BY MIKE METTLER – JANUARY 21, 2017
Over in my weekly Audiophile column for Digital Trends, Jade Puget, guitarist and co-producer for California-bred emo-punks AFI, and I discussed the band’s new release on Concord, AFI (The Blood Album), his favorite plug-ins and programming options, balancing tempo shifts between songs both live and on record, and reconciling […]
BY MIKE METTLER – JANUARY 14, 2017
When it comes to creating music that pushes the sonic envelope, Wayne Coyne and The Flaming Lips have been on the literal cutting edge of aural adventurousness for decades. Their new album, the evocatively titled Oczy Mlody — available now in various formats from Warner Bros., including a hi-res […]
Whether you choose to digest your individual favorite songs via 96kHz/24-bit high-resolution audio downloads, hi-res streaming services, and/or 7- or 10-inch 45s, this past year delivered a wonderfully wide swath of singular aural goodness. In reverse order, here are The SoundBard’s Top 21 individual tracks of 2016, along with an accompanying A/V clip. (Note: The hi-res […]
