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Lone Wolf FX at Summer NAMM’s Stompbox Exhibit

We met Joe Anastasio from Lone Wolf FX in Austin back in 2012 when we organized our very first Austin Stompbox Exhibit - at the time he was part of a now defunct manufacturer called Enormous Door FX). To be fair, he never struck us as the most organized of people (you can gather…Click on the title for more

Lone Wolf FX at Summer NAMM’s Stompbox Exhibit

Violet Sands’ creative process and gear

Featuring the mellow vocals of former Savoir Adore lead singer Deidre Muro, the atmospheric guitar work of MGMT collaborator Derek Muro (her brother), and the virtuoso electronic programming of French Horn Rebellion's David Perlick-Molinari (her husband), Violet Sands sounds like a musical experiment aimed at demonstrating that quirky arrangements and intense vocals can coexist, and that…Click on the title for more

Violet Sands’ creative process and gear

Dilly Dally introduces us to Wounded Paw’s Battering Ram

Dilly Dally is not a new band in the Toronto scene (they were born in 2009), but it's one of those rare ones that get better with time. 2015 was their year, thanks to their deliciously noisy debut album 'Sore,' a record that aims straight at the hearts of those who can relate…Click on the title for more

Dilly Dally introduces us to Wounded Paw’s Battering Ram

The Beaches’ Guitar Pedals

Power girl band (or girl power band?) The Beaches made quite a splash last year in Toronto. In honor of our upcoming first Toronto Stompbox Exhibit, we asked guitarist Kylie Miller to tell us about her favorite guitar pedals... here's what she had to say! "Here’s my pedal board, pretty simple rig going on.…Click on the title for more

The Beaches’ Guitar Pedals

New Pedals: L0/Rez’s Mona Lisa

We are always excited when we find out about a new pedal manufacturer based in our hometown, NYC - there aren't many! Enter L0/rez, a north Brooklyn based company owned by engineer/designer Jared Hiller, that just introduced it second creation, the Mona Lisa Overdrive & Oscillation pedal. You may have stumbled upon L0/Rez's name in this interview we…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: L0/Rez’s Mona Lisa

Dead Leaf Echo about pedals, guitars and set ups

DEAD LEAF ECHO'S CRUCIAL GEAR: --------------------------------------- Eventide Space --------------------------------------- Shoegazer is the only musical genre that derives its name from something related to stompboxes: its sound is marked by guitars (and also vocals) so heavily processed to require the use of several pedals during the live setting, which invariably forces…Click on the title for more

Dead Leaf Echo about pedals, guitars and set ups

Adventure Audio’s pedalboard at SNAMM 2015

Adventure Audio participated in our Summer NAMM 2015 Stompbox Exhibit, showcasing their growing family of pedals, now including the mysterious TARS Fuzz (a pedal inspired by the movie "Interstellar"), the Fuzz Peaks (a spin on the classic Black Russian Big Muff circuit), and the Fuzz Lightyear (two fuzz circuits fused…Click on the title for more

Adventure Audio’s pedalboard at SNAMM 2015

NashPedals presents two new pedals at the SNAMM Stompbox Exhibit

New stompbox manufacturer NashPedals has a bit of a dual namesake as it was founded by Nash Probst in early 2011 and it also happens to be based in Nashville. Nash began in the early days by focusing mostly on true bypass loopers, other routing pedals and auxiliary pedals before…Click on the title for more

NashPedals presents two new pedals at the SNAMM Stompbox Exhibit

The Life Electric’s Gear and Creative Process

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The Life Electric’s Gear and Creative Process

Buscabulla’s gear and creative process

BUSCABULLA'S CRUCIAL AUDIO GEAR Art Tube Pac With their sophisticated, bi-lingual synthpop, full of texture and pretty melodies, Puerto Rican duo Buscabulla - now Brooklyn residents - conquered The Deli NYC's staff, who declared their debut, self-titled EP NYC Record of the Month in October 2014. We asked Raquel and…Click on the title for more

Buscabulla’s gear and creative process

Sam Cohen and the Creative Process

"I use a Universal Audio LA-610 on lots of stuff. I enjoy being able to softly saturate (or crush) a signal, and it’s got a DI, so that’s kind of a go to." After lending his creative juices to (great) bands Apollo Sunshine and Yellowbirds, Brooklyn songwriter, musician and producer …Click on the title for more

Sam Cohen and the Creative Process

The Dough Rollers and the Recording Process

If you use a studio, what do you record there and what do you record by yourself and why? JB: I guess it just depends on the timing. Obviously if we could we always be in a studio recording straight to tape with real engineers and shit. Like Malcolm said…Click on the title for more

The Dough Rollers and the Recording Process