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Fruit & Flowers’ Gear & Creative Process

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTR246Km6co If you are feeling in the mood for surfy and grungey sonic fun, we've got a band for ya: they are called Fruit & Flowers and they hail from Brooklyn, NY. The four-piece is technically skilled, with fast-paced and fleshed-out guitar parts (as heard in tracks like “Pick Fairy”)…... Click for more

Fruit & Flowers’ Gear & Creative Process

Sharkmuffin’s Pedals & Creative Process

NYC-based Sharkmuffin creates punchy garage rock wrapped in a fuzzy, '60s cool that is at once feminine and fearless. On the heels of a new album release, the masterminds behind the band, Tarra Thiessen (guitar/vox) and Natalie Kirch (bass/vox) gave us an in-depth look into the meaning behind their latest tracks,…... Click for more

Sharkmuffin’s Pedals & Creative Process

Field Mouse – Q&A about Pedals and the Creative Process

[caption id="attachment_26014" align="aligncenter" width="612"] Photo by Carly Hoskins[/caption] Philly and NYC-based Field Mouse have been known for their dreamy, shoegazey tunes, but while their hook filled songwriting is still on full display on their latest album, "Episodic," the five-piece's sound has evolved in a punchier direction, which is a bit more barefaced,…... Click for more

Field Mouse – Q&A about Pedals and the Creative Process

Guerilla Toss – Q&A about Gear and the Creative Process behind ‘GT Ultra’

[caption id="attachment_25737" align="aligncenter" width="620"] photo by Ross Brubeck[/caption] Brooklyn via Boston avant-punks Guerilla Toss are ready to enter the next stage of their career with the release of a new full-length (entitled "GT ULTRA") on DFA Records. The album steps up the production values by several notches, broadening the act's appeal without…... Click for more

Guerilla Toss – Q&A about Gear and the Creative Process behind ‘GT Ultra’

Pavo Pavo’s Gear and Creative Process

https://www.youtube.com/embed/K9P5p94x2Os With psychedelic leanings and spacey synths that could believably been beamed down from Pluto, Brooklyn-based Pavo Pavo has a sound that's both warm and familiar, and yet hard to place. In their stunning debut album 'Young Narrator in the Breakers' the band seems to comfortably straddle between the deeper trenches of…... Click for more

Pavo Pavo’s Gear and Creative Process

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 for more

Minature Tigers’ Gear and Creative Process

The Landing’s Gear and Creative Process

Meditating about the universe is heavy stuff but, like much in life, you have the option of being consumed, or delighted by your surroundings. Brooklyn-based electronic artist, The Landing, does the latter. Producing synth-pop tracks that have their feet planted firmly on the ground, but their eyes to the sky,…... Click for more

The Landing’s Gear and Creative Process

Kevin Garrett’s Gear and Creative Process

KEVIN GARRETT'S CRUCIAL GEAR: --------------------------------------- Roland SPD-SX Moog SubPhatty --------------------------------------- Kevin Garrett has emerged in 2015 as one of NYC's most prominent young songwriters. Unapologetically moody, soulful at heart, incurably ballad-prone, Kevin's songs have the aura of old time classics, but their production process is as modern as it gets, centered - as…... Click for more

Kevin Garrett’s Gear and Creative Process

Nola Wren’s gear and creative process

NOLA WREN'S CRUCIAL GEAR: --------------------------------------- Omnisphere [caption id="attachment_10280" align="aligncenter" width="250"] Omnishpere by Spectrasonic[/caption] Digitech JamMan --------------------------------------- Brooklyn songwriter Nola Wren is a perfect case to exemplify how electronic music is tempting more and more musicians through fun, increasingly user friendly products capable of inspiring young artists and unleashing new creative energy.…... Click for more

Nola Wren’s gear and creative process

The Mast’s Gear and Creative Process

WILD ONES' CRUCIAL GEAR: --------------------------------------- Balafon [caption id="attachment_9907" align="aligncenter" width="278"] " Currently in our setup, I’ve been using balafon (African marimba), and clay udu drums. It’s always nice to have physical instruments to play in a track. The balafon was an important part of the last record. "[/caption] Korg MS-2000…... Click for more

The Mast’s Gear and Creative Process

Empress Of’s Gear and Creative Process

The two preview singles from Empress Of's upcoming album 'Me' ('Kitty Kat' and 'Water Water') reveal how the project of Brooklyn's songwriter and producer Lorely Rodriguez is evolving from its dream pop beginnings towards a more experimental sound, closer to the avant-electro sensibility of artists like Bjork and Gang Gang…... Click for more

Empress Of’s Gear and Creative Process

Holy Ghost!’s Synths, Gear and Creative Process

HOLY GHOST!'S CRUCIAL GEAR Yamaha CS15 [caption id="attachment_9513" align="alignright" width="250"] "My trusty old Yamaha CS15 is wildly versatile and super fun to use. It can do anything from mean and scary to super funky, poor-man’s Minimoog sort of stuff."[/caption] Dave Smith Instrument Mopho and Prophet 08 [caption id="attachment_9551" align="aligncenter" width="250"]…... Click for more

Holy Ghost!’s Synths, Gear and Creative Process