Fashion designers everywhere have been putting skull motifs on shoes, shirts, caps, socks… You name it. But as any rocker knows, skulls were a signature graphic in rock, punk and metal long before they graced trendy clothing. Now Levy’s Leathers returns this iconic image to its rightful place with its new Skulls guitar straps, giving it an artful and even classy graphic update.

What's smaller than its previous incarnation and has a lower dollar value? We’re not talking about your paycheck, pal—we’re referring to Tascam’s new DR-07 handheld digital recorder. Based on the company’s bestselling DR-1 digital recorder, the DR- 07 records to SD or SDHC card media and comes with a 2GB SD card to get you started.

When Orange squeezed its signature tone into the single-channel 15-watt Tiny Terror amp back in 2006, the British amp maker created one of the most in-demand amps on the market.

Each year it gets harder to imagine what else Ableton could stuff into Live, one of the industry’s most flexible and feature-packed recording software programs. For 2009, Ableton surprises once again with a host of upgrades in Live 8 and Suite 8.