Visit Outer Space with Spellling’s “Mazy Fly”
By John Peterson Under the moniker Spellling, Tia Cabral makes music that is nothing if not original. The best word I can use to describe it? Extraterrestrial. While she has obvious pop and R&B...
By John Peterson Under the moniker Spellling, Tia Cabral makes music that is nothing if not original. The best word I can use to describe it? Extraterrestrial. While she has obvious pop and R&B...
By Matthew Lawhead Crowdfunding has had an interesting relationship with music, especially with the recent failure of PledgeMusic. A key artist in this relationship, Amanda Palmer raised over one million dollars for her 2012...
By Meghan Zonno Bad Bad Hats is a three-piece indie rock group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band is made up of lead singer Kerry Alexander, guitarist/drummer Chris Hoge, and bassist Connor Davison. They formed...
By Sam Taylor City Pop by Benny Sings is a cute, fun album. I didn’t catch some grand artistic venture, but that also didn’t seem to be the point. I enjoyed listening to it...
By Matthew Lawhead On February 24th, The Accidentals performed at Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale. The next morning, they were kind enough to meet for an interview. I spoke with Katie Larson, Sav Buist,...
By Samantha Aziz As of late, it seems that every Xiu Xiu album is breaking new ground for the band, and Girl with Basket of Fruit is no exception. While their previous album, Forget,...
By Jacqui Siebar The Canterbury Girls album is a refreshing mix of pop and folk. The album is packed with solid songs that are mostly about love and the complications of it. I loved...
By Sam Taylor *Mujeres by Y La Bamba is an album in both Spanish and English, but I only know a very limited amount of Spanish from High School. I never look up translations...
By Dylan Falk It’s a snowy night in Oakland. After a week of beautiful sunshine the Pittsburgh winter returns with 3 inches of snow in just an hour. But did this stop us from...
By Matthew Lawhead Sometimes it can be easy to get too hung up on “originality” when listening to new music. When something fails to grab your attention, it is all too simple to write...