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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Words by Brendan Sullivan Kudos to Opus One and the Brillobox for getting these two awesome bands to come to Pittsburgh twice in the last year. I caught both Lower Dens and Bear In Heaven when they were here back in March and January, respectively, and when I saw them on the same bill for [...]

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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 The Wooden Birds [...]

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Concert review: Allison Weiss, Lelia Broussard, Bess Rogers Interview: Allison Weiss Tuesday September 28, 2010 at Garfield Artworks Words by Brendan Sullivan Consider this an admission of a tendency and an obsession: I can overthink music sometimes. I can’t help it; it’s who I am and it helps me develop some (hopefully) interesting opinions that [...]

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Frontier Ruckus played Thunderbird Cafe last Friday to some lucky folks. They’re a band on the rise, and you heard it here first, these guys are the real deal and are destined for some serious success. After the jump we have a concert review rundown and an exclusive interview…not to mention some great photos of [...]

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A Few Pints is a segment where we meet up with our favorite bands at a local bar, buy them a few beers, and hope they reveal the keys to longevity, wealth, fame, and the secrets of the universe…or we just bullshit with them for a while about their band, what they love, and what [...]

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A Few Pints is a segment where we meet up with our favorite bands at a local bar, buy them a few beers, and hope they reveal the keys to longevity, wealth, fame, and the secrets of the universe…or we just bullshit with them for a while about their band, what they love, and what [...]

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A Few Pints is a segment where we meet up with our favorite bands at a local bar, buy them a few beers, and hope they reveal the keys to longevity, wealth, fame, and the secrets of the universe…or we just bullshit with them for a while about their band, what they love, and what [...]

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