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» Lo-fi indie darling Jay Reatard: media manipulator, or simply dense?
The new record preserves both the awkward angst with which Reatard's made a name for himself and the incredibly simple and sensible pop structure he's long hung it upon.
By Andy Mulkerin |
November 19, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» A local Joni Mitchell tribute concert features well-known performers and a unique story
Ruby Vere, a longtime Joni fan, spent some years in the '90s in L.A., and returned to Pittsburgh ... having swum in her idol's pool.
By Andy Mulkerin |
November 5, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» NYC's Wetnurse fuses disparate metallic elements into the acclaimed Invisible City
In "Life at Stake," amid the frustration rises a riff that wouldn't be out of place on a Yes album.
By Andy Mulkerin |
November 5, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» Chicago's Helen Money brings one-woman cello-rock to Brillobox
"I want to make music that's intense and dark and makes me feel the way the music I like to listen to makes me feel."
By Andy Mulkerin |
October 29, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» Ocote Soul Sounds brings political Latin and Afrobeat grooves to Thunderbird Café
The funk backbeat makes movement seductive regardless of your take on contested lands.
By Andy Mulkerin |
October 15, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» Guitarist Kelli Rudick incorporates unusual instruments into her complex compositions
Rather than the classic repetitive build-and-washout, climax-and-denouement of the casual looping artist, Rudick's works deal in nuance and subtle alteration.
By Andy Mulkerin |
October 8, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» Early Day Miners play Thunderbird Café, supporting new album The Treatment
Even on a pop record, Daniel Burton can't resist the call of nuance, in songwriting and production.
By Andy Mulkerin |
September 24, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» G-20 Activism
A list of events in the days leading up to the summit
By Andy Mulkerin |
September 17, 2009
(News: News)
» Local acoustic trio The Weathered Road releases debut, A New Road Home
What The Weathered Road has working for it is both instrumental and vocal proficiency.
By Andy Mulkerin |
September 17, 2009
(Music: CD Reviews)
» Local band Good Night, States expands its sound with a new EP and techie tinkering
"One band member referred to this record as 'Good Night, States with the rock 'n' roll taken out.'"
By Andy Mulkerin |
September 3, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» Brooklyn trio Vivian Girls plays the Warhol Museum
Far from naďve and angelic, Vivian Girls present a view of the world that's playfully jaded, pleasantly cynical.
By Andy Mulkerin |
August 20, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers bring mournful Americana to South Park
Despite her youth, Crain sings and writes with a confidence that betrays maturity.
By Andy Mulkerin |
August 13, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» A Conversation with Slim Cessna
"It's something that I wrestle with -- my faith, or whether there even is such thing as faith."
By Andy Mulkerin |
July 23, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» Recent Sub Pop signing Obits brings the choogle to Brillobox
On a track like "Lilies in the Street," Froberg's Alex Chilton-esque delivery is what makes an otherwise simply good song a fantastic one.
By Andy Mulkerin |
July 23, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» WYEP's free Summer Music Festival features north-of-the-border bands
The Montreal-based San Roberts Band heads a lineup of heavy hitters at Oakland's Schenley Plaza on Fri., June 26.
By Andy Mulkerin |
June 25, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» Local band Gramsci Melodic combines synths, politics and upbeat rock on new release
"Suddenly it was like someone put smelling salts under my nose."
By Andy Mulkerin |
June 11, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» The Song Retains the Names
Meet Kardaz -- the band behind the Penguins fight song.
By Andy Mulkerin |
June 4, 2009
(Main Feature: Main Feature)
» Brötzmann/Pliakas/Wertmüller Trio brings European free jazz to the New Hazlett
Peter Brötzmann has made a slew of improv records based around winds paired with a rhythm section.
By Andy Mulkerin |
June 4, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» Local band The Incline releases album of sunny, vocals-oriented pop
The song "George Foreman" amounts to a novelty song about the eponymous fat-reducing grilling machine.
By Andy Mulkerin |
May 21, 2009
(Music: Music Features)
» The Dream Intended releases thematic, hooky pop-punk album
For hooks, guitar tone, and a general sense of devil-may-care pop fun, The Dream Intended gets high marks.
By Andy Mulkerin |
May 21, 2009
(Music: CD Reviews)
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