Adding small or even large amounts of saturation doesn’t have to be bad for you, as we explore how to singe your sonics ...

New research suggests that dissonant rock music arouses listeners because its sound is similar to the ones made by animals in distress. PROBLEM: Parents hate it, and radio stations hardly play it ...

From hard clipping to reduced bitrates, there's plenty of creativity to be found by doing things just a little bit wrong When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

It blogs. It books cool local music shows. It’s a must-follow Facebook and Twitter page. It promotes bands, free of charge. So what is Dallas Distortion Music, exactly? Essentially, DDM is Matt ...

Distortion is one of the most common effect types, but it comes in a host of shapes and sizes. Let’s examine some of the science behind it… When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Just how much distortion -- and the favored type of distortion, analog or digital -- varies from listener to listener, and that's where the story gets complicated. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

This past weekend, a young Dallas impresario played a major role in the second annual National Cassette Store Day. It might have slipped by you, as it did me. But Evan Henry, founder of Dallas ...

The seven-year break between albums hasn’t hurt Social Distortion‘s momentum: Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, the band’s seventh studio album, debuted at Number Four on the Billboard Top 200 Albums ...

Feedback and the drive to recreate the Jesus & Mary Chain's "Pscyhocandy" were the impetuses for the Magnetic Fields' eighth studio album, appropriately titled "Distortion." By Michael D. Ayers ...