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
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
Review: Same – “Plastic Western” May 19, 2020 SAME, the post-something quartet with the un-Google-able name, is from southwestern Pennsylvania, the duly coined Paris of Appalachia, but not entirely of the place. Now, Pittsburgh… Continue Reading
Profile: Buildings/Bummer and Microwaves/TRVSS February 26, 2020 Noise-rock – NOUN – A type of rock music characterized by the use of dissonance or inharmonious noise, especially loud distorted guitar, amplifier noise, feedback, etc…. Continue Reading
MusicTAP Record of the Year (2019) December 30, 2019 It’s an ugly, vicious thing for an ugly, vicious year. And, yeah, there might be bigger chart-toppers from 2019 or “better” market-researched deep-cuts out… Continue Reading
Profile: Descendants of Crom III (2019) September 19, 2019 Shy Kennedy’s Pittsburgh-bred metal band Horehound is releasing a new EP this month. But you shouldn’t expect to catch a preview of that material… Continue Reading
Review: Trvss – “Absence” September 5, 2019 Holy shit, man. How a rock band sounds so vicious, yet so calculated and razor-sharp precise on a record, never mind a debut LP,… Continue Reading
Review: Night Vapor – “1,000 Miles of Mud” December 19, 2018 “Dirtminer,” and its inherent sense of grime and mire and dischord, is the template. The opening song on Night Vapor’s 1,000 Miles of Mud — out… Continue Reading
Justin Vellucci’s Top Ten Records I Reviewed This Year — 2018 Edition December 16, 2018 Well, here it is, Mr. December, yet another year, yet another year-ending list. And what more can be said? We want to be free…. Continue Reading
Profile: Microwaves (2018) September 30, 2018 Microwaves is at a crossroads. The Pittsburgh trio, which has been soldering together noise-rock, no wave and art-metal for 18 years now, has a… Continue Reading
