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.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.

← XLR MAG Archive

LuminateIndustry

Alice in Chains’ ‘MTV UNPLUGGED’ Reissue Tops Physical Retail, as Kenny Chesney Rules Country

10.14

Alice in Chains’ MTV UNPLUGGED Reissue Tops Physical Retail, as Kenny Chesney Rules Country Music Chris Muratore,Director, Partnerships October 5, 2026 — 6 min read Physical Music News · Week 39 ·…

Vintage & reissues Music

Read at Luminate ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

Alice in Chains’ ‘MTV UNPLUGGED’ Reissue Tops Physical Retail, as Kenny Chesney Rules Country

Related

VoicesWCA #616 with Sylvia Massy: Microphone History, the Bob Paquette Collection, and The Great Book of Vintage Microphones Working Class Audio

ScenesPrimavera Sound Barcelona announces line-up for 25th anniversary Crack Magazine

MakersHow Do You Sample Heritage? IK Multimedia

GuitarsIntroducing La Brea Analog Tape Drive Strymon

Drums1960s Ludwig Classic Set in Black Diamond Pearl Not So Modern Drummer

ScenesBoards of Canada reissue Hi Scores for 30th anniversary Crack Magazine