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Featured Artists – Stompboxes

Surf Rock is Dead’s Guitar Pedals

With a sound both meditative and gothy, Brooklyn duo Surf Rock is Dead pairs sunny melodies to melancholic tinges, ala the Drums. Their guitar sound, although not distorted, has heavy shoegazer leanings, a genre that's tightly connected to the use of stompboxes. Since guitarist Kevin Pariso confided us that he often gets asked about the…Click on the title for more

Surf Rock is Dead’s Guitar Pedals

Minature Tigers’ Gear and Creative Process

Miniature Tigers is officially back with their first release since 2014. I Dreamt I Was A Cowboy, the new 11-track LP from the indie rock band is a short departure from the group's previous releases--often unpolished, organic, and lovingly displaying the dirt and hiccups that come from recording via couch surfing.…Click on the title for more

Minature Tigers’ Gear and Creative Process

Big Thief’s Buck Meek shows us the effects on his pedal board

Masterpiece by Big ThiefBig Thief's debut album "Masterpiece" has been rocking our world this year - our sister blog named it The Deli NYC's Record of the Month back in July. We asked the band's guitarist Buck Meek (who also has a solo folk project we recommend checking out) to tell us about…Click on the title for more

Big Thief’s Buck Meek shows us the effects on his pedal board

Shana Falana’s Pedals and Creative Process

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Shana Falana’s Pedals and Creative Process

Cloud Becomes Your Hand’s gear and creative process

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Cloud Becomes Your Hand’s gear and creative process

Jenny Tuite’s (of Dirty Dishes) favorite stompboxes

Noise is not a stranger in NYC, whether you are referring to the city's ambient sound or its musical counterpart. The latter is - more often than not - generated by distorted guitars, fuzz pedals, and seemingly out of control electric guitarists. Jenny Tuite's band Dirty Dishes inserts itself in this coltish rock…Click on the title for more

Jenny Tuite’s (of Dirty Dishes) favorite stompboxes

Ghost King’s guitar pedals on “Bones”

Bones by Ghost KingGhost King's 2016 debut album "Bones" impressed our friends at The Deli so much that they made it NYC Record of the Month back in April. The album features what could be seen (and heard) as a noteworthy recap of the (indie) guitar rock sound of the '90s, with references to…Click on the title for more

Ghost King’s guitar pedals on “Bones”

Jess Abbott of Tancred and Now, Now talks about gear and the creative process

The solo project of Minneapolis singer/guitarist Jess Abbott of Now, Now, Tancred plays riff driven power pop that will intrigue fans of Weezer and We Are Scientists. Her songs follow paths more unpredictable than your average pop rock band, always propelled by inventive guitar work and melodies that are instantly hummable.…Click on the title for more

Jess Abbott of Tancred and Now, Now talks about gear and the creative process

Caveman’s gear: EarthQuaker Devices (and Carbonetti Guitars)

Belonging to the rare category of "bands that keep getting better all the time," Brooklyn's dream rock quintet Caveman just released their third full length album 'Otero War' (our sister magazine, The Deli, featured them on the cover of its NYC issue in 2011, before the release of their debut LP 'CoCo Beware').…Click on the title for more

Caveman’s gear: EarthQuaker Devices (and Carbonetti Guitars)

B Boys talk about guitar pedals

Brooklyn B Boys came seemingly out of nowhere in March 2016 with debut EP 'No Worry No Mind' (on cult local label Captured Tracks). The album caught immediately a lot of attention (certainly ours) also thanks to the promotion the band received from touring with Parquet Courts soon after the release. The three gentlemen…Click on the title for more

B Boys talk about guitar pedals

Jessie Clavin of Bleached: favorite stompboxes

Our first thought when we heard "Wednesday Night Melody" - the new single by Los Angeles power pop trio Bleached - was: "This song should be on Rock Band!" - which, if you think about it for a minute or two - is a heck of a compliment. The ladies' 2016 record "Welcome…Click on the title for more

Jessie Clavin of Bleached: favorite stompboxes

Beverly: inspiration and gear behind ‘The Blue Swell’

Wren & Cuff Russian Tall Font (Big Muff emulation)" width="427" height="478" /> Our record was tracked by us entirely "at home" or rather, at Alphaville, Scott's venue in Bushwick. We then did overdubs and some vocals at Dr. Wu's with ultimate angel Yale Yng-Wong. He produced our first album, too.…Click on the title for more

Beverly: inspiration and gear behind ‘The Blue Swell’