AltWeeklies Wire
What do Nirvana, Bob Mould and Marilyn Manson Have in Common?new
For one, Rasputina's Melora Creager, who served as cellist for Nirvana's In Utero tour, and whose merry band of miscreants opened for these other acts during Rasputina's late-'90s stint on Columbia Records.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
12-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Oh Perilous World, Rasputina
Pop Chameleon Todd Rundgren on the Biznew
Rundgren's eclectic and critically lauded albums, which range from pop and rock to soul, a capella and zany experiments (often all at the same time) have left an indelible mark on music.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Ben Karakh |
12-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Todd Rundgren
Pittsburgh: The Epicenter of a Bagpiping Renaissance?new
Here's the real thing about bagpipes: Firing up a set of pipes is a rush like no other. It's an instrument custom-designed to kick ass, and the sometimes religious, sometimes riotous awe that people feel when they hear it is no joke.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
12-10-2007 |
Music
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 |
Reviews
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 |
Reviews
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 |
Reviews
A Conversation with John Schmersal of Enonnew
Now located in Philadelphia, Enon is breaking the silence with the corrugated clatter and dark grooves of Grass Geysers ... Carbon Clouds, just out on Touch & Go.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
10-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Punk Vets Teddy Duchamp's Army Reunitenew
Teddy Duchamp's Army became one of Pittsburgh's most respected straight-ahead punk bands, alongside the likes of Anti-Flag and Punchline.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
10-15-2007 |
Music
Tags: Teddy Duchamp's Army
New Invisible Joy Hits Road After Two Years in Studionew
From the conceptual packaging to the interwoven themes of mortality and loss, Kontakt is a pop-rock record by a Pittsburgh-based group that has no business in the local CD section; bearing traces of The Psychedelic Furs, U2, Coldplay and The Verve.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kontakt, New Invisible Joy
'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 |
Reviews
Icarus Witch Channels Rob Halford and Ronnie James Dionew
The Pittsburgh-based classic metal band has been, oh, playing German festivals with Metal Church, opening for Yngwie Malmsteen, getting the gear ripped off in Chicago ... and recording another scorcher of a full-length.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Icarus Witch, Songs for the Lost
Hip-hop Producer Emmai Alaquiva Celebrates Emmy Nominationnew
On Aug. 2, he received a Mid-Atlantic Emmy nomination, for music composition and arrangement for several WQED documentaries soundtracks, including In Country: A Vietnam Story, Jim Crow Pennsylvania and From Pennsylvania's Dutch Kitchens.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Omar-Abdul R. Lawrence |
09-10-2007 |
Music
Tags: Emmai Alaquiva
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
Brokeback: Post-Tortoise Post-Rocknew
The story of bassist Doug McCombs unfolds like a tapestry of the Chicago music scene.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
07-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brokeback
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
