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Norihiko Hibino of GENTLE LOVE, and Jayson Napolitano of Scarlet Moon Records

Music ConnectionIndustryNorihiko Hibino of GENTLE LOVE, and Jayson Napolitano of Scarlet Moon Records Most recent: Prescription for Sleep: Ghibli Web: scarletmoon.com Prescription for Sleep: Ghibli is the latest release in the Billboard -charting series featuring soothing instrumental arrangements of video game and anime

Roc Nation Wants a Music Publishing Intern

Music ConnectionIndustryRoc Nation Wants a Music Publishing Intern Roc Nation is looking for an intern to join the music publishing team for the Fall 2026 semester. This position offers an opportunity to learn about the creation, management, and monetization of songs and the creatives b

Warner Music Needs an Assistant, A&R - Pop/Rock/Country

Music ConnectionIndustryWarner Music Needs an Assistant, A&R - Pop/Rock/Country You will be launching your career at the center of the music industry. You will handle essential, day-to-day tactical and process-oriented tasks that support our A&R team's mission to discover and develop groundbreaking

Sony Music Wants a Specialist, Soundtrack Production for Milan Records

Music ConnectionIndustrySony Music Wants a Specialist, Soundtrack Production for Milan Records Collect final track mixes, track lists, and full credits from composers, artist managers, and licensors. Support marketing efforts by assisting with audio and video campaign optimization, creating and distributing audio

Phil Robinson at The Laurie Beechman Theater, New York, NY

Music ConnectionIndustryPhil Robinson at The Laurie Beechman Theater, New York, NY Contact: phil.robinson@roomfulofsky.com Web: instagram.com/philrobinsonmusic Players: Phil Robinson, vocals, guitar, harmonica; Anthony Surace, electric guitar; Jason Vitelli, keyboards, vocals, sax, guitar; John Carlos

Fender Quantum LT 16 USB-C Audio Interface

Music ConnectionIndustryFender Quantum LT 16 USB-C Audio Interface In January 2026, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation rolled the majority of PreSonus products into the Fender brand name, unifying their complete recording system under the moniker, Fender Studio. The popular DAW, Pre

The Best Gig I Ever Saw: J'cuuzi Recalls New Blue Sun era Andre 3000

Music ConnectionIndustryThe Best Gig I Ever Saw: J'cuuzi Recalls New Blue Sun era Andre 3000 Trey Razeldazl of Austin art rock collective J'cuuzi told us about their Andre 3000 experience. Trey Razeldazl: I’m from Atlanta but somehow it took me moving to Austin to finally see Andre 3000 live. We caught him at AC

Oscar & The Wolf at The Hall at Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY

Music ConnectionIndustryOscar & The Wolf at The Hall at Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY Web: oscarandthewolf.com Contact: inge@goldatl.as Players: Oscar & the Wolf (Max Colombie) In the heart of Brooklyn, Belgian artist Max Colombie, better known by his moniker Oscar & the Wolf, took to the stage for his fi

Video of the Week: Rio Da Yung OG Drops Lemme Guess

Music ConnectionIndustryVideo of the Week: Rio Da Yung OG Drops Lemme Guess Husky-throated Flint rapper Rio Da Yung OG has dropped new single and video "Lemme Guess," just prior to the release of new album The World Is Yours . The song sees the artist apparently lamenting a cheating partner. "Hi

In the Studio With Bayonne

Music ConnectionIndustryIn the Studio With Bayonne The Artist: Bayonne Produced by: Bayonne (Roger Sellers) Additional Production by: Matt Toman Engineered by: Roger Sellers, Matt Toman, and Danny Reisch Mixed by: Danny Reisch Recorded at: Bayonne's Personal Recording Sp

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XLR is a magazine, a radar and a diary about music gear and the making of music — for the people who make records and put on shows, wherever they do it.

The name is the three-pin connector that every signal in the business passes through: the microphone on stage and in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX cable that runs the lights. Studio, stage and lighting rig share it, and so does this magazine. Every few hours XLR collects what the makers shipped, what the reviewers heard, what the studios and the touring crews are doing, which producers and collectives are surfacing and what they are saying — synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lights, the rooms and the people — from a few hundred sources in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and more, then plots what is moving. The editor writes a letter every few days. Nothing is sold here; when a link leads to a shop, that is the maker's shop, not ours.