Felix Obelix – The Tick of the Clock, the Beat in the Chest
Baby Baby – Long Live the Swagmonsta
The Dig – Electric Toys
Blasfemea – Galaxia Tropicalia
The Shondes – My Dear One
Equaleyes – While I’m Alive
Hear Kitty Kitty – Tails from the Alley
Eryn Shewell – 4th & Broadway
Stereo Transmitted Disease – Generation Nothing
Beware! The Other Head of Science – Big American Godzilla Party
Valerie Janlois – No Drop of Love (Is Ever Wasted)
A Faulty Chromosome – Craving To Be Coddled so We Feel Fake-safe
This Moment in Black History – Public Square
Mama Lion – Gamble, Gamble, Die
Walter Jr – Standing on the Word
Linfinity – Martian’s Bloom
The Idaho Falls – The Spark
One High Five – Here, Hear!
Ashley Joelle Jordan – Simple Love
Kal Marks – Recovering After The Storm
Dirt Mall – Pacifuego
Mars – Embracing Imperfection
February 23, 2010
February 19, 2010
Look at All the Records We Got in the Office Today!
Big East: Condita
Tom Wise: In Love, At War
NeuHuman: NeHuman
Chris O’Brien: Little Red
Charlie Christos: Widow’s Gun
Ken Berman: Looking Forward
The Whole New Usuals: Every Whole New Usual Will Die
Nathan Leigh: Glitch EP
The Dirty Dishes: The Dirty Dishes
The Falcon Lords: Straight From the Center of their Volcano Air
Mattie McGrail: The Long Road of Doris Voxy
Quadron: Quadron
After Edmund: Spaceships and Submarines: The Lively Sessions
Jason and the Scorchers: Halcyon Times
Anomopoly: Anomopoly
Veil Veil Vanish: Change in the Neon Lights
Static People: Static People
Transient Songs: Cave Syndrome
Antioquia: My piano ate the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle
Hardly Art: Cracked Love & Other Drugs
Adrien and the Fine Print: Tennessee Swing
Thirty Second Pulse: Oil of the Whale
The One Smith: Just Because
Tom Wise: In Love, At War
NeuHuman: NeHuman
Chris O’Brien: Little Red
Charlie Christos: Widow’s Gun
Ken Berman: Looking Forward
The Whole New Usuals: Every Whole New Usual Will Die
Nathan Leigh: Glitch EP
The Dirty Dishes: The Dirty Dishes
The Falcon Lords: Straight From the Center of their Volcano Air
Mattie McGrail: The Long Road of Doris Voxy
Quadron: Quadron
After Edmund: Spaceships and Submarines: The Lively Sessions
Jason and the Scorchers: Halcyon Times
Anomopoly: Anomopoly
Veil Veil Vanish: Change in the Neon Lights
Static People: Static People
Transient Songs: Cave Syndrome
Antioquia: My piano ate the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle
Hardly Art: Cracked Love & Other Drugs
Adrien and the Fine Print: Tennessee Swing
Thirty Second Pulse: Oil of the Whale
The One Smith: Just Because
February 12, 2010
Check out the stellar records we got in the office today!
