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Recording Artist Feature: Hooray for Earth

Part of the uniqueness of “True Loves” - Brooklyn's Hooray for Earth debut album - lies in a certain kind of heavieness that’s intertwined with its pop buoyancy. The drums are massive and brooding (and were recorded on a rooftop) and the keyboards are thick and lush with extensive layering…Click on the title for more

Recording Artist Feature: Hooray for Earth

Pedal Review: TWA Triskelion TK-01

The TWA's Triskelion TK-01 is a pedal named after an occult druidic sign. If that sounds very metal to you, you won't be disappointed by the pedal's equally aggressive hard rock tones. Cryptically described as a "harmonic energizer modulation" effect, the Triskelion operates more or less as a standard EQ…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: TWA Triskelion TK-01

Secrets of Mixing: Reverb on slower songs

The sparse arrangements that fit slower songs provide mixing engineers the opportunity to create a perception of space through the use of reverb effects. Reverb, in a mix, allows “placement” of each instrument in a sonic space. But a “realistic” use of reverb is quite tricky to get right. Realistic…Click on the title for more

Secrets of Mixing: Reverb on slower songs

Review: T-Rex Yellow Drive

New from T-Rex Engineering, the Yellow Drive is a dual channel overdrive that covers a lot of territory. Both channels A and B are equipped with their own set of volume, gain and tone controls, and are voiced differently to access a wider range of tonal options. An A/B Select foot…Click on the title for more

Review: T-Rex Yellow Drive

Digitech Whammy DT review

Since 1991, the field of pitch-shifting effects has been dominated by the DigiTech Whammy; an effect which allows users to perform dive bombs and radical octave-shifts using digital pitch-manipulation rather than a guitar-mounted vibrato-bridge. But in the last decade or so, DigiTech’s Whammy has been given a run for its…Click on the title for more

Digitech Whammy DT review

The Secrets of a perfect Surf Guitar Tone

Surf Rock experienced a Renaissance in the last few years, influencing a wave of new indie artists. The ultimate surf guitar tone has several elements: a guitar, the amplifier, reverb, tremolo, and vibrato, but the sound starts with the guitar itself. A Fender Stratocaster, Jaguar (pictured) or Jazzmaster would be…Click on the title for more

The Secrets of a perfect Surf Guitar Tone

Recording Artist Feature: Yellow Ostrich

What's in a name? Don't ask me. There's no such thing as a yellow ostrich, but that doesn't stop Alex Schaaf from insisting it's alive anyway. And in songs like 'Whale' and 'In The Past I Was an Astronaut', Yellow Ostrich is making the abstract discernible, and getting a lot…Click on the title for more

Recording Artist Feature: Yellow Ostrich

Rocktron Sweet Spot Review

It was November of 1966 when Brad Plunkett was commissioned by Warwick Electronics Inc. to make a substitute for the rather expensive Jennings 3 position Mid Range Boost (MRB) circuit. The circuit was needed after the company had bought out the Vox name due to it's association with our favorite…Click on the title for more

Rocktron Sweet Spot Review

Moog Cluster Flux Review

TRY THE MOOG CLUSTER FLUX IN NYC AT THE DELI'S FREE STOMP BOX EXHIBIT In scientific terms, flux is the rate of movement of some energy or matter. When something is in a state of flux, it is changing from one state to another. In audio terms, the Cluster Flux…Click on the title for more

Moog Cluster Flux Review

Line 6 M5 Stomp Box Modeler

The sounds of velcro separating are familiar to me and more so perhaps to those that know me. Like many musicians, effects pedals and processors have crept into my setup at a steady pace and as a result I have spent a good chunk of time adding, rearranging and removing…Click on the title for more

Line 6 M5 Stomp Box Modeler

TC Electronic MojoMojo Review

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of reviewing TC’s TonePrint line. Since then I kept thinking to myself... I really wish there were an easy go-to distortion that featured the same quality and no-brainerness. The TC tone gods have answered my prayers! Usually anything that claims to have…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic MojoMojo Review

1st NYC Stomp Box Exhibit: FREE PEDALS + FREE FOOD + $1 BEER

Deli readers with an obsession for Stomp Boxes... As you may have heard, this week we are organizing a Stomp Box Exhibit at CMJ - it will be Friday and Saturday at Ludlow Guitars and The Living Room on Ludlow St., Manhattan. PLEASE help us promote this event, and RSVP! We recommend you…Click on the title for more

1st NYC Stomp Box Exhibit: FREE PEDALS + FREE FOOD + $1 BEER