G. Love and Special Sauce On Pursuing Musical Innovation Through Relentless Collaboration You can...
New Music and Video
Reviews of new music, video, concerts and music festivals.
TWO FRIENDS: How to Successfully Engage a Passionate Fan Base
TWO FRIENDS How to Cultivate an Online Persona & Successfully Engage a Passionate Fan Base...
COVER STORY: Dressy Bessy Is Back With New Album “Kingsized”
DRESSY BESSY Using the Comfort of a Home Studio to Kickstart Creativity After a Recording Hiatus...
Spotlight on Alabama Shakes
Genre: Indie/Blues/Southern Rock/Soul Hometown: Athens, AL Artistic Approach: Passion for Blues/R&B and LOUD rock. http://www.alabamashakes.com/ For a group that’s only been together a little...
Spotlight on Sóley
Her solo work is a stark change from the sounds of Seabear, the cheerful and poppy Icelandic septet she’s been a part of for the past five years. Even her song titles will tell you something about...
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper: April 2012 Cover Story
If you’ve ever seen Lady Lamb the Beekeeper perform, she likely began her set by standing center stage unaccompanied and belting, “I want...
Funk Friday with The Funkees
The Funkees made some of the nastiest, haaardest funk and Afrobeat in the 1970s. Check out some videos from these eastern Nigerian masters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0QbL3rM1Vw...
Police Shut Down Odd Future Show in Boston
BOSTON , MA House of Blues March 21, 2012 If there is any reason to see Odd Future live, it would to be because, quite frankly, they’re...
Record Review: Wowser Bowser
Wowser Bowser Wowser Bowser Atlanta, GA “Spunky and vibrant indie pop with instrumental experimentations” Atlanta natives Wowser Bowser have just released their debut full-length, self-titled album....
Record Review: Three Tall Pines
Three Tall Pines All That's Left Boston, MA “Soulful bluegrass for moonshine sipping” The force behind this soulful bluegrass quartet makes it clear why they were named “2011 Bluegrass Band of the...
Record Review: Simon Spire
Simon Spire No Solid Ground EPNew York, NY “A young singer-songwriter being true to himself through the gift of song” Simon Spire is going to be a star, and his first U.S. release, No Solid Ground,...
Record Review: Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten Tramp Brooklyn, NY “Swirling, heart-wrenching, hauntingly sweet vocals” Recently, Sharon Van Etten was quoted as saying (to Performer) that her new album, Tramp, is just as personal...
Record of the Month: Richard McGraw
Richard McGraw Popular Music New York, NY "A dark and mysterious romance with Leonard Cohen, Lady Gaga and the Who" Popular Music, Richard McGraw’s third release, offers an unrecognizable - yet...