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GARY NUMAN INTERVIEW: Synth Pioneer Talks About New LP
Gary Numan’s 18th solo album, Intruder, is dark and sexy, visionary and venomous, a tale told from...
VIDEO PREMIERE: “Inside Out” by The Blips
Performer is excited to premiere the new music video for "Inside Out" by Alabama punks The Blips....
Records That Changed My Life with DieAlps!
Frank Calcaterra of DieAlps! explores the albums that inspired him to become a musician. My dad started teaching me rock and roll history pretty early into my childhood – so early in fact, that I...
VIDEO PREMIERE: Air Traffic Controller – “Doubt (feat. Blue Microphones)”
A few weeks back, Performer hooked up the band Air Traffic Controller with a set of new mics and headphones from Blue Microphones. And now, we're super stoked to premiere the band's latest video,...
How Waxwork Records Breathes New Life into Long-Lost Horror Soundtracks
Resurrecting the Undead with WAXWORK RECORDS We recently caught up with Waxwork Records founder Kevin Bergeron, to chat about how his love for vinyl and ’80s horror led to a never-ending quest to...
TREVOR SENSOR on Capturing the Gritty, Sonic Roots of the Midwest
Trevor Sensor just dropped his debut album, Andy Warhol’s Dream on Jagjaguwar, a Midwestern-mishmash of dust-bowl anthems, acoustic ruminations and Melloncamp-inspired chutzpah. We sat down with the...
COVER STORY: Justin Townes Earle Opens Up About Latest Album
A Kinder, Gentler (But Still Tough and Innovative) Justin Townes Earle He sings Billie Holiday songs to his wife when she has trouble sleeping, and he plans on writing his soon-to-be-born baby...
DAVE DEPPER On Channeling Emotional Freedom Into His Musical Landscape
While staving off a sore throat with some tea, Death Cab for Cutie’s Dave Depper talks about his journey as a musician in various bands to writing his own music, with the release of his new album,...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: Evil Dead II Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
VINYL OF THE MONTH Evil Dead 2 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Waxwork Records) Waxwork Records has made a name for themselves in two separate, yet equally obsessive realms: the vinyl community...
RECORDS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE With Fallow Land
Whit Fineberg: “With the help of my older brother, I wrote my first song when I was five. Starting in middle school I played in various bands - my first serious band was Bad Television. I played...
Accent Premieres New Lyric Video for “Just Wondering”
Accent, our recent Avid Pro Tools studio testers, have wrapped up recording for their new EP, and we're delighted to present the first single for your listening pleasure (more after the jump). The...
Watch New Video For The War On Drugs’ “Pain”
The War On Drugs’ A Deeper Understanding is out this Friday, August 25th, on Atlantic Records. The band is kicking off release week by sharing the video for the album’s second official...