"Just saw Obits in Pittsburgh a couple..." more

"Just saw Obits in Pittsburgh a couple weeks ago and they sounded great. This 7" is a nice hold-over until their full length is released in early '09." less

"I'm a real late-comer to the Destroye..." more

"I'm a real late-comer to the Destroyer fold, this being the first album of his/theirs that I started listening to. Loved it immediately. Saw 'em at the Black Cat in early '06." less

"I've only gotten into Lungfish over t..." more

"I've only gotten into Lungfish over the past two years- got this album on a whim, was a bit confused by it, but have come to love it. Have not yet experienced the Lungfish live." less

"Great, great band, I don't know if th..." more

"Great, great band, I don't know if they reject the label "stoner rock" but its the best broad brush-stroke I can use. Saw them with Fugazi at CMU, a free show even. Their newer album, Feathers, is equally good." less

"Can't remember how or why I ever got ..." more

"Can't remember how or why I ever got this album, but I love it. Its the best Bluetip I've heard.
Saw them at the roboto project in Pittsburgh, it was a very small show but they were great. Haven't gotten into the post-bluetip band, but regardless, this album is still top notch." less

"Slowly climbing into the top twenty. ..." more

"Slowly climbing into the top twenty. Have not as yet seen The Mountain Goats, hope to remedy that soon." less

"Saw Spoon open for GBV in pittsburgh...." more

"Saw Spoon open for GBV in pittsburgh... didn't really appreciate them at the time, but I have since come to realize my folly." less

"Helmet... step 4 on my musical progre..." more

"Helmet... step 4 on my musical progression. Saw them three times, twice at the Crowbar in State College (the first time was with the Melvins even). This collection of random stuff is great... check out Oven for thirty seconds of very random aggression." less

"Although I did see some sort of educa..." more

"Although I did see some sort of educational film series in middle school about some sort of revolutionary group called "The Wipers", who were on a rampage to wipe out books (I believe), I never saw the band.

This album rules... old school for sure, with a totally distinct atmosphere. Well, distinct until John Reis and Rick Froberg started ripping off Greg Sage's sound, to great effect." less

"Great album, their sound has since mo..." more

"Great album, their sound has since moved on and the lineup has almost completely changed, but this is still a great album.

They played in Johnstown several years ago and put on a great show, despite my not having a soundboard with phantom power." less

"Their full length is great, but I'm s..." more

"Their full length is great, but I'm still partial to their first release. Never got to see SWC, but Beauty Pill played twice in Johnstown, the first time was one of the few shows I ever put on, with the Beauty Pill and the Cassettes- fantastic show." less

"Saw them with a pre-Medications lineu..." more

"Saw them with a pre-Medications lineup at a show they played as Heat Better Scream. They've only gotten better since then." less

"While I'm not sold on the band's dire..." more

"While I'm not sold on the band's direction since, this album is the real thing. Exploring a similar territory as Spiderland.

Saw them once in Cleveland, and they were one of the tightest bands I'd ever seen... as crisp as the album." less

"An almost perfect rock album. The ope..." more

"An almost perfect rock album. The opening track is one of the best album openers of all time. Unfortunately, I've only seen them once, at the Univ of Pittsburgh, in a class auditorium, with the vocals run through a terrible, small PA... and seeing Ted Leo and the Pharmacists with distorted vocals was a real let-down." less

"Only saw them once, in that State Col..." more

"Only saw them once, in that State College basement, back when they were a four piece. Great, great show, with feral intensity. I like their last two albums, but the post-punk sucker in me still prefers no kill no beep beep." less

"The first Oranger album, Doorway To N..." more

"The first Oranger album, Doorway To Norway, is almost all raw garage rock gold. Shutdown the Sun is the best Oranger album, where they perfectly merge their variety of sounds and directions and influences into an entire album of great songs." less

"Bags' Groove was probably my first Mi..." more

"Bags' Groove was probably my first Miles Davis record, and its still a favorite. Bitches Brew is probably the Miles' album in my top ten, but Bag's Groove is not far behind." less

"Definite top 15 record. Modern artist..." more

"Definite top 15 record. Modern artists mining Neil Young & Crazy Horse territory with great success. The first two and last two tracks on this album are absolute classics. Saw 'em at the Black Cat in early '06, with Destroyer- first show I'd been to in ages." less

"Saw Juno at what has become my all-ti..." more

"Saw Juno at what has become my all-time "best show I ever saw". At the Move Studio in Pittsburgh one night, we saw Rainer Maria, The Most Secret Method, Juno, and Faraquet.

This is an incredible, dark, meandering album, not as polished as their second but more intense." less

"My favorite GBV album, Propellor, isn..." more

"My favorite GBV album, Propellor, isn't on emusic, so this will have to do. Saw them live, once; Spoon opened up, and I failed to appreciate them. Additinally, GBV played forever, getting drunker by the minute, and it didn't do as much for me as I had hoped it would." less

"Never saw Don Cab, but I did see Cret..." more

"Never saw Don Cab, but I did see Creta Bourzia once when they opened up for Helmet years ago. (Che recruited Creta Bourzia when he reformed Don Cab a couple years back).
Oh yeah, this album... I bought it many years ago and hated it for the longest time... then one day, probably after a band like Faraquet had expanded my musical boundaries, I put this on and it all made perfect sense." less

"Grandaddy opened for Elliott Smith at..." more

"Grandaddy opened for Elliott Smith at CMU, and they put on a great show. There was much tension as the crowd waited for one of the drummer's smokes to catch his jeremiah johnson beard aflame, but it never did happen. Also saw them on their tour with Saves the Day, and left after they played." less

"Burning Airlines opened for Fugaze th..." more

"Burning Airlines opened for Fugaze the first time I saw them (and on review, I think I saw Fugazi four times). Loved them and loved the Carnival/Scissoring 7". This album is classic, and 3 Sisters is by far the high water mark." less

"Definitely a top 20 record. Fantastic..." more

"Definitely a top 20 record. Fantastic. Advice to the non-jazz fan: let the vibraphones color the songs, and you'll see that they add texture (as opposed to dominating the soundscape). Aloha played a couple of firehall shows in Johnstown, the first one was the superior show, although i couldn't get into the between-song
improvs." less

"Not in the top twenty yet, but a grea..." more

"Not in the top twenty yet, but a great album. Had the chance to see Gillian Welch and David Rawlings at the Station Inn in Nashville... definitely the most intimate show I was ever at, and quite possibly the most intense." less

"Not sure what Fugazi album would make..." more

"Not sure what Fugazi album would make it into my top twenty, but this one is as deserving as any. Right up there with Red Medicine, Repeater, In on the Killtaker, and End Hits. I saw Fugazi three times, but it wasn't nearly enough." less

"In the Top Ten for sure. I saw Faraqu..." more

"In the Top Ten for sure. I saw Faraquet three times, the best and last time in a basement in State College. They switched instruments for the View from this Tower, and it was incredible." less