Performer reviews the Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio software from Acoustica. How did we like the low-cost...
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COVER STORY: Diet Cig Opens Up About New LP ‘Swear I’m Good at This’
COVER STORY: Diet Cig On Modern Feminism in Music and Capturing Raw Emotion in Your Art The female...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: Eureka California ‘Wigwam’ 7-Inch
Performer Magazine selects the new 7" single "Wigwam" by Eureka California as its pick for VINYL...
Record Review: Way Yes
Way Yes Walkability Columbus, OH “Coasting music to sway your brain” Glen Davis and Travis Hall have done it. By creating what is, at the very least, a thoroughly universal sound full of Latin...
Record Review: Walk The Moon
Walk The Moon i want! i want! Cincinnati, OH “Vivid indie pop to satisfy your inner child” i want! i want! by Walk The Moon is so irresistible and tight that you would never guess it’s the band’s...
Record Review: Tommy Guerrero
Tommy Guerrero Lifeboats and Follies San Francisco, CA “A true original from the sk8 alternaverse” One of California’s true originals, Tommy Guerrero has evolved from a skate punk to a prolific...
Record Review: T-Model Ford and GravelRoad
T-Model Ford and GravelRoad Taledragger Greenville, MS // Seattle, WA “Loud and raucous return of the Chicken Head Man” T-Model Ford first began recording in his seventies, discovered by Bruce...
Record Review: Stamps
Stamps Tramps Los Angeles, CA “Put on your dress shoes and make your hips move” Stamps consists of singer/guitarist Bob Morris, drummer Adam James, guitarist Ian Crawford and vocalist Ren Patrick. ...
Record Review: Sad Brad Smith
Sad Brad Smith Love is Not What You Need Chicago, IL “Strangely delightful and lyrically dexterous” It's highly doubtful that Sad Brad Smith's sole intention is to make his listeners feel...
Record Review: Papercuts
Papercuts Fading Parade San Francisco, CA “The parade is here to stay” Fading Parade, the fourth full-length from San Francisco’s Papercuts, pays tribute to shoegazers of the past and present as it...
Record Review: Obits
Obits Moody, Standard, and Poor Brooklyn, NY “A bold and versatile platter” The premier track “You Gotta Lose” from the band’s self-titled debut, lays out crunchy riffs which course through the...
Record Review: Nicky Egan
Nicky Egan Good People Boston, MA “Seductive blues and soulful tunes ” Nicky Egan and her band know how to provide heaping doses of soulful R&B. Egan’s debut, Good People, is raised on gospel...
Record Review: Mind Spiders
Mind Spiders Mind Spiders Fort Worth, TX “Mixing raw attitudes and funky radiance” Mind Spiders ascends many peaks, and bustles with originality, catchy newness and silky sentimentality. The design...