Profile: Astrology Now (2020) January 8, 2020 Pittsburgh psych-rock band Astrology Now will celebrate its new Knife EP by playing an acid-tinged set at 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, with Outsideinside, Silver Car… Continue Reading
Review: Kal Marks – “Let The Shit House Burn Down” September 10, 2019 Now, I’m not always prone to deflect a kind remark when something better comes along, but, listen listen, follow my logic here. At the… Continue Reading
Review: Iron & Wine – “Weed Garden” September 7, 2018 I don’t know what to make of Sam Beam’s latest outing, an Iron & Wine EP titled, cleverly if mockingly, Weed Garden. (It was… Continue Reading
Review: T-Tops – “Disease” EP August 6, 2018 Talk about a punch to the gut. Something is roiling in Pittsburgh and the punk trio T-Tops is most definitely tapped into it. The… Continue Reading
Review: High Plains – “Pilot Hill” June 13, 2018 High Plains today quietly released a follow-up to Cinderland, its brilliant debut and, hands down, one of last year’s best records. But, before you… Continue Reading
Review: The Elephant Parallax – “Loam and Sky” May 8, 2018 There are two epic songs battling for your attention on Loam and Sky, the new EP from The Elephant Parallax out Friday, and either could… Continue Reading
Review: Blankets For Laura – “Orange” EP December 29, 2017 Thank you, Shay Park. While much of the Pittsburgh underground is awaiting the debut EP from Soda Club, the local dream-pop quartet Park fronts… Continue Reading
Review: Dw. Dunphy/Jeff Elbel/Randy Kerkman/Dan Pavelich – “Everything Goes To Hell” December 5, 2017 For a song titled “Everything Goes To Hell,” this is pretty gleaming. Assembling for the Co-Op an indie supergroup of sorts – bassist Jeff… Continue Reading
Review: DF – “abcdf” EP November 15, 2017 I feel largely under-qualified to review abcdf, the new EP and accompanying visual experience from Montreal duo DF. While tenor saxophonist Dustin Finer employs… Continue Reading
REVIEW: CALYX – “For To, Oh” EP November 2, 2017 Contrary to the imagination of its title, CALYX’s Four To, Oh is not a testament to weed-fueled jam-band mythos or, this being Pittsburgh, a… Continue Reading
