shanleyonmusic

I'm what you'd call a music enthusiast. Not one of those obsessive people, but definitely fanatical about it. This blog began as a forum for whatever I am listening to throughout the day but I'm also trying to include full-blown CD reviews too.

Monday, August 11, 2025

CD Review: Joe Morris/Elliot Sharp, Wolf Eyes x Anthony Braxton

Two new releases from ESP-Disk' present two different kinds of collaborations. One is a first-time meeting of minds, the second a foll...

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

How I Saw Ozzy, Almost Got Mugged and Wound Up in Homewood With My Dad

For years, I lied about the first "real" rock concert that I attended. I told everyone it was the Pretenders in the fall of 1981 a...

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Salute to My Mother

I don't know if I've ever gone this long without doing a blog post. This is the kind of gap that makes you think, "Looks like t...

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Saluting David Thomas By Thinking About How Pere Ubu Shook My World

During my high school days of the early '80s, I attempted to get caught up on as much as "important" music as I could: Trout M...

Monday, April 14, 2025

The Public Image of Record Store Day

Record Store Day edition of Public Image Ltd's "First Issue" on my kitchen table I've opined about Record Store Day many t...

Friday, April 04, 2025

Magnetic Fields Brings The Book of Love Back to the Stage

This may be a given to all people that are in the know, but it's worth putting on record: Stephin Merritt, in addition to being a songwr...

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Ida Still Knows About Me, Tsunami Still Mows You Down

Last Friday, March 28, I traveled to Philadelphia, via King of Prussia (where my brother lives) to see Ida and Tsunami, who were in the mids...

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About Me

shanleymusic: UPDATED - 3/1/24. (This update is LONG overdue!) I've lived in Pittsburgh all my life. It's a good town. Come and see it. Although most of my writing here covers jazz - in particular, the more avant-garde or envelope pushing type - I've played bass in indie rock bands and like to write about that kind of music too. Currently I'm in the Harry Von Zells, Our album, Play It Backwards, came out in Spring '23. Beyond that, I won't list my whole musical past but I should mention my first band, Bone of Contention because I occasionally hear from people who are trying to find the song "Barbie Likes to Die" from our first album - which was rereleased digitally. Our whole catalog (and the HVZ album) are on Bandcamp on the Igor Records page. As a music scribe, I've contributed and edited for nearly every alt-weekly in town. Nationally I contribute to the New York City Jazz Record and spent about 20 years at JazzTimes. I am also a member of the Jazz Journalists Association.

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