Dave Ellis: drama per orgasm
Cobblestone Jazz: The Modern Deep Left Quartet
Christian Prommer: Drumlesson Zwei
Jeremy Haladyna: Selections from the Mayan Cycle
Denman Maroney: Music for Words, Perhaps
Chris Marsol: Butterflies, Lipstick, and Hand Grenades
Reagan Browne: Daydreams in Stereo
Fight the Quiet: Let Me In
Jen Olive: Warm Robot
Baylock: One Good to Be Told
Full Body Anchor: Full Body Anchor
The One Smith: The One Smith
K’Lonisky: Controversy
Naked on Rollerskates: Sugar
Cobblestone Jazz: The Modern Deep Left Quartet
Christian Prommer: Drumlesson Zwei
Jeremy Haladyna: Selections from the Mayan Cycle
Denman Maroney: Music for Words, Perhaps
Chris Marsol: Butterflies, Lipstick, and Hand Grenades
Reagan Browne: Daydreams in Stereo
Fight the Quiet: Let Me In
Jen Olive: Warm Robot
Baylock: One Good to Be Told
Full Body Anchor: Full Body Anchor
The One Smith: The One Smith
K’Lonisky: Controversy
Naked on Rollerskates: Sugar
February 9, 2010
Check out what records we got in the office today
The Full-Time Dreamers – Too Loud at Any Volume
The Blessed Unrest – Ashes Time
The Ted Painter Band - Keepin’ It Real
Plants and Animals – La La Land
Monster Movie – Everyone is a Ghost
Marshan – The Jellyfish Will Succeed Where The Monkeys Have Failed
Modena – self-titled
Avi Buffalo – self-titled
April Smith and the Great Picture Show – Songs for a Sinking Ship
Jay Psaros – Tripping and Running
Animatronique – Stasis
Dosh – Tommy
Paul Dougherty – Grace Under Water
The Burning Hotels – Novels
Old Bricks – Farmers
Undo – self-titled
Andy Mason – Stories Told
Carrie Ferguson – Riding on the Back of the Wind
Die Among Heroes – self-titled
Confessions of a Corn Silo – Stretches of Concrete
MayFlys - A Life in a Day
Warning Light – Further On
Terminal Muse – Red
These New Puritans - Hidden
February 3, 2010
West Coast Shows
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Fitz & the Tantrums w/ Love GrenadesTwo excellent Performer Presents shows coming up this month for you West Coast fans!
Los Angeles @ Echo on February 12
San Francisco @ Kimo's Penthouse Lounge on February 13
Paranoids w/ Tokyo Raid and Siddhartha
February 2, 2010
Check out what records we got in the office today
Sofia Rei Koutsovitis – Sube Azul
Dangermaker – self-titled
Stereo Freakout – If Wishes Were Fishes
Scraping for Change – Breaking the Silence EP
Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu Steps Ahead
Stygian – Fury Rising
Throwback Suburbia – self-titled
Michael Perry and the Long Beds – Tiny Pilot
Girlfriends – self-titled
Nite Nite – How To Touch the Moon
Ellis Paul – The Day After Everything Changed
Dana Wells – The Evergreen EP
Jay Matsueda – Eat Your Sad
Dangermaker – self-titled
Stereo Freakout – If Wishes Were Fishes
Scraping for Change – Breaking the Silence EP
Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu Steps Ahead
Stygian – Fury Rising
Throwback Suburbia – self-titled
Michael Perry and the Long Beds – Tiny Pilot
Girlfriends – self-titled
Nite Nite – How To Touch the Moon
Ellis Paul – The Day After Everything Changed
Dana Wells – The Evergreen EP
Jay Matsueda – Eat Your Sad
January 29, 2010
News: Act now to prevent smoking bans outside bars in San Francisco
Like to light up at some of your favorite hot spots in San Francisco? Smokers should be aware of a non-smoking ordinance currently under review that will attempt to ban smoking on the patios of places such as the Hemlock Tavern, Bottom of the Hill, Thee Parkside, El Rio, Eagle SF, Lucky 13, Zeitgeist and many more.
Those interested voicing their opinion can speak out this Monday, Feb. 1, at city hall in room 263 at 2 p.m.
This movement of smoking bans is spreading across California, with Los Angeles smokers recently losing their ability to light up in outdoor cafes and food courts after a city council meeting on Jan. 20. Other locations that have already banned smoking in outdoor dining facilities include Burbank, Beverly Hills, Calabasas and Santa Monica.
The Hemlock Tavern is attempting to create a grandfather clause to exempt current smoking patios at bars. For more information on general smoking rights, visit www.smokinglobby.com.
Live Review: Love in Stockholm // The Phix // Re-Up // Joy Daniels
The Middle East Downstairs // Cambridge, MA // Jan. 21, 2010
Jazz and soul was alive and well this past Saturday as several bands took the stage to celebrate the release of Boston's own Love in Stockholm's brand new video “Ordinary Man.” Close friends (and media alike) joined the band right before the scheduled concert to get a peek at the vid for their latest single, which was shot over only a couple days. The video, which features the band pouring their hearts out in a performance under a stream of Christmas lights, was followed by a live acoustic performance of the same song – which was one of the most intimate moments of the evening (if not the only one).
