Review: Gaadge – “Yeah?” March 29, 2021 Yeah?, the debut LP from Gaadge, is the sound of a new Pittsburgh. Gone are the “hell with the lid off” steel mills and… Continue Reading
Profile: Gaadge (2021) March 11, 2021 Audiophiles and home-recording aficionados will not believe their ears when they hear Gaadge, it’s that simple. Frontman Mitch DeLong, who founded the project as… Continue Reading
Review: Merce Lemon – “Moonth” August 11, 2020 There’s a clear line between Moonth, the new LP from Pittsburgh singer-songwriter Merce Lemon, and Liz Phair’s Exile In Guyville, which hit streets and stereos more… Continue Reading
Profile: Merce Lemon (2020) February 11, 2020 “You think you love me. Well, look at me now.” With those simple words, softly cooed over a carefully plucked sequence of acoustic guitar… Continue Reading
Review: The Zells – “No More Heroes” EP October 11, 2019 The Zells’ No More Heroes EP – the six-song follow-up to 2018’s excellent Failure to Slide, out today via Pittsburgh indie Crafted Sounds –… Continue Reading
Feature: Crafted Sounds Releases “Bridges” April 17, 2019 Connor Murray turned 21 on April 13, but he didn’t celebrate in the usual way. Yes, there were the obligatory drinks at midnight but,… Continue Reading
Review: Various Artists – “Bridges” April 5, 2019 What makes Pittsburgh quintessentially Pittsburgh? It’s a good question, one with an urgency the national media’s been mulling for more than a decade (and,… Continue Reading
Review: The Zells – “Failure To Slide” September 6, 2018 The Zells, the newly rechristened Pittsburgh garage-rock quintet f.k.a. Denzell, has a new record out this Friday via the fine folks at Crafted Sounds… Continue Reading
Review: Barlow – “In A Stranger’s Car” (Reissue) January 18, 2018 Lo-fi fuzz-pop – think The Cure coalescing around the guitars of Les Thugs – is the name of the game on In A Stranger’s Car,… Continue Reading
Review: Denzell – “Tour Tape” EP December 18, 2017 I don’t need some punk-rock band to hand over the verdict that, yeah, things are pretty bleak. Even if the Pussy-Grabber-In-Chief weren’t trying to run the… Continue Reading
