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Steve Gunn Shows Off Skills at Spirit

Steve Gunn Spirit May 2, 2015 Photos and review by Josh Reardon Steve Gunn kicked off his tour last weekend at the Spirit in upper Lawrenceville with a glowing reception from concertgoers. Sprit, formally the Moose Lodge sports a trendy [...]

May 7, 2015 Concert Reviews

Dethlehem Destroy Mr. Smalls

Photos by Richard Schmid Dethlehem Mr. Smalls Theater May 2, 2015 Pittsburgh, I mean Ghorusalem metal band, Dethlehem played the entirety of their album “Destroyers of try Realm,” at Mr. Smalls Theater May 2. Here is the backstory about the [...]

May 4, 2015 Concert Reviews, Local Artists

Sofar Sounds Pittsburgh takes their Secret Show to Runaway Studios

Sofar Sounds featuring Chet Vincent, André Costello & White Like Fire Runaway Studios April 19, 2015 Photos and review by Randy Jarosz What do Pittsburgh, Berlin, London, Belgrade, Serbia and Singapore all have in common? On April 19, 2015 all [...]

April 25, 2015 Concert Reviews, Local Artists

Chip DiMonick Breaks Free With New EP, Uncaged

Chip DiMonick is led by Chip himself on lead vocals, keyboards and guitar, Joe Pietropaolo on bass, DJ Carothers on Lead guitar and Gregg Livengood on drums. The heavy metal outfit has been a staple of the Pittsburgh music scene [...]

March 30, 2015 Album Reviews, Local Artists, Upcoming Shows

Balloon Ride Fantasy Share Personal Illusions on New Album

Balloon Ride Fantasy‘s self titled album has been a long time in the making. The band has been teasing the album for at least two years now. For good reason though, when your band is as complex as this one [...]

March 26, 2015 Album Reviews, Local Artists, Upcoming Shows

Eric Granata Interview

Eric Granata and Martin Rubeo formed a last minute duo called Rubeo and Granata, to play Club Cafe before Man and the Arena and Estonian indie pop stars, Ewert and the Two Dragons. Both are former members of Pittsburgh band [...]

March 17, 2015 Interviews, Local Artists

Bastard Bearded Irishmen Go Big During Annual Bash

Bastard Bearded Irishmen Parade Day Party Rex Theater March 14, 2015 Photos and review by Randy Jarosz Only the Bastard Bearded Irishmen can out do themselves. Their St. Patrick’s Parade Day Party shows can’t be rivaled and they only get [...]

March 15, 2015 Concert Reviews, Local Artists

Slim Forsythe’s Irish Band Saturday at 2PM

Lawrenceville’s own country legend, Slim Forsythe will be putting together his Irish Band for the 4th annual St. Patrick’s Parade Day Matinee. The Free show begins at 2PM and will feature Slim Forsythe on vocals and acoustic guitar, Candy Mountain [...]

March 10, 2015 Local Artists, Upcoming Shows

BBI Continues Tradition with Parade Day Party, This Saturday

This Saturday Bastard Bearded Irishmen take the Rex Theater stage for their annual Parade Day Party. This is the place you’ll want to be after capping off a whole day of drinking. Along with the Bastards are Black Masala of [...]

March 8, 2015 Local Artists, Upcoming Shows

Preview: An Evening with Buckwheat Zydeco at Club Café

Buckwheat Zydeco Club Café February 27, 2015 Living legend comes to mind when hearing the name Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. He is a superstar in his home state of Louisiana as the front man of Buckwheat Zydeco. Zydeco is a [...]

February 23, 2015 Concert Preview, Upcoming Shows