HughShows Weekend Independent Music Guide April 29 - May 1, 2016

There are always shows happening in Pittsburgh over the weekend that are worthy of your attention and may not be widely advertised in our traditional media outlets. Please go out to #SupportPGHMusic!

Friday April 29, 2016

 

 

- Habatat & TrailHeads @ V.O.M.A.

- Beauty Slap, Jarrett Tebbets, Zoob & Memphis Hill // FoundSound Birthday Show

- MusicSPACE presents Future Oak Records Showcase: Ricky Valente + Arlo Aldo

- COOL LIKE DAT(The Redux)

- 28 North at Moondog's

- Paul Luc, Bryan McQuaid, Armadillos, Chet Vincent And The Big Bend

- Raven and the Wren & Friends!

- Halfway to Halloween Rock and Roll Show!

- PBR Presents : Live Band Karaoke 

- The Red Western, Slugss, Mystic Seers

- PURPLESAURUS REX
- Clean Air 4/29: Babyteeth / Connor Hill / Mike Masai / Clay Colonna

  
Saturday April 30, 2016

 

- The Pittsburgh Record Convention XLII

- DMF Fundraiser 2016

- DV8 OPEN MIC

- The String Theory @ Seven Springs Brewski Festival

- A Stellar Night of Music!

- An Evening with Sean Rowe and His Band

- Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton, with Locks & Dams

- Rhythm & Groove: Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival Fundraiser

- FFR "Gig Replacement" Series: Vol. I

- Family For Julz

- Showcase at the Funhouse with The Way of Life!

- Faster Pussycat LIVE w/ Dirty Charms, SuperMonkey, Brett Staggs, Electric Diablo 

- Katie Hate Band Kick Off Summer tour At the HULA

- Dead River / Murder For Girls / Bill Jasper Acoustics

- Killer of Sheep, Thundervest, Tommy Gutless, Remainders!
- Right TurnClyde at the Beerhead Bar

 

Sunday May 1, 2016

- 2016 Marathon After Party

- The Block Party #1 - Spring Hill

- Worship This / Turnspit / Swiss Army at The Mr. Roboto Project

- Dumplings / Red Francis / Different Places in SPACE / The Dark Lines

- Loyal Order: Rex Manning Day Edition

Deutschtown Music Festival Friday July 8th Full Lineup

 

Here is the Friday night portion of the 2016 Deutschtown Music Festival.

Pleased note that Park Stage and James St. Restaurant are all ages. James St. Ballroom, Scratch and The Recovery Room are 21+.

Park Stage (Allegheny Commons) ALL-AGES

4 PM - Rox Academy
5 PM - The Annajames Band
6 PM - Chase the Monkey
7 PM - The Great Great Ants
8 PM - Pet Clinic

James Street Acoustic Restaurant - 422 Foreland Street ALL-AGES

7 PM - The Chiodi Trio
8 PM - Dennis Malley

8:30 PM - Douglas Lowell Blevins

9 PM - Vit DeBacco

9:30PM - Samantha Sears

10 PM - Seth Pfannenschmidt

James St. Speakeasy 21+

9 PM - PL>Y
 

James St. Ballroom - Upstairs 21+6 PM - Melinda

7 PM - Avi Diamond

8 PM - MVT

9 PM - The Telephone Line

10 PM - Diego
11 PM - Gypsy & His Band of Ghosts

Scratch Food & Beverage - 1720 Lowrie Street ALL-AGES

6 PM - Cranberry Sanders

7 PM - The Rents

8 PM - Ben Valasek & The Growlers

9 PM - Slim Forsythe Band
10 PM - Sun Hound

11 PM - The Dovewires

The Recovery  Room (Huszar) - 627 E North Avenue ALL-AGES

6 PM - Super Fun Time Awesome Party Band
7 PM - Swiss Army

8 PM - Young Fox

9 PM - Blue Clutch

10 PM - Charlie Hustle & The Grifters
11 PM - Patton

The Park House - 403 East Ohio St. 21+

9:30 PM - Nameless in August

Pittsburgh Marathon 2016 Band List

The Pittsburgh Marathon takes place this Sunday morning, May 1st and along with all those people running, there are a ton of bands performing all along the entire course.

For the full list, check it out here.

