REVIEW: Crystal Fairy – S/T February 28, 2017 Don’t get me wrong: I like Crystal Fairy’s self-titled debut, I really do. I just don’t love it as much as I think I… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Christian Frederickson, Jason Noble and Ryan Rumery – “The Painted Bird / Amidst” January 24, 2017 I cannot stop listening to The Painted Bird / Amidst, a carefully self-released affair that is, without question, the most riveting and enveloping record… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Papa M – “Highway Songs” January 18, 2017 At first blush, Papa M’s Highway Songs LP is a mess or, at best perhaps, unbalanced. But first blushes, like a journalist’s first drafts… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Jacob Duncan – “The Busker” January 17, 2017 Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden’s pristine and bright-eyed collaboration on the 1997 Verve LP Beyond The Missouri Sky (Short Stories) is a decent point… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Loscil – “Monument Builders” January 5, 2017 A melancholy pall hangs over much of Loscil’s Monument Builders, a mysterious little nugget of an LP out since November on Kranky Records. Musician’s… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Faith No More – “We Care A Lot” (Deluxe Band Version) December 28, 2016 Let’s fold back the sheets on 2016, this death’s bed of a year, by focusing our attention on one of its brighter moments, an… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Tortoise – “The Catastrophist” February 3, 2016 Tortoise’s The Catastrophist, the mighty Chicago jazz-rock outfit’s first record in seven long years, will leave longtime listeners – after 25 years, there are many –… Continue Reading
CONCERT REVIEW: Horehound/T-Tops/Del Rios/Old Dream – Gooski’s, 1.08.16 January 21, 2016 Welcome to the firecrackers-strapped-to-your-Rust-Belt column “Welcome To Pittsburgh,” as today we find ourselves entranced by stars yet lamenting another fine night of noise at… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Kurt Cobain – Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings (Deluxe Edition) December 7, 2015 Kurt Cobain’s first solo record – recently released 21 years after his 1994 suicide and paired with a suspect “documentary” film project of revisionist… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Turbosonics – Tres Gatos Suave November 20, 2015 Inconsistencies, dagnammit! I want to really, really like, to love, to adore The Turbosonics‘ new CD, Tres Gatos Suave, a meaty slab of surf from one of… Continue Reading
