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Heading to Pittsburgh’s Skull Fest? Our guide has got you covered

Bring a bunch of earplugs for you and your forgetful friends. Punks don’t let punks get tinnitus!

By Meg Fair Aug 16, 2017

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.”

By Margaret Welsh Aug 16, 2017

Soccer Mommy shoots and scores with new release, <i>Collection</i>; plays Pittsburgh Aug. 19

Soccer Mommy shoots and scores with new release, Collection; plays Pittsburgh Aug. 19

“If it’s scary, it usually turns out pretty good.”

By Eli Enis Aug 16, 2017

In its third year, 1Hood Day brings art, activism, Freeway and Beanie Sigel to Spirit

Other performers include Jasiri X, Idasa Tariq and Blak Rapp M.A.D.U.S.A.

By Alex Gordon Aug 9, 2017

Todd Rundgren has spent 40 years on the path less travelled and has no intention of taking a detour now

“I realized I couldn’t justify my existence if I was just going to imitate the things that other people were doing.”

By Charlie Deitch Aug 9, 2017

Yes pleases fans old and new on its current tour

“You have to kind of balance it out with the old and the new.”

By Bill Kopp Aug 9, 2017

Crack the Sky: Variety for the albums, familiar songs for the shows

“I try to change things with every album.”

By Bill Kopp Aug 9, 2017

Rozwell Kid: a not-so-serious band that boasts a very serious sound

“We try to go with the flow, see where the fickle compass of creativity points us.”

By Meg Fair Aug 2, 2017

Laura Stevenson hits Pittsburgh with a new record and maybe even Jeff Rosenstock on guitar

“It’s very cool to close out that record cycle with a tour with him.”

By Eli Enis Aug 2, 2017

Pittsburgh’s Beagle Brothers go electric for new record and push for national recognition

“In a lot of ways I feel like it’s our first record.”

By Mike Shanley Aug 2, 2017

Musicians and other artists face an even harder road if ACA is repealed

“I can’t make art if I’m dead.”

By Meg Fair Jul 26, 2017

Melvins’ <i>Death</i> is here, and <i>Love</i> is coming soon

Melvins’ Death is here, and Love is coming soon

“I’m a Groucho Marxist: I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.”

By Bill Kopp Jul 26, 2017

Hurray for the Riff Raff brings its critically acclaimed, politically-minded new album to Mr. Smalls on July 31

On The Navigator, Alydna Segarra focuses on her own experiences growing up as a queer Puerto Rican woman in New York City

By Hannah Lynn Jul 26, 2017

Faith No More’s Chuck Mosley returns to Pittsburgh for first time in two decades

“They were coming out faster than I could learn how to play them.”

By Justin Vellucci Jul 26, 2017

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.”

By Margaret Welsh Jul 19, 2017

Spoon brings its winning new album, Hot Thoughts, to Pittsburgh’s Stage AE on July 26

How do you recreate songs this ambitious on a budgeted lineup?

By Alex Gordon Jul 19, 2017

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