KiiBoom Cybrix 16 review: 16 keys, tons of usefulness

The KiiBoom Cybrix 16 is a cut-down keyboard with 16 keys, three knobs, and tons of utility — but it's too bad that the ...

The keyboard of choice for modular synth nerds gets a proper sequel after 10 years

The Arturia KeyStep mk2 is a feature-packed upgrade to the controller of choice for modular synth nerds, 10 years in the ...
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“I learned synthesis using the Micromoog, so I’ve always had an appreciation for those kinds of synths”: Ambient maestro Steve Hauschildt on the obscure plugins ...

Following a relocation to Tbilisi, Steve Hauschildt’s eighth album finds him channelling a period of profound personal change ...
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The Belair Lip Bombs: The Best of What’s Next

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and ...
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"I brought the synth into the studio with Harry, flicked through the presets and there’s one called Harpoon Dream. I took the delay off and we were like… ‘yeah!’": Kid ...

Kid Harpoon’s genre-hopping experimentation has risen to become the sound of modern pop. While an artist in his own right since 2009, it’s Harpoon's collaborative work, co-creating critically ...
The Inlander

Washingtonian alt-folk duo Babes in Canyon gazes inward with new album, The New Loud

On a winter night in 2021, the wind blustered outside a remote cabin in the Cascade Mountains, felling evergreen trees, knocking out the power and trapping married vacationers Nathan and Sophia Hamer.