Universal Audio has released the 1176AE , an anniversary edition of the legendary limiter. Celebrating a decade of Universal Audio's refounding and just over 40 years since the birth of the 1176, the 1176AE Anniversary Edition is a custom, limited-run,

Universal Audio has announced the 710 Twin-Finity , a new UA pre-amp design which combines both the warmth of UA tube design and solid-state in a 2U, half-rack, all-metal chassis. The key to its sonic flexibility lies in its innovative

The snoozers at Expert Sleepers have released Clocker a free VST plug-in for Windows that sends MIDI clock. The Sleepers ask: "Why would you want a plug-in to do that, when your host app sends MIDI clock perfectly fine?" Well,

CableGuys have released FilterShaper , a VST effect plug-in for Windows that claims to bring life to your sounds and loops. You can draw any curve, assign it to its 4 LFOs and use them to modulate filter cutoff and

Napster has launched what it's claiming to be the world's largest DRM-free MP3 download store with a catalog of more than 6 million songs. Most of the songs available on the store sell for $0.99 each, with most albums selling

Propellerhead Software has announced Electric Bass ReFill for Reason , a new refill pack for Mac and PC. Propellerhead claims that Electric Bass captures the soul of the bass guitar, delivering realistic electric bass sounds for music producers of all

Ra Ra Riot is moving up in the world.

Brian Wilson has a new album up his sleeve.

Of all the unlikely punk rock success stories, The Stranglers have to be one of the most unlikeliest.

Two of Britain's most notorious drug fiends are bashing out a lot of collaborative material together.

Come for the indie rock, stay for the ridiculous pencil moustache.

That preschool demographic is an increasingly important one to indie rockers, and Tilly and the Wall are set to make their move on the under-five set.

The Offspring are returning to the "back when they really ruled" part of their history for a pair of reissues.

The front man of the world famous U2 band, Bono, has revealed that the U2's historic peace concert at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast was the most important event to have happened in the history of U2 so far. Bono,

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releases over the last four years, and it's not just because they keep putting stuff out there and I keep eating it up. Animal Collective has been pushing the boundaries of whatever genre you wish to call it since their

is the latest export from grunge's famous sloppy seconds, Olympia, Wash., featuring prolific scene mainstay Tobi Vail on skins rounding out a standard three-piece with Craid Extine and Scott Seckington. The Old Haunts play something that is part content but

Preparing to release 4th full length album, Combichrist presents the "Frost EP: Sent To Destroy". Featuring 3 brand new tracks ("Sent To Destroy", "The Kill", "Prince of E-Ville") and 6 remixes by...