Preview: Ouais and Dumplings Plays Spirit This Saturday
Get a sludgy fix of fuzzed out indie rock Saturday when Pittsburgh locals Ouais slouch into Spirit for a free show. Whoa, free. Gritty and grimy, Ouais sound like lo-fi slackers in the…
Cass McCombs at The Belmont: Live Review
Hey, we did everything we could to get you our for the Cass McCombs show on Friday night. If you missed it, it’s on you. And if you were worried about the cold…
SISU Shares Track “Harpoons” from Forthcoming LP, Tours
We previously brought you music from SISU, the project of former Dum Dum Girls drummer Sandra Vu. This week, SISU premiered a new track over at Brooklyn Vegan and announced the release date…
Mikal Cronin Releases Video for “Change”
If you read our review of MCII, you know that we are huge fans of Mikal Cronin’s recently released effort on Merge Records. The album is full of perfectly balanced and gorgeously distorted power…
Superchunk Announces New Album, Tour, Releases Teaser Trailer
Quintessential power pop band Superchunk has announced a new album and tour dates for the summer and fall. After a decade of inactivity, the band released Majesty Shredding in 2010 and will follow with I…
Album Review: Mikal Cronin – MCII (Pop Press Pick)
We were greatly impressed by the balance of melody and noise on The Babies’ 2012 album Our House On The Hill, and other bands such as The Men and King Tuff have experimented with…
Album Review: Brass Bed – The Secret Will Keep You
Lafayette, Louisiana based band Brass Bed’s new album The Secret Will Keep You is a swift-moving, riverine composition of indie-rock teeming with the alluvial guitar bursts and thumping bass that are deposited along…
Bleached w/ Hunters and Fleshlights at Mohawk Live Review
Friday night at a sold-out Mohawk proved to be nothing short of an old-fashioned punk rock show with headliners Bleach supported by opening acts Hunters and local favorites Fleshlights. The crowd came early…
Show Preview: Bleached at Mohawk w/ Hunters and Fleshlights
This weekend holds in store several great shows. Performing at the Mohawk Friday night will be Bleached, a band that has seen widespread buzz over the past few months surrounding their appearances at…