REVIEW: City Water – 2 November 13, 2015 The so-to-speak “elusive” City Water clearly channels Walker on its noir-jazz-saturated 2, out now on Young Tobacco Records, but, though that’s a compliment, don’t… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Frog Eyes – Pickpocket’s Locket November 9, 2015 You’ve got to hand it to Canadien Carey Mercer, the principal performer-songwriter behind the baroque pop outfit Frog Eyes, whose Pickpocket’s Locket LP is licking… Continue Reading
REVIEW: BATTLES – La Di Da Di October 8, 2015 It’s been a handful of weeks since Warp Records released BATTLES’ La Di Da Di, the experimental outfit’s third full-length LP proper, and we should… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Oblique Quartet – Tlaloc Beat September 25, 2015 Dear Reader: Staff writer Justin Vellucci promised us a review of Oblique Quartet’s debut record,Tlaloc Beat, in his words, “by the end of May,… Continue Reading
Welcome To Pittsburgh #6: Night Vapor – S/T September 18, 2015 Welcome to, Welcome to, Welcome to Welcome To Pittsburgh. Long time, no see. My fault, really. Computer died, brain is fried, et cetera, et… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Have Gun, Will Travel – “Science From An Easy Chair” September 10, 2015 Have Gun, Will Travel’s latest outing, Science From An Easy Chair, is an ode to a sunken ship and those that survived the travail. It… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Big Lazy – Don’t Cross Myrtle August 5, 2015 Stephen Ulrich and his jazz/rock noir band Big Lazy will take up residency at the renowned Brooklyn joint Barbes starting in a couple short… Continue Reading
REVIEW: HC-B – “Rough” July 29, 2015 It takes a great record to remind me how awkward it can be — yes yes, like dancing to architecture — to write about really good instrumental… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Melvins – “The Bulls And The Bees”/”Electroretard” (Re-issue) July 22, 2015 So, here it is: the new Melvins record is actually a duo of Melvins records that already was. It’s interesting to see what the juxtaposition of… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Richard Buckner – “The Hill” (Reissue) July 15, 2015 Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology turned 100 a few days ago, and Merge Records marked the occasion by re-releasing the oft-overlooked indie-folk gem… Continue Reading
