What if you could take all the best things out of your vinyl recordings and
make them as portable as the rest of your collection? Seems like the people over
at mbeat were thinking the same thing, because they came up with an answer with
the Turntable
and Cassette Digital Recorder.
There's always been something special about analogue audio. The crackle and
pop of a vinyl record to the warmth and personality in a cassette tape always
brings a recording to life in a way that digital never has. Unfortunately, vinyl
isn't the most portable of platforms, and finding a Walkman anywhere other than
an opshop these days is near impossible.
Now all that warmth and personality can be taken with you in MP3 format,
simply hook the mbeat Digital Recorder up to your PC, record your vinyl and
cassettes, and upload them to your device. Certainly a lot easier than carrying
a turntable with you.
After 15 years and 6 absolutely fantastic albums, punk rockers Rise Against are
back once again with The Black
Market, a hard hitting album packed to the brim with raw energy &
emotion.
Not content to sit back and say nothing, Rise Against once
again deliver 12 stirring tracks with a ferocious intensity; guaranteed to get
your blood pumping and brain ticking. There's a point when you realise that
this album is like none of its predecessors, sure it has the same high intensity
energy, but something is definitely different this time around.
“I underestimated just what a Rise Against song
is, what the lyrics are and how they can sometimes take you to a dark
place,” explains Tim. “I used to go into songs and walk away
virtually unscathed. When I was creating this record I was having a hard time
walking away from it – I was wallowing in the sadness and the angst of the
songs.”
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Brutally honest punk rockers Say Anything
return with their stunning sixth full length studio album Hebrews.
Over the last fifteen years we've felt the pain and joy of frontman Max
Blemis in every song. With a songwriting process that hides nothing and exposes
the listener to every thought & insecurity of Blemis, Hebrews is a hard
hitting album sure to provoke discussion among fans.
Hebrews,
sees the band step away from the usual trappings of a punk album by being the
first to include absolutely no guitars. Instead the album was recorder with an
extensive orchestra, as well as an all-star “cast” of guest vocalists that
includes Blink-182 and Angels & Airwaves' Tom DeLonge,
Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra, meWithoutYou's Aaron
Weiss, Every Time I Die's Keith Buckley, the Get Up Kids'
Matt Pryor and Chris Conley of Saves the Day.
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Kiwi rock legends, Shihad are all set to
release their hugely anticipated new album FVEY (pronounced five eyes)
on Friday, August 8!
The band have just released a special album teaser ‘Studio Surveillance’
which features band commentary, snippets of five unreleased and unheard songs
from the album as well as a look inside the recording process with producer, Jaz
Coleman. Check it out below.
FVEY will be released in a number of different formats – an 11-track standard
album ; a limited
CD only edition featuring the standard album and four bonus tracks; and a 180g
double LP vinyl with 11 tracks.
Swing by and pre-order
your copy of FVEY today for release day delivery!
We've got 2 copies of The National's latest album, ‘Trouble Will
Find Me’ to give to two lucky monkeys! All you have to do is purchase
Mistaken
for Strangers: A Year on Tour with My Brother's Band DVD before
the 22nd April to go into the draw!
Mistaken for Strangers: A Year on Tour with My Brother's Band is a
2013 documentary following The National on their 2010 tour. Lead singer Matt
Berninger invited his younger brother, Tom, to be a part of their tour crew.
A budding filmmaker and horror movie enthusiast, Tom brought along his camera
to film the experience.
You've got until the 22nd April to go into the draw, order
your copy of Mistaken
for Strangers: A Year on Tour with My Brother's Band
DVD today!
Competition now closed.
Congratulations to Kieren Moriarty & Richard Bodle – The
National's latest album is on its way to you :)
The 10th annual Womad world music festival will be kicking off in Taranaki
this Friday! A bevy of incredible artists & performers from all corners of
the globe will bring their unique sounds to Kiwi audiences, for what is sure to
be an amazing display of cultural diversity.
We've got a great range of albums from some of the hottest artists
performing this weekend including; La Chiva Gantiva ,
Breabach and Mokoomba just
to name a few.
For music lovers with an eclectic taste, we've got a great range of albums to
whet your appetite before the Womad festival. Whether you're after traditional
Chinese folk, the new sound of urban Papua
New Guinea, or simply looking to broaden your horizons, we are certain we
can satiate your musical needs!
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Metallica:
Through the Never is shipping next Tuesday on DVD,
Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D!
“Trip (Deen Dehan – Chronicle) is a young roadie sent on an urgent
mission during Metallica's roaring live set, as the band performs its most
iconic songs for thousands of their fans in the music-driven concert film
Metallica Through the Never. The film combines narrative and live
never-before-seen footage created exclusively for the film performed by one of
the most popular and influential rock bands in history to create a
groundbreaking motion picture event.”
Available on:
Metallica
Through the Never DVD for only $29.99
Metallica
Through the Never Blu-ray for only $34.99
Metallica
Through the Never Blu-ray 3D for only $49.99
The Suzuki
Airwave is the perfect choice for loading up the kids stockings in
a musical way this Christmas and an amazing way to introduce your child to the
world of music!
Its larger design is easy to hold, the spacing of the holes wider than usual
so that anyone can play it at their first attempt, it's made with high quality
brass reeds and it comes complete with a beautifully illustrated full
colour “learn to play” instruction booklet. Featuring notes, chords and
exciting play along songs, anyone can learn to play right away with 'learn to
play" software!
It comes in three colours, red, blue and orange (random selection). Designed
with kids at heart, the thing is pretty close to invincible and will take a drop
or a throw, without breaking. It's also safe, without screw or rough edges
making it suitable for all ages.
The Airwave Harmonica by Suzuki. Music…From the Harp!
We've got lots of other great gift ideas for kids over in
our Musical
Instruments jungle, so swing by and have a look!
We've been boasting a great range of Shure
on Mighty Ape for a while now, but more recently we've added a whole bunch of Shure
styluses for all you DJs out there sticking
to vinyl.
Having sponsored this years DMC, Shure is well known in the
DJ scene for it's flagship stylus and cartridge, the M44–7,
which is heralded as “The king of scratch cartridges”. The slightly
higher price tag is worth it for its great performance. Once set up properly and
broken in, these cartridges almost never skip. Due to it's low tracking force,
record wear is kept at a minimum, ideal for scratch DJs. Single replacement
styluses are also available.
The M44–7 and The M44-G
are definitely aimed towards the scratch DJ, whereas the Shure
Whitelabel cartridge is a concord-style cartridge and considered
the go-to for club DJs. With an output both loud and crisp, no bass is lost
while the mids and highs remain rich and detailed. In addition to this, the
Whitelabel has high skip resistance and low record wear. As if that wasn't
enough, you can easily adjust the stylus overhang (a feature not found on any
other concord-style cartridges.)
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Heavy
Metal Ninjas are a local Kiwi band gaining infamy on an
international scale.
Their debut album Interstellar
Abduction, out on Warner
Music, is a combination of beautiful symphonic arrangements, eery
space-themes and out of this world guitar work, utilising 6,
7,
and 8 string
guitars.
Materialising from smoke, lighting up stages and minds with their fingers
(literally!) and leaving people feeling like they've been
abducted for real, the live show is a sight to behold.
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