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
Feature: Crafted Sounds Releases “Bridges” April 17, 2019 Connor Murray turned 21 on April 13, but he didn’t celebrate in the usual way. Yes, there were the obligatory drinks at midnight but,… Continue Reading
Review: Various Artists – “Bridges” April 5, 2019 What makes Pittsburgh quintessentially Pittsburgh? It’s a good question, one with an urgency the national media’s been mulling for more than a decade (and,… Continue Reading
Review: Night Vapor – “1,000 Miles of Mud” December 19, 2018 “Dirtminer,” and its inherent sense of grime and mire and dischord, is the template. The opening song on Night Vapor’s 1,000 Miles of Mud — out… Continue Reading
Profile: Microwaves (2018) September 30, 2018 Microwaves is at a crossroads. The Pittsburgh trio, which has been soldering together noise-rock, no wave and art-metal for 18 years now, has a… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Richard Buckner – Live In Pittsburgh, 06/07/18 June 11, 2018 It was 1998 when I first heard Richard Buckner, and I instantly was transfixed. The record in question was Since, his MCA collaboration with… 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: Aaron Myers-Brooks – “Multilinear Smatterings” May 29, 2018 Pittsburgh-based guitarrorist Aaron Myers-Brooks summons up precision-lined metal shredding and keyboard-thrusted polyrhythms on his excellent, new one-man/one-song instrumental single, “Multilinear Smattering,” out last week… Continue Reading
Review: Same – “Is Midnight” April 12, 2018 Pittsburgh alt/indie quartet Same has released the digital-only single “Is Midnight” and the surprising thing about it isn’t its glassy-eyed beauty, but how different… Continue Reading
Review: Pachyderm – “Verge” March 27, 2018 Pachyderm’s turning out to be a tough band to pin down. While the obtuse single the group dropped in January, the aptly titled “I’m… Continue Reading
