Bands
30 Years of My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless
My Bloody Valentine’s second studio album Loveless is 30 years old today and so here are some of my favourite covers of this landmark recording
Effects Pedals
Fender Shields Blender limited edition fuzz pedal
Fender Shields Blender limited edition pedal is the company’s first-ever signature fuzz pedal. My Bloody Valentine tones or just chaos?
Recording
Temecula DSP Releases MDV-II: Free Plugin Recreates the Iconic Alesis MidiVerb II
Get the vintage Alesis MidiVerb II sound for free! Temecula DSP’s MDV-II plugin recreates the iconic DASP-16 chip and 100 classic presets for Mac and Windows.
How To
Super Secret Settings: 7 Guitar Pedal Hacks to Unlock Hidden Sounds
Unlock the “Super Secret Settings” used by legends. Learn how to create the Pink Floyd seagull sound, craft shoegaze walls of sound, and safely starve your pedals for iconic “Velcro” fuzz tones.
Effects Pedals
Behringer Drops the ‘Meatball’: Available Now!
Behringer unveils the Meatball, an ultra-affordable clone of the legendary 1995 Lovetone Meatball envelope filter pedal. Get the classic analog tone used by Kirk Hammett & Radiohead for under £100
How To
The Ultimate Shoegaze Pedal Guide: Building the “Wall of Sound”Â
Master the Wall of Sound with our 2025 shoegaze pedal guide. Find the best fuzz, reverb, and shimmer for MBV, Slowdive, Wisp, and Mk.gee inspired tones.
Guitar
Deep Sea Diver’s Signature Sound Unleashed in New Benson Amps Fuzz-Echo Pedal
Benson Amps launches the Deep Sea Diver Fuzz-Echo, a signature pedal with Jessica Dobson. Experience her iconic fuzz & echo tones, switchable order, and versatile soundscapes.
Guitar
Catalinbread Soft Focus Deluxe: A New Era of Shoegaze Tone
The Catalinbread Soft Focus Deluxe offers a suite of effects based on the Yamaha FX500, including delay, distortion, and immersive reverb
Guitar
Catalinbread Epoch Bias and Soft Focus pedals revamped
Catalinbread Epoch Bias and Soft Focus get new features and look for 2024. With new preamp controls and a new gold reverb finish
Guitar
Best Effects Pedals – Top 5 Stompboxes
The Best Effects Pedals is the list of the top 5 stompboxes you need to know about that have been released so far this year