Review: Good Bison – “Scattered Storms” February 8, 2021 The debut EP from the Pablo Alvarez project Good Bison is titled Scattered Storms, but a more accurate name for it might be Not-So-Scattered Sunshine. The… Continue Reading
Review: Same – “Plastic Western” May 19, 2020 SAME, the post-something quartet with the un-Google-able name, is from southwestern Pennsylvania, the duly coined Paris of Appalachia, but not entirely of the place. Now, Pittsburgh… Continue Reading
Profile: Same (2020) May 5, 2020 Playing guitar in an indie-rock band in 2020 requires some genre knowledge and a lot of muscle memory, that ability to reproduce the fingers… Continue Reading
Review: Built to Spill – “Built to Spill Plays The Songs of Daniel Johnston” May 4, 2020 Listening to Daniel Johnston is a lot like playing a game of Fill in the Blanks. The core melodies and the song’s basic structure… Continue Reading
Review: Decent Criminal – “Bliss” June 26, 2019 Bliss, the new 11-song sophomore outing from northern California’s Decent Criminal, is perfectly, um, decent. (They kinda handed me that one.) But that’s about… Continue Reading
Review: Disq – “Communication” b/w “Parallel” February 7, 2019 Sad to have missed the initial boat on this one. Out now for nearly two weeks, the new single from the Madison, WI duo… 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
