The $149 instrument was made in collaboration with viral musician Modern Biology. The $149 instrument was made in collaboration with viral musician Modern Biology. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He ...

Roland's TD-27 module comes from their flagship TD-50 DNA. You get 75 preset kits powered by Prismatic Sound Modeling, a technology that models how drums actually behave, not just plays back samples.

is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. Teenage Engineering is a design firm as much as it is a musical instrument company ...

Plus, a first look at some of the latest innovations from Roland, BOSS, and DW at the 2025 NAMM Show (L-R) John Good, DW Senior Executive Vice President; Don Lombardi, DW Founder and Chief Product ...

NAMM 2025: The lead-up to the 2025 Winter NAMM Show - the biggest new guitar, music tech, drum and DJ gear event in the calendar - has felt a little different to previous years, with the industry’s ...

If you can't get enough of the unmistakable, shrill and often bubbling sound of the SID sound chip in the C64, you can use the open-source cartridge "TeensyROM" to connect any musical instrument to ...

Alesis introduces the Strata Core featuring advanced BFD-powered sound, responsive mesh heads, and a 7-inch touchscreen for seamless performance customization. Now, I’ve been a guitar player for many ...

Recorded between São Paulo and London during Black Midi’s final throes, ‘The New Sound’ is just as disorienting and discomfiting as Greep’s previous work, but it is tonally distinct. Here, in the ...

In the waning days of this summer, Geordie Greep unceremoniously announced the end of his feverishly beloved band Black Midi. After initial confusion and suspicion that the trio might just be trolling ...

Geordie Greep’s “The New Sound” is not going to be for everyone. Fans of his former act, the experimental British rock band black midi, which disbanded in August, have never been faint of heart. And ...

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“Grindin’,” a song performed by legendary Virginia Beach group the Clipse, was the national anthem in 2002. The song’s sparse beat—which would be recognizable even without any accompanying lyrics or ...