Posts Tagged ‘Pittsburgh’

EMILY RODGERS – ” I Will Be Gone “

Posted: February 15, 2021 in MUSIC
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 The new single, “I Will Be Gone,” is the title-track off her upcoming album out April 16th via Shimmy-Disc.

Per the press release: I Will Be Gone, which represents a collaboration between Emily Rodgers, her husband/guitarist Erik Cirelli and legendary producer Kramer, with whom she has worked for over a decade, was written and recorded in just six days. While the title track, “I Will Be Gone,” was fully formed before Kramer arrived, the rest of the album was written and recorded in Emily and Erik’s attic in Pittsburgh, utilizing lyrics by Emily and music by Erik. In addition to mixing, mastering, and producing the album, Kramer also serves as vocalist, bassist, pianist, and arranger, and the record belies an immediacy that is reflective of the time-limited nature of the recording process. Emily, Erik and Kramer plan to continue to write and record albums in this fashion, once the pandemic has passed and it is possible to be together again.

Emily Rodgers’s music has been compared to Mazzy Star, Cat Power, and Neil Young. Rodgers has shared stages with artists including: Magnolia Electric Company, Great Lake Swimmers,

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Via Shimmy-Disc: New LP of songs coming soon from Emily Rodgers, an artist Kramer has been working with for over a decade. “This is her very best work. The emotional range of these new songs is immeasurable”, Produced by Kramer (Galaxie 500, Daniel Johnston, Will Oldham), who has praised her music in a number of interviews, calling her “a songwriter in the classic sense of the term.”

Mixed/mastered/produced by Kramer
Emily Rodgers-vocals, guitar
Erik Cirelli-guitar, mandolin
Kramer-vocals, bass, piano
Megan Williams-violin
Mark Lyons-percussion

CODE ORANGE – ” Sulfur Surrounding “

Posted: April 19, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Pittsburgh’s Code Orange have been making frantic, math-damaged hardcore for more than a decade, since they were literal children operating under the name Code Orange Kids. With each album, they’ve been getting bigger and heavier, to the point where they’ve now been playing metal festivals in stadiums and collaborating with Slipknot’s Corey Taylor. On Underneath, they’ve embraced the challenge of making grand, cathartic big-tent rock music without losing their punishing harshness. They’ve succeeded. Underneath has soaring choruses, jittery IDM drill-beats, scuzzed-out nu-metal groove-attacks, and riffs hard enough to clothesline the skin right off of your skull.

our new album ‘Underneath’ is available now on Roadrunner Records.

The GOTOBEDS – ” Debt Begins At 30 “

Posted: December 10, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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In May The Gotobeds – Cary, TFP, Eli and Gavin – return to the fray with their third full lengther, After 10 plus years in the underground, Sub Pop’s least-famous band made their best record yet with “Debt Begins At 30”, a fitting title for a record that isn’t afraid to sound its age or remind you of yours. Featuring contributions from a laundry list of fellow punk lifers, Debt Begins At 30 is a rollicking post-punk mixtape of sorts that still bears all the hallmarks of a Gotobeds record: thrashy guitars, loudmouthed politics, more guitars, and heaps of bitingly acerbic humor—this time, with even stronger songwriting and some studio polish that does nothing to dial down their inherent commitment to being the loudest band in the basement. And you’ve gotta give it up for a band with enough confidence to not only put the title track on the record twice, but let Victoria Ruiz of Downtown Boys, who takes vocal duties on the second go-round, rewrite the lyrics in Spanish when none of the band’s members actually speak the language.

Give me a minute or three to extol the virtues of The Gotobeds, the modern rock and roll sensation that has always sounded like they love to play. Never maligned by having the world’s weight on their backs,

THE GOTOBEDS – ” Debt Begins at 30 “

Posted: May 31, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Pittsburgh is the perfect home for a band like the Gotobeds. Too noisy and aggressive for the dripping sop that passes as “indie” today, too idiosyncratic and tuneful for punk orthodoxy, and too damn smart for most anything else, they’re a band with a certain appeal, much like Pittsburgh itself. Their new album, “Debt Begins at 30”, would’ve been a college radio smash back before colleges sold their stations to NPR.

Like their two previous records, it could’ve existed at almost any time since the end of the ‘70s, indebted equally to Wire’s Chairs Missing and the general attitude of the Fall without specifically sounding like either. The Gotobeds have nothing to hide, but again, that doesn’t mean they don’t have any depth to ‘em.