The Block Party #1

This Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 4-7pm, head on over to Spring Hill (2000 Rutledge St.) on the Northside for the debut of The Block Party featuring live music from Delicious Pastries, Brewer's Row and The Get Down Gang. It's all ages, all free and sure to be a banger!

The Block Party, a project of One Northside Pgh in partnership with The Buhl Foundation, is excited to announce it’s first of five events in 2016 taking place in Spring Hill on Saturday May 1st. The Block Party is series of mini arts festivals that will call attention to and celebrate the valuable resources and local identities of Northside neighborhoods of Pittsburgh.

Located north of Downtown and neighboring Spring Garden and Troy Hill, Spring Hill is a picturesque neighborhood named for its hilly topography and natural underground springs. This “bedroom community nestled on the hilltop” sprang from German ethnic roots many decades ago and today houses neighbors of diverse races, economics, and social status that gives the community a melting-pot flavor.

This event is taking place in the new Asylgärten Park, a large lot owned for many years by the Spring Hill Civic League that is currently undergoing a renovation as a welcoming community space.

This free festival will feature:

• A mobile stage from Flyspace Productions featuring the local bands delicious pastries, Brewer's Row and The Get Down Gang - all bands with at least one resident of Spring Hill!

• Food trucks will be onsite.

• Stories about the neighborhood are being collected onsite by The Saturday Light Brigade.

• Hands-on activities with Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse and Little House Big Art.

• Public art with AIR: Artists Image Resource

• Refreshments featuring the local, in-progress brewery, Spring Hill Brewing.

• Activities with Mattress Factory - Museum of Contemporary Art.

• Historical photos courtesy of Allegheny City Historic Gallery.

Brought to you by your friends at New Hazlett Theater, Deutschtown Music Festival and The Sprout Fund

Deutschtown Music Festival 2016 Fundraiser

On Saturday, April 30 from 6-9:30pm head on over to Wigle Whiskey Barrelhouse for a fundraiser hosted and MC-ed by yours truly featuring a sweet local music lineup to help offset the costs of putting on the Deutschtown Music Festival this year. Donations will be accepted on site and at this link. This is a 21+ event.

 From the organizers:

Wigle Whiskey has offered us an opportunity to host a fundraiser at their awesome Barrelhouse on Spring Garden Ave. We will have live performances from Chet Vincent & The Big Bend, Devin Moses & The Saved, and Wreck Loose. La Palapa, Mexican Gourmet Kitchen will be serving up some great food. Admission is free, but we are asking for donations. All proceeds go to help pay this year's bands. Last year we were able to pay around $100 to each of our 130 bands, this year's list is already up to 178, which means we are already about $5000 behind. Please come help us out and enjoy a very fun evening.

Please go out and help #SupportPGHMusic

HughShows Weekend Independent Music Guide April 22 - 24, 2016

There are always shows happening in Pittsburgh over the weekend that are worthy of your attention and may not be widely advertised in our traditional media outlets. Please go out to #SupportPGHMusic!

Friday April 22, 2016

 

- Earth Day Rising!

- Jeremy Caywood Earth Day CD Release Show

- Open Book: Brooke Annibale
- I'm Against It: A Tribute to the Ramones

- Melinda Colaizzi

- Tough Old Bird w/Grant Street Grifters & Union Rye at Howlers, Pittsburgh

- Late Show at The Funhouse with Lone Wolf Club and Different Places in SPACE!

Saturday, April 23, 2016

- Bowling For Bernie - An All Ages Bowling and Live Music Fundraiser

- The Show at The Rex

- Spooky Action Space Captain at Roboto!

- Fanfare Ciocarlia "Kings of the Balkan Brass"

- Project Progress II: The Clarks for Fetterman

- Chris Vipond and the Stanley Street Band Album Release w/ Wreck Loose & The Keep it Downs

- Bottle Rat / Crisis In America / The Danzas - Saturday Night Live Rock and Roll!

- Moondogs Presents Bill Toms and Hard Rain

- Brahctopus Live at East Vandergrift Polish Club

- ATS CD Release Revival Show ft The Working Poor and Weird Paul Band

- Evening with theCAUSE at Sq Hill Sports Bar

- The H-Bones to the rescue!

- 'Live like a suicide' Misaligned Mind @ Hollywood Lanes

Sunday, April 24, 2016

- Fair Play: What if the Music stopped?

