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Recently appearing on “The Howard Stern Show” and in Variety Magazine, the 90’s modern rockers Sponge are out celebrating 25 years since the release of their break out album “Rotting Piñata.” The Gold certified disc included hit songs “Plowed,” “Molly/16 Candles,” “and “Raining” making them a favorite among […]
Anarchic post-punk band Blessed who are coming to Pittsburgh’s best coffee shop and rock venue Black Forge on April 28th. A DIY touring machine, they have played over 200 shows with bands like Preoccupations, The Courtneys, Chastity, and The Austerity Program. “Dominated by the high-fructose riffing pioneered by […]
Baroness Release Gold & Grey On June 14 Via Abraxan Hymns BAND Release “Borderlines” Video As North American Tour Is Underway Baroness release their eagerly-awaited new album, Gold & Grey, on June 14 via Abraxan Hymns. The band has simultaneously released a video for the song “Borderlines”, which saw its live performance debut […]
THE BLACK KEYS CONFIRM EXTENSIVE31-DATE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR MODEST MOUSE, SHANNON & THE CLAMS, *REPEAT REPEAT, AND JESSY WILSON CONFIRMED AS SUPPORT BAND HEADLINES LAS VEGAS’ LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL 2019NEW SONG “LO/HI” MARKS DUO’S RETURN This morning, The Black Keys confirm their extensive, thirty-one-date arena tour of North America. The […]
“Failure has an uncanny ability to straddle the line between esoteric sonic artistry and velvet, sweet ear candy”. – Billy Howerdel – A Perfect Circle “I have always had a bit of a soft spot for the band Failure. In particular was their fine use of layered guitars and […]
90’s modern rockers Sponge celebrate the 25thAnniversary of their break out album “Rotting Piñata.” The Gold certified disc included hit songs “Plowed,” “Molly/16 Candles,” “and “Raining” making them a favorite among alternative music fans and MTV. Sponge will be rocking all the hits plus tracks from their latest release “The Beer Sessions!” Don’t […]
“[A] great big pile of noise, with layered guitars and soft melodies from co-vocalists Colson Miller and Sophie Opich that blend together to create something that sounds like that liminal space in the morning when you’re half-asleep and barely alive.” – Stereogum “Consistently washes over you with distorted, effects-laden […]
Toc is a French jazz-core trio founded in 2008 with Fender Rhodes, electric guitar and drums. Playing the density and the organic, daring the trance in a joyful and catchy tension, Toc provides energetic improvised music. Noise, post-rock, psychedelic, experimental pop, kraut or jazz hardcore, difficult to classify […]
Messer heads out on Spring tour with Pop Evil and headlining dates with special guest Saul Messer are heading back out on tour, with several dates opening for Pop Evil, and then headling dates with special guest Saul. The band is continuing their momentum from 2018 , a breakout […]
The Vics are an indie rock band originally formed at Cal U, and now residing in Pittsburgh. They have 4 new singles coming out over the coming months, with the first out on this Friday. Dancing on the line of the old and the new, with originality in […]
WARBRINGER Announces Extensive Co-Headline Tour With EnforcerL.A. Thrash Group Set to Perform 54 Shows in 54 days; New Album Due Out This Fall Los Angeles-based thrashers WARBRINGER have been road dogs since their inception, but this fall, the band will hit the road for their most grueling and extensive tour […]
How did Nothing More get here? It seems like yesterday that we were interviewing lead singer Jonny Hawkins in a run down RV parked in front of The Altar Bar. Since those few years ago Nothing More has been tearing up the road and outperforming a bunch of […]
The Veer Union has released a new single and video, “Save Yourself” as they continue to promote their “Decade 2: Rock and Acoustic” 18 song album on Rock Shop Entertainment. The band is heading back out on tour this spring with a combination of headlining dates, and direct support for Red […]
Lil Baby has over 6 BILLION streams worldwide in only 18 months which is unheard of. He has 2 songs in the Hot 100 right now (“Drip Too Hard” and “Close Friends”). Pee from Quality Control took him off the streets and Lil Baby was a meteoric rise to […]
Bones just released his hard-hitting new single “Bout Time” which was produced by Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton). It was featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday and is the first taste of new music that is set to come later this year. He’s currently on tour with Whiskey Myers and will […]
