Performer reviews the Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio software from Acoustica. How did we like the low-cost...
Benjamin Ricci
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...
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...
Live Review: 500 Songs
Spring is in the air, and nothing epitomizes the magic of the season in Atlanta's local music scene more than another edition of the “500 Songs for Kids.” Held at Smith's Olde Bar for ten nights,...
Live Review: Some Kind of Jam 6
(Photos By Gabriella Thurman) Jibberjazz Productions' 6th Annual Some Kind of Jam Festival in Schuylkill, PA was the perfect start to 2011's summer...
DIY LICENSING: Inside a Music Licensing Office
For many years I have been inundated with questions mostly about copyright. Lately at conferences and in consultations, the overwhelming majority of questions I receive are about music licensing....
Record Review: Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers Starlight Hotel Ballard, WA “Stellar by Starlight” The ten tracks on Zoe Muth’s sophomore outing, Starlight Hotel, aren’t what most listeners would expect to hear...
Record Review: The Trews
The Trews Hope & Ruin Toronto, ON “Canadian rockers craft their latest masterpiece” Hope & Ruin is the culmination of a decade’s worth of grit, road-wear and hard rock bombast. The Trews...
Record Review: Times New Viking
Times New Viking Dancer Equired Columbus, OH “Snapshots of garage pop perfection” Dancer Equired is a collection of perfect snapshots. Just as a skilled photographer captures unfiltered and...
Record Review: Those Dancing Days
Those Dancing Days Daydreams and Nightmares Stockholm, Sweden “Musically seductive and rhythmically bopping” Those Dancing Days must be a producer’s dream, because they’ve captured the magic “on...
Record Review: Stereo is a Lie
Stereo is a Lie Self-titled Austin, TX “Oasis meets the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club” Dark. Melodic. Psychedelic. These are just a few of the adjectives one could utilize to describe Stereo is a...
Record Review: Sonny & The Sunsets
Sonny & The Sunsets Hit After Hit San Francisco, CA "San Francisco native crafts ironic blend of ’60s surf pop” Singer/songwriter Sonny Smith has crafted 11 tracks of gritty ’60s-era surf pop...
Record Review: Siriusmo
Siriusmo Mosaik Berlin, Germany “PartiesNeverEnd” Put in the music and park your ass on the dance floor. Mosaik is a club tour of Europe in your pocket. The album moves its way from Daft Punk disco...