The Harvest Colour is a new acoustic progressive rock band from Pittsburgh who’s debut album Chrysalis is available at the exact moment this post goes live! Their video of “Spring To Come” was released two days ago and already has 5+K views! Can you say ‘band…

“I was just feeling like putting out more music more often so I figured going solo on the side was the best way to do it.”…

“Old Soles and Seedy Players is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and producer Dan Sty. With influences ranging from Steely Dan and Harry Nilsson to Foxygen and The Beach Boys, OSSP spans multiple genres to create a fresh and unique sound.”…

“Odd Hours is heavily influenced by 80’s post-punk and 90’s industrial music – they mix sexy to aggressive vocals with raunchy guitar and spacey ukulele.”…

“Eric Vermillion, formerly of 90’s bands Gumball and the Steel Miners (and, in the 80’s, the Stump Wizards), has resurfaced with a new band… The Full Counts.”…

Pierogi Pizza is the moniker for Pittsburgh songwriter and ukulele artist Jody Perigo who recently released her debut album entitled Smoke. Formerly of Great Great Ants and Moldies and Monsters, Jody turns it down a notch with her take on ‘old-timey jazz folk’ on this record. I want to thank Jody for taking the time to participate in this edition of First/Last…

“Steve’s been known to trade CDs for a floor to crash on or even just a few kind words. He likes whiskey after
his set, too—just saying. Stephen Lee performs “featured sets” of original music, and traditional four hour sets, including bar room and outlaw country standards by The Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, Credence Clearwater Rival, George Jones, Neil Young, and many hits from the American Song Book.”…

“We have been playing for lots of years in various projects. This is the first time in a lot of years I’m in a band actually playing my songs. It’s really exciting. I started playing music in high school and it has stayed at a constant in my life when everything else around me is crumbled. In 2004 when I got out of the Marine Corps I started using opiates. It pretty much ruined my life. In 2009 I had a son and I started taking my life back. I now have 6 years clean. During those 6 years I didn’t really talk to anybody I just kind of stayed at home to give myself distance from the world and drugs and I started writing songs again. I have about a hundred and forty right now and those of the songs that will be playing as The Long Nights.”…

Josh Herbert is an up and coming singer-songwriter from Pittsburgh who’s latest release is his self-titled debut full length. You can catch him next performing at Jergel’s on Wednesday (12/2) as I thank him for taking the time to participate in this edition of First/Last…

This is easily going to be the holiday party of the year, folks! Your favorite Pittsburgh bands covering your other favorite Pittsburgh bands. We really want you to be there. So, in the spirit of the season, I am giving away a pair of tickets to the show for this week only. From now until Friday, December 4th when I will randomly draw a name from the entries good for two passes to the show, all you have to do to enter is follow me on twitter if you don’t already and tweet the above image with …

“Plenty of great music has been the byproduct of a singular vision; that “man-alone” in the studio producing genius works; Brian Wilson, Curt Boettcher, Pete Townshend have all chained themselves to the mixing console (metaphorically speaking) for the sake of music as something “more”. Tuscon, AZ’s Matt Rendon know plenty about being the “man-alone” in the studio. Ever since he debuted The Resonars in the early Nineties – a project that started out as a band, dissolved & then just became the fictional “band” identity for Rendon alone – he’s produced six albums of Sixties mod-inflected power pop all by himself in his home studio. The Butterscotch Cathedral is the latest album from Rendon & his first project outside of The Resonars since 2004.”…

“The band’s raw emotion and power spans ballads to heavy, modern rock. Blues and classic rock influence everything with a modern, indie, garage-band style.”…

“The band got their start when, lead singer, Zach Rock met banjoist, Jason Buzon at a Brookline, Pa coffee shop. The two made plans to meet later that week and they began writing music from the first session they had and have continued to do so since April of 2011. Later on in October of 2011, Patrick McGinley joined the duo that was playing out as Nameless in August. Patrick heard the two as they were hosting an open mic night at a South Side bar in Pittsburgh called The Blind Pig. A bar in which Patrick lived above. A friend that was with Patrick that night persuaded him walk up the stairs from the bar and grab his instrument and jam with the two just for the night, just for fun. But he is yet to leave.”…

“Fall will soon be upon us, and everywhere are the signs of impending death, but Stutter Steps is a beacon of warmth and light. It radiates youthful energy and hard-earned wisdom. It’s bookended by two different versions of the same song, just like Yo La Tengo used to do. It’s stunning and wonderful and broken and bliss. Just like you. Just like me. Just like all of us.”…

“When one looks at all the pieces that shape The Redlines it comes down to one thing: Rock & Roll. Hailing from just north of Pittsburgh, PA, the 4-piece band has taken personal influences and past experience to create a sound they call, American Rock & Roll, a unique blend that touches on classic rock, garage rock, alt-country, Americana, and blues. No strangers to the stage or studio, the band create songs with a classic feel but delivered with a fury.”…