Performer is honored to premiere the new album, What If There Is No Destination, from...
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Benjamin Ricci
BUYER’S GUIDE: The Best Studio Headphones Under $400
What are the best studio headphones you can buy on a budget? Performer takes a look at some of our...
4 Techniques to Break Through Your Songwriting Block
It happens to every writer, the dreaded “writer’s block.” Writer’s block is that horrible feeling...
Record Review: The Demos
The Demos Lovely Rochester, NY “The soundtrack for a sunny summer afternoon” Lovely is certainly an appropriate title for The Demos’ latest album. This collection of light and breezy power-pop songs...
CENTURY MEDIA Pulls Music from Spotify
In a press release, Century Media has made it known that they are pulling their artists' music from the new-to-the-States Spotify. Full statement below: Century Media and its associated labels...
Record Review: Cuckoo Chaos
Cuckoo Chaos Woman San Diego, CA “The Coronas are always half full” Cuckoo Chaos’s newest endeavor, Woman, hinges on a separation of church and melody while toying with tales of unrequited love -...
Record Review: Big D and the Kids Table
Big D and the Kids Table For the Damned, the Dumb, and the Delirious Allston, MA “Ska-punk from Boston raises a toast to the bar” Remember when ska ruled the world? Yes for a few short years...
Record Review: Banana Phonetic
Banana Phonetic The Facts of Evolution Allston, MA “…or are you just happy to see me?” Coming off their excellent 2010 debut EP, The Western End, Banana Phonetic is back with another 5-song taste...
Live Review: RAQ at The Big Up 2011
RAQ's high-energy, psychadelic, prog-rock and roll is genius. Made up, much in the same way (and with many of the same members) as Kung Fu, RAQ is a supergroup of talent. The...
Studio Diary: Oranjuly
Below is out interview with Oranjuly's Brian E King, discussing the recording process behind their upcoming sophomore release. For more info on the...
Live Review: Kung Fu at The Big Up 2011
Kung Fu is an eclectic outfit of seasoned, well-played, innovative musicians - a super collective hailing ties to The Breakfast, RAQ, Deep Banana Blackout, and Scofield....
Live Review: Consider The Source at The Big Up 2011
Before their set, Consider The Source wasn't entirely sure what kind of crowd they would draw at 2pm on the last day of the festival. By the time they took the stage, people...
Live Review: The Werks at The Big Up 2011
The Werks channel the best part of classic jam rock, they just do it their way. Slightly psychedelic synthesizers and electro-dance beats integrate unnoticeably into their...