- Try The Pie, Great Hart, Swampwalk and Dinosoul at Black Forge Coffee

- Pink Painful/The Park Plan/Rake

 

Layer Cake Festival 2016 Round Three Band Announcement

 

I am thrilled to reveal the next round of bands added to the already bangin' lineup for the 2016 Layer Cake Festival. Taking place across multiple venues in Pittsburgh on Friday and Saturday, June 3 & 4, 2016, the festival, which like it's previous inaugural version last October, features musical performances along with visual artists producing on-site and is once again being set up by Ziggy Sawdust Productions.

Here's the venue locations and times:

Friday, June 3

James St. Gastropub and Speakeasy (422 Foreland St. - Northside): 5pm-1am

Spirit (242 51st St. - Lawrenceville): 5pm-1am

Saturday, June 4
James St. Gastropub and Speakeasy: 1pm-1am
Spirit: 1pm-1am
Cattivo (146 44th St. - Lawrenceville) 1pm-1am
Mr. Smalls (400 Lincoln Ave. - Millvale) 5pm-1am

All bands are excited to be a part of this festival, which reenforces tha amazing and growing diverse music and arts scene in Pittsburgh.

Matt Bean (Drums) from alt-grungsters There You Are, "We have always chose & supported the DIY route for everything we have done. It only makes sense to support the DIY scene and Layer Cake's commitment for shining light on all things great about Pittsburgh's music & art."

Druva Krishna (Guitar/Drums) for the bluegrass folk-pop outfit Dhruva Krishna and The Family Band, "I'm incredibly excited to be performing at the festival. Layer Cake showcases the best local music and is an awesome time all around - I feel honored to be playing this year. You can catch me performing with. I'll see you there!"

Marcin Jaroszewicz (Drums) for indie jangle punksters Mud Guppies, "We are really excited to music-make and body-shake with all of you! Layered Cake Fest is going to be a great time, we are really happy to be a part of it! Catch yinz there!"

Michael Berger (Bass) for space-jam funksters The Clock Reads, "We are very excited to return to Layer Cake. We had a fantastic experience in October and can't wait to do it again in June. We hope to continue our relationship with the Layer Cake (and the Pittsburgh) community, and everyone who is involved in putting events like these together.

Below you will find the two previous band announcements. Tickets for the fun go on sale May 1st. Snag them here.

Art All Night 2016 Music Schedule

Art All Night 2016 takes place this weekend (4/23-24) in Lawrenceville at Arsenal Terminal and the 19th annual edition promises to be bigger and better. Billed as 'no fees, no censorship, no juries' this DIY exhibit is just that. Amongst the visual art, interactive art and family-friendly activities is the musical performances that run continuously from 4 pm Saturday to Noon Sunday.

This is a free event.
Check out the musical schedule below.

Music: “Coffee House” Stage (From 4pm – 11:30pm on Saturday)

We’ll have 15 performers representing Pittsburgh‘s open mics, coffeehouses, clubs, and award-winning singer/songwriters

Time	Performer(s)
Sat 4:00pm	Brent Malin
Sat 4:30pm	Dennis Malley
Sat 5:00pm	Gerard Rohlf
Sat 5:30pm	Meeting House Harmonizers
Sat 6:00pm	Northern Vibe
Sat 6:30pm	Chris Hannigan
Sat 7:00pm	Brad Yoder
Sat 7:30pm	Tracy Drach / Eve Goodman
Sat 8:00pm	Ronni Weiss
Sat 8:30pm	Jessica Saenz
Sat 9:00pm	Emily Jo
Sat 9:30pm	Donna O
Sat 10:00pm	Marty Zundel
Sat 10:30pm	Ben Valasek
Sat 11:00pm	Jack McLaughlin

 

Music: “Folk” Stage (From 4pm Saturday – noon Sunday)

A colorful collection of dance bands and folk music ensembles from the Pittsburgh area

