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New Music and Video
Reviews of new music, video, concerts and music festivals.
Bassnectar: The Performer Cover Story
BASSNECTAR Looping The Sounds of Life to Push Electronic Music Past Its Boundaries Lorin Ashton,...
Lenny Kravitz Dazzles Boston’s Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, Only Grows Finer With Time
They don't quite make them like Lenny Kravitz anymore. One minute, the man grinds acid funk riffs...
Live Review: John Craigie
Genghis Cohen // Los Angeles // June 15 The last place that a person would think to find great folk music is in a Chinese food restaurant. At Genghis Cohen, guests receive a main course of music...
Strange Creek Campout 2011 Re-Cap
Something happened this year that changed Wormtown festivals forever. This past Memorial Day weekend played host to a Strange Creek Campout that...
Live Review: Bonnaroo 2011
This year Performer Magazine was on hand for the ten-year anniversary celebration of one of America’s most well known music festivals, Bonnaroo....
Live Review: Hooray for the Riff Raff
Hurray for the Riff Raff with Sam Doores The Mint//Los Angeles, CA//June 8 The Mint, a small music venue established in 1937, was the birthplace of some of the most recognized names in music....
Live Review: Death Cab For Cutie
Paradise Rock Club // Boston, MA //June 5, 2011 Death Cab for Cutie have proven themselves to be more than merely musicians--they are centerpieces in the ever cliched genre of emo and a band that...
Record Review: Vetiver
Vetiver The Errant Charm San Francisco, CA “Let the sun warm it’s way to me” Close your eyes, and imagine yourself walking through the streets of a busy urban city, the sun beaming down on your face...
Record Review: Ty Segall
Ty Segall Goodbye Bread San Francisco, CA “Meet me in the Soft Fuzz and Psych-Punk Garage” For Ty Segall’s second full-length album, the Bay Area rocker kept with his twangy assortment of car...
Record Review: SWTHRT
SWTHRT Compact Disc Southport, NC “Synth pop rock with plenty of pathos” North Carolina duo SWTHRT’s (pronounced: “sweetheart”) debut album crochets homemade rock honesty with weathered-heart wisdom...
Record Review: Sugarplum Fairies
Sugarplum Fairies The Images We Get Los Angeles, CA “Whimsical calm, reminiscent of ’90s teenage angst.” Dawson’s Creek wished it had a soundtrack this good, but the melodrama would have been...
Record Review: Sleepy Vikings
Sleepy Vikings They Will Find You Here Tampa, FL “From the depths of the shoegaze swamps” At times, the term “shoegaze” gets abused as a genre. However, it does raise eyebrows when Tampa-based group...