Review: Tunic – “Complexion” January 22, 2019 There’s a problem with Complexion, the bombastic full-length debut outing from Canadian trio Tunic, out Feb. 8 via Self Sabotage/Super Secret, and it keeps… Continue Reading
Review: Graham Costello’s STRATA – “Obelisk” January 18, 2019 It’s a calculated and unbelievably addictive kind of descent into madness. Obelisk — the (wait for it) BRILLIANT debut full-length from Scottish sextet Graham… Continue Reading
Feature: Bat Zuppel (2019) January 17, 2019 Zach Bronder, guitarist and vocalist for Pittsburgh’s Bat Zuppel, has simple motivations for pursuing the rock-band lifestyle in The Steel City. “We all love… Continue Reading
Review: Hawk and Dove – “Our Childhood Heroes” January 14, 2019 I wanted to start this review with the following: Our Childhood Heroes, the sophomore outing by Brooklyn collective Hawk and Dove, can best be… Continue Reading
Review: Spencer Kilpatrick – “You Feel Like Nevada To Me” January 9, 2019 Spencer Kilpatrick might be his own best critic. The Reno, Nev.-based singer-songwriter, in releasing his latest single, “You Feel Like Nevada To Me,” on… Continue Reading
Review: Perch- “No Step” January 8, 2019 Call it math rock with more hooks than a tackle box. The new LP from the U.K. quartet Perch — No Step, self-released and out… Continue Reading
Review: Mark Deutrom – “The Blue Bird” January 1, 2019 If most of Mark Deutrom’s new LP — The Blue Bird, kicking off 2019 Friday via Seasons of Mist — is any indication, the… Continue Reading
Review: Expires – “No New Futures” December 20, 2018 Last year’s Fake Sigils was an engaging slice of glassy post-rock but Pittsburgher Mike Layton’s latest outing as Expires — titled No New Futures,… Continue Reading
Review: Night Vapor – “1,000 Miles of Mud” December 19, 2018 “Dirtminer,” and its inherent sense of grime and mire and dischord, is the template. The opening song on Night Vapor’s 1,000 Miles of Mud — out… Continue Reading
Justin Vellucci’s Top Ten Records I Reviewed This Year — 2018 Edition December 16, 2018 Well, here it is, Mr. December, yet another year, yet another year-ending list. And what more can be said? We want to be free…. Continue Reading
