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Main Archives Page December 29, 2012 Lepers and Deities is the fourth album by the British trio, The Treat. It is the type of album that not only gets more interesting as it goes along, but also gets better with each listen, which may be the true mark of a great album. Review by Ric … Read more
Lepers and Deities by The Treat
December 29, 2012 by Ric Albano Lepers and Deities is the fourth album by the British trio, The Treat. It is the type of album that not only gets more interesting as it goes along, but is also better with each listen, which is the true mark of a great album. Released this past October … Read more
Light In the Dark by Twelve Twenty-Four
I’ve seen others refer to Twelve Twenty-Four as a “Trans-Siberian Orchestra tribute band”. This may have been true when they started a decade ago, but they’ve certainly carved out their own niche recently, especially with the release of their second album Light In the Dark. In fact, each year since the group’s debut in 2002 … Read more
Weezer
July 30, 2012 by Jacob Albano I think that Weezer is one of the last good bands still standing in today’s music industry. They have a very good sound to them yet they are original compared to what you normally hear on the radio these days. The band has been around since the early … Read more
Giving Credit to Real Musicians
July 19, 2012 by Jacob Albano There’s a lot of crappy modern music these days. The majority of what’s considered popular is not really that creative or noteworthy. However, hidden within this sea of random noise are bands that are decent, and bring a new hope to music itself. Such examples would be The … Read more
Coldplay Live in Philadelphia
July 9, 2012 by J.D. Cook In 2005 my Uncle Austin and my Aunt Anu introduced me to the band Coldplay with the album X&Y. This album lead me into the band’s past work on Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head. I found it all very compelling and after a period … Read more
Idaho by Pete Bush & the Hoi Polloi
This review was originally published at DAMES Of PA on January 30, 2012. Pittsburgh’s Pete Bush got his start playing guitar in a hard rock band in the late 1990′s before making the radical transformation to stand-up bass in a “jazz-sex-pop” band called Salena Catalina. He next moved up to frontman when he formed Pete … Read more
Moving Forward
March 31, 2012 by Karyn Albano Today is the last official day for DAMES of PA as we prepare to re-emerge as a new entity with a slightly altered mission called Keystone Rock Review. We thought having this open debate about local music and the nature of the music industry was an excellent way to … Read more