Hey kids, it’s time for Arts & Crafts! No, this will not involve Play Dough or macaroni and glue- not unless bring your own. Arts & Crafts is a boutique independent record label based in Toronto and 10 years ago they launched a ‘tour package’: aka a touring bill made up exclusively of Arts & Crafts bands. The bands on that initial […]

Joy here. The last day of NAMM was a sad one for me, despite the 5-day hustle and the numb feet. By the time I arrived late afternoon, vendors had already started packing up. My first stop was Moog where I picked up a free water bottle to start my trek. I have fond memories of the Moog booth, having […]

Kristen Coveleskie here reporting from NAMM. What to say? I spent today “absorbing.” Between the massive convention center, two hotels and a couple of outdoor stages, there is quite a bit going on. Before even entering the convention center, I found myself being pulled into what was happening in front of the Go Pro outdoor stage. Masses gathered, listening to […]

It feels like every year the NAMM show gets a little larger, sort of like how SXSW takes off Austin, TX – not just downtown Austin, but the whole town now. And this year I definitely felt like Anaheim was consumed by NAMM. Opening day was relatively quiet in what I believed would be the calm before the storm (of […]

When you think of the art of bass, what probably comes to mind is it being an inherently male-dominated position in band. But there have been a good number of players of the XX chromosome variety: from Kim Deal (the Pixies) to Melissa Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins), Tina Weymouth (Tom Tom Club) and Gail Ann Dorsey (David Bowie) to […]

Radio check 1, 2, 3! What we have here is a Spring of 2013 segment for your recollection. This collaboration between High Voltage and Dirty Glitter with Brody Ramone on WGBU-FM every Thursday night at 8pm PST/11pm EST has yielded some pretty sweet musical fruit not the least of which comes from the three talents in this 8th edition of Dirty Glitter 2013 In Review. Dirty […]

In a time when so many musicians want their music to have a recorded-to-released turnover rate of about an hour and a half, there’s something quite nice about a band that isn’t afraid to take their time with a recording.  Such is the case with Summer Aviation.  The Seattle-based husband/wife duo of Kevin and Lee Kelly actually took a solid […]