Review: Dessner, Aaron and Bryce – “Cyrano” December 20, 2021 Cyrano de Bergerac features the title character, a real-life – in some tellings, deformed – man here fictionalized, falling for a lovely maiden, Roxanne. He… Continue Reading
Feature: Best Songs of 2021 (Spectrum Culture) December 20, 2021 Black Midi: “John L” [Rough Trade] Those seeking traces of Empirical wisdom in the newest work from Black Midi, everyone’s favorite tribe of super-ambitious… Continue Reading
Feature: Best Albums of 2021 (Spectrum Culture) December 20, 2021 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END [Constellation] The faux-mocking political ramblings. The 10- and 20-minute songs. The epic builds and… Continue Reading
Feature: Best Albums of 2021 (PopMatters) December 20, 2021 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – God’s Pee AT STATE’S END [Constellation] It starts with the soul-less counting of an anonymous but mechanized war machine… Continue Reading
Feature: Holy Hell! ‘Insignificance’ is 20 December 3, 2021 What seemed a departure 20 years ago, another dramatic shift in tone and timbre, today seems like a bit of put-on. Or was it?… Continue Reading
Review: Daniel Munkus – “The Edge of the High Trace” November 24, 2021 Daniel Munkus is a composer/multi-instrumentalist, Peekskill, N.Y.-based recording engineer and Brooklyn College alumnus who is one-third of the electronic looping ensemble Old Robes. This… Continue Reading
Noise-rock supergroup Human Impact to play Pittsburgh Nov. 30 November 23, 2021 Human Impact is looking to make a ruckus in Pittsburgh. The esteemed, NYC-based noise-rock quartet comes to the Steel City next week for an… Continue Reading
Press Release: The Windy Mesa House Band November 16, 2021 The Windy Mesa House Band is on a mission from God. The stripped-down rhythm and blues trio, which hails not from the streets of… Continue Reading
Review: Glenn Echo – “Fixed Memory” November 16, 2021 “You are my hearth, my home/ Stoke the fire/ I’ve been away too long/ Stoke the fire,” Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Matt Gaydar, a.k.a. Glenn Echo,… Continue Reading
Review: TRVSS – “Instant Drugs” November 5, 2021 The ascendant noise-rock trio TRVSS has a potent little drug ditty percolating that’s about to harsh your mellow. Titled (yes, appropriately) “Instant Drugs,” the… Continue Reading
