Review: Monoculture – “Life Goes By” February 1, 2018 Psych/jazz from Texas? I’ll take it! Dallas’ Monoculture tomorrow will release “Life Goes By,” the first single available from its forthcoming LP. (The song… Continue Reading
Review: Ampline – “Passion Relapse” January 31, 2018 If you like your underground rock jagged and rugged and raw, you’d best tune in for Ampline’s Passion Relapse. Out last week on Sofaburn… Continue Reading
Profile: The Gotobeds (2018) January 26, 2018 “It’s always the easiest and least interesting route to have a preconceived notion of what band you want to sound like and then go… Continue Reading
Review: Pachyderm – “I’m Not Happy, I’m Just High” EP January 23, 2018 Consider this the fresh-faced first entry of the new year in Pittsburgh Single of the Year territory. The oft-engaging Pachyderm channels The Sea and… Continue Reading
Review: Mudhoney – “L.i.E.” January 19, 2018 I still remember the CD. My Mudhoney collection was fairly impressive in ’93, having dug deep into the band’s Sub Pop soil, but the… Continue Reading
Review: Barlow – “In A Stranger’s Car” (Reissue) January 18, 2018 Lo-fi fuzz-pop – think The Cure coalescing around the guitars of Les Thugs – is the name of the game on In A Stranger’s Car,… Continue Reading
Review: Bellringer – “Stumble Bum/Triangular Object” January 9, 2018 No matter how much he loathes it, Texan and musical-firebrand Mark Deutrom forever might be inextricably linked with Melvins, the legendary Gods-of-Thunder quartet whose… Continue Reading
Review: The Dazies/Courters – “Seen A Ghost” January 4, 2018 There’s something wondrous about the noise that emanates from a garage. Now, I’m not talking about the groan and rumble of a Harley’s engine… Continue Reading
Review: Fantomas – “Suspended Animation” January 2, 2018 Records bearing the mark of Mike Patton typically have an edgy, experimental edge to them, and Fantômas — the violently good, cut-and-paste avant-punk project… Continue Reading
Review: Blankets For Laura – “Orange” EP December 29, 2017 Thank you, Shay Park. While much of the Pittsburgh underground is awaiting the debut EP from Soda Club, the local dream-pop quartet Park fronts… Continue Reading
