Music Production
Fidlar Returns With A Big, Bold, Self-Produced Sound
Five years after its last album, surf-punk stars Fidlar are back with a self-produced monster, 'Surviving The Dream,' created and executed at Balboa Recording.
punk
Live Sound
The Sounds of Sad Summer Festival
Following in the footsteps of the late Warped tour, the fifth annual Sad Summer Festival toured this summer with a bevy of pop-punk acts...
Live Sound
Blink-182 Hits The Road ‘One More Time’
Reunited after a decade apart, Blink-182 is blasting its way across North America with Clair Global and a team of audio pros along for...
Music Production
Steve Albini, Alt-Rock Musician/Producer, Dead at 61
Steve Albini, longtime musician, recording engineer, reluctant producer, studio owner and poker champion, died Monday, May 7, 2024.
Live Sound
The Baboon Show Takes On Europe
Swedish punkers The Baboon Show are back on the road with FOH pro Chris Mock and a lightweight control system in tow.
Business
Legendary Punk Producer Glen “SPOT” Lockett, Dead at 71
Glen “SPOT” Lockett produced many of the earliest releases by essential punk acts Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Misfits, Minutemen and others.
Blogs
MIX SIDEBAR: Take Me to the Rink—The Surprise Creation of Talking Heads’ “Big Band”
FOH engineer Frank Gallagher's stories are always headed somewhere unexpected—like this one, which starts off in late-Seventies New York City.
Live Sound
Frank Gallagher: ‘Soundman Confidential’ Talks Talking Heads, B-52’s and the Evolution of Live Sound
Frank Gallagher has mixed rock legends since the Sixties; still touring today, he's sharing how it all went down on his new podcast.
Live Gear
One Way or Another, Blondie Tours Through 2022
Blondie and their longtime live sound crew had a tumultuous post-pandemic world tour, but got through it, one way or another.
Post and Broadcast
Mixing It Up With Jason LaRocca
Scoring mixer/producer Jason LaRocca draws equally on his punk rock roots and time working with Mark Isham as he mixes everything from Amazon's 'The...
Music Production
IDLES Finds Room to Explore at Real World, Part 2
In the conclusion to our two-part series, IDLES talks recording drums, guitars and vocals at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Bath, UK,...
Profiles
IDLES Finds Room to Explore at Real World, Part 1
Setting up inside Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in the UK was just IDLES' first step in pushing the boundaries of what it means...
Facilities
Blasting Room Documentary in the Works
The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO is getting the full documentary treatment, celebrating its role as the birthplace to crucial albums by Descendents,...
news
Bob Sargeant, Top Post-Punk/New Wave Producer, Passes
UK producer Bob Sargeant has reportedly died, leaving behind a legacy that includes era-defining albums with XTC and The Damned, as well as now-legendary...
Music Production
Goldfinger Gets Nostalgic with Never Look Back
John “Feldy” Feldmann, leader of ska-punk heroes Goldfinger, shares how the pandemic brought the band back together again (remotely) to record its latest album,...
Blog
Peek Inside Green Day’s Old Home Studio
Peek inside the home studio Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong owned and used during the band's 'American Idiot' era.
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: The Misfits Attack MSG
The Misfits, headed by singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig and bassist Jerry Only, brought their sinister sound to New York City’s Madison Square Garden this past...
Business
$10,000 in Gear Stolen from Indie Recording Mainstay Inner Ear Studio
By Clive Young. A pillar of punk and indie recording, Inner Ear Studio lost an estimated $10,000 in specific gear to a discerning thief.
Music Production
A Joy-ful Reunion 30 Years On
By Clive Young. Pop-Punk pioneers Too Much Joy reunited with mix specialist Michael James for the band's new reunion single.
Live Sound
Frank Carter’s Festival Freedom
A swap to new wireless system gave the rising punk band freedom to roam.
Blog
Engineer Steve Albini Wins WSOP 2018 Seven Card Stud Event
By Clive Young. Noted musician/recording engineer/studio owner Steve Albini took home over $100,000 on June 14 when he beat 309 other entrants in the...
Recording
Clash Producer Mickey Foote, 1951-2018
By Clive Young. Mickey Foote, FOH engineer turned producer for The Clash, has died at 66.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Clash’s “London Calling”
For the mix of the track "London Calling," Strummer described an image of the London fog swirling off the river Thames...
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