Recording

Reggae fan Daniel Boyle painstakingly researched the equipment Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry used in his groundbreaking Black Ark studio — then made an album with the dub legend himself.

This month music from Unto Us, Future Funk Squad and Jeremy Govero.

This month we listen to Easychair, Man Bites Zombie, Lukas Creswell-Rost and Lunacybot.

This month we review releases from Dreamlake, Jimmy Brewer and Phillip Sandifer.  

From humble beginnings, Joey Sturgis has become a leading producer in the highly technical metalcore scene.

This month we review albums from Stark, Smoking Grace and The Goddamn Wallbangers.

Front-of-house engineer David Williams talks to SOS about why mixing with a DSP audio interface is worthwhile, despite the dangers of using a laptop on stage.

Zipperfish

Punk By Numbers

No matter how weird, obscure or downright distasteful your...

This month albums from Ad Asteris, Glass Ankle, Pierre Shlimon, Marvin B Naylor, The Evolutionaries, Kenwood Anderson and As Follows.

This month we review to music from Gertrude,Tycho, Richard Pinhas, Daniel Trigger, Contemporary Dead Finnish Music Ensemble, Andrew Maxwell Morris, Michael Lee and Rebecca Shearing. 

This month we review to music from Young Peculiar, The Situation, Vincent Pierce Smith & Karttikeya, Mark Barnwell and Christian Gregory.

This month we comment on releases from Testing Tomorrow, Clemistry & Audnoyz and Emiliano Cannavò.

Prefab Sprout rose to fame in an era of indulgence and eye‑watering studio budgets. These days, things are a little different...

Proving that not every pop star is a manufactured creation, John Newman is as at home in the studio as he is on TV.

This month we comment on releases from Seth Lakeman and The Cuckoo Clocks

Joe Matera, Obsidian Kingdom, The Flickers.

Producer Phil Ramone was legendary for getting great vocal sounds. Here's how he did it — and how you can do the same.

This month our selection includes albums from Junkfoxx, Retrodog, Marcus Reeves, My Youth, Pete Thomas & The Horns A Plenty, The Wicked Whispers, Into The East and Adamrake.

This month we review work from David Youngs, Autocue, Daylight Fireworks, hanna*h*, Bernie, Peter Fitzpatrick and Rubyrough.

This month we comment on music from, Noatak, The Villeins, inFictions, AiO, Spiritual Wardrobe, Ollo, The Chaps, Freddy Frogs and Jens Steinmeyer

This months we comment on albums from Teenage China, 87PM, Christopher Libertino, The Emergency, Fingers & Thumbs, The Gluespots, Yoshiko Ohara and Marvin B Naylor.