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Gorilla vs. BearSceneslisten to Boyhood’s I’ll Dream InStead I'll Dream InStead is out now . Video shot, directed, edited by Monika Kraska ...

Gorilla vs. BearSceneslisten to Fine’s Jazz dreams Jazz dreams is out now . Video directed + filmed by Louise Le Meur ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesBeing Dead – Man or Myth / Aquarium Both vids directed + edited by Falcon Bitch ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesHelena Deland – Tip of My Tongue Helena Deland 's new album Eternity Shrugs is out January 22nd, 2027 . Video by Jodi Heartz and Alex Blouin ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesphotos: ML Buch – live in Los Angeles

Gorilla vs. BearScenesJune McDoom – Human Angel June McDoom 's Follow the Light is out this Friday . Video directed, filmed, and edited by Rena Johnson ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesFine – Sometimes i rush Video by Betty Krag . Fine 's Jazz Dreams is out October 23rd ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesHelena Deland – How Do You Like Me Now Artwork and video by Jodi Heartz + Alex Blouin ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesSophia Stel – I Do the greatest album of all time is coming October 16th . Video by Sophia Stel, Aaron Lum, + Scarlet Ross ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesBoyhood – Sparkle Dub / I’ll Dream Instead Boyhood 's new album I'll Dream InStead is out October 23rd . Video shot, directed, + edited by Monika Kraska & Phil Osborne ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesFine – Everything in the shade As we continue to obsess over her new record with Dean Blunt as (an alleged) part of the group the Crying Nudes , Copenhagen's Fine shares the sublime lead single from her forthcoming new solo album…

Gorilla vs. BearScenesTEILZ – Tiger TEILZ 's debut album come to mommy is out October 9th. Vid directed by Allie Teilz / animation by Open the Portal ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesHarmony Index – Keep On Calling Harmony Index 's intoxicating new album Lights On drops next month on FO . Video by Sage Caswell ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesJune McDoom – Without You June McDoom announces her long-awaited debut album Follow the Light with stunning lead single " Without You ". Video directed by Bing Cao ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesHelen – Dead shark II Liz Harris ' dream pop band Helen returns more than a decade after their incredible debut Original Faces with the lead single from their gorgeous new LP Linda's Head , coming this fall on Kranky ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesThe Crying Nudes – DJ Under the cover of night, elusive group the Crying Nudes ( Fine + Dean Blunt , allegedly) drop an ethereal/ephemeral 13-minute masterpiece in their gorgeous and heartbreaking new breakup record, DJ .

Gorilla vs. BearScenesBoyhood – Loner Caylie Runciman aka Boyhood shares the buzzing opening track/ripper from her forthcoming new record (and now our most anticipated release of the rest of '26), I'll Dream InStead , coming this fall on…

Gorilla vs. BearScenes2026.5: gorilla vs. bear’s albums of the year (so far) Presenting our favorite albums from the first half of 2026 ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesSophia Stel – Molly in the Club Video by Scarlet Ross, Aaron Lum, & Sophia Stel ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesBoy Harsher – Jeans Video directed by Boy Harsher 's Augustus Muller ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesMarci – Butterfly Sticker Marci 's new album Mask Lady and Late Night Girl is coming in August on Arbutus . Video directed + animated by Geoffrey Scott ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesPaycheque – Heatwave Paycheque 's long-awaited debut LP is finally here this Friday . Video by Ian F. Svenonius ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesCate Kennan – Devil’s Hour Taken from Cate Kennan 's new album Shadows , coming in June on Kranky ...

Gorilla vs. BearScenesSophia Stel – Bitches Talk Shit Sophia Stel drops her first single for A24 Music , and it's an anthem...

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

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