Dhruva Krishna is about to move across the country. You might recognize him as the drummer for several local bands (including Eastend Mile, Manic Soul, and more recently, Nevada Color.) Or maybe you saw him around James Street back in [...]
Text by Nathan Jay and Brian Crawford Edited by Melanie Stangl On Saturday, April 14th, the third annual Pittsburgh Indie-Rockfest is coming back to Cattivo. The event aims to showcase independent artists in the Pittsburgh area, and features everything from [...]
Join us for one incredible night of original, diverse, Pittsburgh music acts!! Twelve amazing artists on two stages that include everything from indie-rock, rap, funk, and singer-songwriter will be featured for this special night! This event was formed for musicains, [...]
Faster Pussycat w/ The Dirty Charms Cattivo July 18, 2017 Faster Pussycat is showing no signs of slowing down, playing strings of shows over the past few months.In recent years the 80’s glam rockers have played Altar Bar, Diesel, and [...]
Banner by Jesse Flati The local festival scene is kicking into full gear as summer descends upon the Steel City. But you won’t have to wait until Deutschtown in July to get a jam-packed weekend of quality tunes. Ladyfest Pittsburgh [...]
Each act brought their A-game with slick production, soaring vocals that didn’t falter, and live drums that took their studio tracks to the next level. They enjoyed the hell out of themselves, and that energy was contagious, spreading through [...]
If you’ve been following Sound Scene for a while, you know that we’re big fans of local electronic artist Emerson Jay. They haven’t played locally in a minute, but their next Pittsburgh gig is coming up soon: on Thursday, May [...]
By Don Strange, via Melanie Stangl Immediately after the 2016 election, Pittsburgh-based songwriter Don Strange rallied some of the city’s best musicians to create a compilation of politically charged original music to benefit the American Civil Liberties Union. Recorded, organized [...]
Photos and article by Melanie Stangl It was a warm, early spring evening in Lawrenceville as I headed into Cattivo last Saturday for Nevada Color’s first headlining show of the year. Between the recent Daylight Savings Time leap and the [...]
For local indie pop-rockers on the rise, Nevada Color, 2016 was a busy year. Between winning the title of Best Pop-Rock Band from Pittsburgh City Paper, opening for the alternative group PVRIS (who are soon to begin touring with Muse), [...]
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