Words and puzzle by Brendan Another music-themed crossword puzzle for you! Print it out or open it up on your laptop, and work through it with your coffee on this fine Monday morning. Or save it for later. Whatever, it's your prerogative. I thought of this one's theme and kept finding more examples that wouldn't quite fit in a standard grid and ... well, this ended up being my first puzze with a larger grid. This one is 1717, so there's a few more words for you to fill [...]
Red Hands + Patron Saint + August Ruins + a prior i + Nevada Mountains + Echo Jade Stage AE / 06.21.2013 / $12-$15 Words by Brendan The Pittsburgh Scene has put together a great event happening on this-coming-Friday evening. Six local bands of various genres will be performing at Stage AE, and the best part is that all proceeds will go [...]
So we typically toss a video onto a post when highlighting a new band or a concert or whatever, and we let you draw your own conclusion about it. Sometimes we throw a change-up ... strike that - let’s call it a round up. These visual/aural displays were worthy of our attention, and we think you'll dig them. If a picture is worth 1000 words, then a video must be worth a million. Hold on to your hats! Words and picks by Brendan [...]
[Throwback is a weekly (Thursday, natch) segment where we share a song or album from the past that we wouldn't otherwise have the occasion to discuss. We usually try to focus on the new, the fresh, and the undiscovered music here at DUL. This series gives us a chance to share songs and artists that we enjoy from other eras. They might be well-known classics, they might be hidden gems. They might be from 1969, or 1999, or even 1929. Who knows? There's lot of music out there, and this lets us share a small slice of what we like.] [...]
As the number of bands out there increases exponentially on a routinely daily basis, you'd imagine it to become equivalently tricky for the quietly spectacular ones to shine on through. Though that's quite incontrovertibly not the case with Pittsburgh-based trillwave duo RIVKA , whose newly compiled FADED EP is a work of immediate brilliance. That a recording so heftily indebted to the dank murkiness of midnight and the surrounding hours should at once sound quite so lustrous makes this one something of an unprecedentedly resplendent triumph, and one of two choice cuts is its unblemished opener. Entitled Drift, [...]
Photos by Caroline Moore A legacy and back catalog like Black Flag's is a lot to live up to. Greg Ginn, the band's longest-standing member, equated the idea of FLAG (comprised of original members Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena , and Bill Stevenson, along with guitarist Stephen Egerton of the Descendents) to "bad karaoke." But FLAG in its current incarnation does the material justice. Their set began with Keith saying, rather quietly, that they’d like to play a few songs. They came out swinging with “Revenge”, and “Fix Me,” and made it clear that these guys are still putting [...]
Little Wings + Sonny & the Sunsets Smiling Moose / 06.16.13 / Doors 6:30 / $10 Words by Brendan Be sure to catch two great bands next Sunday at the Smiling Moose! Sonny & the Sunsets are now signed to Polyvinyl Records, and they've been releasing catchy folk-rock records for over 10 years on various indie labels. Sonny Smith is a prolific songwriter-just check out his 100 singles for fake bands , with A [...]
Local Natives + Ex Cops Stage AE / 06.10.13 / Doors 7:00 / $20 Words by Brendan We love Local Natives here at DUL. Jacob included a song of theirs on one of his Soundtracking lists (Thanksgiving, part II, if you're curious), Chris claimed that their cover of a Talking Heads tune rivals the original , and ... oh yeah, their LP Gorilla Manor made our Top 10 Albums of [...]
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this smile i can't help it It's summer time and I'm not really sure I knew what that meant an hour ago, before I heard about Donora. 3 songs later and I feel much more educated. Open the doors, fire up the grill, crank the tunes, and play nice! This Pittsburgh crew definitely knows how to have a blast and make a great video at the same time. Here are two jams that I'll have on repeat all day and each comes with an equally awesome video. Plus they include a dance party and a BBQ [...]
Words by Brendan It's not technically summer time but it pretty much is, and the living may or not may be easy, but there's one thing for sure: it's summer concert/festival season! Start your summer right this weekend/next week with Pittsburgh's annual 3 Rivers Arts Festival. You might be overwhelmed by the list of events on their website , you might be grumbling about the lineup of bands, or you might just have no idea what this event is about. Never fear, Draw Us Lines is here! What follows after [...]
