AltWeeklies Wire
Ennui Returns with 'The Myth in Which We Live'new
From the tweaked atmospheres of their new full-length, it seems they've been busy reinventing themselves as an electro-pop group. I also suspect they've been listening to a lot of Genesis and M83.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-08-2008 |
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Tags: Ennui, The Myth in Which We Live
Shoegaze Outfit Aydin Releases 'Cyclones and Honey' LPnew
On this album, Aydin sinks deeper than ever before into rhythmic cacophony and melodic decomposition -- a fact with a good and bad side.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
06-30-2008 |
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Lucero's Redneck Emo: Why Not?new
What Lucero espouses is mostly this: overtly sensible, poppy rock 'n' roll with an introspective vibe.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
04-14-2008 |
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What is Whiskey Weed?new
Unless "whiskey weed" is an actual thing, and I'm a step or two behind on my illicit substances (which certainly can’t be ruled out).
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
01-07-2008 |
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Satanic Bat Approaches Stoner Rock Thronenew
Here's a Pittsburgh quartet that offers the same devil-sign-raising feeling in a local club that you'd otherwise only get once a year at Ozzfest.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
12-18-2007 |
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Mindless Faith Releases Electro-Industrial 'Medication for the Misinformed'new
Can the music played in goth dance clubs save the world, or will it just be unjustly blamed for yet another spate of teen-age social ills? Mindless Faith hopes it's the former.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
10-23-2007 |
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Anita Fix Focuses on Redemptionnew
On one hand, Alan Lewandowski, aka Anita Fix, is just an unassuming, lanky guy with neo-primitivist guitar stylings in the vein of indie folk heroes Jad Fair, Calvin Johnson and Bill Callahan.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
10-23-2007 |
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Gowns Meld Droning Noise with Quiet Folk-popnew
Gowns, like much of the psychedelia the band resembles, often exhibit a spiritual feel that pervades even when the content of the songs strays toward the mundane.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
10-23-2007 |
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'If You Can't Sing It, Scream It!' Takes Its Title Literallynew
Northern Aggression's songs brim with anger and passion, whether dealing with fair-weather punks or the Christian right.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
09-10-2007 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Screwed and Chopped, Not Stirrednew
Screwed and chopped music proves that slow motion is better than no motion.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Brentin Mock |
11-12-2005 |
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