The 8 Best USB Audio Interfaces (in 2023)
Wanna skip to the list right away? Here’s a list of my top picks for USB Audio Interfaces to buy in 2023. Whether you’re a hobbyist making music from home, or a seasoned pro with a complete studio setup, your primary tool as a producer must be an audio interface. They help you get the […]
Timothy Alice & the Dead Star Band’s “Winning Number” Rocks Buffalo Blues
So let’s say I’m a drop of water starting at the Granddaddy of Great Lakes: Lake Superior. I avoid evaporation, or extraction, and keep flowing; I peer over the sea of fellow droplets at the fading view of Duluth, Minnesota and flow into the super-lake of Huron and Michigan – maybe catch a glimpse of […]
Catatron’s “Again and Again” Explores the Depth of a Simple Phrase
People mean so many things when they say, “I love you.” Sometimes the words are code for, “Thank you” or “I’m sorry” or “I want something from you” or “I can tell you want something from me.” Sometimes they mean the thing that words can’t say. Saying “I love you” isn’t like saying what […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy Visits the Confessional on “I See A Darkness”
For ordinary recording artists, dreams reside in a non-tangible arena. They frolic in that place where wild, unattainable thoughts can gallop at their will, rest in the recesses, and drink from the trough of “someday” as desired. It’s the year 2000. Will Oldham has, less than a year ago, released his debut album under his […]
“TV Dinners” is Skittering, Restless Alt-pop from ALASKALASKA
A wash of synth strings and feedback noises introduce you to “TV Dinners” by ALASKALASKA and are almost immediately cut off by a piano over the chattering beat as the proper introduction to a track that’s perhaps more contemplative that some of their other songs. Deep bass repeats the piano notes and Lucinda Duarte-Holman starts […]
Jett Foreman’s “Can We Be the Ocean?” Is Fit for a Movie Scene
Mary Robinette Kowal’s Washington Post review of Andy Weir’s novel, Project Hail Mary, isn’t wholly positive. That’s cool, you can’t like everything about everything. But in that review, there is one bit that stands out. …but the novel seems written to be a movie… I don’t see the problem with that. Creativity doesn’t stay in […]
How Do Musicians Make Money in 2022?
Let’s start the conversation with this sad fact: Most musicians don’t make a lot of money. How much money do musicians make, exactly? Well, based on responses from 75 artists, the average musician made $12,200 from music-related activities in 2022. And, unfortunately, that’s probably overstating things, because our survey data was buoyed by a few […]
Luke De-Sciscio releases the motivational folk track “I’ll Die A Little”
Bath-based singer songwriter Luke De-Sciscio is back for a slower, more vulnerable approach to his signature indie-folk sound. With his latest LP, The Banquet, we saw our Italian stallion go for a warmer, more optimistic sound, all thanks to a smattering of smooth bass, brass instrumentation and snappy drums. Now, just a few months later, […]
Antony Hegarty Emerges from their Cocoon on “Frankenstein”
Feeling disconnected from society, even in fleeting periods of one’s life, is something to which most can relate. By our 30s, we have navigated childhood, high school, the labyrinth of social acceptance, sexual identity, perhaps post-secondary education, entering the adult workforce, etc. The list of tribulations is vast and, despite being navigable, undoubtedly contributes to […]
Gidea’s “Intrepid Traveler” & Foolish Endeavours
Gidea invokes a tarot card to describe the release of her first single, Intrepid Traveler: The Fool It’s a bit on the nose; The Fool is the beginning of the major arcana cards (as it sounds: the “Big Deal” cards), representing the naive, cup-overfloweth enthusiasm of a new life cycle. Much like the Fool, Gidea […]
