Review: The Zells – “No More Heroes” EP
The Zells’ No More Heroes EP – the six-song follow-up to 2018’s excellent Failure to Slide, out today via Pittsburgh indie Crafted Sounds – starts with reverby, almost spacy guitars…
Mary Fahl Releases Christmas Set, Winter Songs and Carols
With Christmas (and other assorted holidays) just around the corner, it’s expected that holiday-themed recordings begin to make their way to the marketplace. The cool thing about holiday albums is…
Review: Eric Bachmann – “Misinformation Age”
Only Eric Bachmann could make rage over the Trump era’s alienating 24-hour-a-day mind-fuck seem elegiac. His new, one-off single, “Misinformation Age,” out yesterday via Merge for $1 on Bandcamp and…
Concert Review: Melvins Live In Pittsburgh 10-5-19
Melvins know no years. They’re just too fucking good to be bothered with them. So, seeing the trio, now nearing its fifth (!) decade in existence, destroy a stage live…
Review: Not Your Friends – “Constructing A Mental Breakdown”
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, it must be said that, when…
Is It Safe To Talk About The Cassette Revival Now?
It won't remake the music industry, but pure nostalgia brings cassette tapes back for a bow.
Profile: Composer Rachel Grimes leads listeners ‘forth’
It starts, appropriately, by rolling on the seams of piano keys. “There is something/ got ahold of me/ and it won’t let go,” the singer coos, among a forest trail…
Review – Doug Walker, The Nostalgia Critic, “Nostalgia Critic’s The Wall”
Pink Floyd is not and should not be immune to criticism. Nonetheless, this does not pass muster.
In Memoriam: Ginger Baker (1939-2019)
We don't like thinking a musician we respect is also someone we'd hate to meet in real life.
Review: Bertling Noise Laboratories, “The Frodis Tape”
Yeah, yeah, I know, these are the songs you've always known, but can I interest you in a little bit of this over here?
Ten Questions: Phil Madeira
Singer/songwriter Phil Madeira is approaching a new record with an Open Heart.
NEW RELEASES NEWS: The Who, “All This Music Must Fade”
The Who don't give a fu*k about originality on their new single