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Interviews and Features
Read in-depth interviews and features about independent musicians and music industry professionals.
THE USED On Celebrating The Human Element During The Recording Process
The Canyon, the seventh incendiary and politically charged album from The Used, displays the...
UK Punks Shame Open up About New LP, ‘Songs of Praise’
Shame: UK Punks Tackle Frenzied Stage Shows, Social Media & Hygiene on the Road UK’s Shame has...
Andrew St. James on Tackling Politics Through Lyrics & Blowing Ageism Out of the Water
At just 18, Andrew St. James is likely to make songwriters twice his age throw up their hands in defeat. The San Francisco native blends a cool cocktail of folk, soul and vintage rock and roll while...
An interview with Owen Ashworth of Advance Base (formerly Casiotone for the Painfully Alone)
“I’m not very interested in singing about myself,” says Owen Ashworth, the humble songwriter behind Advance Base. Often using the first person narrator to paint a scene or explore characters,...
Catching up with Jared Swilley of The Black Lips
The Black Lips are noted for provocative theatrics – including vomiting, urination, nudity, electric R.C. car races, fireworks, a chicken, and flaming guitars. Most of these antics, which are the...
Typhoon: How the 11-Member Group Used its Numbers to Create Their Own Scene
Typhoon has moved away from the vernacular music traditions of their early recordings, which had song titles like “Sea Shanty,” “Sea Shanty 2” and “Gypsy Song,” to a relatively more pop sound. My...
Jacuzzi Boys Open Up About Recording New LP
They sound how a warm summer night feels... Maybe that’s because Jacuzzi Boys are a trio from Miami. Or maybe it’s because when Gabriel Alcala, Diego Monasterios, and Danny Gonzalez get together,...
Spotlight on Ajae Moore
Memphis born singer/songwriter Anthony “Ajae” Moore exposes us to his interpretation of love through music and video. We take a moment to find out why the world needs “Moore” Ajae at a local coffee...
Spotlight on Ivan Polanco
Local talent from White Plains, New York, Ivan Polanco is an up-and-coming pop/R&B singer/songwriter. He refers to White Plains as his training ground, where he first learned he could be as...
Luke Rathborne On Distributing New LP Via Soda Pop
Luke Rathborne started his music career in a small town in Northern Maine, where he organized DIY punk shows as a teenager. When a wanderer who was staying with his family left his guitar behind, he...
Kyle Andrews: September 2013 Cover Story
Fresh from his honeymoon in Fiji, Kyle Andrews sat down with Performer and answered a few questions about his style, his motivations, and his historic band idols. It all began with an old acoustic...
Interview with Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater
Jordan Rudess is best known as the keyboardist for Dream Theater, a role he stepped into in 1999, but he occasionally records and performs in other contexts, such as a 2001 one-off duo performance...