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

Music FeedsScenes

Drop City Release First New Single In Decades, ‘Alive’, Following 30-Year Hiatus

October 9

Drop City | Credit: Supplied Cult Australian psychedelic rockers Drop City are officially back in business, releasing their first major studio single in decades following a triumphant reunion after a…

Read at Music Feeds ↗

One letter a week, in your inbox.

Latest

Drop City Release First New Single In Decades, ‘Alive’, Following 30-Year Hiatus

More from Music Feeds on XLR MAG

ScenesCancer Bats Announce 2027 Australian Tour, Including Two Bat Fest Mini-Festivals Music Feeds

ScenesPill Testing Is (Finally) Coming To More NSW Music Festivals – Here’s What It Means For Punters Music Feeds

ScenesShow Me The Body Announce 2026 Australian Tour Music Feeds

ScenesAre Powderfinger Reuniting? Cryptic Clues Have Fans Convinced Something Big Is Coming Music Feeds

ScenesThe Strokes Announce 2027 Australian Tour With Courtney Barnett & Promiseland Music Feeds

ScenesThe Avalanches Announce 2027 Australian Tour Music Feeds