Words and interview by Brendan The awesomeness of my experiences with DISAPPEARS has increased exponentially over time. First, I found out they existed and that their music is infuckingcredible. Then, they released Guider earlier this year and it was even more awesome. Then, I heard that Steve Shelley (from Sonic Youth) was joining them on [...]

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Essay Test is a segment in which we assault a band/artist with questions in an essay test format. You remember that shit, right? We let the bands roam, wander, and trail off. We encourage run-on sentences and love fragments. We may or may not take points off for spelling mistakes. Here’s how The Spires did. [...]

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Words and interview and photos by Brendan I’m so glad I got to even see Reading Rainbow play live, let alone interview them. They were one of the first bands I shared here when I started writing for Draw Us Lines, and their scuzzy-yet-pretty garage pop sound is just meant for the Brillobox stage, let’s [...]

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Essay Test is a segment in which we assault a band/artist with questions in an essay test format. You remember that shit, right? We let the bands roam, wander, and trail off. We encourage run-on sentences and love fragments. We may or may not take points off for spelling mistakes. Here’s how David Dondero did. [...]

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Words by Brendan I’m not sure how to label this post. It’s partly an introduction to a great band, so I want to say it’s a New To Us, New To You? segment. It’s partly a transcription of an awesome, lengthy chat I had with the band, so I want to call it an interview. [...]

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Words and interview by Brendan If you saw my review of the recent Sharon Van Etten and Iron & Wine show here in Pittsburgh, you know I had an awesome time. If you didn’t see it, you should probably read it. But you should also definitely read this post. I still can’t believe I got [...]

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Essay Test is a segment in which we assault a band with question in an essay test format. You remember that shit, right? We let the bands roam, wander, and trail off. We encourage run-on sentences and love fragments. We may or may not take points of for spelling mistakes. Here’s how Shakey Graves did. [...]

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Words and Interview by Rick Moslen Fish out that pair of dirty earplugs hiding at the bottom of your desk drawer and catch the threesome Sic Alps‘ noisy psychedelic pop this Saturday, the 12th at The Shop in Bloomfield. I spoke with Matt Hartman about Napa Asylum, along with other topics including the band receiving [...]

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Essay Test is a segment in which we assault a band with question in an essay test format. You remember that shit, right? We let the bands roam, wander, and trail off. We encourage run-on sentences and love fragments. We may or may not take points of for spelling mistakes. Here’s how 1,2,3, did. 1,2,3 [...]

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Words by Rick Moslen Looking back years ago I vaguely remember my favorite description of Deerhoof. Written by some random music journalist, it involved the band’s music resembling a Japanese schoolgirl tumbling down a flight of stairs while trying to sing nursery rhymes with a drum kit quickly falling behind her as Sonic Youth played [...]

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