What makes the best USB audio interface for my needs? It’s a common question, and Yamaha and...
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Performer Gives Away Two Sets of Simmons SD2000 Electronic Drum Kits
Performer has selected its two winners in our recent Simmons SD2000 Electronic Drum Kit Giveaway....
GEAR TEST FINAL REVIEW: Galaxy Audio GPS-8 Personal Monitor PA System
Absence of Ocean Puts the Galaxy Audio GPS-8 Personal Monitor PA System Through its Paces in Their...
Record Review: Little Joe Ayers
Little Joe Ayers Backatchya Holly Springs, MS “Junior Kimbrough’s former bassist makes his own boogie” The deaths of Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside, the two figureheads of the North Mississippi...
Record Review: Lisa Jaeggi
Lisa Jaeggi Epic Epic Brooklyn, NY “Folk, soul and hip-hop come together better than manila folders and the X-Files” Brooklyn’s Lisa Jaeggi initiates a journey into introspection with soulful...
Record Review: Jeff Campbell
Jeff Campbell Stop and Go San Francisco, CA “A natural fit for a natural talent” Jeff Campbell has been the front man of San Francisco-based rock band Pine & Battery since 2005, and judging by...
Record Review: Islands
Islands A Sleeping & A Forgetting Brooklyn, NY “An earnest, honest album full of personality and candor” Appropriately set for a Valentine's Day release, Islands churns out an emotional,...
Record Review: Gross Magic
Gross Magic Teen Jamz EP Wherever, USA “Almost-innocent jams drenched in lo-fi goodness” Sam McGarrigle knows his way around a song and he shows it by giving sonic nods to some of pop and rock's...
Record Review: Doomtree
Doomtree No Kings Minneapolis, MN “Eclectic Midwest hip-hop collective delivers again” On No Kings, their second album, Minneapolis based rap collective Doomtree offer up a hybrid of slick street...
Record Review: Dare Dukes + The Blackstock Collection
Dare Dukes + The Blackstock Collection Thugs and China Dolls Savannah, GA “Intriguing lyrics and compelling vocals” If you are looking for a songwriter with deep lyrics and a unique voice, then Dare...
Record Review: Cass McCombs
Cass McCombs Humor Risk San Francisco, CA “Indie-folk’s favorite mercurial mystery man strikes again” Halfway between a troubadour and a magician, Cass McCombs churns out albums that are always...
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: Animals As Leaders
Animals As Leaders Weightless Washington, D.C. “Chimera of emotive shred, finger-style jazz & electronica” Animals As Leaders’ tendency to plunge from lofty, circling jazz chords into ice-capped...