I know it’s utterly blasphemous to suggest in underground circles, but my first point of entry when listening to Dylan Carlson’s new ”Conquistador,” the title track to a series of…
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Yeah, yeah, putting the final nail in the coffin of 2017 is a little premature, seeing as there’s still more than 30 days left in the year. But, I’m the…
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. Deep Six back in the early…
Pittsburgh’s The Gotobeds are offering their two cents on a vintage blast of punk energy — and it is mighty good. Dubbed Definitely Not a Red Kross EP, the new…
Much pomp and circumstance has been made about Sam Beam returning in 2017 to the form of his early years. But while Iron & Wine’s Beast Epic, out today on…
Buzz Osborne doesn’t give a s*** what you think about the new Melvins record.
With the May 5th release of his jaw-droppingly stellar album, Wild Empty Promises, Holden Laurence joins an elite group of artists on my CD wall, including Dave Grohl, Chris Mars,…
The pure-pop of Matthews’ debut “It’s Heavy In Here” is back. Popdose discusses this and more.
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 have dotted the dotted line and…
I was first introduced to the poetry of Steven Jesse Bernstein back in 1993, through my then-roommate, who owned Bernstein’s Prison CD. It captivated me with its beat-era sound and the…
In 2006, Ken Shane called the Twilight Singers album Powder Burns the year’s best album. Now there’s a new album. Ken lets us know how it measures up.
There must come a time when a great artist gets tired of being just a critics darling, with a small but devoted band of hard core followers. When that happens,…
Can you remember 1992? I certainly can, and what I remember is that trash TV — and to some extent, even the mainstream media — was filled with stories about…