1. Vernon family hunting cabin (Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago) There’s no more obvious example in recent years of a recording locale becoming an integral part of an album’s legend than the Northern ...

The legendary Inner Ear Studio has reopened in the founder’s Arlington Heights basement. Last week, the recording studio’s founder Don Zientara spoke at length to the Embracing Arlington Arts podcast ...

Before beginning renovations, evaluate your basement’s potential. Think about how it will function as a space for band practice, creating music in a home studio, and enjoying entertainment. If you’re ...

Chuck Dietrich plays guitar in revolving-door punk band Bullet Treatment and runs Basement Records, as well as Basement Rehearsals and Recording Studios. Feel lazy yet? So the members have constantly ...

Get those amps turned up to 11 for the Bethlehem Area Public Library’s annual 11Fest, a showcase of local music raising money for the library’s in-house recording studio, Studio 11 (which, yes, is in ...