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

Rolling Stone MusicScenes

Mon Laferte, Francisca Valenzuela, Juanes to Headline Latin Grammys’ In The Mix/Los Producers Event

October 14

The night will also include Kinky, CoastCity, Lila Downs, and more, and will honor Latin producer Sebastian Krys

Read at Rolling Stone Music ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

Mon Laferte, Francisca Valenzuela, Juanes to Headline Latin Grammys’ In The Mix/Los Producers Event

More from Rolling Stone Music on XLR MAG

ScenesChance the Rapper Wins Lingering Legal Fight With Ex-Manager: ‘Owed Him Loyalty’ Rolling Stone Music

ScenesZach Bryan Announces ‘Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs’ Tour Across North America and Australia Rolling Stone Music

ScenesWoman Accusing Geordie Greep of Sexual Assault Alleges Singer Kissed Her While She Slept Rolling Stone Music

ScenesRosalía’s ‘Magnolias’ Sees 300 Percent Stream Surge After ‘SNL’ Rolling Stone Music

ScenesRachel Chinouriri: An Indie-Pop Leading Light Gets Very Real Rolling Stone Music

ScenesKanye West Slapped With Nearly $200,000 in Legal Fees and Costs in Malibu Mansion Fiasco Rolling Stone Music