Opening up was the powerful Joy Daniels. Equipped with tight instrumentation and a stage presence comparable to quite frankly nothing else, Joy shook the audience with songs that were not only upbeat and melodic, but packed with a powerful message as well. Songs like “Crazy” and “Do You Know What It's Like” packed an off-the-wall (and considerably brief) set right before Re-Up hit the stage. Combining soul with their own eclectic view of hip-hop, the audience was completely consumed with their relaxed-but-passionate demeanor as they crooned songs like the bittersweet love ballad “Still” and the ultra-slick “Bad Motherfucker.”
Following them were the Phix and the energy completely shifted from that of a laid-back concert-goer to a wild dance party. The Phix are masters of taking genres and flipping them on their heads. Fusing hip-hop together with pop, a little bit of rock and adding a dash of auto-tune sounds like too many ingredients in the pot to actually produce something you can successfully consume, but somehow they pull it off flawlessly. Cruising through tunes like “Boomerang” and “Fell in Love (In the Club)” with endless amounts of energy, they provided an interesting contrast to the final act of the night, Love In Stockholm.
The last band of the evening was greeted to a packed room of true fans or intrigued listeners, and rose to the occasion practically without breaking a sweat. Fusing soul and beats that can't help but make you move, the boys put their acoustic side away and kept up the high-paced energy anointed to them previously by the Phix. Playing songs like “Don't Be Fooled” and “The Collector” from last year's Too Much Love EP, LIS gave it their all and the audience were quite appreciative. Trumpets mixed with harmonicas mixed with guitars and soulful vocals perfectly channeled their core sound of R&B/jazz. Overall, the boys put on a show they could be proud of.
-Review and photos by Candace McDuffie
Love in Stockholm - Music Video Premiere at the Middle East from Love in Stockholm on Vimeo.
Jazz and soul was alive and well this past Saturday as several bands took the stage to celebrate the release of Boston's own Love in Stockholm's brand new video “Ordinary Man.” Close friends (and media alike) joined the band right before the scheduled concert to get a peek at the vid for their latest single, which was shot over only a couple days. The video, which features the band pouring their hearts out in a performance under a stream of Christmas lights, was followed by a live acoustic performance of the same song – which was one of the most intimate moments of the evening (if not the only one).
Love in Stockholm
Opening up was the powerful Joy Daniels. Equipped with tight instrumentation and a stage presence comparable to quite frankly nothing else, Joy shook the audience with songs that were not only upbeat and melodic, but packed with a powerful message as well. Songs like “Crazy” and “Do You Know What It's Like” packed an off-the-wall (and considerably brief) set right before Re-Up hit the stage. Combining soul with their own eclectic view of hip-hop, the audience was completely consumed with their relaxed-but-passionate demeanor as they crooned songs like the bittersweet love ballad “Still” and the ultra-slick “Bad Motherfucker.”
Following them were the Phix and the energy completely shifted from that of a laid-back concert-goer to a wild dance party. The Phix are masters of taking genres and flipping them on their heads. Fusing hip-hop together with pop, a little bit of rock and adding a dash of auto-tune sounds like too many ingredients in the pot to actually produce something you can successfully consume, but somehow they pull it off flawlessly. Cruising through tunes like “Boomerang” and “Fell in Love (In the Club)” with endless amounts of energy, they provided an interesting contrast to the final act of the night, Love In Stockholm.
The Phix
The last band of the evening was greeted to a packed room of true fans or intrigued listeners, and rose to the occasion practically without breaking a sweat. Fusing soul and beats that can't help but make you move, the boys put their acoustic side away and kept up the high-paced energy anointed to them previously by the Phix. Playing songs like “Don't Be Fooled” and “The Collector” from last year's Too Much Love EP, LIS gave it their all and the audience were quite appreciative. Trumpets mixed with harmonicas mixed with guitars and soulful vocals perfectly channeled their core sound of R&B/jazz. Overall, the boys put on a show they could be proud of.
-Review and photos by Candace McDuffie
January 28, 2010
New Records in the Office Today!
Vaus – The Floating Celebration
Derek Frank- Let the Games Begin
Mass Solo Revolt- Bend in Time
The Besnard Lakes- Are the Roaring Night
jj- jj n° 3
The Hammond Group- Bailout!
