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
Review: Memory Drawings – “Phantom Lights” November 15, 2019 Phantom Lights is the new mini-LP from sorta-post-rock-ish neo-classical ensemble Memory Drawings, out two weeks ago via the Greek boutique label Sound In Silence…. Continue Reading
Review: Pray For Sound – “Waves” November 6, 2019 Sorry, I don’t dig on proselytizing. So, okay I’m biased. And when I heard, via advance PR notes, that the quartet Pray For Sound… Continue Reading
Profile: Damon Che (2019) September 2, 2019 At the time, everybody in Pittsburgh knew Damon Che. But few really knew him. Che, who now lives an uneventful life in the Amish… Continue Reading
Review: Meeting With Hans – “Genius Loci” August 8, 2019 Multi-instrumentalist Tomas Svoboda is clearly out to toy with listeners’ expectations of recording fidelity. The Czech musician’s third LP as Meeting With Hans –… Continue Reading
Review: Picastro – “Exit” August 1, 2019 Liz Hysen’s reliably dissonant acoustic guitar might ground her as Picastro, but her work on six strings, however interesting it might be, is only… Continue Reading
Review: Old Game – “Lunatics” June 11, 2019 Lunatics, the excellent new four-song EP from Pittsburgh-based quartet Old Game, out June 22, starts with the thump-thump-thump of bass guitar and drums in… Continue Reading
Review: Tenchio – “Bedroom Chaos of The Inner Noodle” December 4, 2018 Manuel Tenchio, who often just goes by the nom-de-guerre Tenchio, is a Uruguayan teenage guitar whiz who plays a kind of mutant math-thrash with… Continue Reading
Review: Big Weather – “The Lightest Darkness” April 10, 2018 Well, turns out climate change – for those rational people who agree with the science behind it – might not be all bad, after… Continue Reading
Review: Altar Boy – S/T March 15, 2018 Pittsburgh label Crafted Sounds recently Tweeted out the following in response to a request to drink PBR with members of Altar Boy, a group… Continue Reading