Genre-banding band Whiskey Myers will be coming to Pittsburgh on Thursday, March 21 The country-rockers have played nearly 2,000 live shows since their emergence in 2008 and have sold out more than 100 headlining shows in the last 15 months alone. They were also featured in Paramount Network’s new Kevin Costner hit show “Yellowstone” with […]
The Black Keys return today with their song “Lo/Hi” (Nonesuch Records), the first new music from the band since their 2014 album, Turn Blue. Listen here, and watch the Youtube visualizer here. “Lo/Hi” was written and produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, and recorded at Nashville’s Easy Eye Sound studio. […]
Carll is currently touring in support of his new album What It Is, released February 15 via Dualtone. When writing What It Is, he challenged himself to be as present in the moment as possible and to think differently, pushing back on the complacency that often comes with happiness. Full […]
As the women’s rights movement pushes forward, internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter, performer and Human Rights activist Annie Lennox and the NGO she founded, The Circle, have partnered with Apple Music for a Global International Women’s Day initiative launched today. Together with Sammy Andrews and her team at Deviate Digital, they have […]
Disturbed first broke the scene in 2000 with “Down with the Sickness” and the album of the same name. This tour is a celebration of that record as well as the album, Evolution which was released on October 19, 2018. ‘Evolution World Tour’ will hit the U.S., Canada, […]
As editor in chief of Pittsburgh Music Magazine, a lot of emails, IG and Facebook messages, and personal requests come across my radar. As hard as it is to sort through and give attention to everything it is amazing at how much stuff there is out there to […]
THE DAMNED THINGS ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR DATES*NEW ALBUM, ‘HIGH CRIMES,’ OUT APRIL 26TH***MUSIC VIDEO FOR “CELLS” OUT NOW** March 5, 2019 – Los Angeles, CA – The TRUE lords of chaos, THE DAMNED THINGS have announced they’ll make their long-awaited return to the stage for a U.S. tour in May […]
In Flames, the Swedish metal band that made melodic death metal more palatable to the masses, brought two American acts to support them last week in Pittsburgh. All Hail The Yeti from L.A./Hollywood opened the show and the increasingly popular All That Remains from MASS. was the “middle […]
There are some people in this world that just have “it”. You know, that special something that we cannot exactly define or pinpoint, but recognize immediately deep to our soul. If you watched Bohemian Rhapsody (or grew up watching Queen in their heyday) you know Freddie Mercury had […]
Grammy-nominated artist Emily King released her latest album Scenery last month via ATO Records, and she is taking it on the road and making a stop in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Lecture Hall of Oakland on 5/4. Leading up to the release of her album, Emily King made appearances […]
BEN FOLDS & VIOLENT FEMMES ANNOUNCE CO-HEADLINE SUMMER TOURDATES KICK OFF JULY 28 IN UNCASVILLE, CTARTIST PRE-SALE TUESDAY, MARCH 5GENERAL ON-SALE STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 8 AT 10 AM LOCAL Ben Folds and Violent Femmes have announced a very special summer co-headline tour, set to begin Sunday, July 28 […]
Who: Bill Toms & Hard RainWhat: performingWhere: Club Cafe ~ Pittsburgh, PAWhen: March 30Time: 8pmTix: $14-$18Website: […]
WHO: FRANCES CONEWHAT: PITTSBURGH PERFORMANCE SUPPORTING SUSTOWHEN: APRIL 14WHERE: CLUB CAFE “Frances Cone’s new album ‘Late Riser’ is a brilliant work of modern melancholia that finds the sweet spot between soothing and soaring. Call it dreampop with a purpose.” – Associated PressIndie-pop group Frances Cone will perform at Club Cafe […]
Latest Single “Rooftop” feat. Jake Miller Out NowOld Bridge, NJ – March 1, 2019 – The boys of the pop-rock outfit, TheStolen, have announced they will be hitting the road later this year for a North American tour, kicking off on May 31 in Philadelphia, PA, and wrapping up on June 26 in Washington D.C.For a list […]
When In Flames stopped in Pittsburgh February 25, 2019, we had an opportunity to sit down with vocalist Anders Fridén to talk about the new record I, The Mask which will b released this Friday, March1.
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