Jennie Arnau- Chasing Giants
The Organ Beats – Sleep When We Are Dead
Faith and the Muse- :ankoku butoh:
Three Day Threshold- Straight out of the Barrel
Joey Stuckley- So Far
Tokyo Rosenthal- Ghosts
Cagle and Nash- Soul Complete
Libby Johnson- The Perfect View
Trades- The Short Version
La Chansons- The King and Queen of the Dance Floor
Aloha- Home Acres
Joy Kills Sorrow- Darkness Sure Becomes This City
January 26, 2010
Check out what records we got in the office today
My Flea Circus – Flee Flaa Floo
DJ Rap – Synthesis
Rafter – Animal Feelings
Dave Daniels – Just Like Ghosts
Judgement Day – Peacocks/Pink Monsters
Okapi – Love Him
Chris Pureka – How I Learned To See In The Dark
Jennifer Leonhardt – Minstrel’s Daughter
Randal Bramblett – The Meantime
Çatarina dos Santos – No balanco do mar
The Villains – self-titled
Brendan Kelley – Music From the Motion Picture
7 Million Jigawatts – Taking Flight
The Strange Boys – Be Brave
Absinthe Rose – Diggin Ditches & Escaping Holes
Zamza – Manga Rock
Chris Laubis – Balance
Peggo – In Love
Melanie Mitrano – All Things Gold
Jes Perry – The Way That I Feel
Jamie McLean Band – Completely
Cinetrope – Once I Ruled The World
Jesse Liam – Father From A Man
Memphis 59 – Ragged But Right
Jonathan Badger – Unsung Stories From Lilly’s Days as a Solar Astronaut
Josiah Wolf – Jet Lag
The American Dollar – Atlas
Mr. Greg’s Musical Madness – Lots of Fun!
Blair – Die Young
Jimmy Landry – New Day
The Greening – (She’s So) Electric EP
January 20, 2010
Love In Stockholm Video Premiere
Boston's very own Love in Stockholm will premier their brand new music video, 'Ordinary Man', at the Middle East Downstairs this Saturday. A special acoustic performance of will also take place during the night!
Show starts at 7pm
January 19, 2010
New records in the office today
Birdsong at Morning – Vigil
Clogs – The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
Slowearth – Vault
Umek – Responding to Dynamic
James Keyes – Ruminations
Jonka – Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Social Hero – The Famous
Thick Shakes – Ooh Mommy
Adrian and the Sickness – B.F.D.
Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
The Ruby Suns – Fight Softly
Kathy Sanborn – Small Galaxy
Will Kimbrough – Wings
Pinsky – States/The Only Ones
Roy Davis – We Are a Lightning Bolt
Fleeting Trance – Self-titled
Shake It Like a Caveman – When You Smile I See Your Fangs
Trench Party – News
Trench Party – Untitled
Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra – self-titled
Past Lives – Tapestry of Webs
AC Deathstrike – Last Picture Show
Madecipha – Word is Bond
Ben Thompson – Time Traveler
Glenton Davis – Are You Ready
The Mallard – The Quick, The Dirty
Tired Old Bones – Self-titled
The Scott Little Band – Barbed Wire and Engine Blocks
Ventid – Rain Dance For Your Wedding
Clogs – The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
Slowearth – Vault
Umek – Responding to Dynamic
James Keyes – Ruminations
Jonka – Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Social Hero – The Famous
Thick Shakes – Ooh Mommy
Adrian and the Sickness – B.F.D.
Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
The Ruby Suns – Fight Softly
Kathy Sanborn – Small Galaxy
Will Kimbrough – Wings
Pinsky – States/The Only Ones
Roy Davis – We Are a Lightning Bolt
Fleeting Trance – Self-titled
Shake It Like a Caveman – When You Smile I See Your Fangs
Trench Party – News
Trench Party – Untitled
Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra – self-titled
Past Lives – Tapestry of Webs
AC Deathstrike – Last Picture Show
Madecipha – Word is Bond
Ben Thompson – Time Traveler
Glenton Davis – Are You Ready
The Mallard – The Quick, The Dirty
Tired Old Bones – Self-titled
The Scott Little Band – Barbed Wire and Engine Blocks
Ventid – Rain Dance For Your Wedding
January 14, 2010
Check out the records we got in the office today...
