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

The Line of Best FitScenes

CHISARA, Anna Vis, Land Whales, SGO among first wave of artists for SQUARE festival's 2027 edition

September 28

]]> Portugal festival SQUARE, taking place 27–30 January 2027, has announced the first artists for its second edition, spanning countless genres and geographies.

News

Read at The Line of Best Fit ↗

One letter a week, in your inbox.

Latest

CHISARA, Anna Vis, Land Whales, SGO among first wave of artists for SQUARE festival's 2027 edition

More from The Line of Best Fit on XLR MAG

Scenessmush announce sophomore album with "milkweed butterfly" single The Line of Best Fit

ScenesSheherazaad shares new single "Pakeezah" ahead of November album The Line of Best Fit

ScenesSlipknot detail 2027 stadium tour The Line of Best Fit

ScenesCursive release new song from Who’s Watching horror movie soundtrack The Line of Best Fit

ScenesFeist inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame The Line of Best Fit

ScenesZETI announces Zero EP in aid of Palestinian causes The Line of Best Fit