Donna the Buffalo performs at the Rex Theater Sat., Feb. 10
“We’re very fortunate, because not many bands have this collective fanbase.”
By Ian Thomas
Tags: Music Features, Music, Donna The Buffalo, Tara Nevins, Jeb Puryear, Rex Theater
Black Marble performs at Spirit, Wed., Dec. 13
“There was a real handmade quality to it. That appealed to me.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Black Marble, Spirit, Chris Stewart, It’s Immaterial
Seattle’s Helms Alee takes a lighter approach to heavy music
Helms Alee delivers music that is rife with nuance and emotion
Tags: Music Features, Music, Helms Alee, Stillicide, Hozoji Matheson-Margullis
Protomartyr brings its new album, Relatives in Descent, to Pittsburgh’s Cattivo on Sept. 6
"It’s one thing for singers and songwriters to be liars. It’s another when a president is a bald-faced liar.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Protomartyr, Relatives in Descent, No Passion All Technique, Joe Casey
Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum hosts a sensory-friendly disco for autistic individuals
“We are actively committed to making the museum a welcoming and inclusive space for all.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Autism Acceptance Month, The Andy Warhol Museum, Sensory-Friendly Autism Acceptance Disco, Danielle Linzer
Despite Biblical influences, Pittsburgh’s Slaves BC are making noise in the blackened hardcore scene
“We’ve been playing with nihilistic, atheistic, satanic bands since the beginning.”
Tags: Music Features, music review, Slaves BC, All Is Dust and I Am Nothing, album release, blackened hardcore
Sinkane’s funk, pop and jazz influences are an optimistic and soothing oasis in turbulent times
“You can’t be a leader and not be positive.”
Tags: Music Features, music review, Sinkane’s, funk, pop, jazz, Club Cafe, South Side
Despite busy schedules and physical distance, the members of San Diego-based instrumental psych-rock band Earthless manage to stay on the same page
“We really don’t like to go too long without meeting up and playing on stage or getting together.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Earthless, Mike Eginton, Mario Rubalcaba, Isaiah Mitchell, Ruby The Ratchet, Cruces, Acid Crusher
For GWAR, touring is an exercise in managed chaos
“We’re always coming up with new solutions to try to streamline. If a costume piece repeatedly breaks, we try to re-engineer it.”
Tags: Music Features, GWAR, Brent Purgason, Pustulus Maximus
On Eyes on the Lines, Steve Gunn finds happy accidents in unfocused moments
The prolific Gunn is most at home as a collaborator, and the chemistry with his band is strong
Tags: Music Features, Music, Steve Gunn, Eyes On The Lines, Kurt Vile
By Mars Johnson
Pittsburgh’s street trees are free upon request. So why do they often go to the city’s wealthiest residents?
By James Paul
The mayor and the tenor: when Masloff met Pavarotti
By David S. Rotenstein
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: density or destiny edition
By Michael Machosky
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck