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Kino Kimino’s Pedals and Sources of Inspiration

Brooklyn darlings Kino Kimino's debut LP "Bait is for Sissies," featuring Sonic Youth Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley serving as session men, will throw you off-guard, just like the band's bizarre, at time nonsensical videos. The brainchild of Kim Talon, the power trio offers deadpan vocals, gritty guitars, and 90's-cool-kid vibes embedded…Click on the title for more

Kino Kimino’s Pedals and Sources of Inspiration

Stuyedeyed talk about Guitar Pedals

Stuyedeyed is an alternative worldview presented through noisy and loud psych-rock, led by Nelson Antonio Espinal's exuberant blues-inflected vocals. Their music is grounded in the punk DIY scene and the NYC garage tradition, and their personal revolt against the disingenuous and the gentrified shines through with each howl of rage. With fuzzy layers…Click on the title for more

Stuyedeyed talk about Guitar Pedals

Gingerlys’ favorite guitar pedals

Describing themselves as "pure ear candy," Gingerlys provide catchy and hazy dream pop tunes. The female-fronted, five-piece indie pop band began when guitarist Matt Richards started sharing acoustic demos of his pop songs with his fellow bandmates in his Valley Stream, New York basement. We asked the band's lead guitarist…Click on the title for more

Gingerlys’ favorite guitar pedals

High Waisted’s Gear & Creative Process

The Brooklyn-based quartet High Waisted is a fierce garage pop band that dwells in sunshine surf vibes. Though they draw from the sound of the mid-'60s, the four musicians are fearless in their determination to put their own quirky spin on each one of their tunes. The band is fronted by the formidable…Click on the title for more

High Waisted’s Gear & Creative Process

Husbandry’s Gear and Creative Process

Brooklyn's post-hardcore/metal quartet Husbandry sounded pretty darn heavy on 2016's debut full length "Fera," but the 2017 EP "Bad Weeds Never Die" takes things to an entirely new level, with metal influences seemingly taking over emo and post-punk ones. Their distorted guitars, in this new record, are a lot more explosive…Click on the title for more

Husbandry’s Gear and Creative Process

The Stompboxes of L.A. Psych Rockers’ Triptides

Since its appearance in the late '60s, psychedelic music has been inspiring hordes of musicians, and has probably been the main reason driving the guitar pedal frenzy of the last decade, since guitarists devoted to the genre seem to need an ever increasing number of stompboxes. The current indie music…Click on the title for more

The Stompboxes of L.A. Psych Rockers’ Triptides

The Sofas’ Pedals & Creative Process

This past summer of 2017, Brooklyn's The Sofas released their first single "Hum," which immediately resonated with oddball indie rock lovers and fans of those fuzzadelic records from the '90s bands like Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev were putting out early in their career. The band is about to release their debut full length "Chop Water"…Click on the title for more

The Sofas’ Pedals & Creative Process

Emi Nights’ (of Strawberry Runners) pedalboard

There’s a certain overarching sweetness that consumes the Denver/New York-based group, Strawberry Runners, but a close listen will reveal a far more complicated sound. The pop-driven arrangements and saccharine melodies support lyrics filled with darkness -a juxtaposition that's at once uplifting and upsetting. The band recently released a new EP…Click on the title for more

Emi Nights’ (of Strawberry Runners) pedalboard

Iris Lune – Gear & Creative Process

Born in Boston as the project of singer-songwriter Ella Joy Meir and guitarist and composer Asher Kurtz, Iris Lune is now a Brooklyn based quartet that plays expansive, mellow pop with ambient influences and jazzy inclinations. Their complex layered musical compositions had us itiching to learn a bit about their process and the array…Click on the title for more

Iris Lune – Gear & Creative Process

The Shacks’ Pedals and Guitar Tone

It’s difficult to believe that The Shacks’ “Strange Boy” (streaming below) was the first song that Shannon Wise ever recorded, but that’s how the story goes. The New York based duo (made up of Wise and Max Shrager) formed almost by accident, which only amplifies their chemistry. When Shrager’s whimsical arrangements…Click on the title for more

The Shacks’ Pedals and Guitar Tone

Poppies’ Pedals, Story & Creative Process

Poppies have managed to gain a generous following with their introspective, melodic sound. Singer/guitarist May's childlike, delicate vocals, perfectly blend with the band's enigmatic, dreamy instrumentals. We wanted to dig in to the band's sound and story, and fortunately for us May and Ian (guitar) were eager to talk to us a bit…Click on the title for more

Poppies’ Pedals, Story & Creative Process

Brooklyn band Birds talk about their Pedals

While the NYC scene seems to be crawling with psych bands, local rockers Birds tackle the genre in a way that sets them apart from the pack. Though the band is certainly taking cues from music of the past, their angular and distorted sliding guitars and bizarre vocal melodies suggest that…Click on the title for more

Brooklyn band Birds talk about their Pedals