Kittie guitarist-vocalist Morgan Lander has side-stepped away from her Canadian metal force’s “Legacy of Fire” to debut synth ...

A couple of years ago, Playtime Engineering launched a colorful portable synthesizer on Indiegogo that allowed players young and old "to have fun without fully understanding how it all works." Now the ...

“Orion and the Dark” director Sean Charmatz knew he had found the right creatives to lead the music for his animated film for DreamWorks Animation after auditioning Robert Lydecker and Kevin Lax. In ...

The Chicago Reader is back in print! Our February issue is being delivered to more than 600 locations across the city beginning February 4. Find the closest newspaper box, coffee shop, bar, library ...

While maintaining the high aesthetic as usual, local club night Panic! Underground will be getting a little extra severe with their latest live showcase. NYC’s Un Hombre Solo returns for the first ...

French dark electronic artist Perturbator, spearheaded by lone visionary James Kent, may not make metal music, but there's quite a lot of common ground between his gloomy swaths of synths on his ...

Belarusian post-punk band Molchat Doma will perform at KEMBA Live! on Friday, bringing dark synth sounds to Columbus. The Los Angeles-based, Russian-language band is touring America after a European ...

Somewhat confusing interface, like most synthesizers. The world of modular synthesis is a gearhead’s paradise. During the Covid-19 quarantine, I watched my ex-boyfriend and his friends become obsessed ...

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