Zach Blumenfeld

BOOK REVIEW: PUSH TURN MOVE, Interface Design in Electronic Music

If you read our recent review of Patch & Tweak (also published by BJOOKS), you’ll know that we’re absolutely in love with the new series of coffee-table books coming out of this publishing house. The care, attention to detail and (improved) quality of the book’s...
Yamaha MX88 Review

Yamaha MX88 Review

Read Performer's review of the new Yamaha MX88 Music Synthesizer. If you want the a powerful (and...

Record Review: Toh Kay

Toh Kay Streetlight Lullabies New Brunswick, NJ “Upbeat acoustic versions of Streetlight favorites” Streetlight Manifesto frontman Toh Kay (aka Tomas Kalnoky) tones down his traditional ska sound...

Record Review: The Soft Hills

The Soft Hills The Bird is Coming Down to Earth Seattle, WA “Hauntingly dreamlike songs from the Cascades” It’s easy to lump all these new harmony-singing bands from the great Northwest (I miss you...

Record Review: The Sexbots

The Sexbots Don’t Stop Portland, OR “Joanna Newsom, Björk and Peaches have a threesome in your wildest of wet dreams” It’s official: Portland’s Ilima Considine is certifiably crazy. But, it’s the...