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Holiday Gift Tip: Pigtronix FAT Drive Pedal
Analog tube overdrive sound comes in cool retro stompbox
By Alex Baker
Looking for that perfect holiday gift for the guitarist who has everything? Maybe you should consider the FAT Drive Pedal from Pigtronix.
If you’re looking for classically overdriven blues guitar tone with rich saturation and an abundance of analog warmth (and who doesn’t like analog warmth at the holidays?) this is a great pedal for you. Pigtronix take a futuristic approach to analog and the FAT Drive features multiple… Read More
Ana Popovic: GSTV’s Exclusive Interview with Female Blues/Rock Sensation
Serbian blues/rock guitarist talks to Guitar Shop TV backstage at the Iridium in NYC
Belgrade-born Ana Popovic was introduced to the blues at an early age by her father. Taking up the guitar as a teenager, Ana began performing on the European blues circuit in the mid 1990s. By decade’s end, she’d recorded an album with her band Hush and relocated to Amsterdam to study at… Read More
Vintage Trouble: GSTV’s Exclusive Interview and Live Footage
Los Angeles soul rock sensations Vintage Trouble at Harvelle’s in Santa Monica, circa early 2011
By Alex Baker
Vintage Trouble are a band that has come a long way in a short time. We first caught up with the boys in VT, less than two years at Harvelle’s, a tiny club in Santa Monica. Since then Vintage Trouble has enjoyed a whirlwind ride that has seen them conquering the UK and Europe with incessant touring, and landing an opening… Read More
CMJ 2012: Dance for the Dying
GSTV’s profile of DC dance rock band at CMJ Music Marathon
A Washington DC-based dance-rock quartet, with a catchy, synth-driven sound, Dance for the Dying were definitely one of the standout bands we heard at this year’s CMJ Festival in New York. The band draw on influences that include goth and pop bands from the Eighties and Nineties, to create what they describe in their bio as “songs you… Read More
CMJ 2012: The Big Picture Media Showcase
Lily and the Parlour Tricks, The Mercies, Socratic, The Ugly Club and others light up Sullivan Hall at CMJ
As you might expect, this year’s CMJ Festival in New York was packed full of bands, some talented, others. . . less so.
With multiple shows, events, and showcases happening constantly over a period of just a few days, CMJ can be hit or miss of experience. However one gig at this year’s festival we definitely didn’t want to miss, was the Big Picture Media Showcase. Big… Read More
Theory of Noise
Theory of Noise are a heavy rock outfit from Merchantville, New Jersey. These hard-rocking Jersey boys have a sound that’s more old school than a lot of the nu metal, emo, and grindcore played by heavy bands these days. We were particularly impressed by the hooky metal riffery on “Cradle,” which you can check out in this cool video clip that shows Theory of Noise at their most rock-outingest.
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