AltWeeklies Wire
Heavy Balancenew
BLACK YOGA founders release a dual CD/DVD to help you experience the darker side of Yoga in your own home.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Margaret Welsh |
10-28-2015 |
Music
Dick Dale Plays Through the Painnew
At 78 and in poor health Dick Dale is literally touring for his life.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
07-30-2015 |
Music
Tags: Dick Dale
Pokey LaFarge Makes Something New From a Traditional Soundnew
Pokey LaFarge puts his mix of old-time country swing, ragtime and blues on display in a new album and world tour.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
05-28-2015 |
Music
Old Schoolnew
Dale Watson wants to teach you a lesson about real country music.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
01-15-2015 |
Music
Building A Followingnew
Musicians like Jonathan Coulton build a grassroots following through Twitter follows.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jonathan Coulton
How to Become Google's No. 1 Female Rappernew
Plenty of Pittsburgh-based musicians are skilled with Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other standard online promotion tools. But Kellee Maize operates on a different level. Just Google "female rapper," and behold her spot at No. 1.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-24-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Google, Kellee Maize
Black Tape For A Blue Girl Unspools, Then Winds Up As 10 Neuroticsnew
On the latest release from Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Sam Rosenthal uses narrative sketches and characters to explore salacious subject matter: S&M; furries; adulterers; exhibitionists; humiliation play; and anonymous sex.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Parker |
01-18-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Traces Hip Hop's Storynew
Paradise Gray has worn many hats since his early days as a gang member in the South Bronx: photographer; performer; collector; promoter; techie; and now, curator. Selections from his memorabilia are now at the August Wilson Center, exhibited as Hip Hop History: Highlights of the Paradise Collection.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-18-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dean & Britta Revisit the Music of Galaxie 500new
Galaxie 500 played stark songs, where the simplest chords could cast a hypnotic spell and many songs ended with long, psychedelic guitar solos.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Mike Shanley |
01-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dean & Britta
Hip-hop legends Wu-Tang Clan Celebrate New Year's Eve in Pittsburghnew
Wu-Tang Clan's current Rebirth tour features Method Man, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God and Masta Killa.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
12-30-2010 |
Music
Idiosyncratic Fred Eaglesmith Outgrows Americana Rootsnew
Singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith started moving on once Americana began attracting young guys who had goatees and flannel before they "discovered" cowboy boots.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Parker |
12-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fred Eaglesmith
A Conversation with The Low Anthem's Ben Knox Millernew
Miller is getting antsy. It seems he wants nothing more than to get back into the band's studio -- back to the collection of oddball instruments so gorgeously layered on Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, including zither, oil drum, and Tibetan singing bowls.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
08-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Black Moth Super Rainbow Prepares New Releasenew
Even as Black Moth Super Rainbow has emerged as a national touring act, a reputation for being press-shy and mysterious has clung to the keyboard-based psychedelic sextet. It's finally time to set the record straight.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Mike Shanley |
04-27-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Forward-Thinking Pittsburgh Band Drugdealer Releases 'Tits' EPnew
Drugdealer's Tits EP is a tiny masterpiece of art-damaged skree, reminiscent of Hella, Naked City and Ruins and inundated with odd time signatures and lots of twists and turns.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
03-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Butch Walker Rises From the Ashesnew
Butch Walker's music has grown more nuanced, and he's also grown quite successful as a pop producer -- think Katy Perry, Avril, Pink, The Academy Is and so on.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
03-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
