Concert Review: Aaron Myers-Brooks/Radon Chong/Patchwork/How Things Are Made – Brillobox, Pittsburgh, Nov. 20, 2017 December 1, 2017 Time in all its awkward majesty was the unannounced theme of the evening at Brillobox Thursday night, as a quartet of bands performed songs… Continue Reading
Review: Radon Chong – “I Keep On Talking To You” (x2) November 29, 2017 Radon Chong — a Pittsburgh act that crafts musical nooses out of knotted guitars — sets its sights high on I Keep on Talking to… Continue Reading
Justin Vellucci’s Year-Ending Top Ten: 2017 Edition November 24, 2017 Yeah, yeah, putting the final nail in the coffin of 2017 is a little premature, seeing as there’s still more than 30 days left… Continue Reading
Review: The Sun Machine – “Turn On To Evil” November 24, 2017 The Sun Machine certainly has its musical reference points down pat. On its evocative Turn On To Evil LP, which was released two days… Continue Reading
Review: Slow Decay – “Ghosts” EP November 17, 2017 Hard to get into Ghosts, the new EP from Isle of Man’s Slow Decay. It’s not that there’s anything particularly wrong with the three-song… Continue Reading
Review: DF – “abcdf” EP November 15, 2017 I feel largely under-qualified to review abcdf, the new EP and accompanying visual experience from Montreal duo DF. While tenor saxophonist Dustin Finer employs… Continue Reading
Obituary: Chuck Mosley (1959-2017) November 11, 2017 Chuck Mosley – who died unexpectedly yesterday, age 57 – was a mess of contradictions. He was an L.A. rock star and a Midwestern… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Jozef Van Wissem – “Nobody Living Can Ever Make Me Turn Back” November 7, 2017 Minimalist composer and lutenist Jozef Van Wissem follows up last year’s When Shall This Bright Day Begin with a new LP, the spare and… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Murder For Girls – “All The Pretty Stars” November 7, 2017 Blender analogies are lazy, so let’s find a way around them. While Murder For Girls always has traced its trajectory back to the Riot… Continue Reading
REVIEW: U-Men – S/T November 3, 2017 My first exposure to the bizarre genius of U-Men came when I first tracked down a vinyl copy of the scene-setting C/Z Records comp…. Continue Reading