Time	Group
Sat 4:00pm	Balkan Babes
Sat 4:30pm	Steel City Ukulele Club
Sat 5:00pm	Devlish Merry
Sat 5:30pm	Smokestack Lightning
Sat 6:00pm	Dinosoul
Sat 6:30pm	Rachel Whitcomb
Sat 7:00pm	Alex Meleshenko
Sat 7:30pm	Lackawanna Longnecks
Sat 8:00pm	Alba Flamenca
Sat 8:30pm	Amarillis
Sat 9:00pm	Cajun Aces
Sat 9:30pm	Haygood Paisleys
Sat 10:00pm	Slagtones
Sat 10:30pm	Lone Pine Boys
Sat 11:00pm	Art All Night Old-Time Orchestra
Sat 11:30pm	Parade! >11:30pm – Col. Eagleburger’s High Stepping Good Time Band >12:00am – Timbeleza
Sun 1:00am	King Fez
Sun 1:30am	Matt Jordan
Sun 2:00am – 9:00am	-Open-
Sun 9:30am	Lachlan Cobayo
Sun 10:00am	Witch Baby
Sun 10:30am	Pardon my French
Sun 11:00am	Cindy Harris
Sun 11:30am	Squeezhammer & Bow
Sun 12:00pm	-Stage will be used for Art Auction-

 

Music: “Rock” Stage (From 4pm Saturday – 4am Sunday)

Time	Group
Sat 4:00pm	Ephen Ager
Sat 4:30pm	Hungry Ghosts
Sat 5:00pm	Superstar
Sat 5:30pm	Jovh Shin Williams
Sat 6:00pm	The Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh Dance Troupe
Sat 6:30pm	Steel Clover
Sat 7:00pm	Portrait People
Sat 7:30pm	Glo Phase
Sat 8:00pm	Punch Drunk Tagalongs
Sat 8:30pm	1hood
Sat 9:00pm	John Trumaine Show
Sat 9:30pm	NBND
Sat 10:00pm	Sea Rights
Sat 10:30pm	Bridget DeJohn
Sat 11:00pm	unfinished symphonies
Sat 11:30pm	Parade! >11:30pm – Col. Eagleburger’s High Stepping Good Time Band >12:00am – Timbeleza
Sun 1:00am	Journalism
Sun 1:30am	Louie Petrone
Sun 2:00am	Define Irony
Sun 2:30am	Decaffinated Grapefruit
Sun 3:00am	Block & Tackle
Sun 3:30am	DENZELL

Deutschtown Music Festival 2016 Band Lineup

The 4th Annual Deutschtown Music Festival takes place on Friday and Saturday, July 8 & 9, 2016 on the Northside of Pittsburgh across multiple venues and stages.
Daylight events will be family friendly and all of the festival is absolutely free. Among balloon artists, face painters, food trucks, various vendors and a plethora of other activities, the main focus is the live musical performances and with 180+ bands confirmed and even more to come, this will be the biggest year yet for this amazing community event.

Today I am thrilled to reveal the band lineup for this year. As new stages are procured, I will be adding more information such as specific venue lineups and times so watch this blog in the weeks heading up to the fest.

13 Saints / 28 North / Aaron Jaye / Action Camp / Agnes Wired For Sound

André Costello and the Cool Minors / Andy Van Lewis / Angel Blue & The Prophets

Angela Cash / As Ladders / ATLAS / Avi Diamond / Bad Custer / Balloon Ride Fantasy

Bastard Bearded Irishmen / Bat Zuppel / Ben Valasek and The Growlers / Big Gypsy

Bill Jasper Acoustics / Bindley Hardware Co. / BlitheHound / Blue Clutch / BOBBY V

Brash Teeth / Brett Staggs / Brewer's Row / Brooke Annibale / Bryan McQuaid / Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo

Byron Nash & Plan B / Charlie Hustle and The Grifters / Charm & Chain / Chase the Monkey

Chillent / Chris Owl / Chris Vipond & the Stanley Street Band / Chrome Moses / Circles & Squares

Corey James / Cranberry Sanders / Dan Bubien / Dan Getkin / David Dickinson

Decaffeinated Grapefruit / Delicious Pastries / Dennis Malley / Denzell / Devin Moses & The Saved

Dhruva Krishna and The Family Band / Diego / Different Places in SPACE / Dirty Charms

Douglas Lowell Blevins / Egomyth / Elkhound / Emerson Jay

Essential Machine / Father Flamethrower / Ferdinand the Bull / FLOT BOI

For Dizzier Heights / Fourth River Revival / Funky Miracle / Gabriel Colombo

Gene The Werewolf / Good Ship Gibraltar / Grand Piano / Grupo Pau Brazil / Gypsy & His Band of Ghosts

Heather Kropf / Hedonism Bots / Hepcat Dilemma / Highway 4 / Ishtar Vintage Bellydance Band

