by Zack Rodick Sprain’s The Lamb as Effigy, or Three Hundred and Fifty XOXOXOs for a Spark Union With My Darling Divine is a winding, sprawling, noise-rock slash post-rock masterpiece about the flailing of all human creatures in our interactions with other people, the insignificance of human concerns, the dwarfing in magnitude of human experience in comparison to the divine—whatever that may be, however divine it may be—and the performative […]
by Courtney Lucier Sufjan Stevens’s latest album, Javelin, is quite an emotional listening experience. Somber and melancholy, with a tinge of nostalgia, the album has a long-solo-car-journey kind of vibe, meant for deep reflection and contemplation as to the actual meaning behind the lyrics. While Stevens is usually known for being quiet about his private life, this time he has let us in on the meaning of his new album: […]
by Alex Bennett The noisy neon chamber known as the Mr. Roboto Project briefly became home to screamo lovers and artists alike on one fall weekend. The screamo festival known as Jean Scene Fest took place right here in Pittsburgh on the evenings of October 13th and 14th. As the weekend approached, between traveling and tickets, my friends and I prepared for a weekend of two-stepping and ringing eardrums. As […]
by Bella Lardin "I've got boulders on my shoulders, collarbones begin to crack. There is very little left of me, and it's never coming back." These were the first words sung by Front Bottoms lead singer Brian Sella at their September outdoor show at Stage AE. They struck me not because of their earnestness, but because of the feeling that I had heard them years ago and forgotten. Thus began […]
by Julie Rostock - Published June 23, 2023 “Let's Talk: why is E·MO·TION good? Or rather what makes it so good? Carly Rae Jepsen's latest effort was a breath of fresh air for me, but I can't really articulate why. The album was critically acclaimed across the spectrum, adored by fans, eventually voted as Pitchfork's most underrated album of the year. It's definitely my favorite mainstream pop album (snuck into […]
BY NEW MEDIA DIRECTOR · APRIL 18, 2023 Interviewed by Zack Rodick and Bella Lardin Zack Rodick and Bella Lardin interviewing Doug at Club Cafe on January 24th. D: Douglas Dulgarian Z: Zack Rodick B: Bella Lardin B: Our first question is super basic.. We love the band name, how’d you come up with it? D: First of all, I had a dream about it, and then I saw it as a tattoo on […]
An Interview with Kitty Craft by New Media Director - Published April 7, 2023 Interview by Corinne Kerwin Kitty Craft is the alias for Pamela Valfer. Photo taken from Bandcamp. Corinne Kerwin: I guess I’ll just get started. I wanted to ask, starting at the very beginning, was music something that you were always drawn to as a child or had experience with exposure with, like, as a young adult/ […]
by Maddy Dean - Published December 23, 2022 The singer-songwriter Molly Burch recently released the extended version of her 2019 Christmas album. With three new songs, the extended version adds to an album that takes a unique Texas twist on holiday melodies. The tracks create a listening experience filled with the warmth of a hometown holiday and clever covers of some favorite Christmas classics. Disc 2 of the album opens […]
by Dexter Froud - Published December 23, 2022 In case you’re completely out of the loop on what Donuts is, it’s an album entirely composed of sample-based rap instrumentals by legendary producer James Yancey, who is better known as J Dilla. It’s his most celebrated project, but to no fault of his own, it would also be his last. During the making of this album, he was hospitalized with lupus […]
