Review: Altar Boy – S/T March 15, 2018 Pittsburgh label Crafted Sounds recently Tweeted out the following in response to a request to drink PBR with members of Altar Boy, a group… Continue Reading
Review: Efrim Manuel Menuck – “Pissing Stars” February 2, 2018 There’s much to celebrate about Pissing Stars, the second solo LP – out today on Constellation Records – from Godspeed You! Black Emperor and… Continue Reading
Review: Radon Chong – “I Keep On Talking To You” (x2) November 29, 2017 Radon Chong — a Pittsburgh act that crafts musical nooses out of knotted guitars — sets its sights high on I Keep on Talking to… 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
REVIEW: Rolo Tomassi – “Grievances” July 15, 2015 My hard drive, in its dying breaths, killed my last review of Rolo Tomassi’s new record, Grievances. Good thing for them. It wasn’t very nice…. Continue Reading
REVIEW: Mylets – “Arizona” March 13, 2015 Now, that is what the fuck I’m talking about. From the first grungy, then vaguely pixelated, guitar chords of album-opener “Trembling Hands,”Arizona, the second… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues November 13, 2014 Singer-songwriter Will Oldham, that old Palace ring-leader turned “Prince,” just has released a new collection of emotive acoustics titled Singer’s Grave A Sea of… Continue Reading
BOOK REVIEW: Jesse Frohman – “Kurt Cobain: The Last Session” November 10, 2014 Twenty years after Kurt Cobain’s tragic suicide, he’s still, it seems, as popular as ever. Sure, Cobain and company have sold some 25 million… Continue Reading
Profile: Dw. Dunphy September 14, 2012 Beating The Dead Horse With Dw. Dunphy: A Profile by Justin Vellucci Dw. Dunphy’s face, a somber palette, is an exercise in disguise, spectacles… Continue Reading
Profile: PARTCH – Corporeally Yours (2012) March 22, 2012 Imagine musicians in street clothes flowing rhythmically as they hammer split ends of bamboo or pluck de-tuned strings. Picture dancers slinking across the stage,… Continue Reading
