Hey all!

Been super busy readying tomorrow's exciting BEST OF PITTSBURGH 2012 READER'S POLL ISSUE, so I've been remiss on getting you a couple of interesting local-music updates. Here's one quickie:

• Photo courtesy of Brian Kaldorf

Gene the Werewolf, whom I profiled about a year ago here in the paper, just signed with Frontiers Records, an Italian label whose other current projects include, like, ELO and Dokken re-issues. The band's INTERNATIONAL DEBUT!!! hits stores next month. Weird, right? Good on them. Read the official release from Frontiers here.