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THE LOPEZ FUR (SELF-RELEASED)
Three new tracks of fuzz-pop from the duo that, presumably, is fixating on a cat here, given that the songs are called “Furriest One,” “Kingdom of Cat Piss” and “Fur Babies.” Pop sensibility and a sense of snotty silliness pervade; fans of The B-52s, Bratmobile and Le Tigre would all do well to give this pink vinyl a spin. THE LOPEZ 7-INCH RELEASE with WEIRD PAUL AND BEN BLANCHARD, OC FEEF. 7 p.m. Sat., Aug. 17. Mr. Roboto Project, 5106 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $5. All ages. www.therobotoproject.org
Strobe (a.k.a. Eric Cohen), who is currently the music director and resident DJ at Static Nightclub, began DJing in 1986 and in 1992 produced a popular techno song titled “I Like Noise.” He later produced an official remix album by the Peter Malick Group featuring Norah Jones. He’s seen Dieselboy’s rise from a college student, building a record collection and learning the basics of being a DJ in Pittsburgh, to becoming one of the most prominent figures in drum-and-bass. “I think a lot of it has to do with being persistent and consistent with what you’re doing,” Cohen says. “From the very beginning, he was into this particular style and never wavered from it. If you’re devoted to it, people that are fans of this music and are very hardcore into it notice that kind of thing. They’ve always been respectful of his dedication to jungle and drum-and-bass. “He was always a cool guy, very focused and very talented, but there’s a lot of people that are like that but they waver in and out of different genres and don’t stick to anything. He never did that. Once drum-and-bass hit, he was always at the forefront of it.” +
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JACKSON SCOTT MELBOURNE (FAT POSSUM)
Although Jackson Scott isn’t from Pittsburgh, they tell me he’s living here now — but for the many tour dates he’s in the middle of. The young songwriter’s Fat Possum debut came out a few weeks ago, and it’s full of well-written psyche-tinged pop, lo-fi and reminiscent of the weirdest Olivia Tremor Control stuff. He doesn’t play in Pittsburgh until October, but that gives you a couple of months to familiarize yourself with all the twists and turns of the album before you inevitably decide you need to see him live.
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ZOM ZOM (SELF-RELEASED)
Six-track EP of stoner-rock tunes from ex-members of Dofka and Shovel Duck. Impeccable recording, big sounds and plenty of those earworm-y riffs that stoner bands do so well. The sprawling, sinister-but-pretty “Solitary” provides a nice respite from the otherwise mid-paced, churning tunes on the rest of the album; if you’re into growling vocals and sweet riffs, this one is worth checking out for sure.
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happen?’ because it was a rave and the city felt like they were duped or whatever.” Pittsburgh’s EDM scene grew and changed with the different sub-genres that gained popularity during the ’80s and early ’90s — techno and house in the ’80s, then later drum-and-bass and jungle. Dieselboy still remembers some of his peers and the scene’s early influences. “There was Soji Fu. Deadly Buddha and Controlled Weirdness were two guys that threw the original parties in Pittsburgh. 187 was a producer that produced drum-and-bass. There was another guy, Strobe, he had a couple big tracks back in ’91-’92 and was traveling around and performing. “When I first started getting into the rave scene, right before I started DJing, he had big hit tracks. Actually, the first club show I ever went to was at Metropol and he was performing at it, when I walked in the door he was DJing.”
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