Words by Brendan Pittsburgh is just brimming with good music, and I swear that everyone can find something they'll like here. It's great to have a thriving scene like this but I'll tell you what: it makes narrowing down everything to the "favorite of the favorites" pretty much impossible. I want to just make a list of every Pittsburgh band I listened to this year that you should listen to, but I won't actually do that. (Maybe I'll do that later ...) I stewed and tossed and turned and managed to [...]
Words by Ricky Pittsburgh goddamn rules. OK, so maybe our sports teams didn't bring it in 2012-but remember we had that mild winter last year-that was awesome, AND to add, the music scene provided some needed sunshine to the cloudy city too (despite (what felt like) every band and their mother breaking up). So without further ado, here's my list of favorite locally-brewed songs written/performed/recorded/etc by Pittsburgh folks...OK, maybe a little "ado" before we get to the list. Narrowing this down to ten songs was a pain in [...]
Words by Ricky Our city has a mixed bag of musicians considered by many as “Pittsburgh institutions.” Unfortunately for every charmer ( Donnie Iris ) or force of nature ( Don Caballero ), there’s a band that shits on everything-like the Clarks (the guys who remind us that “life is all about the ride” every other goddamn commercial break). Then there’s The Harlan Twins (cue the off-stage applause). Despite being friends, I still consider them one of the best live bands our city offers and would demand [...]
[The Lookahead is a monthly segment where we get to be all newsy and point out cool stuff going down in the next 30 days or so. We'll have cool Pittsburgh music shows and events, local album releases, and some national releases of interest. This is the good stuff we've heard about. Come back on the 1st of each month for more!] We shared some upcoming Pittsburgh shows we're excited for, and now it's time to talk about the music, and the music of Pittsburgh bands [...]
Photo by Julie Van Wassen Words by Vici A peek into my calendar tells me that concert season has officially begun! Thanks to a recent surge of show announcements, my schedule is rapidly filling up. Pittsburgh venues have really stepped up their game in booking indie acts, which is great news for a frequent concert-goer like myself (though maybe not so great for my wallet). I bought my Dr. Dog ticket back in January, when not many concerts were on the horizon, so I’d [...]
So we typically toss a video onto a post when highlighting a new band or a show preview or something and let you draw your own conclusion about it. Sometimes we throw a change-up... strike that - let’s call it a round up. Most of these videos are of bands we have previously talked about here on Draw Us Lines, so we won’t be telling you much about those bands themselves, just some musings that really aren’t worth a damn. If a picture is worth 1000 words, then a video must be worth a million. Hold on to your hats! [...]
Pittsburgh's The Harlan Twins play alt-country flavored folk with twangy guitars and male/female harmonies. Think of an indie version of The Band. Booking inquiries can be sent to HARLANTWINSBOOKING@GMAIL.COM The Harlan Twins @ MySpace SAMPLE & BUY MUSIC FROM THE HARLAN TWINS PURCHASES HELP SUPPORT SOUNDHYPE! Amazon.com Widgets
Pittsburgh's The Harlan Twins play alt-country flavored folk with twangy guitars and male/female harmonies. Think of an indie version of The Band. Booking inquiries can be sent to HARLANTWINSBOOKING@GMAIL.COM The Harlan Twins @ MySpace SAMPLE & BUY MUSIC FROM THE HARLAN TWINS PURCHASES HELP SUPPORT SOUNDHYPE! Amazon.com Widgets
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 [...]
Part of what I love about my job at WDVX is the opportunity it sometimes gives me to interact with the artists I love and share with you here on the site. It doesn't happen with alarming frequency, but I love getting the chance to interact with artists in the studio, live, on the air, to hear their stories and their songs in a one-on-one setting. Friday, it happened twice. Boca Chica and Rebecca Pronsky are two artists I've featured a few times on the site, and both [...]
Words by Brendan Sullivan There are a bunch of shows happening this weekend around the Burgh. It makes me kinda glad I stuck around town for spring break. And for whatever reason, you're here, too. Well, you should hope you are anyway, because there's something for everybody going on Friday and Saturday. Wanna see some upbeat folk rock at a bar? Head to the Brillobox on Friday and help Low Water celebrate the release of their new CD, The Taste You Know And Enjoy . playing with locals Harlan Twins [...]
Just an innocuous reminder that Liquid Sunday is this Sunday, as we posted not too long ago. Come and see Joseph Arthur , Harlan Twins , and Long Time Darlings - plus a whole lot of other neat things. Facebook here , buy tickets here ($15, $12 with a t-shirt donation).
Liquid Sundays are put on by my church a bunch of Sundays per year, and they feature live music, art, booze, and the occasional film or reading. It was on hiatus for a while but I've attended these in the past and have always had a good time - and I've never thought to post about them though they may be of interest to western PA Buzzgrinder readers. Here's the music lineup for this coming June 6: Joseph Arthur (Brooklyn singer/songwriter art things) Harlan Twins [...]
MP3: The Harlan Twins - White Light from The Harlan Twins (2009) Over the past two years, The Harlan Twins have gained a reputation among everyone from the hipster set to the aging folk-rock cognoscenti as the best band in Pittsburgh, resulting in scenes like the overflow, sell-out crowd at the unveiling of their self-released debut disc this past summer. Covering ground from Allmans-esque jams to subdued high-lonesome folk and beyond, the band casts an eye to a century's worth of [...]
As long as we're lifting stories from elsewhere, check out the Trib: Harlan Twins quintet has one-of-a-kind sound And as Speed of the Pittsburgh Sound points out, Big Hurry (who will be opening for Harlan Twins) have a new video out:
As long as we're lifting stories from elsewhere... Trib: Harlan Twins quintet has one-of-a-kind sound And as Speed of the Pittsburgh Sound points out, Big Hurry (who will be opening for Harlan Twins) have a new video out:
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