Review: Nonagon – “They Birds” March 10, 2021 Most bands release debut LPs in their infancy. Well, not Nonagon. The Chicago trio, formed around 2004, initially struck their defiant poses on a… Continue Reading
Profile: Nonagon (2021) March 2, 2021 Nonagon is at a crossroads. The Chicago post-hardcore trio has nearly 20 years under its musical title-belt, but on March 3, these long-time purveyors… Continue Reading
Review: David Grubbs – “October 19, 2017” November 13, 2020 6 April 2020, “The Quarantine Concerts”: This is the first time I remember hearing David Grubbs like this, and I was unmoored by the presentation and… Continue Reading
Review: Stuck – “Change Is Bad” June 3, 2020 Holy mother of fuck, how did this one slip below the radar? Born Yesterday Records released the Chicago quartet Stuck’s debut LP, Change Is Bad,… Continue Reading
Review: Melkbelly – “PITH” May 14, 2020 Sorry, as much as you want them to be, Melkbelly aren’t a 2020s reincarnation of the Breeders. There are parallels, yes, yes, but it’s not that simple,… Continue Reading
Profile: Adam Fitz (2019) December 30, 2019 Four out of every five shows singer-songwriter Adam Fitz played this year centered around cover sets in Westmoreland County bars and juke joints. Coming… Continue Reading
Review: Adam Fitz – “Can’t Pardon Me” December 30, 2019 There might be no better way to end 2019, this dog-eared novella of a year, and start the wondrous new Twenties than with ruminations… Continue Reading
Review: Pan-American – “A Son” November 11, 2019 A Son is the name of Chicagoan Mark Nelson’s latest release as Pan-American, out last week via Kranky. And, even by Pan-American standards, it… Continue Reading
Review: Tomeka Reid Quartet – “Old New” October 25, 2019 Most of us know or associate with the cello as a staple of the classical and post-classical world, an instrument whose deeper breaths can… Continue Reading
Profile: Spotlights (2019) July 16, 2019 The band Spotlights played its first show in Pittsburgh in 2017, opening for Melvins at Rex Theater in South Side. At the time, the… Continue Reading
