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Producer Crosstalk: Joe Chiccarelli
Music Connection first spoke with producer, engineer and 10-time Grammy winner Joe Chiccarelli for our February 2012 Producer Crosstalk. In the intervening years, the Bostonian’s ... -
Album Review: Terminal Bloom by Light This City (9/10)
A 10-year hiatus can have quite the effect on any band. Along with next-to-impossible expectations set, most artists return with a new writing approach, distancing them-selves further from ... -
New Gear/New Toys Review: IK Multimedia Arc 2.5
IK Multimedia's latest version of their Advanced Room Correction software now includes a MEMS microphone. MEMS (or micro-electro-mechanical systems) are capsules fabricated just like semi-conductors ... -
Album Review: Future Me Hates Me by The Beths (7/10)
The Beths are a female fronted quartet from the “other Down Under”—New Zealand! Their song “Future Me Hates Me,” with its self-explanatory hilarious title, would be a ... -
Album Review: Hive Mind by The Internet (9/10)
Hive Mind by The Internet is a mixture of alternative R&B, neo-soul, funk, psychedelic soul, hip-hop and avant-garde jazz. The album’s first single, “Roll (Burbank ... -
New Gear/New Toys Review: D'addario Accessories DIY Pedal Board Power Cable Kit
D'Addario offers a way to have custom length DC power wiring cables on your pedal board--and all without soldering. The DIY Pedalboard Power Cable Kit ... -
Album Review: NASIR by Nas (7/10)
Hailed as one of hip-hop’s “Top 5, dead or alive,” Nas continues to reign as a heavy-weight in rap. Though his penmanship is sharp, with production from ... -
New Gear/New Toys Review: Neumann U 67 Tube Microphone Reissue
Pretty awesome that Neumann's U 67 tube microphone first introduced in 1960 is back and meticulously reproduced to original specifications to sound and work like ... -
Album Review: Iconic by Take 6 (7/10)
Long before a cappella pop sensations Pentatonix became a YouTube, Billboard chart and touring sensation, 10-time Grammy winners Take 6 were laying the groundwork for all modern ... -
Album Review: Palo Santo by Years & Years (8/10)
Years & Years’ Palo Santo is somewhat of a departure from the indie-pop of their first LP. Many of the new songs contain upbeat sounds ...