Concert Review: Tool (2019) November 9, 2019 The prog-metal quartet Tool exudes context, from its rich LPs, full of epic songs and epic phrasings, to its historiography as a band, which… Continue Reading
Video Premiere: The Venus Flytraps – “Ghost on the Phone” October 31, 2019 Just when you thought Halloween couldn’t get any stranger, Cleveland band The Venus Flytraps is releasing a visual single featuring two tracks from its… Continue Reading
Profile: The Commonheart (2019) October 29, 2019 Pittsburgh’s The Commonheart doesn’t sound like it belongs in 2019. There are the surefire signs, of course – the reverby chikka-chikka of Stax-style soul… Continue Reading
Feature: Record Store Day, Black Friday (2019) October 18, 2019 Here are my top three picks (well, four, technically) for what to keep an eye on when fingering through vinyl on Record Store Day:… Continue Reading
Profile: Revival Choir (2019) October 15, 2019 Sean Atkins understates things. His band, Revival Choir, quietly released its debut LP, Finn, in September. Nobody ever shot-gunned out press releases, blitzed social media… Continue Reading
Video Premiere: Rachel Grimes – “For So Long” October 14, 2019 Rachel Grimes is a Louisville-based musician who was a founding member of post-classical chamber ensemble Rachel’s (incidentally, not named after her) and, since the… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Melvins (2019) October 8, 2019 Melvins know no years. They’re just too fucking good to be bothered with them. So, seeing the trio, now nearing its fifth (!) decade… Continue Reading
Profile: Rachel Grimes (2019) October 7, 2019 It starts, appropriately, by rolling on the seams of piano keys. “There is something/ got ahold of me/ and it won’t let go,” the… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Thom Yorke (2019) October 2, 2019 There’s something, I don’t know, almost phosphorescent about Thom Yorke, the iconic Radiohead frontman who brought his new solo tour right to the doorstep… Continue Reading
Profile: Buzz Osborne (2019) October 1, 2019 When Buzz Osborne visits Pittsburgh Saturday, Oct. 5 for punk-metal veterans Melvins’ concert at Rex Theater in South Side, he won’t hit the haunts… Continue Reading
