CONCERT REVIEW: Soda Club June 4, 2017 The ascending Pittsburgh quartet Soda Club treated a hometown crowd to its lazy Sunday brand of guitar-driven indie-pop on a Saturday this month, peppering… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Aaron Myers-Brooks – “Orthrelm Covers” June 2, 2017 Orthrelm, may God save it soul, shreds to burst an eardrum or 10. And Aaron Myers-Brooks, guitarist for Pittsburgh post-punkers Night Vapor, is no… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Do Make Say Think – “Stubborn Persistent Illusions” June 2, 2017 I’m now two weeks late in delivering my opening statements on Do Make Say Think’s Stubborn Persistent Illusions, out since May on Constellation Records… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Various Artists – “The Co-Op Communique Vol. 3” May 24, 2017 Music writers are lucky bastards. As a form of payment for their poetry, they get a stream, an everlasting stream, of free music. It’s… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Edmondson – “Strange Durations” May 18, 2017 The Gainesville, Florida-based brothers behind the duo Edmondson make an engaging sort of vaguely orchestral piano pop on the record Strange Durations, out now… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Chicken & The Chick Flicks – “Too Bad About The Sun” May 17, 2017 Chicken and The Chick Flicks’ Too Bad About The Sun, out now on Shinkoyo, is exhilarating for reasons that most records simply aren’t. A… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Demen – “Nektyr” May 17, 2017 The opening track – fragile and damaged, haunted and haunting – is so, so, so good, all lulling, breathy vocals, skittering drums and imprecise… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Heron – “You Are Here Now” May 16, 2017 To hear some good reverb-drenched post-rock on the radio dial or the event horizon, you can do a heck of a lot worse than… Continue Reading
PROFILE: High Plains (2017) May 5, 2017 For those who haven’t been paying attention, Cinderland — the debut LP from Scott Morgan and Mark Bridges, the duo known as High Plains… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Afghan Whigs – “In Spades” May 1, 2017 In Spades, the Afghan Whigs’ sequel to 2014’s Do To The Beast LP, is, as Whigs’ outings go, a pretty colorful and ambitious affair…. Continue Reading
