Gina Gleason’s Top 5 Bands To Check Out Today!
Gina Gleason
Gina Gleason (lead shredder for Baroness) humbly commands you to check out this list of five crushing bands immediately!
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5 of My Most Important & Less Obvious Guitar Influences
Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid of Living Colour lists his most important & less obvious guitar influences.
Read MoreEQD on Record : May 2023
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Another month, another batch of amazing releases from our EarthQuaker artists.
Read MoreFantastic Negrito: Work With What You Got
Jon D’Auria
From releasing a powerful album and then reimagining it entirely, to recording with Sting and touring with Bruce Springsteen, this Oakland soul visionary is just happy to be here.
Read MoreHow Aurelius Can Help You Sound Like Five Classic Songs
Dan Epstein
Here are five classic songs with instantly recognizable chorus sounds, along with the Aurelius settings that will help you replicate them.
Read MoreTop 5 Guitarists Who Inspire Me
David Pajo
David Pajo (Slint, Papa M, Tortoise, Stereolab, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gang of Four) lists his guitar inspirations.
Read MoreHow to do Hard Things : Five Lessons Learned from Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls
Kelly Kathleen
Ever since I started playing guitar at 12 years old, I struggled to feel like I fit in. As a young woman, I didn’t see myself represented in music. All my musical peers were boys, and all my teachers were men.
Read MoreEQD on Record : March 2023
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Whether you’re into epically melodic heavy rock, layers and layers of effect-drenched guitars and synths, atmospheric pop-punk emo, blazing guitar virtuosity, Sabbath-on-steroids British doom or outerspacey 60s garage swimming in a sea of righteous reverb - or, like, all of the above - we have something for you!
Read MoreColoration, Inspiration, Disintegration
Jeff Schroeder
Being a huge admirer of players such as John McGeoch, Keith Levene, and Robert Smith, I like to have some form of modulation and/or chorus on almost all the time. This is also the case for distorted sounds. I’m almost always trying to do something to disfigure the sound.
Read More5 Reasons Everyone Needs a Phaser
Dan Epstein
Here are five things you can do with a phaser — i.e., five good reasons you should definitely have one in your sonic arsenal…
Read MoreMy Five Favorite Guitar Players
Dave Depper
Dave Depper of Death Cab for Cutie discloses his Five Favorite Guitar Players.
Read MoreA Touch of Grass : Eco Art & Sound Installation with EarthQuaker Devices
Austin Arrington
In this guest blog post, PLANT Group co-founder / executive director Austin Arrington talks about their upcoming exhibition at Brooklyn gallery The Locker Room, and interviews composers Jesse Serrano, Wicked Rio, and Jo3yott on working with EarthQuaker Devices to help compose a nature-based soundscape for the show.
Read MoreEQD on Record : February 2023
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We kicked off 2023 with a spate of killer new releases from our family of artists.
Read MoreOverdriven To Distraction
Lane Sparber
For most guitarists, choosing an overdrive or distortion pedal is one of the most important decisions to be made, because a lot of us consider our distorted tones to be our signature sound.
Read MoreBlack Belt In Boundaries: How Setting Boundaries Can Make You A Better Bandmate
Luke Jenner
How can you heal your band? Healing your band or healing anything has to start with the individual.
Read MoreEQD on Record : January 2023
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While December is generally not a popular time for new music releases, last month’s lack of quantity was more than made up for in QUALITY.
Read MoreEarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3
Jon D’Auria
Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley of Sunn O))) discuss the transformation and evolution of the latest Sunn O))) Life Pedal.
Read MoreIn Flux: More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Crafting Strong Solder Joints
Lane Sparber
Whilst soldering is not a particularly difficult skill to master, there IS an art to doing it correctly, and my goal here is to guide the beginners and intermediates as to the best ways to master excellent soldering skills.
Read MoreStephen O’Malley’s 5 + 1 Top Guitarists
Stephen O’Malley
Guitarist, producer, composer, and visual artist Stephen O’Malley reveals his 5 (+1 bonus) most influential guitarists.
Read MoreEQD on Record : December 2022
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The past few months whizzed by at lightning speed, but still we found time to listen to some incredibly good albums and tracks from artists we are proud to have in our little EarthQuaker family: Tear Dungeon, featuring Josh Merry from Sweet Spirit, JT’s Electrik Blackout (Akron strong!), Bill Nace, Royal Thunder, The Linda Lindas and Katie Harkin.
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