Profile: Chariot Fade (2019) October 1, 2019 When Chariot Fade formed earlier this year, it was contained mostly to three musicians and two rooms of home-recording equipment. Listening to the pristine… Continue Reading
Profile: Spotlights (2019) July 16, 2019 The band Spotlights played its first show in Pittsburgh in 2017, opening for Melvins at Rex Theater in South Side. At the time, the… Continue Reading
Profile: Deutschtown Music Festival (2019) July 9, 2019 Almost a decade ago, Cody Walters and Ben Soltesz saw a transformation on the horizon in Pittsburgh and they wanted to make sure their… Continue Reading
Profile: Wild Kindness Records relaunches July 5, 2019 Wild Kindness, the Pittsburgh label that once defined the city’s alt-pop aspirations through records by Andre Costello and Chet Vincent & The Big Bend,… Continue Reading
Profile: Old Game (2019) June 11, 2019 Brenda Leeds knows about the feeling. The vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Pittsburgh underground rock band, Old Game, has felt it sneak unsuspectingly, like a… Continue Reading
Feature: Crafted Sounds Releases “Bridges” April 17, 2019 Connor Murray turned 21 on April 13, but he didn’t celebrate in the usual way. Yes, there were the obligatory drinks at midnight but,… Continue Reading
Interview: Xandra Metcalfe of Uboa(2019) April 15, 2019 You don’t listen to UBOA, the solo act of Xandra Metcalfe, a trans gal from Melbourne. It just overwhelms you. Metcalfe’s latest offering, though,… Continue Reading
Justin Vellucci’s Top Ten Records I Reviewed This Year — 2018 Edition December 16, 2018 Well, here it is, Mr. December, yet another year, yet another year-ending list. And what more can be said? We want to be free…. Continue Reading
Concert Review: The Gotobeds/Wax Chattels/Rave Ami/Late. July 15, 2018 Three Pittsburgh bands and an ear-pounding trio from New Zealand filled Lawrenceville’s bare-bones warehouse space The Shop with delicious noise Friday, and the crowd… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Richard Buckner – Live In Pittsburgh, 06/07/18 June 11, 2018 It was 1998 when I first heard Richard Buckner, and I instantly was transfixed. The record in question was Since, his MCA collaboration with… Continue Reading
