Review: Rob Ford Explorer – “Buh Bye” January 6, 2020 The reference points behind Rob Ford Explorer’s name ain’t aging that well. Yes yes, Ford in its capitalist wisdom has released a 2020 Explorer… Continue Reading
Profile: Adam Fitz (2019) December 30, 2019 Four out of every five shows singer-songwriter Adam Fitz played this year centered around cover sets in Westmoreland County bars and juke joints. Coming… Continue Reading
Review: Adam Fitz – “Can’t Pardon Me” December 30, 2019 There might be no better way to end 2019, this dog-eared novella of a year, and start the wondrous new Twenties than with ruminations… Continue Reading
MusicTAP Record of the Year (2019) December 30, 2019 It’s an ugly, vicious thing for an ugly, vicious year. And, yeah, there might be bigger chart-toppers from 2019 or “better” market-researched deep-cuts out… Continue Reading
Review: Paranoid Void – “02” December 27, 2019 Wow! Just wow. The new Paranoid Void EP – which hides behind the dubiously simple title of 02, out online this week – will… Continue Reading
Review: The Glad Husbands – “Safe Places” December 20, 2019 Everything that’s muddy-minded about Safe Places – the new LP from Italian mathcore trio The Glad Husbands, out four days ago on CD and… Continue Reading
Feature: Pittsburgh Record of the Year (2019) December 20, 2019 Drumroll. Drumroll, please. I submit for your consideration, dear reader, my selections for Pittsburgh record of the year – two brilliant debut offerings on… Continue Reading
Review: Erik Della Penna – “New York Songs” December 13, 2019 It’s been a decade since New York City antique-garde duo Kill Henry Sugar – they of “cinematic gravitas,” quoth the Village Voice — released… Continue Reading
Feature: Unreliable Narrator (2019) December 11, 2019 Though the raucous punk of Pittsburgh band Unreliable Narrator’s debut LP – Old Man Yells At Older Man, self-released this month by the quartet – owes… Continue Reading
Review: Wet Fruit – S/T December 6, 2019 The songs just skitter away in a delightful pop of Roman candles on Wet Fruit’s self-titled, debut LP, out last week on digital and… Continue Reading
