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

PollstarIndustry

Kennedy Center Honors To Be Held At Capital One Arena Amid Fight Over Adding Trump’s Name

October 2

A tarp covers a portion of the signage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, in Washington.

Read at Pollstar ↗

One letter a week, in your inbox.

Latest

Kennedy Center Honors To Be Held At Capital One Arena Amid Fight Over Adding Trump’s Name

More from Pollstar on XLR MAG

IndustryFontaines D.C. Announce 2027 North American Tour Pollstar

IndustryDylan Gossett Unveils Spring 2027 US Leg Of ‘The Ramblin’ Tour’ Pollstar

IndustryFrom Beyoncé To Blur To B’z, Japan’s Summer Sonic Celebrates 25 Years Pollstar

IndustryPhilly’s Mann Center Celebrates 50 Years, $70M Renovation With Help From Willie Nelson & Neil Young Pollstar

IndustryBaltimore’s Camden Yards Scores Renovation Pollstar

IndustryMrs. GREEN APPLE Dominates Arenas & Stadiums, Takes J-Pop To New Heights (Subscribers Only) Pollstar