“If you’ve ever toured or spent long stretches of time with the same folks you know nerves can fray,” Gotobeds frontman Eli Kasan says of their new video. “We found a way to release that tension by macing each other for the video. Ever seen The Purge? Me neither, but it’s the same idea.” Don’t try this at home, but do dig Pavement-y vibes of this one which features backing vocals by Tracy Wilson of Positive No, Dahlia Seed and Ringfinger. The Gotobeds new album is out in May.

The Gotobeds return to the fray with their third full lengther, Debt Begins at 30. The esprit de corps and anxiety-free joy that permeates their other LPs and EPs remains intact. The octane is high-test, the engine still has knocks and pings and the battery is overcharged. The Gotobeds are as Pittsburgh as it gets, the folk music of the Steel City – have more tar for us to swallow. Debt Begins at 30 is an old-fashioned blast furnace and the liquid iron flows. The album’s first single, Calquer the Hound, features guest performances by Kim Phuc singer Rob Henry, and Evan Richards of The City Buses. (The album has guests on all eleven tracks. The song has euphony, a sly bridge, plenty of trademark bash, and a spacey outro.

On May 31st, The Gotobeds – Cary, TFP, Eli and Gavin – return to the fray with their third full length album.

The GOTOBEDS – ” Twin Cities “

Posted: May 24, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Pittsburgh four-piece The Gotobeds‘ new album Debt Begins at 30, due out next week, is their idea of a punk/indie rock equivalent of a trap mixtape, featuring guests on every track. Those include Protomartyr’s Joe Casey on the fierce “Slang Words,” his bandmate Greg Ahee, who contributes atmospheric guitar on the introspective “On Loan,” and Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich who brings his spirited voice to the sharp “Dross.” There’s also Silkworm guitarist Tim Midyett on the anthemic “Parallel,” Tracy Wilson of Positive No contributes to the very catchy and Pavement-y “Twin Cities,” and there are two different versions of the title track — one featuring Bob Weston of Shellac/Mission of Burma, and a Spanish language version with Victoria Ruiz of Downtown Boys. And more! It’s an ambitious record, but one that never doesn’t sound like The Gotobeds.

On May 31st, The Gotobeds – Cary, TFP, Eli and Gavin – return to the fray with their third full lengther, Debt Begins at 30

THE GOTOBEDS SHARE – ” Calquer The Hound “

Posted: March 18, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Give me a minute or three to extol the virtues of The Gotobeds, the modern rock-and-roll sensation that has always sounded like they love to play. Never maligned by having the world’s weight on their backs,

On May 31st, The Gotobeds – Cary, TFP, Eli and Gavin – return to the fray with their third full length album release, “Debt Begins at 30”. The spirit anxiety-free joy that permeates their other LPs and EPs remains intact. The octane is high-test, the engine still has knocks and pings and the battery is overcharged. The Gotobeds – as Pittsburgh as it gets, the folk music of the Steel City – have more tar for us to swallow. Debt Begins at 30 is an old-fashioned blast furnace and the liquid iron flows freely.

The album’s first single, “Calquer the Hound,” features guest performances by Kim Phuc singer Rob Henry, and Evan Richards of The City Buses. (The album has guests on all eleven tracks) The song has euphony, a sly bridge, plenty of bash, and a spacey outro.

‘Debt Begins at 30’ (Release date: May 31st, 2019)

SAME – ” Is Midnight “

Posted: March 16, 2018 in MUSIC
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Pittsburgh’s Same capture the DIY energy of artists like Jeff Rosenstock but with a bit more of Oso Oso’s melodic songwriting. Their EP Weird As Hell in summer 2016 was rad, and since then I’ve been waiting for some new tunes. Well, . Same are releasing “Is Midnight” as a single with the promise of more new tracks coming your way soon. Here is a bit from the band about the recording process and the single art:

“We had the opportunity to record this single during a day off while we were on tour in Boston, MA with Sean Cahalin, who was super professional and easy to work with. When we first got into town we went to Winthrop Beach and walked around, which is where we took the album photo, actually. Using that photo for the single art really ties everything together for us, and we feel like this release perfectly captures the vibe of our experience in Boston on that tour–going to the beach, playing a show with our friends, and recording ‘Is Midnight’”.

