Review: Jeremy Bass – “The Greatest Fire” December 29, 2017 Considering Jeremy Bass’ new LP, The Greatest Fire, boasts contributions from Nick Luca and Jacob Valenzuela, there probably was little doubt this thing would… Continue Reading
Review: Expires – “Fake Sigils” December 22, 2017 Pittsburgh has never been known, particularly, as a hub for post-rock, that fluid genre of “music for people who read books” that flirts with… Continue Reading
Review: Alexei Shishkin – “Pittsburgh” December 21, 2017 We all know the words – folksters Simon & Garfunkel, searching for the nation’s soul in the song “America,” talked to Cathy “as [they]… Continue Reading
Review: Denzell – “Tour Tape” EP December 18, 2017 I don’t need some punk-rock band to hand over the verdict that, yeah, things are pretty bleak. Even if the Pussy-Grabber-In-Chief weren’t trying to run the… Continue Reading
Review: Souns – “Aquamarine” December 15, 2017 Michael Red continues to distance himself from the dance-conscious work associated with his name through Souns, an experimental/ambient project whose Aquamarine LP was released… Continue Reading
Profile: Elephant Rifle December 6, 2017 Let me call it early: anybody who’s anybody who considers themselves a devotee of punk rock will consider Hunk, the recently announced third full-length… Continue Reading
Review: Rachel Grimes – “Eights” December 5, 2017 Composer/pianist Rachel Grimes orchestrates a soundscape of wonder on “Eights,” a digital one-off also available on the compilation accompanying Oxford American’s new edition on… Continue Reading
Review: Dw. Dunphy/Jeff Elbel/Randy Kerkman/Dan Pavelich – “Everything Goes To Hell” December 5, 2017 For a song titled “Everything Goes To Hell,” this is pretty gleaming. Assembling for the Co-Op an indie supergroup of sorts – bassist Jeff… Continue Reading
Review: Tom Waits – “Alice”/”Blood Money” (Remastered) December 5, 2017 Tom Waits never has sounded better, at least in terms of fidelity, than he does on the new, re-mastered versions of Alice and Blood… Continue Reading
Review: Little Mazarn – S/T December 4, 2017 I’ve always considered Curtis Eller to be the prototypical underground banjo player. He crafts song-stories about history (or more appropriately, history through a warped… Continue Reading
