Performer reviews the Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio software from Acoustica. How did we like the low-cost...
Taylor Haag
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: From Exile
529 // Atlanta, GA // December 13 It’s being generous to say that 150 people could fit into 529. On this night, From Exile pushed that limit. Because their music is faster, more intricate, and...
Live Review: Corey Branan
Paradise Rock Club // Boston, MA // December 11 Cory Branan was lucky enough to be a part of Chris Carrabba's Swiss Army Romance 10th Anniversary tour. The tour marked ten years since...
Live Review: Nigredo, My Empty Phantom & The Acorns
The Drunken Unicorn // Atlanta, GA // December 19 On the worst night Atlanta’s seen in years, a thousand-plus cars were sliding across ice, crashing into each other in series and parallel....
Seymour Duncan Liberator Solderless Pickup System
Swapping pickups can be a daunting task. Putting your beloved axe under a soldering iron can be expensive if you take it to a tech, or just unnerving if you try to do it yourself. The time...
MANUFACTURER PROFILE: Blackout Effectors
Blackout Effectors Asheville, NC “Built by us, for us … but available to you” Kyle Tompkins started Blackout Effectors in his Vancouver kitchen in 2008, modding, fixing, and building the occasional...
Studio Diary: The Bynars
Straight from the band’s collective mouth, “This is our first full-length LP. We self-released three EPs in 2008 and 2009. The album is about two-years and a few hundred songs in the...
Live Review: Monotonix
Rickshaw Stop // San Francisco, CA // January 28 Monotonix is out of control in the most entertaining way possible. First off, the band doesn’t use stages; instead they set up their drum...
Live Review: Typhoon
Odd Fellows Hall // Davis, CA // January 22 With the weather too cold to host shows on their outdoor patio, downtown Davis indie venue Sophia’s decided to bring the fun indoors, sponsoring...
Live Review: Severity
Swayze's // Marietta, GA // January 22 Severity formed recently from the remnants of local metal bands Manic and Delusional Mind, featuring two guitarists, one bassist and a drummer. For a...
Live Review: This Piano Plays Itself
529 // Atlanta, GA // January 21 This Piano Plays Itself stands at a threshold. After releasing their debut full length, As the House…, early last year, they’ve been in the midst of transition....