VINYL OF THE MONTH Great Father Bicentennial Blue Cleveland, OH (Exit Stencil Recordings) “Let’s...
Indie Rock
Performer Mag’s reviews of new indie rock music and videos.
VINYL OF THE MONTH: Frog “Kind of Blah”
VINYL OF THE MONTH Frog Kind of Blah New York, NY (Audio Antihero Records) “New York through the...
Quick Recap: Death Cab for Cutie Live in Boston
The mordant emotionalism that Ben Gibbard possesses is unlike any other musician of his time. His...
Record Review: Black Bananas
Black Bananas Rad Times Xpress IV Washington, D.C. “A beautiful haze of acid drenched noise” It wouldn’t be fair to call Black Banana’s sound a melting pot. It’s a junkyard. On Rad Times Xpress...
Record Review: Darkhorse Saloon
Darkhorse Saloon Greetings From Darkhorse Saloon Jacksonville, FL ”Over-the-top dive bar swagger” Jacksonville natives Darkhorse Saloon is filling the vast guitar-driven rock ‘n’ roll deficit made...
Record Review: Razika
Razika Program 91 Bergen, Norway “Beach-pop for the broken hearted” Norway’s latest export, Razika’s debut record is a bilingual parade of joyous three-minute pop songs decorated with dulcetly...
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: Gunslinger
Gunslinger Early Volumes 1 Los Angeles, CA “High energy electronic trance flirts with dub without force feeding bass.” With a name like Gunslinger one might think more along the lines of Clint...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: Bunny’s a Swine
Bunny’s A Swine Literal Breakfast Northampton, MA “Tastes like chicken” “Your new favorite band.” That’s what Bunny’s A Swine’s official webpage states. A bold claim if ever there was one. Stream...
Record Review: Brooke Fraser
Brooke Fraser Flags Wellington, New Zealand "The soundtrack to the next iPod commercial" This album feels like the soundtrack to a meaningful movie (“Orphans, Kingdoms”), or the saddest, most...
Record Review: Violens
Violens Amoral New York, NY New Wave is (unfortunately) an underused descriptor of current music, with a rare and welcome exception coming from Violens’ first full length, Amoral. The record is...
Record Review: Allo Darlin’
Allo Darlin’ Allo Darlin’ London, United Kingdom “And allo to you, too” Allo Darlin’ makes danceable pop music full of fun pop culture allusions. Their self-titled, full-length debut mingles...
Record Review: Adam Klein
Adam Klein Wounded Electric Youth Athens, GA "The spirit of Townes Van Zandt and The Jayhawks" A combination of Americana, folk rock, and indie pop, singer-songwriter Adam Klein’s third release is...