MP3 Monday: Brewer's Row
By Margaret Welsh
Pittsburgh-based band Cyrus Gold taps into the artistic benefit of adult responsibilities
Critics’ Picks, Oct. 13-19
By Margaret Welsh and Meg Fair
MP3 Monday: Silence
The AMERICAN WOMAN project seeks to highlight black women, but a similarly titled CNN project could overshadow it
“I wanted to start a dialogue, and I also wanted it to be very visual in that, well, what does America look like?”
Tags: News, The AMERICAN WOMAN project, Joy KMT, Alecia Dawn, Breeze Youngblood, Sarah Huny Young
A conversation with David Bazan
“I’m just waiting to see if it’s possible that these assholes will be brought to justice.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, David Bazan, Wildflowers, Climb that Hill, Blanco, Care
Blød Maud belies its own apparent nonchalance with a haunting, hook-filled EP
“It’s like a kid where, if you tell them to do something, they won’t do it.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Blød Maud, Emily Crossen, Mädel
Pittsburgh-area soccer team Northern Steel Fusion takes home top prize at US Club Soccer National Cup
“I’m a big believer is telling people the truth, and really letting them know what’s at stake. So I don’t really hold anything back from them”
Tags: Sports News, Blair Gerlach, Northern Steel Fusion, US Club Soccer National Cup
With Retrovirus, no-wave legend Lydia Lunch brings an overview of her musical catalog to Pittsburgh
“I play it with such incredible musicians, who bring new life to these songs which, to me, are perverse and pertinent and kind of fun.”
Tags: Music Features, Retrovirus, Lydia Lunch, Under the covers, music
Chicago’s No Men brings its sharp edge and driving rhythms to Pittsburgh
“We want to sound like one unit instead of three separate musicians.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, No Men, Pursley, Eric Hofmeister, DB, Dear God Bring the Doom
Andy Shauf brings a musical narrative to his new record, The Party, plays Pittsburgh May 15
“I guess I’m interested in that kind of thing: what people are really like.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Andy Shauf, The Party, Club Cafe, Julia Jacklin
On its new, Lydia Lunch-produced record, Pissed Jeans highlights the absurdity of hetero, middle-class white-guy-ness
“This horrible character … isn’t insanely far removed from the way that I’ve been conditioned.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Pissed Jeans, Why Love Now, Lydia Lunch, Matt Korvette
Columbus, Ohio-based podcast Street Fight Radio brings its leftist comedy — and the Chapo Trap House podcast — to Spirit
“I like to think that we’re just cool. It’s just two cool Joes, yellin’ at the government.”
Tags: News, news, street fight radio, podcast, chapo trap house live, spirit, Lawrenceville
Hardcore band Power Trip plans on staying political even as it gains more notoriety among metal fans
“I feel more obligated to speak out. And if it makes some redneck cringe, I don’t really care.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Power Trip, Riley Gale, Arthur Rizk, Nightmare Logic, Manifest Destination, Southern Lord, Pantera, Anthrax
By Mars Johnson
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: density or destiny edition
By Michael Machosky
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
The Thunderbirds are ready for their ninth season of pro ultimate frisbee
By Colin Williams