Matt Mullen

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In late 2024, five years on from the release of his fourth album, Bon Iver announced the release of a three-track EP: SABLE. For a moment, it appeared as if Justin Vernon was revisiting his fabled cabin in the woods, making a full-circle return to the bare-bones, crestfallen indie-folk of For Emma, Forever Ago. Something was off, though: S P E Y S I D E’s self-serious, grayscale music video saw Vernon cosplaying as a po-faced cowboy, swallowed up by gloomy skies and crashing waves.

1 week ago | musicradar.com | Matt Mullen

Bon Iver: The SABLE, fABLE Interview | Zane Lowe & Apple Music - YouTubeWatch On Bon Iver's Justin Vernon is a prolific collaborator, having worked with Taylor Swift, Kanye West and many more across his almost two-decade career. His latest release, SABLE, fABLE, expands Vernon's musical universe even further, bringing in a number of featured artists on several tracks, including Dijon, Flock of Dimes and Danielle Haim.

1 week ago | musicradar.com | Matt Mullen

Benny Blanco is one of the 21st century's most successful producers and songwriters, having sat behind the boards for chart-topping hits from Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Britney Spears and Lana Del Rey, among others. One might assume, given his track record, that Blanco knows his way around a DAW or two.

1 week ago | musicradar.com | Matt Mullen

Late last year, Universal Audio reimagined several of its well-rated UAFX amp modelling pedals as plugins, releasing a trio of software tools - Dream '65, Lion '68 and Ruby '63 - that made legendary Fender, Marshall and Vox amp tones easily accessible from your DAW. Today, UA expands its collection of amp modelling plugins with the UAD Woodrow '55 Instrument Amplifier, a software version of its Woodrow '55 pedal that recreates the vintage tones of the 1955 Fender 5E3 Tweed Deluxe.

1 week ago | musicradar.com | Matt Mullen

Smooth Operator Pro - Official Tutorial - Baby Audio - YouTubeWatch On Released in 2021, Baby Audio's Smooth Operator is a dynamic spectral balancing plugin that addresses problematic mixes through a combination of resonance suppression, EQ and spectral compression. Last week, Baby Audio released a beefed-up sequel to that plugin: Smooth Operator Pro.