We break the glass on the pedal cabinet to dig out a long-list of some of the coolest effects from the new Golden Era of ...

The MC5 guitarist had worked on its design before his passing last year, and now it serves as an immortalization of his proto ...

MXR has launched a distortion pedal honouring the late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. The Jail Guitar Doors Drive was co-designed with Kramer before he died in February 2024, and it is gloriously simple ...

If you've spent your whole life wondering how the heck Led Zeppelin got that crunchy fuzz tone on "Black Dog," you're in the ...

American Songwriter may earn a commission when you purchase through our links. With MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer’s passing In February 2024, rock ‘n’ roll lost not only one of its most influential ...

Buying and building your own guitar effects pedal set is almost as much fun as learning to ... given that delays and reverb work by creating copies of the signal, placing distortion after them can ...

This Jack White collab collects high-gain distortion, phaser and echo in one $100 unit. It's big on value, but how does it ...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

Some songs just don’t work in a rock band. Playing with an orchestra is giving the Icelandic trio a chance to perform some of their grand, sweeping numbers live.

Scott isn’t reinventing the wheel but offering a collection that’s both a love letter to a familiar era & a confident assertion of identity.