The 8 most innovative new music making gadgets of 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: This year is already shaping up to be the year of the gadget! And we’re talking devices in all shapes and sizes, all of which don’t fit our more conventional instrument categories. Kisktarter has a lot to answer for in that it is supplying the physical manifestations of ideas from some of the brightest inventors of the planet, many of whom seem to be focused on music production. This means that we are constantly surprised and excited by products from many lesser known companies in music production, those lithe enough to go out on a limb and… Read More

The Smartest New Tech and Gadgets for Men 2024

SHOP The perfect 1980s gift for fans of Meat Loaf, Bon Jovi or Patti Smith, the Sound Burger was a bright-red portable plastic record player that came in a clam-shell design and with the advisory sticker, “Do not move while playing!” Created in 1982 in a doomed attempt to head off the inexorable rise of shiny new CDs, the vinyl player — “Today’s high-tech takeaway. Amazing looks… even more amazing sound!” — was soon consigned to the “Where are they now?” files. A fixture of hi-fi nerds’ weirdest-products-ever lists since, the Sound Burger has recently enjoyed a minor comeback. A… Read More