Oakland-based duo Brijean is a perfect example of the kind of group that could only be a product...
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Early James on Recording with Dan Auerbach and Life During the Pandemic
Early James: Birmingham’s Native Son on Recording with Dan Auerbach and Dropping an LP at the...
EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE: “Glitter” by Devon
We're super excited to premiere the brand-new track "Glitter" by indie artist Devon! The new...
Beans On Crafting and Releasing Three Records Simultaneously
The same debate on rap music has been raging to no avail for over 30 years. Ever since its emergence, the question has repeatedly cycled as to whether hip-hop music is simply a modern style of pop,...
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 fronted, punk-rock duo, Diet Cig, has a certain tenacity. Their first full-length, Swear I’m Good...
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 OF THE MONTH, May 2017. Read our review and give a listen below. Wigwam 7" by Eureka California Every...
Impossible Song: An Interview with Juliana Hatfield
On April 28th, American Laundromat Records will release Pussycat, Juliana Hatfield’s fifteenth studio album. Hatfield says she experienced a productive variety of rage in response to last year’s...
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[TRACK PREMIERE] Stream new song “Pure” by Suntrodden
Performer is excited to bring you the exclusive streaming premiere for the new track "Pure" by Suntrodden. The third installment of the Suntrodden trilogy will be released on June 30. Read more...
Vita and the Woolf Discuss the Making of Their Latest LP, Tunnels
“I always had a ‘thing’ about music,” Jennifer Pague, frontwoman of Vita and the Woolf, says as she is trying to explain her development as a musician from childhood. “My grandmother plays piano,...
Surfer Blood: How to Turn Loss into Creative Fuel
2016 was a tough year for many of us. With the currently divisive state of society, how could it not be? For multitudes, struggle, as well as its counterpart resilience, were a big part of the year,...
ROSE COUSINS On Allowing Lyrics to Get at the Heart of One’s Self
“I really believe in not having everything ironed out beforehand,” Rose Cousins tells me. “The magic gets lost in over-determination.” If this is indeed the methodology that brings Natural...
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[VINYL OF THE MONTH] Mad Denizen – ‘Starved’
Mad Denizen's debut full-length, Starved, is Performer's pick for vinyl of the month. The Oakland band's new LP is out soon on Broken Ear Records. Discovering the debut LP from Mad Denizen, Starved,...
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[Cover Story] Nnamdi Ogbonnaya On Being the Gateway Drug for Rock & Hip-Hop Crowds to Co-Mingle
When Nnamdi Ogbonnaya speaks, it’s with the wry ‘everything is an absurdity’ of a hyper-intelligent 13-year-old with ADHD who’s skipped a grade and makes a sport of humiliating substitute teachers....