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
Uncle Lucius has become the most talked about band in Austin, Texas. It says a lot when the live music capital of the world is buzzing about you. Uncle Lucius is a four piece roots-rock outfit currently touring the country playing more than 150 gigs a year. The sound of Uncle Lucius has a bit of a 70′s southern rock feel with a touch of the Black Crowes. Uncle Lucius on Facebook [...]
Martin Bisi has been, in his words, a "performer, producer, Cultural Antagonist" since the early 80's when he was at the fore of the downtown NYC avant-rock scene. He is known for recording important records by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Material, Bill Laswell, Helmet, Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, White Zombie, Boredoms, Angels of Light and Herbie Hancock's Grammy-winning song Rockit. In 1979, Martin Bisi started BC Studio with Bill Laswell and Brian Eno in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, where he recorded many of the No Wave, punk bands, and hip-hop of the early 1980s including Lydia Lunch, [...]
Formed in Brooklyn, NY in 2006 by Alabama born singer/songwriter siblings Lauren and Pascal Balthrop and 9 of their musically-inclined neighbors, Balthrop, Alabama are practically an indie folk orchestra. http://www.balthropalabama.com Explode from Pascal Balthrop on Vimeo . SAMPLE BALTHROP, ALABAMA MP3's BUY MUSIC HERE AND HELP SUPPORT SOUNDHYPE! [...]
Whiskey Holler is a four-piece roots-rock band based out of Pittsburgh. They describe their sound as "folkabilly." The Whiskey Holler - "Someone Told Me" from Bryan Heller on Vimeo . Caitlin Magarity is also from Pittsburgh, PA. Music struck interest at a very early age when her parents purchased a piano for the household. From elementary school until high school, she played violin in the orchestra in the North Penn School District (Lansdale, PA). Shortly after, she picked up guitar, learned the basics, and continues to [...]
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 [...]
Sidi Touré, with Tom Moran & Rich Ermlick / Thunderbird Café / 09.10.2011 / 9:00 / $12-$15 Words by Brendan I had never heard of Sidi Touré until a couple of weeks ago when I got an email about this show from a PR agent. I get a lot of those emails, and I can't read them all too carefully, but the following sentence describing the recording style for Sidi 's latest album caught my attention: "On the first day they would meet, play and [...]
Words by Brendan So, I posted a similar version of this article over on my personal blog last week, but I found myself with more things to say, some shows already happened, some popped up on my radar, etc. Also, the readership over here is much larger, to say the least. And hey, I JUST LIKE WRITING, OKAY? The bottom line is that it just seems like every Pittsburgh band got together and said, "Hey, let's release some stuff in September and bombard everyone with local indie rock goodness, mmmkay?" Here's a [...]
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 [...]
[The New Classics is a reoccurring segment in which we examine our favorite indie releases that are bound to replace our parent's "classic rock" stash hidden in the attic or the basement. These aren't reviews, these are uneditied testimonies and opinions about why we love what we love. Can we get a witness?] Artist: Constantines Album: Tournament of Hearts Released: 2005 Label: Three Gut/Sub Pop [...]
Do not be confused, do not be deceived, do not be misled: Arts Fest really starts on Thursday night when the Iguanas take the stage at Thunderbird . Naysayers (and TRAF PR flacs) would have you believe that the first main stage show features headliners The Black Keys on Friday. But the Chicano rock group, Iguanas are an act worthy of "Dollar Bank"-main-stage-like-love. They first came to my consciousness on WYEP's 3-disc compilation, [...]
"Guitars erupt over vintage synths as Good Night, States fuses familial indie quirks with steady rock and roll sensibility. Four part harmony, homemade guitar pedal white noise, and warbly vintage synths augment stand-alone songwriting to craft a memorable, melodic live show." We'd seen this unattributed quote in a few places on the old internet and, though we've given them a few recent shout-outs on the blog and we both dig their studio releases, neither of us had seen Good Night, States live. Turns out the description above is pretty apt, as we learned for [...]
When I was a young boy in the Indian Guides, my father and I wore rawhide vests and sewed patches on them and raced little wooden cars, which I assume did not exist back on the frontier, and we were called Lightning Bolt and Thunderbird, though I can't remember who was which. But that has nothing to do with anything really. So anyway, this week I'm not complaining about weekday concerts or Pittsburgh getting passed over, because just down the hill from Brillobox is another of the city's best small venues, the Thunderbird Café , and as [...]
When I was a young boy in the Indian Guides, my father and I wore rawhide vests and sewed patches on them and raced little wooden cars, which I assume did not exist back on the frontier, and we were called Lightning Bolt and Thunderbird, though I can't remember who was which. But that has nothing to do with anything really. So anyway, this week I'm not complaining about weekday concerts or Pittsburgh getting passed over, because just down the hill from Brillobox is another of the city's best small venues, the Thunderbird Café , and as [...]
Soundhype
Draw Us Lines
Songs in the Key of Touche
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
CHROMATICS "INTO THE BLACK"
Crystalfilm
Childish Gambino - Heartbeat
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
A-Trak - "Round of Applause" / "Where My Money At" (MP3 Download)
Diplo - "Climax" (MP3 Stream)
Out This Week 2/14
Skrillex Uses Satanic and Homosexual Influence to Win Grammys
Jackback Feat. David Guetta & Nicky Romero – Wild One Two
