Shoegaze, the fuzzy, ethereal rock genre typified by U.K. pioneers My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, has a new home base: the Keystone State.| Pittsburgh City Paper
I review some of 2024's hottest shoegaze releases, report on seeing the fastest-rising band in extreme music, and recap an awesome hardcore show.| Chasing Sundays
Thoughts on Philly shoegaze's best, some slowcore newcomers, some hardcore old-timers, and a lot more.| Chasing Sundays
It's been 10 years since Title Fight's genre-bending swan song. Its legacy is fascinating even though I dislike the music.| Chasing Sundays
My budding obsession with the maven of hyper-rage, a couple indie-rock reviews, and a joint album rec/live review of a band who have the juice to be huge.| Chasing Sundays
I review five albums ranging from shoegaze to electroclash, and then recap a live show from the hungriest band in indie-rock.| Chasing Sundays
Short blurbs on some 2024 consensus picks, longer blurbs on a couple shoegaze rippers, and a live report from the internet rap trenches.| Chasing Sundays
Reviews of Pittsburgh slow-gaze, Japanese ambient, and more. And a recap of Sunami's Pittsburgh takeover.| Chasing Sundays
*Velvet Underground voice* Friiiday morning. Yep, it's another one of those, and I'm here with this week's Chasing Fridays roundup. This week, I listened to a bunch of new metalcore (the good kind, don't worry), some indie-rock courtesy of A Country Western, some psych-pop by the inimitable Cindy Lee, and| Chasing Sundays
A review of my favorite 2024 shoegaze album thus far, and some thoughts on another young 'gaze act. Plus, hardcore forecasting and Pitchfork 'Best New Music' reacting.| Chasing Sundays