ALBUM REVIEW: Chat Pile – Who Loves the Sun


In many ways, Chat Pile’s new album Who Loves the Sun (The Flenser) ironically feels like their Sunbather (Deafheaven). The album will elevate them to a new level as artists not made for radio airplay. You might even think these guys are going to take Noise-Rock to the mainstream. Still, it has pivoted from the hard and fast definition of that genre as a grim post-Grunge sonic effigy of society’s collapse, to one that these songs blame apathy for being the chief motivator. Maybe there is some truth to that theory, but to be honest, I don’t care.    Continue reading →


Rush Adds Four New Cities On Their “Fifty Something” Tour


Rush has added four new cities to their acclaimed “Fifty Something” World Tour. New Arena shows have been added in Houston, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh this fall. The tour has had glowing reviews and many sold-out dates as the band celebrates fifty-plus years of Rush music and honours late bandmate Neil Peart. Tickets and VIP for these four new dates will go on sale here on Friday, Sept 4 at 10 am local time, with presales beginning Tue, Sept 1 at 10 AM local. Continue reading →