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Paul Luc Celebrates Bad Seed Release at Mr. Smalls

Two years have passed since Paul Luc released his last album, Tried & True. After hitting the road and traveling to Nashville to record his newest masterpiece, Bad Seed, he threw an incredible release party at Mr. Smalls on March 10th [...]

March 19, 2018 Concert Reviews, Local Artists

Pittsburgh Artist Pierce Marratto Nominated for Award in Gig/Promo Poster Design Category

New York, NY February 13, 2018 – Poster designer, illustrator, and fine artist Pierce Marratto of Pittsburgh, PA was named as a Nominee in ‘Gig/Promo Poster Design’ category in The 16th annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential honors [...]

March 14, 2018 Feature, Local Artists

Some Kind Of Animal, Essential Machine and The Black Six Get Hip on the North Side

by Whitney Lerch Itching for some indie folk rock, I headed out to Get Hip Recordings on February 24th to catch Essential Machine and Some Kind of Animal.  Always looking for new music, I was anxious to hear The Black [...]

March 12, 2018 Concert Reviews, Local Artists

Interview: Aris Paul Band Hits the Gas with New Roots-Rock Album, “Drive All Night”

While Starship Mantis rocked the Stage at Karma’s Grand Opening on the night of March 2nd, another accomplishment was being celebrated a few blocks down the street. Instead of elaborate costumes and funky sax solos, the musicians at Club Café [...]

March 6, 2018 Album Reviews, Feature, Interviews, Local Artists, Local Releases

Know Your Host: A Q&A with Hugh Twyman

Hugh Twyman is a Pittsburgh music blogger and photographer known as HughShows. He has been covering the local scene going on 14 years. He commemorated his 10 years on the scene with a year long celebration at Eide’s Entertainment in [...]

February 17, 2018 Local Artists, Upcoming Shows

Best of 2017 Rock Awards Line-Up

Best of 2017 Rock Awards Spirit February 17, 2017 Sound Scene Express is proud to announce our 3rd annual “Best of Rock Awards” for 2017. We feel like we have curated our best line-up yet, bringing you some of the [...]

January 15, 2018 Local Artists, Upcoming Shows

Get Hip or Get Out! 
GetHip Records is Feeding the Vinyl Fire in the Burgh

By Kaisi Elizabeth Get Hip Records is the newest addition to the Pittsburgh music scene. Located on the North Side; nestled idyllically above Johnny Angel’s and Bike Heaven at 1800 Columbus Avenue. At first, one might think, “hmm, what a [...]

December 30, 2017 Feature, Local Artists

Pittsburgh Musicians, We Want to Build You a FREE Website

Hey Pittsburgh musicians! Do you want to jumpstart your bands web presence and set yourself apart from other bands that only have a facebook page or a bandcamp page? We want to help you by building your website for free! [...]

October 11, 2017 Feature, Local Artists

Knuckleduster Paves Way to Finals

By Brittany Satterfield Everyone grew up with friends that they considered musically gifted. We all know them. Those people who seemed to awe everyone at parties with their amazing guitar skills. I was always envious of those people. The people [...]

October 4, 2017 Local Artists, Upcoming Shows

Quicksand -Ticket Giveaway

Here’s a rare one for you Pittsburgh. Remember Quicksand, well maybe you don’t. They had a quick stint in the early 90’s in New York’s hardcore scene and toured with major 90’s bands ultimately gaining quick recognition. The group disbanded [...]

September 26, 2017 Upcoming Shows