Review: T-Tops – “Disease” EP August 6, 2018 Talk about a punch to the gut. Something is roiling in Pittsburgh and the punk trio T-Tops is most definitely tapped into it. The… Continue Reading
Concert Review: The Gotobeds/Wax Chattels/Rave Ami/Late. July 15, 2018 Three Pittsburgh bands and an ear-pounding trio from New Zealand filled Lawrenceville’s bare-bones warehouse space The Shop with delicious noise Friday, and the crowd… Continue Reading
Review: SUZISUZI – “Microphone’s Counter Attack!!” June 5, 2018 SUZISUZI likes exclamation points. On Microphone’s Counter Attack, its new 12-track, 20-minute LP out via Pure Evil last month, the title of every song… Continue Reading
Review: Cousin Boneless – “Possession” June 1, 2018 When they talked about making a transformation, they were talking about an ALL CAPS TRANSFORMATION. On last year’s Revel In The Rubble, the final installment… Continue Reading
Review: Elephant Rifle – “Hunk” May 4, 2018 As pig-fuck goes, this is some of the best. For those just tuning in, pig-fuck is the unfortunately titled genre of explosive post-punk that,… Continue Reading
Review: Nonagon – “Tuck The Long Tail Under” April 11, 2018 Nonagon sound positively, well, positive on “Tuck The Long Tail Under,” its offering from a new split seven-inch with Cincinnati’s Knife The Symphony out… Continue Reading
Review: Painted Eyes – “Demo 2018” March 9, 2018 Talk about modesty. The Pittsburgh trio Painted Eyes quietly dropped its debut release, the appropriately titled Demo 2018, on Bandcamp Wednesday, not making a… Continue Reading
Profile: The Gotobeds (2018) January 26, 2018 “It’s always the easiest and least interesting route to have a preconceived notion of what band you want to sound like and then go… Continue Reading
Profile: Elephant Rifle December 6, 2017 Let me call it early: anybody who’s anybody who considers themselves a devotee of punk rock will consider Hunk, the recently announced third full-length… Continue Reading
REVIEW: U-Men – S/T November 3, 2017 My first exposure to the bizarre genius of U-Men came when I first tracked down a vinyl copy of the scene-setting C/Z Records comp…. Continue Reading
