Profile: Urns (2019) August 6, 2019 Pittsburgh’s Urns descends from the dirgy, often glacially paced punk-metal of Melvins, Earth, Sunn O))) and other icons whose guitar riffs are sludgy and… 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
Review: The Austerity Program – “Bible Songs 1” June 26, 2019 I’m not sure which version of the King James Bible Thad Calabrese and Justin Foley are thumbing through, but I don’t remember the incantation… Continue Reading
Review: PAK – “Bestial” May 8, 2019 I once wrote that Ron Anderson is the best kind of madman. Today, with Bestial, his trio PAK’s fourth LP, he again proves he’s… Continue Reading
Review: Mark Deutrom – “The Blue Bird” January 1, 2019 If most of Mark Deutrom’s new LP — The Blue Bird, kicking off 2019 Friday via Seasons of Mist — is any indication, the… Continue Reading
Review: Mark Deutrom – “Brief Sensuality & Western Violence” (Reissue) August 6, 2018 In the age of Trump, we are consumed with allegations of Fake News, the painting of journalists as enemies of the American people, and… 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: Melvins – “Pinkus Abortion Technician” April 18, 2018 Ugh. The new Melvins record, I am sad to report, dear reader, is a bit of a trainwreck. It’s not that Pinkus Abortion Technician, out… Continue Reading
Profile: Mark Deutrom (2018) February 9, 2018 Every 10 years, Mark Deutrom goes through some fresh hell. Take 1998, a couple of hells ago. Deutrom was recording his first solo record… Continue Reading
Review: Mudhoney – “L.i.E.” January 19, 2018 I still remember the CD. My Mudhoney collection was fairly impressive in ’93, having dug deep into the band’s Sub Pop soil, but the… Continue Reading
