Words by Jim My inbox gets annihilated by emails on a daily basis. I almost feel bad for it. PR people from around the globe send us the most random stuff. Seriously, I’m not saying that we are super important and we have PR agents banging our door down, because that’s definitely not the case. [...]

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Words by Jim Oh man. I really hope that the name of this post hasn’t confused you. Yes. You read that correctly. The name of this band is The White Album. And get this, the name of their release is called The Album and it’s more the length of an EP. Wait, what? Yes. Well, [...]

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Hung On You from New Shouts on Vimeo. We are super psyched to premiere this new music video from Pittsburgh’s best retro soul-rockers, New Shouts! Their fantastic debut EP, Sing New Shouts, was one of our local faves of last year, and we’ve caught some stripped-down versions of their tunes on tape for their Echo [...]

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Photo by Emily Shur Words by Vicki Something that’s always thrilled me about music is its ability to transcend words, and yet still convey the meaning they hold. Sure, I may never know what Jonsi of Sigur Rós is saying, but that’s not stopping him and his band from making powerful, moving music. The same [...]

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Bind Pilot & The Barr Brothers / Mr. Smalls / 2.10.2012 / Doors 7:00 / $13.50 Words by Jim It’s always fun to catch a band around town and see them return a few years later, a few years older, and a few fans stronger. Case in point: Blind Pilot. I caught them back in [...]

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Words by Brendan I sat down with Josh Verbanets, guitarist/singer/songwriter from Meeting of Important People, at Kiva Han the other day to shoot the shit and chat about the band’s plans for a new album and their corresponding Kickstarter campaign. I am a huge MOIP fan, like a lot of folks I know around town, [...]

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Song: Catalpa Artist: Young Brokaw I’m a sucker for songs with spelling lessons.”C-A-T-A-L-P-A” shouted over eighth note guitar strums is music to my ears. Young Brokaw transport me back to mid ’90s awesomeness with this careening indie pop rock gem about a certain genus of flowering plants (or an album by Jolie Holland or a [...]

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Words by Will I lie to myself. I like to convince that I am worldly and cultured. Sadly, I know the opposite to be true. But worldly music leanings are a strong first step in my culturing process. Maybe, one day I will be able to escape my own preconceived bullshit. Maybe, just maybe, hopefully, [...]

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5 Songs is a weekly series where we point out the strange, the grand, and the unique connections between our favorite songs. Let’s get weird. Words by Chris I commit to “pop” because it’s more fun to say than “soda”. Look, soda is flavorless ephemera that has to be mixed with gin to work as [...]

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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 [...]

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