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Spinning Wheel Motel
(2011)

“When it comes to consistently making great records and sheer endurance, the Cynics have few equals in Pittsburgh, or anywhere. They don’t sound like too much else out there right now. But their sound is instantly recognizable — evidence that raw, impassioned wildman rock ‘n’ roll isn’t really dead.”
Michael Machosky | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

 “Though the ‘garage rock’ tag continues to dog the Pittsburgh quartet, the band has progressed well beyond any easy tags by simply writing excellent, catchy songs and performing them with energy and power.”
Michael Toland | The Big Takeover

“The music side of SXSW ended for me, fittingly enough, with a totally over the top performance by legendary Pittsburgh garage rockers The Cynics, who would have torn the roof off the joint if it had a roof. All 50 year old teenagers should be so great. ”
Carl Hanni | Tuscon Weekly

“The Cynics not only redefine but also reassert themselves and retain the factors that made them great in the first place: gritty honesty and a level of cool that hasn’t faded in years of history. Well-composed sounds provide the perfect platform on which to drop a soapbox for the ideas contained in the lyrics. ”
Jason Neubauer

“The Cynics’ old-fashioned influences work really as canvas and paints… what’s important is what the band does with its materials. It’s retro but not a copy of anything. ”
Jennifer Kelly | PopMatters

“Though they initially seemed like another Beatle boots-wearing addition to the mid-’80s neo-’60s garage scene, the Cynics added a slightly rugged, steel-town vibe—they’re from Pittsburgh, y’know.”
Eric Davidson

“Pittsburgh’s Cynics have matured a great deal, musically speaking, in the decades they have been around, and it’s a tribute to guitarist Gregg Kostelich and singer Michael Kastelic that the group’s ’60s garage/punk/folk/psychedelic visions of tender love and hard breakups has endured.”
Phantastic Plastic

“This album is a fresh kick in the boo-boo.”
Babysue


Feature: “Quarter-Century Band: The Cynics at 25” | Aaron Jentzen | Pittsburgh City Paper | 10.08.2009
“The Cynics started. It’s cliché to say that everything changed, but that’s exactly what happened.” (Full article)


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