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‘I Know Every Street’ Meeting Of Important People Donora CD Release Party Friday December 18, 2008 Rex Theater Southside I haven’t seen a group in a long time that had me floored as these guys did the other night. I had seen Josh play in Lohio for a couple years now, and knew he fronted […]
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Buckhead Saloon Southside Very odd show. Knowing that Bobby hates the ‘burgh because he can’t draw a doodle let alone a crowd here, I was stunned when Bloodshot Records (THE only place to confirm the show on the entire Internet!) listed a show at the Buckhead Saloon? What/where the hell is the Buckhead? Turns out it’s…
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One of my all-time favorite bands is still the now defunct One Star Hotel. Steve and his crew soldier on and promise to play a OSH tune for me next time they roll through town…
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A stunning surprise to end an incredible concert. I feel lucky just to have been there Besides putting on a killer set of music, Dev was endearing, funny and super nice…
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Oakland Probably my most enjoyable concert of the year. Besides being free, the boys came out of the gate rockin’ and never stopped. I thought I wouldn’t like the relocation of the fest to Oakland from the Northside but it was perfect…
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I had no idea what to expect from these college kids on a beautiful Saturday summer morning. They opened the second day of the fest and blew me away. Love, love, LOVE this band…
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Kathleen Edwards-Asking For Flowers Donora-Donora Jenny Lewis-Acid Tongue Matt Mays & El Torpedo-Terminal Romance Old 97’s-Blame It On Gravity Lohio-History, The Destroyer Okkervil River-The Stand-Ins Radar Bros.-Auditorium The Hold Steady-Stay Positive Shannon McArdle-Summer Of The Whore Centro-Matic/South San Gabriel-Dual Hawks Earlimart-Hymn And Her Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Mudcrutch-Mudcrutch Elliott Brood-Mountain Meadows […]
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Silver & Gold Greg Dutton WYEP Holiday Hootenanny Thursday December 18, 2008 WYEP-FM Studios Southside My absolute favorite local songwriter!
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This was a fantastic and hopefully first annual performance from some of the most talented musicians in our city. Several local bands were represented by their lead vocalists but a ton of credit goes to the backing house band for the night…
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Br’er Fox Donora CD Release Party Rex Theater Friday December 19, 2008 Southside
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Br’er Fox WYEP Holiday Hootenanny WYEP Studios Thursday December 18, 2008 Southside
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Southside It’s totally unfair to compare the brothers Bubenheim to any other band. They swap instruments and yeah, you think The White Stripes and The Black Keys (drums and guitar only will do that) but these guys tunes are in a slightly different vein …
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Many, many concert announcements popping up for the new year and I expect lots more to come. These are all recommended by me (not that I will be able to hit all of them)…
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The Rex Theater Southside This will be my last show of the year and I am guessing one of the best I will have seen within the last twelve months…
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Northside New Pornos leader strikes out on his own and without his ‘supergroup’, books a room with about a thousand seats less than The Carnegie Music Hall when he last played town. I’ll still go…
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Munhall, PA Knowing full well that the venue might enforce a strict stay in your seat policy (which they did), I opted to snag an aisle seat as opposed to one closer inside the row. If there was a plea from the bands to ignore such an idiotic rule and there was…
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Munhall, PA It secretly astounds me how popular Drive By Truckers have become. Since I first saw them play to a moderately sized crowd @ Club Cafe at the start of the decade, they have gradually expanded their fanbase year after year. They play good ole boy southern rock that,..
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