Review: The Soviet Machines – S/T January 19, 2021 Enlisting Jack Endino turned out to be a damn good decision for the Soviet Machines. The noted Seattle-based producer/grunge “godfather” lends a caught-lightning-in-a-bottle vitality… Continue Reading
Review: Mudhoney – “Morning In America” EP September 18, 2019 The Mudhoney of Digital Garbage, a ferocious and oddly chiseled kind of beast, returns on a new odds-and-ends EP that reflects on the narratives… Continue Reading
Review: The Gotobeds – “Debt Begins At 30” June 1, 2019 The Gotobeds released its new LP, the much-anticipated Debt Begins At 30, yesterday via Sub Pop Records. That move, the introduction of a new… Continue Reading
Review: Iron & Wine – “Weed Garden” September 7, 2018 I don’t know what to make of Sam Beam’s latest outing, an Iron & Wine EP titled, cleverly if mockingly, Weed Garden. (It was… 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
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
Review: Mudhoney – “L.i.E.” January 19, 2018 I still remember the CD. My Mudhoney collection was fairly impressive in ’93, having dug deep into the band’s Sub Pop soil, but the… 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
REVIEW: Iron & Wine – “Beast Epic” August 25, 2017 Much pomp and circumstance has been made about Sam Beam returning in 2017 to the form of his early years. But while Iron &… Continue Reading
Welcome To Pittsburgh #3: The Gotobeds Sign To Sub Pop April 2, 2015 Yes, the rumors are true, Mr. and Ms. Column Follower. Local Pittsburgh indie-rock superheroes The Gotobeds have signed to Sub Pop Records. Everyone’s people… Continue Reading
