Words by Brendan and Jim We're so goddamn lucky to live in a city that's boiling over with good local music. It's crazy. And we're only talking about the indie music scene, which means there's even more genres of local music out there for your listening pleasure. Crazy, amiright? 2011 was an intense year for local releases, as you're about to see. It seemed like every other weekend there was a CD Release going down at Brillbox or Club Cafe or The Shop. We tried to get to as many as possible, we swear! [...]
Words by Jim Is it really that time of year already? I swear two weeks ago it was 100 degrees, sunny, and we were eating apple pie and shooting off fireworks. I won't complain too much, though. I love the Christmas (err...Holiday) Season and get a lot of enjoyment out of the decorations, the good will, shopping and giving to loved ones, and eating and drinking until I explode. Not to mention the time off from work is much needed and appreciated. To help us get in the holiday spirit at DUL, and to [...]
Words by Jim Big Hurry's latest release begins with the clapping of hands and an eery summarization of their career as a band: "Hey, we started right on the very bottom / We worked our way right out / I got right back down on my bended knee". Fitting words for a group that's progressed incredibly since their inception in 2008 and is about to face a new chapter in their career. Well done Big Hurry , well done. Point taken. [...]
Hey. How's it going? Good, great. So, yeah, you might be new here. Maybe you're a freshman at Pitt or CMU or somewhere else. That's terrific and we applaud your good choice in city. But maybe you're not exactly new here, and you're finding yourself ready to explore the town and uncover it's wonders. You're like a goddamn pearl diver, ready to take the plunge and come up for air with a little bit of treasure. Well, we're here to help you with that whole situation. It could definitely seem like a staggering endeavor. We understand. We went through it [...]
Song: "Little Something" Artist: Big Hurry If you know us well, you know we love Big Hurry , and if you know Big Hurry well, you'll be just as excited about this new tune as we are. "Little Something" is actually a pretty big deal; it's the first teaser of the band's forthcoming Sink Or Swim EP, whose release they're celebrating on 10/21 at the Brillobox. (Mark your calendars!) I've always been impressed with their ability to craft catchy songs that make me want to clap, dance, air guitar, and [...]
If you like female lead vocalists with powerful, beautiful, and catchy voices check out Kelly Tobias' performance on Big Hurry's "Little Something." Her voice belts through all of the surrounding music and really carries the song to a different level. This song is the first single from the bands upcoming EP titled Sink or Swim due out on October 21st. If this is any indication of what to
Tweetvaso link We like Big Hurry. They made the drive up from Pittsburgh to Rochester this past March to play our birthday show, which was awfully nice of them to do – mostly because that drive is fantastically boring, and playing blog birthday shows isn't the quickest way to fame and fortune. Beyond their congeniality,...
Words by Brendan It's another one of those weekends, folks. The stars have aligned, or there's something in the water, or the gods must be crazy, who really knows. The bottom line is this: there are a ton of shows going down in the next few days that you should go to. You can't see 'em all, sadly, or maybe you can (please tell us if you do!) but here are our picks. Stream some mp3s right here and read on after the jump for all the details. I guarantee you'll find something that [...]
Words by Jim The scene begins with a sultry saxophone wailing over an open road. Dust blurs the single lane double yellow line and the cracks in the road have stories older than you. The sun slowly burns down the background and you can just tell that man, it's fucking hot outside even though it's almost nine in the evening. A lonesome stranger shuffles on the shoulder with his back turned, ignoring the heat, the dirt, and the glare from the sun. He know's "there's a right way of walking", but "he's going [...]
Words by Brendan Sullivan There's a lot of shit going down in the next three days. Like, a ton. It's a good weekend to be in Pittsburgh, that's for sure. Stream the mp3s right off the bat and read on after the jump for all the details. I guarantee you'll find something that strikes your fancy. The Decemberists / Down By the Water Big Hurry / Gets Me Low Wifebeater / Can't Seem to Remember [...]
[ Echo Chamber (′ek·ō ′chām·bər): noun , 1. a dedicated space for the purposes of transmission and repetition of sound 2. a video segment that features your favorite bands playing your favorite songs 3. a video segment where your favorite bands blow your mind]. Words by Jim Band / Big Hurry Songs / "Little Something" & "Save Your Breath" Location / Union [...]
If you didn't know, we're turning two tomorrow. And to celebrate that fact, we're throwing a party. Granted, the party itself isn't for another month or so, but we want to make sure that people have enough time to plan on being there. Here's the deal: we'll provide the place and the music, you come...
Words by Jim Anticipation can be a real bitch, you know? You wait and you wait and you wait and then whenever whatever it is actually get's here, you're disappointed. It's happened to me a million times in the past. Christmas morning comes and that video game you wanted so bad turns out to be totally stupid and like, you're way cooler than that shit anyway. The Matrix sequels finally come out and man, didn't they totally blow? Yeah. They did. That gets me to my point. Big Hurry [...]
Big Hurry w/ Triggers , Mount Peru , and DJ Gordy / Brillobox / Friday January 28th / 10 PM / $7 Words by Patrick Bowman It was a frigid January night in 2009 when I first saw Big Hurry in concert, opening for the now-defunct Pittsburgh dance punks The Sexes , and Toronto pop pixie Lights up on the Brillobox's second floor. I don't think the band was any more than three or four months old at that point and [...]
I can count on one hand the number of bloggers that we have personally met. In fact, I can count that number on one finger (unless I'm forgetting someone) - and that dubious distinction belongs to Chris from The Ambitious C when we were in Toronto last year. Otherwise, we bloggers are a far-flung and...
Well we've come across a little gem here courtesy of our blogbros at Draw Us Lines . Pittsburgh-based Big Hurry is due to release their EP, Gets Me Low on January 28th. The first single is available and it's high energy and f-u-n. Big Hurry - Gets Me Low
Dudes, let me tell you about some shit fixin' to go down. I've no idea what LEGAL and tasty substances will be involved, if any, but I'm spending the weekend with a collection of my most favorite people in the world and fuck if I'm not stoked. As such, tiny mix time, youse. This array of people come from incredibly different and yet equally important times in my life. Subject A(shley) was gifted to be in grade school. She taught me my first cuss words, gave me my [...]
Song: "Radio" Artist: Big Hurry It's not everyday that a song just knocks on your front door and moves right in. Maybe you find yourself humming it while tending to trash detail on Sunday evening? Maybe your roommate finds you whistling the chorus while doing the dishes? It's official, "Radio" by Big Hurry has taken up residence with me. Buncher's drums now occupy the living room. Tobias's lead vocals reverberate through the front landing stairwell. Flatley's bass lines pace around the dining room while Wilkosz's ragged guitar lines race down [...]
[So I'm hitting you with something we haven't done before. A list and a how to all in one, put in a box and wrapped in a bow. I'll be giving you a little incite on what I do everyday, because I know you are dying to find out what that is! Everyone knows what they like, certain artists, time periods, genres, but where do you find something that you've never heard of? The biggest question is, where do I start? Use these tips to begin your journey to listening to something new from your speakers.] [...]
Women with vocal qualities like those of Big Hurry 's Kelly Tobias are few and far between: she's got an impossibly clear soprano that never cracks even in the higher registers and emits pure emotion with seemingly zero effort. Sistren: Bjork, Kelly Clarkson, that rad chick from Paramore, that rad chick from Life Without Buildings ( get familiar ). Early oughties emo dudes would have given their left nuts to sound like this (Jeremy Enigk excluded—motherfucker had the gift). Fortunately, Big Hurry is way more adventurous in style than that, filling their pop inclinations with ragged riffs, an implied [...]
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