Music/Culture
Pittsburgh independent music coverage
Hot wax, on its way. Construction has started on a new record manufacturing plant, Hellbender Vinyl, at 5760 Butler Street in Lawrenceville. Scheduled to open next spring, the facility comes at a time when musicians face year-long waits for
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What is music, anyway? It’s the type of question a man with a Ph.D in jazz is prone to ponder. “People say music is a universal language – and that's true,” says Ben Barson, founding member of the Afro Yaqui Music Collective. “But in a way
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Words and Video: Eric Stevens/Michi Tapes. Blinder, with brooding slack and style, set brains buzzing as the feedback still settled on their second ever show last month, kicking it off for Big Baby, Silver Car Crash, and The Sewerheads
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The Sewerheads have played maybe six or seven shows, and they have about that many songs to their name.No matter: their Friday, May 22 headlining set at the Thunderbird was proof that The Sewerheads, made up of members from some of
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Pittonkatonk, Pittsburgh's original May Day Brass Band DIY community potluck extravaganza returns to Schenley Park's Vietnam Veterans Pavilion this Saturday, May 14, with 10 straight hours of no-cost, contribute-what-you-can musical perform
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Local billionaire Thomas Tull is throwing himself a festival to celebrate his new record label and inspire a community around local music in Pittsburgh. It’s too bad he didn't know 300 local bands already had plans that night. Tull, who
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All, or at least a lot, of the best Pittsburgh concerts and comedy for May 2022
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