Profile: Deutschtown Music Festival (2019) July 9, 2019 Almost a decade ago, Cody Walters and Ben Soltesz saw a transformation on the horizon in Pittsburgh and they wanted to make sure their… Continue Reading
Review: Deaf Club – “Bright Side of Death” July 5, 2019 Justin Pearson’s Twitter profile used to read, appropriately, “I give good headache.” Well, San Diego record label Three One G today released a video… Continue Reading
Profile: Wild Kindness Records relaunches July 5, 2019 Wild Kindness, the Pittsburgh label that once defined the city’s alt-pop aspirations through records by Andre Costello and Chet Vincent & The Big Bend,… Continue Reading
Profile: David Mnemo (2019) June 28, 2019 At a Pennsylvania house party around 2007, Penn State students John Dubosky and Eric Goeller heard a sound that blew their minds. “There was… Continue Reading
Review: Spheruleus – “Light Through Open Blinds” June 27, 2019 Fifteen years ago, the definition of ambient music, even the initiation to ambient music, was very different. But, even by the standards of the… Continue Reading
Review: The Austerity Program – “Bible Songs 1” June 26, 2019 I’m not sure which version of the King James Bible Thad Calabrese and Justin Foley are thumbing through, but I don’t remember the incantation… Continue Reading
Review: Decent Criminal – “Bliss” June 26, 2019 Bliss, the new 11-song sophomore outing from northern California’s Decent Criminal, is perfectly, um, decent. (They kinda handed me that one.) But that’s about… Continue Reading
Review: Shellac – “The End of Radio” June 24, 2019 Bootlegs of Shellac’s first BBC session with the legendary king-maker John Peel started surfacing fast on the heels of its airing, way, way back… Continue Reading
Review: Rachael McElhiney – “Apricot Trees” June 12, 2019 “You gotta bleed a little bit to put on the show,” Rachael McElhiney sings on a track from Apricot Trees, an EP of four,… Continue Reading
Review: Old Game – “Lunatics” June 11, 2019 Lunatics, the excellent new four-song EP from Pittsburgh-based quartet Old Game, out June 22, starts with the thump-thump-thump of bass guitar and drums in… Continue Reading
