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Umbrella Vintage Grand Opening
The new shop at The Salt Shed, the Umbrella Vintage, celebrated their Grand Opening Party last Thursday May 4th! We opened our shop and Amp Room to celebrate our vintage friends!! Check out the recap.
Live Gallery: Poppy Jean Crawford
The L.A. musician, Poppy Jean Crawford, is on tour with Placebo. Here's a recap of her performance at The Salt Shed.
Live Gallery: Placebo
The iconoclast British band Placebo took the Salt Shed by storm. Here's our live gallery recap.
Mark Tremonti Meet & Greet
A day after the Alter Bridge show at the Riviera, Mark Tremonti joined us for a meet & greet at our FRET12 Shop. Here's a recap!
Live Gallery: Courtney Barnett
Everyone loves Courtney Barnett. The crowd adores her, her opening acts gush over her kindness, and she possesses the kind of good-natured charisma necessary to assemble a star-studded roster for her...
Live Gallery: Spirit of the Beehive
We got a chance to shoot the always-amazing Spirit of the Beehive at Pitchfork Music Fest, and decided to treat the photos with an aesthetic that matches the band's uniquely destabilizing sound. They turned out great — see for yourself.
Live Gallery: Low At Pitchfork Fest
With a discography that’s spanned decades and garnered universal acclaim, Low was always going to be one of the most anticipated acts at this year’s Pitchfork Music Fest — but...
Live Gallery: Dehd At Square Roots Fest
Check out FRET12's photos of the killer three-piece Chicago band Dehd performing at Square Roots Fest in Lincoln Square.
5 Questions | A Radkey Interview
Our full interview with Radkey at Chicago's Riot Fest. See what the Missouri punk band has to say about their influences, life on the road, and Regular Show.
OMG it’s an OMEC Teleport!
Connect your guitar rig to your digital machines easier than ever before with this uniquely useful pedal that will “Teleport” a studio-quality audio interface into your rig!
Because your phone and computer don’t come with a ¼" jack.
Because your phone and computer don’t come with a ¼" jack.
O-la-la! Taking a look behind the scenes of where Ola Englund creates YouTube magic
On this episode of Sonic Spaces, we’ll explore the ultimate heavy metal lair – the home of YouTube’s veritable viking: Ola Englund.
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Jacky Vincent playing "Good Girls, Bad Guys"
This week seems to be flying by, so we thought it'd be fitting to showcase one of the fastest shredders in the world: Jacky Vincent performing his laser-precise solo from Falling In Reverse's "Good Girls Bad Guys"