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Until recently, the guitarists interested in recreating organ-like sounds had to rely on pitch shifters and whammy effects. Needless to say, although very cool, those effects sound nothing like a real organ. Then Electro Harmonix came out with the B9 Organ Machine...
Today, the NYC based company is raising the bar once again with the newly released C9. Where the B9 featured many types of Hammond sounds, the C9 branches out into many other kinds of organs.... Click on the title for more
The "mini-" trend - inaugurated by visionary comedian Mike Myers in his Austin Power series - is becoming somewhat ubiquitous in the guitar pedal world.
At our recent SXSW Stompbox Exhibit we had a chance to check out Dunlop's new Cry Baby Mini Wah, which admittedly inspired cuddly feelings - it's a mini-baby, folks!... Click on the title for more
Brooklyn/Athens based trio Bambara plays that niche genre - unknown to most mortals - called "noise rock." You may have more luck getting a reaction from saying the words "Sonic Youth," the NYC band that pioneered it in the late 80s. In their latest album "Dreamviolence," the trio takes things to darker and sometimes even noisier extremes. We asked them a few questions about how it came together. The guys are lucky enough to have a sound engineer in the band, William Brookshire, who recorded the album and answered our questions.... Click on the title for more
After lending his creative juices to (great) bands Apollo Sunshine and Yellowbirds, Brooklyn songwriter, musician and producer Sam Cohen decided it was time to go solo. The Deli has always been a fan of his bands' records, (Yellowbirds' "The Color" was The Deli NYC's Record of the Month back in 2011), with their influences ranging from vintage pop to '60s psychedelia. What we hear from his solo debut "Cool It" doesn't disappoint, so we decided to ask Sam a few questions about his creative process, the making of records, and his relationship with the Muses.... Click on the title for more
The Deli believes that if a band can rock properly, and does it for long enough, somebody important is going to take notice at some point. For NYC's The Dough Rollers, that somebody was Jack White, who signed them to his label Third Man Records, under which they released single "Little Lily" in 2013 and - at the end of 2014 - EP "Gone Baby Gone." The band rocks so bad they recently toured with Bob Dylan, Billy Idol and then Queens of the Stone Age... We had a chance to ask the guys in the band a few questions about recording and gear.
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