Review: Alder & Ash – “The Crowneater” November 27, 2019 There’s no place to enter The Crowneater – the new LP from Alder & Ash, out Dec. 6 via Mendicant – because the whole… Continue Reading
Profile: Flower Crown (2019) November 26, 2019 What was Pittsburgh musician Richie Colosimo listening to while his band, Flower Crown, tracked dream-pop single “High Fantasy” at Mr. Small’s recording studio in… Continue Reading
Review: Bill Callahan – “If You Could Touch Her At All” b/w “So Long, Marianne” November 22, 2019 Forever-smoggy Austin singer-songwriter Bill Callahan radiates an alarming amount of warmth on two new covers from the classic American songbook, out today via Drag… Continue Reading
Review: Monotrope – “Immutable Future” November 20, 2019 Monotrope’s new record is a wondrously dense thatch of black thorns and I love it for that. In case you’re just joining the show,… Continue Reading
Review: Memory Drawings – “Phantom Lights” November 15, 2019 Phantom Lights is the new mini-LP from sorta-post-rock-ish neo-classical ensemble Memory Drawings, out two weeks ago via the Greek boutique label Sound In Silence…. Continue Reading
Profile: TRVSS (2019) November 12, 2019 There are shreds of feedback and, waiting, waiting, waiting, also an air of anticipation as members of Pittsburgh trio TRVSS wait for WRCT DJ… Continue Reading
Review: Pan-American – “A Son” November 11, 2019 A Son is the name of Chicagoan Mark Nelson’s latest release as Pan-American, out last week via Kranky. And, even by Pan-American standards, it… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Tool (2019) November 9, 2019 The prog-metal quartet Tool exudes context, from its rich LPs, full of epic songs and epic phrasings, to its historiography as a band, which… Continue Reading
Review: Fox Medicine – “Procedures Mystique” November 8, 2019 No less an authority on sludge and the seedy intersection of punk and metal than Melvins/Tool board-helmer Toshi Kasai recently described Portland duo Fox… Continue Reading
Review: Pray For Sound – “Waves” November 6, 2019 Sorry, I don’t dig on proselytizing. So, okay I’m biased. And when I heard, via advance PR notes, that the quartet Pray For Sound… Continue Reading
