Photo and album art by Brett Wagner In case you hadn’t heard, local garage rock band Paddy the Wanderer released their newest album, the eight-track-long Waiting for the Miracle, in October. A follow-up to last year’s Facts for Whatever and [...]
TributeFestPgh 9 is 4 nights of your favorite local musicians joining forces to dress up in character and perform as their favorite bands, all to raise money for Humane Animal Rescue! This year we have 33 bands over 4 nights! [...]
October 12, 2018
When local rock musician Dan Koshute sets his mind to something, he doesn’t half-ass it. In my review of Organomy, the 2016 record from his previous band, Dazzletine, I described their sound as “physically incapable of being background music.” That [...]
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 [...]
♥ IT’S Ladyfest Pittsburgh 2017!! ♥ FRIDAY, JUNE 23 The Shop DOORS @ 6:30pm $5 / ALL AGES ♥ WolfBlud ♥ Mani Pedi ♥ Lorenzo’s Oil ♥ Vytia ♥ late. ♥ Trash Bag Gooski’s DOORS @ 10:00pm $5 / 21+ [...]
June 23, 2017
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 [...]