Enmore Audio Features Gear Fender Deluxe Reverb: the most played, recorded and sought after amp in music history by Nick Stillman Finding a studio with a vintage Fender Deluxe Reverb is like striking gold. There is a good chance it’s the only amp you’ll want to use,…
Enmore Audio Features Gear The Shure SM57: from the White House to OK Computer by Nick Stillman The Shure SM57 is the definitive ‘workhorse’ microphone. Tough, pragmatic and versatile, you’d be hard-pressed to find a professional studio without one. Here’s a look…
News Kylie Minogue reads Nick Cave’s brilliant rejection letter to the MTV Awards from 1996 by Nick Stillman In 1996, Nick Cave wrote an infamous letter to the MTV Video Music Awards requesting that his video be withdrawn from the proceedings when, to…
Enmore Audio Features Gear The magic of tape and why it’s still so sought after in the digital age by Nick Stillman There’s a reason that audiophiles and traditionalists still swear by the magic of tape in the modern ‘digital’ age. Where technology has rendered so many…
Film News Listen to the “lost” Pink Floyd soundtrack for 1970s American head trip drama flick, Zabriskie Point by Nick Stillman Pink Floyd‘s music is nothing if not cinematic. And while their live shows were forever entwined with theatre, they rarely dove into the world of…
Lists News Here are the 5 best Youtube to MP3 converters on the web by Nick Stillman When The Avalanches returned in 2016 it triggered a renewed interest in the world of plunderphonics – the art of stitching together borrowed samples to…
Enmore Audio Features Gear Remembering three forgotten vintage Australian amps of the 60s by Nick Stillman Australian amps are rarely associated with the same kind of global reverence as those manufactured in other countries. That torch is held by the UK…
Enmore Audio Features Gear Sonic extremists: why Death By Audio pedals are like nothing else out there by Nick Stillman With the deluge of boutique pedal builders popping up on what seems to be a monthly basis, wading through the bullshit can be tough. For…
Books News Recommended reading: These are Patti Smith’s 40 favourite books of all time by Nick Stillman Even from a young age, Patti Smith was enamoured by the written word. If you’ve read her fantastic memoir Just Kids, you’d recall romantic passages…
Enmore Audio Interviews Indulging style over substance: a frank chat with Gareth Liddiard by Nick Stillman Few Australian bands in the last decade have arrived with the fervour and fury of Tropical Fuck Storm. And you wouldn’t expect anything less from…
Arts News Marvel at Leah Kennedy’s surreal aerial photographs of Namibian desertscapes by Nick Stillman Leah Kennedy is an Australian photographer specialising in a wide range of genres, from portraits to photographic surrealism, but it was a recent trip to Namibia that…
Enmore Audio Features Interviews Getting artists where they want to go: a chat with producer Dean Tuza by Nick Stillman Dean Tuza is an award-winning producer, engineer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. If you’re into good Australian music then you’ve definitely heard his stuff; he’s worked a whole bunch…
Enmore Audio Gear Interviews Going DIY: Last Dinosaurs break down the making of ‘Yumeno Garden’ by Nick Stillman Last Dinosaurs are heroes of Australian indie rock. A decade into their career they’ve released three excellent records, the latest being Yumeno Garden. The album…
