January 18, 2013 6:53 pm Stick Against Stone Orchestra: Get It All Out

By David Honigmann The Pittsburgh group reunites to record their three-decade-old repertoire

Pittsburgh in 1981 had the same vibe as Bristol: a melting pot of influences from free jazz to gamelan to Afrobeat. The city’s short-lived Stick Against Stone Orchestra reunite here to record their three-decade-old repertoire, and it sounds decidedly contemporary, like Fela Kuti refracted through Rip Rig and Panic via Ornette Coleman. “Private Sector”, with its honeyed corporatisms, could be a lost David Byrne song about buildings and food.

Stick Against Stone Orchestra

Get It All Out