (小马之死) – Swine Water

  

  Death To Ponies, a multinational collaboration between Death To Giants and Acid Pony Club in Shanghai presents a psych-rock album that's not half bad. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 MUSIC

• Alcopopular 6 – Highway to the Velodrome (Alcopop! Compilation)

  

  Indie label Alcopop! have teamed up with Mango Bikes to release the 6th edition in the Alcopopular compilation series... on a bike! Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 MUSIC

• Review: The Diaphone – Distance EP

  

  Fulfilling is perhaps the best word to use to describe The Diaphone, their Distance EP creates an aura of positivity regardless of how dark it may sound. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 MUSIC