JD Simo is a Nashville-based guitarist and vocalist who wants his listeners to know that what matters to him first and foremost is that music should be honest. He offers this in spades on his debut solo album, ‘Off At 11’, a psychedelic, free-flowing, dynamic kaleidoscope of sound, energy and vibe that incorporates elements of Acid rock, […]
I Need A New War arrives Friday, April 26 via Partisan Records. The third instalment of a trilogy – following 2015’s Faith In The Future and 2017’s We All Want The Same Things.
Austin band Primal Static return with a fiery new single. “Velvet Crush” shows the ambition and boldness that is Primal Static: a rock band that pushes boundaries with every song, each having its own distinctive personality.
Heading to Bristol for the Bristol Hifi Show from Friday? Here’s the latest from some of your favourite Hifi brands.
This coming weekend, Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th February, Audio Note (UK) will be attending the Bristol HiFi Show. They will be demonstrating the following system in Room 402 on the 4th Floor:
In advance of the release of her new album Woman In The Arena In May, UK singer/songwriter Lauren Ray is touring as support to former Ace/Squeeze/Mike and The Mechanics vocalist, Paul Carrick. Hifi Pig caught with Lauren recently as she prepares to go out on the road.
Tonight I shook the hand of Amy Helm; the hand that was held in the hands that held the sticks that played the drums on The Weight and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and helped to invent the musical genre we now now as Americana. As a lifetime fan of The Band and […]
Like them or not, tribute bands are here to stay. Despite the fact that every one of the half a dozen tribute bands I have seen has been nothing short of excellent, I still harbor a slight feeling of apprehension whenever I go to see one – that sense of “not the real thing” is […]
Ken Stokes and David Robson take their Nord NC500 power amps for the latestupgrade using the newly available Nord REV D Buffer Boards as used in their MKII Amp with 2590/990 package Sparkos and Sonic Imagery op-amps to compare and contrast the merits of each. The complete upgrade board with Op Amps are £712.80 with Sonic Imagery 990’s and £658.80 with Sparkos […]
Dwight Trible has forged an impressive career as an inimitable jazz vocalist, activist and as the godfather of the LA jazz scene. He is the vocalist for the Pharoah Sanders Quartet and has collaborated with a huge variety of artists such as Kamasi Washington, J Dilla, Life Force Trio, Carlos Nino, John Beasley, Bobby Hutcherson, […]
Liska Steele has been bouncing around Chicago’s DIY scene for some time now, making appearances in basements, cafes and on stages around the city. Her music channels MTV pop star visions through twee-pop means, creating charming, catchy, and straight up fun music that invokes contemporaries like Lisa Prank and Sir Baby Girl.
Boston MC Rite Hook returns with another fiery single ahead of his debut album. On “Behind the Blinds” the rising rapper channels his experience with addiction into a bluesy anthem for fellow outcasts.
Since 2017 Henley Audio have been taking the Ortofon Cartridge Experience Tour up and down the UK and Ireland, showcasing the full offering of the Ortofon range of Moving Magnet and Moving Coil cartridges.
Voxativ, of Berlin, Germany, are well known for their full-range drivers, high end loudspeakers and gorgeously designed valve electronics.
Black Rhodium, the UK based cable manufacturer, has announced the launch of the new Operetta, Minuet And Calypso Stereo Interconnect Cables.
After a power upgrade at the end of 2018 with 2x 300W RMS into 4 ohms, the Apurna Prelude stereo amplifiers are now available with an integrated DAC.