“The House” by Porches – Friday Featured Review
This review brought to you by South Side Tattoo Review by Julia Coakley Score: 8/10 If you’re looking to dive into an ocean of thought, look no further than synth-pop artist Porches’ new...
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“Rock Island” by Palm – Review
This review features writing from Elyssa Pollio, Spencer Smith, and Alyssa Davidson This review was brought to you by… Score: 9/10 Elyssa Pollio Palm is a band that I have been into...
“Pools” by Prettiest Eyes – Review
Review by Calder Buisch. Score: 8/10 Garage-punk three-piece Prettiest Eyes is back with a powerful sophomore album out now on Castle Face Records. Pools is a garage infused synth-punk record full of...
Two Songs by Brightside – Review
Review by Dustin Butoryak Score: 8/10 Growing up, pop music always seemed for me this holy amalgamation of infectious and oftentimes obnoxiously catchy melodies paired with recklessly swollen celebrity egos. When I started exposing...
St. Vincent Fear the Future Tour – Review
A WPTS Special Feature by Jon Engel As St. Vincent, Annie Clark has released five solo albums and worn as many faces as there are people in the streets. In her most recent...
“Good Enough” by Brightside – Review
Review by Dustin Butoryak This review was brought to you by… Score: 8/10 Local power pop/punk icons Brightside easily cemented themselves as legends in Pittsburgh’s music scene with their 2011 release “Good Enough”....
“Me, Again” by Boyo – Review
Review by Spencer Smith Score: 5/10 BOYO, the project of LA-based, lo-fi indie-boy Robert Tilden, has released its second album of rough-around-the-edges bedroom pop with Me, Again. Tilden’s take on bedroom pop explores...
“Ideal for a Light Flow With Your Body” by Merce Lemon – Friday Featured Review
This review brought to you by… Review by Dustin Butoryak Score: 8/10 Local artist Merce Lemon is a hesitant explosion on their gem of a freshman release. Well equipped with stark, quirky insights into life and...
We Have No Friends? EP by Surf Rock is Dead – Review
Review by John Wright Score: 6/10 I can confirm that Surf Rock is Dead have written and recorded at least one good song. In fact, on this EP, they’ve written and recorded it...
White Light White Heat by the Velvet Underground – 50th Anniversary Retrospective
Featuring writing by Spencer Smith, Calder Buisch, and Thomas Troyan The Velvet Underground were a famed garage rock, proto-indie, proto-punk group, emerging from New York City, with ties to Pittsburgh’s own Andy Warhol....
