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PIttsburgh Band's Studio Turns into Community Centernew
Local band The 9th Ward's Blackberry Studios isn't in the Lawrenceville of little boutiques and hipster bars -- it's the Lawrenceville of used-car lots and Section 8 housing. But then it became more than a studio.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The 9th Ward
The Van Allen Belt Offers a Feast of Psych-pop Nuggetsnew
Meal Ticket is a reverberating soup -- a low-fi version of Phil Spector's "wall of sound."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
07-24-2007 |
Reviews
Paul Luc's Gentle Alt-popnew
Like Van Morrison, the singer-songwriter inhabits the intersection of rootsy folk, pop and slick R&B, melding and crisscrossing between those genres with his distinctive breathy yet raspy tenor.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
07-24-2007 |
Reviews
Wred Fright, Zinester Novelistnew
"Wred Fright" is the nom-de-zine of Dr. Fred Wright, an English professor outside Cleveland who wrote his doctoral thesis on zine culture -- he talks about his latest novel.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
07-24-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The 69 Eyes: Goth 'n' Rollnew
For the past couple years The 69 Eyes have been gathering steam in America, but the band's been a fixture in Helsinki for ages.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
06-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The 69 Eyes
Jennifer Herrema Believes in the Future of Rock 'n' Rollnew
If the RTX frontwoman did not exist, it would be necessary to invent her -- the world just needs a badass arty hesher who's part studio rat, part Calvin Klein model.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
05-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: RTX
A Wintry Tone-poemnew
This Too Will Pass is, if not a somber affair, a reserved one -- the electronic beats pulse rather than skitter, never breaking above a gentle mid-tempo.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
03-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The One AM Radio
