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GEAR // MIXWAVE’S YVETTE YOUNG RIG: FAR AND AWAY THE BEST MATH ROCK PLUGIN YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON

Michael Whiteside·August 18, 2026

When I was growing up, guitar was always around. My mom taught music in several schools, my uncle...

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Daydream Plus

FOCUS // EXTENDED FORECAST: PAYSON POWER OF DAYDREAM PLUS ON THE FAMITRACKER VERSION OF UPCOMING ALBUM SECOND LAST DAY OF SUMMER

Michael Whiteside·June 5, 2026

Hot on the heels of revealing their next LP Second Last Day of Summer, Daydream Plus made a...

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Maebe

FOCUS // DRIPPING COLOUR: MAEBE’S MICHAEL ASTLEY-BROWN ON THE MUSICAL MUSES AND MIND-BOGGLING TOOLS BEHIND BRAIN PAINT

Michael Whiteside·May 20, 2026

Point blank, Brain Paint is an extremely visceral album title despite being two relatively innocuous words working together....

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GEAR // TOP 25 PEDALS AND PLUGINS FOR MATH ROCK IN 2025, PART THREE

Michael Whiteside·December 17, 2025

(Editor’s Note: As stated, this is Part Three! You can check out the first part here – no...

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GEAR // TOP 25 PEDALS AND PLUGINS FOR MATH ROCK IN 2025, PART TWO

Michael Whiteside·December 1, 2025

(Editor’s Note: As stated, this is Part Two! You can check out the first half here – no...

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GEAR // TOP 25 PEDALS AND PLUGINS FOR MATH ROCK IN 2025, PART ONE

Michael Whiteside·November 28, 2025

At this point we’re almost used to getting up to November or December and suddenly realizing, “shit, we’ve...

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VDL-1

GEAR // A EULOGY FOR THE VOX VDL-1, OR HOW THE SEARCH FOR A NEW LOOPER SENT US BACK TO THE BEGINNING

Michael Whiteside·August 26, 2025

In 2011, at the height of a college freshman year that’s all but gag ordered from our memories,...

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Millimetric Instruments

GEAR // MEASURING SUCCESS: DESIGNING THE S-6, ADAPTING TO TARIFFS, AND EMBODYING NOISE ROCK WITH FLORIAN SCHNEIDER OF MILLIMETRIC INSTRUMENTS

Michael Whiteside·May 13, 2025

The last few years, from an aesthetic point of view, have been an absolute carnival of possibility when...

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Nokill Pedal Co

GEAR // NOT ANOTHER FECKING GEAR REVIEW + GIVEAWAY: RUNNING WILD WITH THE NOKILL PEDAL CO BORZOI GLITCH FUZZ

Michael Whiteside·May 2, 2025

So if you haven’t seen it already, we just put out an interview with NOKILL Pedal Co, and...

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FOCUS // DOG DAYS WITH NOKILL PEDAL CO: ALEX BROWN ON MASHING SONIC OPPOSITES, BIRTHING THE BORZOI GLITCH FUZZ, AND THE DETAILS OF OUR AMAZING GIVEAWAY

Michael Whiteside·May 2, 2025

For those of you with dogs in your life, you obviously know that common moment of frustration when...

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