Review: T-Tops – “Staring At A Static Screen” June 1, 2021 Few records this month or maybe even this year will reach the vintage of their street dates as locked and loaded as T-Tops’ Staring… Continue Reading
Review: Coriky – S/T June 29, 2020 Legendary Washington, D.C. post-hardcore act Fugazi has been on an indefinite hiatus for nearly 20 years. But the debut LP from super-trio Coriky, which… 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
Review: Slund – “Slundcore Superhero” October 9, 2019 50 words on the new Slund LP, minus those. Slovenia’s Slund can slam grindcore with the best of them but its new LP, Slundcore… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Melvins (2019) October 8, 2019 Melvins know no years. They’re just too fucking good to be bothered with them. So, seeing the trio, now nearing its fifth (!) decade… Continue Reading
Review: Not Your Friends – “Constructing A Mental Breakdown” October 7, 2019 Constructing A Mental Breakdown, the ambitious burst of post-hardcore noise by Pittsburgh quartet Not Your Friends, is a vexing little document. First things first,… Continue Reading
Review: DANA – “Glowing Auras & Black Money” October 2, 2019 The cover for Glowing Auras & Black Money, the sophomore outing from Ohio art-punk/mostly punk outfit DANA, is all wrong. The image, which features… Continue Reading
Review: Warish – “Down In Flames” September 11, 2019 The year is 1988 and the place is some dive bar outside Seattle. Or maybe it’s not – but it could be. The guitar-driven… Continue Reading
Review: Tunic – “Complexion” January 22, 2019 There’s a problem with Complexion, the bombastic full-length debut outing from Canadian trio Tunic, out Feb. 8 via Self Sabotage/Super Secret, and it keeps… Continue Reading
Review: The Zells – “Failure To Slide” September 6, 2018 The Zells, the newly rechristened Pittsburgh garage-rock quintet f.k.a. Denzell, has a new record out this Friday via the fine folks at Crafted Sounds… Continue Reading
