What are the best studio headphones you can buy on a budget? Performer takes a look at some of our...
Dylan Welsh
4 Techniques to Break Through Your Songwriting Block
It happens to every writer, the dreaded “writer’s block.” Writer’s block is that horrible feeling...
DEATH FROM ABOVE RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR “FREEZE ME”
Today, Death From Above release a brand new video for the song "Freeze Me," which was released...
Record Review: Chamberlin
Chamberlin Bitter Blood Goshen, VT “Stunning creativity from a nine-month old band.” Recorded in a cabin in rural Vermont with fellow Vermonter Scott Tournet of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals,...
Record Review: Bob Schneider
Bob Schneider A Perfect Day Austin, TX “Soothing tunes with an endearing message”’ Soothing and endearing, Austin’s Bob Schneider speaks to the heart with his stirring collection of songs entitled A...
Record Review: Beach Fossils
Beach Fossils What a Pleasure EP Brooklyn, NY "Grab your deck and retire to the beach after-party." It’s called recession music, where a single individual does everything from writing to recording...
Record Review: The 4onthefloor
The 4onthefloor 4x4 Minneapolis, MN “4 Bourbon 4 Scotch and 4 Beer” Minnesota is supposed to be for Prince - not the blues. But straight outta Minnetonka comes The 4onthefloor: a hard-edged blues...
Live Review: Cut Copy
Coming to this show, I wasn't in the greatest of spirits. While I was impressed with Cut Copy's Zonoscope and would praise the songs on their latest album without even needing a breath to think...
Live Review: Toro y Moi
Leading the pack of buzzbands coming out of South by Southwest, Toro Y Moi has generated a buzz that won’t seem to dissipate. A critically-acclaimed leader of the chillwave movement, the band...
Live Review: Joy Formidable
My last interaction with Joy Formidable frontwoman Ritzy Bryan was last year when I met her shortly before her set at the Great Scott. She gave me a huge hug (I interviewed her for a preview for...
Studio Diary: Lauren Flaherty
I began 2011 snowed in with Imogen Heap. Well, not really. It’s more accurate to say I started the year hiding from the back-to-back snowstorms clobbering...
Music Industry Execs Partner to Launch Marketing and Sync Licensing Platform Splother
Nashville, TN - April 6, 2011 - Publishing executives Dave Durocher and Steve Toland, along with branding and marketing executive Jason Collins, announce today a partnership in founding Splother, a...
Live Review: Richard Ashcroft
March 24, 2011 // Villa Victoria Center When I first got wind that Richard Ashcroft was coming here, my "Sonnet" lyric tattoo from The Verve's mega-successful album Urban Hymns practically raised up...