Mindset X - Thread
Brenda Xu - A Little Illusion
Dillon $ Paten Locke - Studies in Hunger
Merry Ellen Kirk - Invisible Wars
Greg Lato - Monday Morning Breakdown
Ken Will Morton - True Grit
Eclectic Dance Orchestra - Instruments of Change
Seven Saturdays - self-titled
Robert Valente - Alive
iLa Mawana - self-titled
LOAM - Nervous Grooming Gestures
Rachel McCartney - New Days Nightly (EP)
Eddie Japan - four by six
Saints of Ruin - Nightmare
Ernest Gonzales - Been Meaning To Tell you
CUBIST - shapes and sounds of time
Double Nines - self-titled
Hearts and Minutes - self-titled
ITtheverb - Happy Mediums
Kid Tested - Pop Era Laundry
Doug Spears - Welcome Home
Gooding - The Return
Adam Green - Minor Love
Our Own Ghosts - The House That Silence Built
John Shipe - Yellow House
Happy Birthday - self-titled
Shredding the Envelope - The Call of The Flames
The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun
Nightmare River Band - Call the Cops!!
Mark Growden - Saint Judas
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown
John Stein - Raising the Roof
Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights
All Time Low - MTV Unplugged
Sister Grizzly - All Of This Is True
Adam Ezra Group - View From The Root
Galactic - ya-ka-may
Brenda Xu - A Little Illusion
Dillon $ Paten Locke - Studies in Hunger
Merry Ellen Kirk - Invisible Wars
Greg Lato - Monday Morning Breakdown
Ken Will Morton - True Grit
Eclectic Dance Orchestra - Instruments of Change
Seven Saturdays - self-titled
Robert Valente - Alive
iLa Mawana - self-titled
LOAM - Nervous Grooming Gestures
Rachel McCartney - New Days Nightly (EP)
Eddie Japan - four by six
Saints of Ruin - Nightmare
Ernest Gonzales - Been Meaning To Tell you
CUBIST - shapes and sounds of time
Double Nines - self-titled
Hearts and Minutes - self-titled
ITtheverb - Happy Mediums
Kid Tested - Pop Era Laundry
Doug Spears - Welcome Home
Gooding - The Return
Adam Green - Minor Love
Our Own Ghosts - The House That Silence Built
John Shipe - Yellow House
Happy Birthday - self-titled
Shredding the Envelope - The Call of The Flames
The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun
Nightmare River Band - Call the Cops!!
Mark Growden - Saint Judas
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown
John Stein - Raising the Roof
Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights
All Time Low - MTV Unplugged
Sister Grizzly - All Of This Is True
Adam Ezra Group - View From The Root
Galactic - ya-ka-may
January 11, 2010
Contest to win a brand new tube amp
Blackheart wants to hook up a guitarist with a new 100W tube amp. All you have to do to score this vintage-inspired head and cab is play some shows with it and write about it online. The more photos, videos and posts, the better.
Tell us why you should be the test driver for the BH100H head and BH412SL cab. Send your entry to info@performermag.com (subject: Blackheart).
January 7, 2010
This Saturday: PseudoDiscord at Eyedrum featuring Stokeswood
-- A little bit about the bands at Eyedrum this Saturday --
Stokeswood is "An eclectic mix of percussion, strong vocals, story telling lyrics, powerful electric guitar and driving synths Stokeswood's sound is described as a "Cosmic Waltz."
Before The Solstice:"Melodic progressive rock with the ability to entrance, make you dance, or punch a hole in the wall! They call it Quantum Rock."
Damon Moon and The Whispering Drifters
"His simple acoustic guitar, with layered electrics, subtle keys of all kinds, dreamy bass lines, and drum sounds that roll in and out like the tide on the California coast, all perfectly set the stage for Damon's warm, gentle voice."
Naomi Lavender
Stokeswood is "An eclectic mix of percussion, strong vocals, story telling lyrics, powerful electric guitar and driving synths Stokeswood's sound is described as a "Cosmic Waltz."
Before The Solstice:"Melodic progressive rock with the ability to entrance, make you dance, or punch a hole in the wall! They call it Quantum Rock."
Damon Moon and The Whispering Drifters
"His simple acoustic guitar, with layered electrics, subtle keys of all kinds, dreamy bass lines, and drum sounds that roll in and out like the tide on the California coast, all perfectly set the stage for Damon's warm, gentle voice."
Naomi Lavender
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