Artist: Pfisters

It would be a surprise if Friend Collector was actually out there making good on their name and actually, ya know, making friends. However, judging by the sort of nihilistic noise and message that comes together on the bands debut album they probably aren't winning them over in droves. As has been the case with Jason Donnells' past projects such as The New Flesh and Pfisters , where they dished out yet a similar brand of unrelenting brand of noise-rock. Where does Friend Collector stand in the mix of things? Well, [...]

Reclusive, magnetic, downtrodden synth-project Puerto Rico Flowers made friends for the last time several weeks ago in the habiliments of Baltimore's Talking Head, with full support from Screen Vinyl Image, Pfisters, and maybe a bit of Major League Baseball. Toward the end of the fitful existence that was the abrasive, cult-followed Clockcleaner, the sounds began to be a bit more poppy, sullen, and maybe splashed with just a zest of eyeliner-after-dark. So it was no coincidence that front man, John Sharkey III, coupled his bass with a synthesizer and foraged a sound born in these fires (as I [...]

This is a record I was eager to hear leading up to its release, mostly because there wasn't a whole lot out there to allow me to gather an idea of what Pfisters sounded like. Sure, I listened to samples through the usual social networking means, but that just kind of further clouded things. I remember a few months ago in the interview with the Fan Death founders (you know, the one that caused the whole DC stink), that this record was more or less a rock record and that people would [...]

• Pfisters - Ruintown

Caitlin Rose hails from Nashville, Tennessee, but her music doesn't have the average twang. She cites Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith and Patsy Cline. Her name album is called Dead Flowers. This is what Kyle Pfister has to say about her: "Nashville's Caitlin Rose tells stories of an evolving country. She speaks in a new generation of American twang and "Im-a-gonnas" about another generation of young American alcoholics falling in love at backyard weddings. The stories are old themes voiced with a new ease and energetic pace. They're fearlessly grainy in the same way that the black and white photographs of [...]

MP3: Pfisters - She's Mine MP3: Pfisters - Cluck-U Pfisters can be found in their native habitat, the live show, TWICE this weekend: the DNA Test Fest III pre-party at their home-base, Ruintown on Fri Apr 2nd, and the big show proper on Sat Apr 3rd at Sonar . Punk for the musically capable is what crossed my mind on the first playthrough of Narcicity . That assessment certainly holds up when [...]

• Pfisters - Cluck-U

MP3: Pfisters - She's Mine from the forthcoming 123 Narcicity (Fan Death Records) Pfisters, Landlords, White Suns, Needle Gun @ Ruintown, Doors @ 9PM / $5 Tonight, roll, don't walk, to your friendly neighborhood multi-use warehouse space as the concert venue cum industrial skate space Ruintown hosts yet another killer show. The highlight of highlights will likely be the ferocious and aptly named headliners Pfisters . Fortunately for most, unlike their homophonic namesake, [...]