CONCERT REVIEW: Horehound/T-Tops/Del Rios/Old Dream – Gooski’s, 1.08.16 January 21, 2016 Welcome to the firecrackers-strapped-to-your-Rust-Belt column “Welcome To Pittsburgh,” as today we find ourselves entranced by stars yet lamenting another fine night of noise at… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Kurt Cobain – Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings (Deluxe Edition) December 7, 2015 Kurt Cobain’s first solo record – recently released 21 years after his 1994 suicide and paired with a suspect “documentary” film project of revisionist… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Turbosonics – Tres Gatos Suave November 20, 2015 Inconsistencies, dagnammit! I want to really, really like, to love, to adore The Turbosonics‘ new CD, Tres Gatos Suave, a meaty slab of surf from one of… Continue Reading
REVIEW: City Water – 2 November 13, 2015 The so-to-speak “elusive” City Water clearly channels Walker on its noir-jazz-saturated 2, out now on Young Tobacco Records, but, though that’s a compliment, don’t… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Frog Eyes – Pickpocket’s Locket November 9, 2015 You’ve got to hand it to Canadien Carey Mercer, the principal performer-songwriter behind the baroque pop outfit Frog Eyes, whose Pickpocket’s Locket LP is licking… Continue Reading
REVIEW: BATTLES – La Di Da Di October 8, 2015 It’s been a handful of weeks since Warp Records released BATTLES’ La Di Da Di, the experimental outfit’s third full-length LP proper, and we should… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Oblique Quartet – Tlaloc Beat September 25, 2015 Dear Reader: Staff writer Justin Vellucci promised us a review of Oblique Quartet’s debut record,Tlaloc Beat, in his words, “by the end of May,… Continue Reading
Welcome To Pittsburgh #6: Night Vapor – S/T September 18, 2015 Welcome to, Welcome to, Welcome to Welcome To Pittsburgh. Long time, no see. My fault, really. Computer died, brain is fried, et cetera, et… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Have Gun, Will Travel – “Science From An Easy Chair” September 10, 2015 Have Gun, Will Travel’s latest outing, Science From An Easy Chair, is an ode to a sunken ship and those that survived the travail. It… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Big Lazy – Don’t Cross Myrtle August 5, 2015 Stephen Ulrich and his jazz/rock noir band Big Lazy will take up residency at the renowned Brooklyn joint Barbes starting in a couple short… Continue Reading
