Profile: String Machine (2020) January 14, 2020 There are elements of Neutral Milk Hotel’s freak-folk,’90s slowcore, and of Montreal’s cinematic post-rock on Death of the Neon — the second LP from Pittsburgh-area ensemble… Continue Reading
Review: Jeremy Enigk – “Return of the Frog Queen” June 22, 2018 Sub Pop Records recently reissued Jeremy Enigk’s Return of the Frog Queen, a circa-‘96 solo debut whose first printing remains, justifiably, a much-sought-after cult… Continue Reading
Review: The Lampshades – “Astrology” March 21, 2018 The Lampshades, a trio of Pittsburgh-by-way-of-Altoona ne’er-do-wells, is nothing if not ambitious. It hasn’t always entirely been this way. Sunshine, its 2005 debut, was… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Patient/Breathers – “Extension” b/w “Colony Of Taste” October 5, 2017 Elephant 6, indeed. Athens, Ga. groups The Patient and Breathers do their respective idioms some justice on a too-short, split 7-inch single out last… Continue Reading
