I couldn’t think of a more appropriate way to close the year than seeing these guys play. They put out my favorite music in the last twelve and I can’t remember how many times I actually got to see them play. My year (even decade!) was…

For no real rhyme or reason, I dig these photos. More of my favs of the year here…

Talk about a perfect night. A lovely dinner with my beautiful wife, two sets of incredible music from my favorite bands (‘List Show’ AND ‘Neighborhood Roofs’!!!), and giggling with my children as we welcome 2010. Thank you Pittsburgh! I am one very appreciative and lucky guy…

For whatever reason or another, these are some of my favorite pictures featuring local musicians from this year…

Talk about fun. Imagine last year’s edition only on steroids and you’ll get a idea of this night. Bigger room, better sets, more songs. They really pulled it off…

I LOVE this band. They opened for A.C. Newman (whose set I had to duck out early for to hit MOIP’s CD release show). Two top shows of the year in one night!…

I really like both of Jenny’s solo releases. She was fun, energetic and sounded great live. An added bonus was that my photo pass wasn’t regulated to just the first three songs as is the usual. I was able to snap all night…

Mariage Blanc’s Josh invited me to his party. Turns out my favorite local bands were playing. Totally cool, even though I had to duck out early and regrettably missed most of the bill…

This was the final evening of practice for the musicians before the show the next night (which was fantastic BTW-more on that soon). It was so interesting as a music fan to see how they got it together and worked out arrangements for the performance. I consider myself so lucky to be able to…

This show was fantastic! I had a really good time. More so than that, the music was incredible. Listening to the band’s album over the last week or so became more enjoyable with each listen and they translated the songs perfectly live..

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Rehearsals are taking place this week for the 2nd Annual WYEP Holiday Hootenanny at the good doctor’s abode in a teeny tiny room on the third floor. I was there for ninety minutes and the ‘super group’ …

I love seeing bands in unusual places. A restaurant in a strip mall on a weeknight might be one of the strangest yet. Luckily, I had the next day off and could catch most of their set…

As anyone knows me or this blog, I have a MAJOR fanboy thang for Lohio. There was no way I was gonna miss the EP release show. Turns out I almost did due to being late because of a family commitment. I got to the top of the steps and was informed that’s it’s sold out…

The band’s picture isn’t the first thing you see on this blog by accident. This became my favorite album of the year about two minutes into their CD release show in March and has stayed there ever since. Local, national, heck, even international, this was the best thing I heard all year…

Chet is hands down one of the nicest guys I have met, musician or otherwise. I was thrilled that they had a blowout of a crowd for their CD release. In fact, I was kinda surprised…

Ah…it’s that time of year/decade when the musicphiles gather their collective wit and post long ruminations of their favorite sounds that has formed who they are as authorities on all things audio. Like anyone really cares. The only reason I will bother with reading them is that if I find many albums I dig and a couple I never heard of in a list, I will probably track them down…

What a fantastic band. Not only did they bring it on the final night of a two month tour, they played my absolute favorite song of theirs (see heading), they brought the entire criminally small crowd to their feet and they also opened…

I, for one, have never been into cover bands. I don’t mind seeing someone do an occasional cover but as far as bands that focus on one group and play their music all night to me is cheese central. I thought that this show would fall into that category, and believe me,..

I think The Harlan Twins are awesome. They, to me, are THE definition of a yinzer band. Believe me, that’s a great thing. They wear their Pittsburgh pride on their collective sleeve with no remorse at all. I have only seen them play three times but since…

My first time shooting the ‘Black and Gold’ and boy, was it thrilling! Bummer that they lost but it was fun nonetheless. I am seriously hoping I get to cover more games and get better at action shots. Lots more photos here…