Rocker Devon Allman talks vinyl, vibing and hearing his dad on the radio
He may have descended from rock royalty, but Devon Allman earned his musical stripes on his own, and he proves it on his latest solo album, Ragged & Dirty.
‘There are no rules.’ No -fi is too lo or hi for Cut Copy DJ Dan Whitford
In his latest work spanning 80 minutes and 19 tracks, Cut Copy DJ Dan Whitford explores everything from electro disco to tribal house music. And somehow, it all flows.
Tom DeLonge on Blink-182’s legacy and dreaming big with Angels & Airwaves
we sit down with Tom DeLonge (of Blink-182 fame) and speak about his new Angels & Airwaves album, The Dream Walker.
The Pixies’ David Lovering talks high-res, Doolittle, the death of a drumkit
In Part 2 of our interview with the Pixies, drummer David Lovering tells us about his smashed drum kit and Doolittle's 25th anniversary.
In case of catastrophe, listen to vinyl! And more from the Pixies’ Joey Santiago
DT’s Mike Mettler interviews Joey Santiago of The Pixies about Nirvana, MP3s, and Doolittle’s 25th anniversary.
How The Kinks’ Dave Davies changed the course of rock with a sliced speaker cone
When The Kinks’ guitarist Dave Davies sliced open a speaker cone with a razor blade in 1964, he literally set the tone of rock music for decades to come. And that sound lives on in his latest solo album, Rippin’ Up Time.
Guitar wizard Adrian Belew on how his Flux app creates bite-size music for the Twitter era
DT’s Mike Mettler sits down with guitar wiz Adrian Belew on his new app, Flux, and how he hopes to change music for the Twitter era.
For their last-ever album The Endless River, Pink Floyd recorded on a boat
Pink Floyd recently came together to record their last album of new material, The Endless River. And appropriately enough, they did it on a boat, embracing the latest recording technologies yet again.
For Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, feeling ‘in the room’ is the pinnacle of hi-fi sound
From Aerosmith cofounder to solo artist and back again, Joe Perry has seen – and heard – it all. With the release of his new book, Perry delves even deeper into the fascination with sound that has shaped his entire career.
If Sgt. Pepper wasn’t weird enough, count on The Flaming Lips to turn up the dial
We speak with Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, who runs us through what it was like to re-record Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band collaboratively with artists like Miley Cyrus.
Billy Corgan on his 107-track Smashing Pumpkins reissue, and what’s ahead
Digital Trends’ music columnist Mike Mettler speaks to Billy Corgan about his new 107-track reissue of the 1998 Smashing Pumpkins album Adore, and what’s ahead for the band.
While hipsters relive the sound he pioneered, Gary Numan keeps forging forward
Remember the ‘80s? Gary Numan does, and he’s ready for something new. The electronic music pioneer talked with us about hi-res recording, the magic of the piano, and why he’s running alongside today’s electronic crowd – not in it.
Blues maestro Joe Bonamassa: Hi-res is hype, digital is clinical, bleed is good
For a guy who’s only 37, Joe Bonamassa is undeniably old school. The celebrated blues artist told us why more resolution isn’t better, why sequencing the order of songs on an album is a lost art, and why bleeding is good.
Digital? Nah. For Coves, the perfect sound is somewhere in a black drain pipe
Hot on the heels of their album Soft Friday, the psychedelic-garage heroes of Coves talk vinyl versus digital, creativity, and the benefits of reverb.
After pioneering synthpop with Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke just kept innovating
Vince Clarke was making synthpop before many of today’s electronic musicians were born. But with Erasure and his latest album The Violet Flame, he’s still pushing the sonic envelope.
What it’s like to remaster The Beatles albums, and why its sound is ‘way beyond compare’
Mike Mettler interviews the engineers responsible for remastering mono albums by The Beatles in vinyl.
Prog-rock legends Yes talk hi-fi, remastering, and the lasting appeal of the album format
The original progressive rock band, Yes, is back with a new album called Heaven & Earth. DT's Mike Mettler sat down with the band to discuss the new album and their thoughts on high-resolution audio.
THE AUDIOPHILE: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson brings back the flute for new HD audio album
Former Jethro Tull lead man Ian Anderson is not living in the past: For his new album Homo Erraticus, he’s fully embracing high-resolution digital audio.
Can’t play an instrument? You can still ‘paint’ music with HarmonyWiz
We sit down with Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater to discuss his latest music creation app, HarmonyWiz, which aims to help anyone create music.
How Brian Setzer wrings classic rockabilly sound from modern recording
Brian Setzer’s new album, Rockabilly Riot: All Original, sounds straight out of 1957. Here’s how he does it – from inspiration to recording.
‘How the hell did we do this?’ Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward looks back
When Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward isn’t preserving the band’s sound in the highest digital quality possible, he’s forging ahead with new techniques in his own solo recordings.
Why Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers won’t back down on HD audio
As Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers prepare for the release of Hypnotic Eye, veteran producer and engineer Ryan Ulyate has been there every step of the way, capturing it all in high definition.
Master of improv: Steely Dan’s guitarist knows when to riff, when to reel it in
As lead guitarist for Steely Dan, Jon Herington has to find the delicate balance between channeling fan favorites note for note, and interpreting them in a fresh new way for modern audiences.
Fetishizing cassettes, the dignity of LPs, more from the mind of Robyn Hitchcock
From his days in The Soft Boys to his latest solo work, Robyn Hitchcock has seen it all. And he has a pretty good idea what's next: bioimplants, fetishizing dying formats, and a lot more great music.
Nick Waterhouse’s retro-infused records are blazing the trail for modern mono
Put on a Nick Waterhouse record and you might be transported back to 1964. But the 28-year-old musician released his latest record, Holly, in 2014, and did it quite intentionally using a long-neglected format: mono.