In the introduction to “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape,” Phoenix-based author Marc Masters shares a vivid memory of freshman year at college. It’s the first week of school and ...
Arlington music writer Marc Masters, 39, is a regular contributor to the Wire, Pitchfork, Paper Thin Walls, Baltimore City Paper, and Signal to Noise. He’s also worked as an editor on recent Jeff ...
While vinyl controlled the largest share of the physical music market last year, cassette tapes are surging in popularity. The medium saw an increase in sales from 2015 to 2023 of more than 400%. Marc ...
Yo La Tengo plays Cat’s Cradle Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $22–$25. If ever an indie rock band deserved proper canonization, it would be Yo La Tengo. For nearly three decades, the New ...
In an era of music streaming and digital downloads, an old format is once again becoming popular. Modern music audiences are rewinding and hitting play on a cassette tape revival. Stephanie Sy reports ...
Hard-to-please, self-righteous Web site Pitchfork gave local musician Dino Felipe’s latest release No Fun Demo a 7.2 out of 10, which for Pitchfork is a-fucking-mazing. Reviewer Marc Masters calls ...
8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time. In his book High Bias: The ...
The British star producer was in town to record the Talking Heads‘ second album and he attended a five-day festival in May 1978 featuring 10 bands, including James Chance and The Contortions, Teenage ...
In an era of music streaming and digital downloads, an old format is once again becoming popular. Modern music audiences are rewinding and hitting play on a cassette tape revival. Stephanie Sy reports ...
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