Jennifer O’Connor + Tim Foljahn + The Working Poor Thunderbird Café / 9:00 / $8-$10 Words by Brendan Mention the phrase “singer/songwriter”, and you’ll likely evoke images of a down-on-one’s-luck traveler, slingin’ a gee-tar as they hop from bar to bar, singing heartfelt tunes. Jennifer O’Connor doesn’t really fit this image. She’s more of a [...]

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Cloud Nothings + A Classic Education + Pet Clinic Brillobox / 04.03.2012 / Doors 9:00 / $8 Words by Brendan What started out as a way for Clevelander Dylan Baldi to have fun and noodle around in his parents’ basement has evolved, over the course of three years, into a full-fledged rock band with a [...]

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Words by Vicki 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 [...]

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Cursive + Cymbals Eat Guitars + Conduits / Mr. Small’s / 03.18.2012 / Doors 7:00 / $16 Words by Brendan There must be something in the water in Omaha. There have been so many great bands from that Nebraska city, and there are plenty more on the up-and-up. Case in point: shoegaze gloom-pop band Conduits. [...]

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River City Extension / The Club at Stage AE / 03.23.2012 / Doors 7:00 / $12 Words by Brendan Listening to the epic, swelling folk rock tunes of River City Extension is an experience in itself, but seeing this 8-person band sprawled across the Club stage at Stage AE … well, that’ll be something else! [...]

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Fanfarlo + Gardens & Villa / Mr. Smalls Theatre / 3.25.2012 / Doors 7:00 / $15 Words by Jim I don’t have any idea where or when I first heard Fanfarlo. It had to have been shortly after their debut album Reservoir came out because the band definitely had a buzz about them. The songs [...]

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No Age + Triggers + The Lopez / U. Pitt Union / 03.12.2012 / Doors 7:00 / $8-$10 Words by Brendan It’s been a year and a half since No Age released the solidly rockin’ Everything In Between, and a year longer since the last time they stopped by Pittsburgh (which was way back at [...]

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Eureka Birds + Horse or Cycle + Bluebird Midwest Brillobox (21+) / 9:30 / $6 Words by Brendan Draw Us Lines Presents … This is the beginning of something beautiful and you can be a part of it. Alright, that’s fairly presumptuous. Here’s the main point: WE LOVE LIVE MUSIC and WE LOVE THESE THREE [...]

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Rachel Platten + Bess Rogers / Club Café 02.28.2012 / Doors 7:00 / $8 Words by Brendan In a modern musical landscape where lovely voices are buffered by a million layers of studio production, auto-tune, and backing tracks, it’s genuinely refreshing to find some singer-songwriters who are just baring their voices and their souls for [...]

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Other Lives / Brillobox / 02.22.2012 / Doors 9:30 / $10 Words by Brendan Other Lives have come a long way from humble beginnings as Kunek in Stillwater, OK. Their cinematic folk rock has caught the ears of many fans and earned them a spot on tour with Bon Iver last year and now a [...]

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