J. Trafford / Jason Wagner / Jeremy Caywood / Jesse Prentiss / Jimbo and the Spoubones

KatieHate / Lee Robinson and Iska / LoFi Delphi / Machete Kisumontao / Meeting of Important People

Melinda Colaizzi / Memphis Hill / Metacara / Mickey & the Snake Oil Boys / Mike Cali

Misaligned Mind / Morgan Erina / Murder For Girls / Music From Another Room

MVT / Naked Spirit / Nameless in August / Native Alloys / Nick M. / Nightly Standard

Old Soles and Seedy Players / Orange Mammoth / Paddy the Wanderer / Patton

Paul Tabachneck / PL>Y / Pro Wrestler / Rat Tits / Ray Lanich Band / Rebekah Todd and The Odyssey

Red Room Effect / Samantha Sears / Scott and Rosanna / Sea Rights

Seth Pfannenschmidt / Shannon and the Merger / Slim Forsythe / Solarburn

Some Kind of Animal / Spacefish / St. Dude / Strange Monsters / Street Pigeons
SuiSideburns / Sun Hound / Super Fun Time Awesome Party Band / SuperMonkey / Swampwalk

Swiss Army / TeraChain Sky / The Annajames Band / The Black Six

The Bloody Sea Men / The Buckle Downs / The Chad Sipes Stereo / The Chiodi Trio

The Clock Reads / The Commonheart / The Danzas / The Dark Lines

The Delaneys / The Dovewires / The Fed / The Filthy Lowdown / The Freshes

The Full Counts / The Garment District / The Hawkeyes / The Hi-Frequencies / The Hipsters

The Lo-Fi Project / The Love Letters / The Me Toos / The Mike Medved Band

The Mutiny / The Nox Boys / The Red Western / The Redlines / The Rents

The Semi-Supervillains / The Shiners / THE SHOW / The Telephone Line / The Turbosonics

The Weird Paul Rock Band / The Wire Riots / Them Labs / There You Are

Thirty Years Later / Those Gorgeous Bastards / Three-River Revival / Transcontinental Boozehounds

Turnpike Gardens / Ugly Blondes / Victory At The Crossroads / Vit DeBacco

Vox Imago / Walker and the Rebellion / we speak in colors / Whiskey River Panhandlers

William Forrest / William Parham / Willis Tree / Wolves in Sheep's Clothing / Working Breed

Wreck Loose / Ye Olde Royal Shithouse Players / Young Fox

...and more to be announced.

First/Last - Driftwood

"Carving out a name for themselves with electrifying live performances, they bring one of the most unique, raw sounds to the Americana/roots music scene. Incorporating upright bass, banjo, acoustic guitar and violin, the ghost of traditional American folk music lives in their palette. But the melodies, the harmonies and the lyrics are something else entirely. Drawing on aspects of everything from 0ld-time recordings to 1960’s R&B, the music is crafted to serve the songs. With fast-growing audiences singing along at live shows, it’s easy to tell the primary focus is on song."

Driftwood is an Americana folk rock band from Binghamton, NY who are touring behind their latest effort, Live at Grassroots 2014. They return to Pittsburgh this Saturday (4/16) with River Whyless at the New Hazlett Theater on the Northside. This will be a fantastic show in an equally fantastic venue. I want to thank Dan Forsyth (Guitar/Vocals) for taking the time to participate in this edition of First/Last.

The first album you ever bought?
Bob Marley Soul Rebel.

Your last album bought?
Laura Marling A Creature I Don't Know.

Favorite album of all time?
Impossible. Music is a living thing, constantly moving us in different ways in different periods of our lives. One album I like to come back to now and again - Van Morrison's Moondance.

Least favorite/most disappointing album?
I really don't like anything Sugar Ray has ever put out.

First concert attended?
Garth Brooks.

Last concert?
The Felice Brothers/Drive By Truckers.

Favorite concert ever?
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

Least favorite concert?
Drive By Truckers.

Any thoughts, experiences about Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh is one of those places that we never had a bum show. (This is kind of unusual considering the nature of the tour circuit) No memories of money lost, bad sound, bad bars or mean people. Every experience has been great. We love Pittsburgh!

Thanks, Dan. Pittsburgh loves you back, man. Should be a wonderful night on Saturday.