City Paper staff writer Jordan Snowden breaks down local/national music headlines from the past weekend with #MusicMonday Wrap-up.
LOCAL
Rib Fest provided much more than good barbecue this weeekend on the North Side, with performances by Granger Smith, The Clarks, Lonestar, Dylan Schneider and more.
thanks for an AWESOME show @DylanSchneider ! You’re such a sweet and humble guy! ❤️Please come back to Pittsburgh soon! Now to get ready for the final day of rib fest tomorrow with @parmalee 😍 pic.twitter.com/HMBg7QHIXr
— Ash (@AshKuz_country) September 3, 2018
A digital love letter its hometown, Punchline released a fittingly sweet music video for “Darkest Dark,” from 2018’s LION.
Twitter user, Jaime Bird, captured these awesome photos of a marching band in the Labor Day Parade downtown.
Labor Day, Pittsburgh Pa#streetphoto #LaborDay #parade #Pittsburgh #marchingband #music pic.twitter.com/VCRkSHru38
— Jaime Bird (@jaimele321) September 3, 2018
Labor Day, Pittsburgh Pa#streetphoto #LaborDay #parade #marchingband #Pittsburgh #blackandwhite pic.twitter.com/s6KwlqjmwN
— Jaime Bird (@jaimele321) September 3, 2018
In non-music news, Joe Biden went for a run in the parade, and it’s the only thing from yesterday’s event people are talking about.
Joe Biden in Pittsburgh, running pic.twitter.com/qyvgbt0Vzh
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) September 3, 2018
Thrival Festival offered a $25 Labor Day ticket special, which is still going on until midnight tonight. (Dillon Francis retweeted this and the fangirl in me is geeking out.)
There’s still time to get your $25 all in Thrival tickets and see @DILLONFRANCIS , @mattandkim and many others!
Sale ends 9/4 at midnight! https://t.co/LnuBYY7E43
— Thrival Festival (@ThrivalFestival) September 2, 2018
NATIONAL
Childish Gambino dropped a star-studded animated music video for his summertime anthem, “Feels Like Summer.”
☀️ Summer’s not over yet! Take a look at the new Childish Gambino (@donaldglover) video for ‘Feels Like Summer’ featuring cameos from @NickiMinaj, @KanyeWest, @TrvisXX, @Beyonce and more… 🍦https://t.co/ZullXKbCn4 pic.twitter.com/pMBocuxjR8
— Columbia Records UK (@ColumbiaUK) September 2, 2018
Love seeing all these artists just hanging out and no drama, wish it could be like that in the real world
— Cesar Robles (@CesarIvanRobl11) September 2, 2018
And of course, the internet is dissecting every detail.
This messaging is both confusing and infuriating. Black women have our own issues yet we’re supposed to fix everyone else’s. Who is there to save us? https://t.co/qubwvQmPzg
— Danielle (what’s kanye’s wife for) Montague (@Typicalblkchick) September 2, 2018
According to Childish Gambino, Kanye West needs a black woman to save him.
Also related, water is wet: https://t.co/ykCBcxpSCI pic.twitter.com/zXN0zotgK1
— The Root (@TheRoot) September 2, 2018
People are mad that gambinos video shows Michelle Obama hugging Kanye and they’re taking it to mean it’s black womens job to heal black men and not that Kanye could use a motherly figure in his life since he’s clearly still pretty upset after the loss of his mother
— Lil Cutie Vert (@DarioColon1) September 2, 2018
To support their latest album, Concrete and Gold, the Foo Fighters played a pop-up concert in the parking lot of the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
Just saw @foofighters in a parking lot, life’s so sick! pic.twitter.com/VODKEHNweg
— lupe (@lupeintransit) August 27, 2018
I saw Roger Taylor playing “Under Pressure” with @foofighters
I can’t believe how lucky I am!! pic.twitter.com/GfShilfocF— Luis Hernandez (@luismaHM96) August 27, 2018
@foofighters Thank you guys for that pop up concert today. You made some people really happy. My daughter cried joyful tears all the way home.
— StoneDeadTripper (@jeopardist) August 27, 2018
This article appears in August 29, 2018 – Pittsburgh City Paper.
