At Santa Ana's The Observatory Orange County earlier this month The Bert McCracken that appeared...
New Music and Video
Reviews of new music, video, concerts and music festivals.
SONG PREMIERE: The Relevant Elephants Drop “Allston and Brighton are for Drinkin and Fightin”
Being a Boston-based publication, how could we possibly pass up an opportunity to premiere this...
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Joyner Premieres New Track “Domino” From Upcoming LP
Chris Joyner has been cool enough to let Performer premiere his new 45 single "Domino" from the...
The Stuffing Festival – Manchester Orchestra and Friends
Atlanta, GA // November 24 Favorite Gentlemen Recordings put on a sold-out show that featured the majority of their roster, along with Death on Two Wheels and...
Live Review: Ross Livermore Band
Church // Boston, MA// November 5 Delivering some of the best high-energy funk/rock and somber folk music, the Ross Livermore Band is an incredibly...
Live Review: The North Trolls
529 // Atlanta, GA // November 15 There was a small movement around 30 years ago called cowpunk. Just like it sounds, the genre was country-tinged punk rock. If the North Trolls came out then, they...
Live Review: Fun Fun Fun Fest
Austin, TX // November 5-7 Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Festival is one event that truly does live up to its name. This year Transmission Entertainment pulled together...
Live Review: Dawes
The Independent // San Francisco, CA // November 20 Long before Dawes took the stage, the capacity crowd arrived early and excited to catch the opening bands....
Live Review: Bronze Fawn
Neumos // Seattle, WA // November 18 Seattle’s Bronze Fawn took to the stage one last time on November 18 for a farewell show at Neumos, joined by friends and...
Live Review: Bear in Heaven
The Independent // San Francisco, CA // November 5 The energetic performance of Bear In Heaven delighted the audience in a nearly sold out Independent. The band...
Record Review: Weekend
Weekend Sports San Francisco, CA “Slow burn with no shortage of noise” For a debut album, Sports makes an assured statement that’s equal parts No Age and shoegaze. Like their Slumberland label...
Record Review: Tristen
Tristen Charlatans at the Garden Gate Nashville, TN “An artist to watch, an album to savor” Illinois native and current Nashville resident Tristen Gaspadarek offers yet another example of Music...
Record Review: Torture Division
Torture Division Evighetens Dårar Sweden “Not your grandpa’s metal” Torture Division has proclaimed themselves as “the world's best death metal band” and with their freshman effort Evighetens Dårar,...