COVER STORY: Diet Cig On Modern Feminism in Music and Capturing Raw Emotion in Your Art The female...
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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...
Blue Ella Headphones Review
Performer Magazine reviews out the new Blue Microphones Ella Premium Planar Magnetic Headphones to...
Record Review: Bleached Palms
Bleached Palms Festive/Destructive San Francisco, CA “Understated and memorable” Bleached Palms’ latest EP, Festive/Destructive, is a perfect blend of hazy vocals, mellow guitar, and steady...
Record Review: Bella Ruse
Bella Ruse Kuhzoo Minneapolis, MN “Glockenspiel, guitar, and a kazoo, too” Bella Ruse is a two-piece band composed of Kay Gillette and Joseph Barker. Kuhzoo, their latest, wonderfully exemplifies...
Record Review: Beans
Beans End It All Brooklyn, NY “Innovative album from one of hip-hop’s freshest” As seems to be common with his work, Brooklyn-based rapper Beans takes chances without worrying about how he’ll be...
Record Review: Acid Zoe
Acid Zoe Vega Springfield, MA “The soundtrack to a robot’s lucid dream” Twenty-first century American music is rooted in electronica. We’ve turned a corner in our sonic evolution. Synthesizers whir...
Studio Diary: This Blue Heaven
This Blue Heaven – Recorded at Camp St. Studios, Cambridge, MA This Blue Heaven is a fantastic Boston-based, female fronted pop/rock band. The group recently held a sold-out video release...
Live Review: Consider the Source
The Stone Church // Newmarket, NH // February 26, 2011 The night started out rocky for Consider The Source, who began their journey earlier in the day in New York. Breaking down just an hour away...
Arcade Fire Engineer Mark Lawson Takes UA Hardware On A Trip To The Suburbs
Arcade Fire's album The Suburbs was released to critical acclaim before going on to win the "Album of the Year" title at last weekend's 2010 GRAMMY Awards. Mark Lawson is the talented engineer that...
Live Review: Performer Presents StoneRider, Damon Moon & the Whispering Drifters, and A: The Color
Saturday, January 29, 2011 The Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA Atlanta's Drunken Unicorn is as much of a hole in the wall as a place can be: The venue has no sign outside and no phone number, meaning...
Live Review: Fences
Slim's // San Francisco // 2/1/2011 The performance at Slim's in San Francisco by Fences was like the last beautiful fall day before winter storms arrive. The music painted a soft landscape with...
Live Review: Lissie
Paradise Rock Club // Boston, MA // January 29 Throngs of fans eagerly awaited Midwest rocker Lissie at the Paradise. She claimed the stage happily with a smile and thank-you she carried throughout...