Guitar synths have been around for decades, but were not something easily integrated into a...
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DigiTech FreqOut Review
Other than having an expensive sustainer system installed in a guitar, or an EBow, there’s really...
Audio-Technica Announces New Shock Mounts for Select 40 Series Microphones
Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 50 years, has introduced a...
Strange Creek Campout 2011 Re-Cap
Something happened this year that changed Wormtown festivals forever. This past Memorial Day weekend played host to a Strange Creek Campout that...
Live Review: Bonnaroo 2011
This year Performer Magazine was on hand for the ten-year anniversary celebration of one of America’s most well known music festivals, Bonnaroo....
Live Review: Hooray for the Riff Raff
Hurray for the Riff Raff with Sam Doores The Mint//Los Angeles, CA//June 8 The Mint, a small music venue established in 1937, was the birthplace of some of the most recognized names in music....
Live Review: Death Cab For Cutie
Paradise Rock Club // Boston, MA //June 5, 2011 Death Cab for Cutie have proven themselves to be more than merely musicians--they are centerpieces in the ever cliched genre of emo and a band that...
Record Review: Vetiver
Vetiver The Errant Charm San Francisco, CA “Let the sun warm it’s way to me” Close your eyes, and imagine yourself walking through the streets of a busy urban city, the sun beaming down on your face...
Record Review: Ty Segall
Ty Segall Goodbye Bread San Francisco, CA “Meet me in the Soft Fuzz and Psych-Punk Garage” For Ty Segall’s second full-length album, the Bay Area rocker kept with his twangy assortment of car...
Record Review: SWTHRT
SWTHRT Compact Disc Southport, NC “Synth pop rock with plenty of pathos” North Carolina duo SWTHRT’s (pronounced: “sweetheart”) debut album crochets homemade rock honesty with weathered-heart wisdom...
Record Review: Sugarplum Fairies
Sugarplum Fairies The Images We Get Los Angeles, CA “Whimsical calm, reminiscent of ’90s teenage angst.” Dawson’s Creek wished it had a soundtrack this good, but the melodrama would have been...
Record Review: Sleepy Vikings
Sleepy Vikings They Will Find You Here Tampa, FL “From the depths of the shoegaze swamps” At times, the term “shoegaze” gets abused as a genre. However, it does raise eyebrows when Tampa-based group...
Record Review: Panda Bear
Panda Bear Tomboy Baltimore, MD “Album of the year from the singer of Animal Collective” Tomboy is the vivid sound of Panda Bear, aka Animal Collective frontman Noah Lenox, who after bearing his...