Alex Maiolo

2 months ago | louderthanwar.com | Alex Maiolo

Weathered and TornSteve Wynn’s face is smeared to the point of being unrecognizable. I look across the room at what is normally a familiar scene, but all I can clearly make out is the body of a Telecaster, and kick drum with no front head. I’m distraught, not because I’ve ingested some sort of bummer dose of bad acid, but rather because I’ve returned home to a flooded house. My collapsed ceiling is resting on the floor, and 68 records are wading in an inch of water.

2 months ago | delicious-audio.com | Alex Maiolo

The Red Panda Context V2 is a reverb pedal that can sound both realistic and “out there.”The new version adds presets, modulation, “spring” and “grain” settings in lieu of “delay.” Plus, stereo input/output, USB MIDI, fully assignable expression pedal, 3 new modes, a delay plus reverb option in all modes, separate high and low-frequency damping controls, modulation, dynamic reverb, and infinite hold. Notably, the Grain mode is a granular reverb inspired by the Ursa Major SST-282 Space Station.

Jan 11, 2025 | louderthanwar.com | Alex Maiolo

Attention Heads:With no warning, a truly wonderful song has come into our orbit. Two fantastic guitarists, both of whom, incidentally, have had an impact on me, have collaborated. I didn’t see it coming. Tune In, Gaze On, Drop Out In my cutoff pants, white socks n’ Chuck Taylors, indie rock town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, shoegaze wasn’t huge, here, when it broke around 1990.

Nov 15, 2024 | tapeop.com | Alex Maiolo |Larry Crane

by Alex Maiolo Tape Op #21], turns 70 today. That's almost irrelevant, as this treasure of a human should be celebrated every day, but it prompted me to write about his impact. Like anyone, I was blissfully ignorant about how records were made as a kid. The only insider information I had was from shows like The Brady Bunch.

Nov 15, 2024 | tapeop.com | Alex Maiolo |Larry Crane

by Alex MaioloOne of our patron saints of recording, Mitch Easter [Tape Op #21], turns 70 today. That's almost irrelevant, as this treasure of a human should be celebrated every day, but it prompted me to write about his impact. Like anyone, I was blissfully ignorant about how records were made as a kid. The only insider information I had was from shows like The Brady Bunch.