Lead singer of the rock band Forbearance, Jordan Kuruc, is an avid Penguins fan who wasn't too pleased with Matt Cooke's ejection from game 1. He took to Twitter to air his dirty laundry for the world to see, posting the following (now deleted) tweet: What an idiot. He immediately apologized via his Twitter page but his band mates still weren't pleased with him. The group kicked out Kuruc the next day and issued a statement saying, "Just to clear up any confusion, Jordan Kuruc is no longer [...]
Belle & Sebastian + Yo La Tengo Stage AE (outdoors!) 07.13.2013 / Doors 7:00 / $35 Words by Brendan I was very excited when The Warhol Museum announced this show as part of their Sound Series . I'm just as excited now to announce that we can help you attend this show! Belle & Sebastian and Yo La Tengo are veritable indie rock legends, both of them. What's more, this is Belle & [...]
You Yourself & I / "H Muet" Sometimes, a song is just so gorgeous that it hurts. You can't even sit down and make yourself analyze it, or even gently tug apart its pieces, because doing so would destroy its fragile and perfect beauty. This is how it is with me and "H Muet", a song from Montreal's Daniel Gélinas and his recording project You Yourself & I . Check out what's available on his Bandcamp page and fall in love. The songs are rich and plentiful with musical talent and unadulterated emotion, far [...]
Lauren Mann & the Fairly Odd Folk + Amber Lane Smiling Moose / 05.31.2013 / 6:30 / $10 Words by Brendan The band name references "fairly odd folk", but I'm wondering whether Lauren Mann and friends mean for that to indicate the uniqueness of their music or the quirkiness of their personalities. Or maybe both. From listening to their debut album- Over Land and Sea , out now on Wanderer Records-I can [...]
The National + Dirty Projectors / Stage AE 06.11.2013 / Doors 7:00 / $29 Words by Brendan The National just released another stellar album- Trouble Will Find Me -two weeks ago, and they're off on a tour to promote the album. This includes a stop in Pittsburgh on June 11, on their way to Bonnaroo and then Europe. They haven't been here since a 2010 show at the Carnegie Library in Homestead, so don't miss your chance here! [...]
Last week in greater Pittsburgh, 48-year-old Karen Elaine Harrelson and 57-year-old Gregory Stambaugh got drunk and began arguing over "American Idol" contestants Candice Glover and Kree Harrison. Who should win Season 12? It turns out Glover did (album release this summer , gang!), but this was merely the penultimate episode. Harrelson and Stambaugh wouldn't know the winner for at least another week. So, in the midst of a heated pop culture debate, they stabbed each other with a knife. Police are uncertain which couch potato ran to the kitchen to grab the blade, [...]
CHAPPO + Nevada Color + Chupacabra 6119 Penn / 05.06 / 9:00 / $10 Words by Brendan Last time of Montreal came to town, I had to go. They're one of my favorite all-time bands, so I wasn't going to miss that. I met some friends there early on to catch the first opener, when the place still wasn't packed. Not having any expectations, I was kinda blown away by the energy of CHAPPO . [...]
Speedy Ortiz + Legs Like Tree Trunks + The Gotobeds 222 Ormsby / 04.26 / 7:00 / $5 Words by Brendan The last time Speedy Ortiz came through town, they were rad enough to hook up with DUL and play one of our showcase shows. I was really happy to encounter them in the wide world of music, and haven't let them go since. Their Sports EP that I bought [...]
Suuns / 6119 Penn / 04.17 8:30 Doors / $10 The last time Suuns hit Pittsburgh, they were opening for The Black Angels . (What a great show that was.) Now, they're back on a headlining tour, and I'm not surprised at all. Their songs beg to be seen live, oozing with dark energy and atmosphere that you need to feel all around you. You'll have the chance to dive deep into their lake of sound on Wednesday evening over at 6119! [...]
Después de su último EP These Wings , y desaparecer un par de años, Wise Blood nos presenta "Rat" el primer sencillo de su álbum debut id que el músico de Pittsburgh lanzará el próximo 25 de junio. Enjoy.
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