Profile: Adam Fitz (2019) December 30, 2019 Four out of every five shows singer-songwriter Adam Fitz played this year centered around cover sets in Westmoreland County bars and juke joints. Coming… Continue Reading
Review: Adam Fitz – “Can’t Pardon Me” December 30, 2019 There might be no better way to end 2019, this dog-eared novella of a year, and start the wondrous new Twenties than with ruminations… 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
Feature: Pittsburgh Record of the Year (2019) December 20, 2019 Drumroll. Drumroll, please. I submit for your consideration, dear reader, my selections for Pittsburgh record of the year – two brilliant debut offerings on… Continue Reading
Feature: Unreliable Narrator (2019) December 11, 2019 Though the raucous punk of Pittsburgh band Unreliable Narrator’s debut LP – Old Man Yells At Older Man, self-released this month by the quartet – owes… Continue Reading
Profile: Flower Crown (2019) November 26, 2019 What was Pittsburgh musician Richie Colosimo listening to while his band, Flower Crown, tracked dream-pop single “High Fantasy” at Mr. Small’s recording studio in… Continue Reading
Review: Monotrope – “Immutable Future” November 20, 2019 Monotrope’s new record is a wondrously dense thatch of black thorns and I love it for that. In case you’re just joining the show,… Continue Reading
Profile: TRVSS (2019) November 12, 2019 There are shreds of feedback and, waiting, waiting, waiting, also an air of anticipation as members of Pittsburgh trio TRVSS wait for WRCT DJ… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Tool (2019) November 9, 2019 The prog-metal quartet Tool exudes context, from its rich LPs, full of epic songs and epic phrasings, to its historiography as a band, which… Continue Reading
Profile: The Commonheart (2019) October 29, 2019 Pittsburgh’s The Commonheart doesn’t sound like it belongs in 2019. There are the surefire signs, of course – the reverby chikka-chikka of Stax-style soul… Continue Reading