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Jesse Caggiano – vocals, bass
Howard Gruzinski – drums
Thomas Higgins – guitar
Jake Stern – guitar, vocals, piano

 

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW – ” Panic Blooms “

Posted: February 20, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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A few years ago, Black Moth Super Rainbow, were the trippy, hallucinatory psych outfit led by producer Tobacco, dropped SeeFu Lilac, a surprise album said to be “neon flavored outtakes from a 6th album that doesn’t yet exist.” Well, good news: It does now, because the band just announced Panic Blooms, its first proper LP since 2012’s Cobra Juicy. Expect it on May 4th .

A press release announcing the album describes it as an “f-ed up and bleeding account of depression and the shadow side of human frailty,” saying that “never before has Tobacco been so raw or direct in his lyrics.” You can hear it in Panic Blooms‘ lead single and closer, “Mr No One”, a hypnotic, synth-driven track that yearns for sunshine and simplicity. It’s a cut that wouldn’t have been out of place in Twin Peaks‘ roadhouse; no amount of vocoder can hide the yearning in Tobacco’s dreamy vocals

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Black Moth Super Rainbow will also release the song as a 7-inch single on March 16th. You’ll find “Mr No One” on side A and two collaborative tracks between Tobacco and Ariel Pink—”Willing & Able” and “Bogalusa”—on side B. It won’t be sold online, and only 1,000 copies are being farmed out to record stores

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from the upcoming album “Panic Blooms” out May 4 on Rad Cult

SHIN GUARD – ” Five Songs “

Posted: January 25, 2018 in MUSIC
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Five Songs is actually a four track album, because before I slid on my headphones and listened to it, I was desperately searching for that fifth song. There really are only four songs on an album entitled Five Songs. This alone intrigued me, so by the time I had finished listening to the four songs, I was more than intrigued by this young, Pittsburgh-based band.

“Bemis Point” opens the album and is undoubtedly my favorite song. The barely two and a half minute track holds its own against other songs in the album that contain more hardcore elements. Ryan Yester completely solidifies the song with his crisp, perfectly timed drumming. Not to mention the ripping on the electric guitar toward the latter end of the song. The chorus is great lyrically, as well as catchy, which takes a bit away from the disheartening factor that comes with it, but still maintains the idea of an unequal love in a relationship. “But I always thought that we would meet an end together/You talked about a way out/I talked about forever.”

“Corsages” begins almost as an angsty poem, with every other line being yelled more than spoken or sung. Despite that interesting choice of vocals, the song is dynamite. The whole album is — as described by the band themselves — all about breakups, but they dwell on them in the simplest of ways. “Corsages” is a short story of a girl who saves all her flowers and holds onto them, and emotions, for too long. It’s a melancholy song, for sure, but showcases talent from every edge of the band; from guitar riffs to songwriting ability.

“You Turned Everything To Paper” is similar to “Corsages” but focuses more on the spoken word than the music, which I feel drains the listener. As someone who loves to truly immerse myself in music, I found that the two songs in the row like that were not ideal (for its despondent tone) and elevated it by taking away head-banging beats or toe tapping rhythms.

Even so, that is not to say that the song is not lyrically intriguing to listen to. Especially since it flows into the concluding song “Flubline.” This track is a hole in wall, mosh pit rager. It has so much potential. It feels like Nirvana and Yellowcard came together to create a Bring Me The Horizon song. It suits Shin Guard’s style, but the overall sound of it is a bit too reminiscent of other post hardcore or emo groups. But, I can’t deny my pull towards its beat and verses that Shin Guard so eloquently created.

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The GOTOBEDS – ” Blood / Sugar / Secs / Traffic “

Posted: January 14, 2017 in MUSIC
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Just when you’re convinced punk is finally dead, The Gotobeds suggest otherwise with a record blending fast-and-loud with unrefined grunge and gold-soundz college rock. The greatest thing about Blood/ Sugar/ Secs/Traffic is that it’s as smart-assed as its title suggests, with singer Eli Kasan dropping lyrical references to Sonic Youth and spitting out lines like “Fuck Rolling Stone, that trash rag.” It’s their second full-length LP and their first for Sub Pop. The Gotobeds formed vaguely around 2009 in Pittsburgh and play a mutant strain of rock music that is often filed under punk, indie rock,

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