HughShows Blog has featured thousands of original live band photos and has conducted over 1000 musician interviews (including Brian Wilson, Mavis Staples, and Bruce Hornsby) since starting. With the original ‘First/Last’ questionnaire, you get a sense of where the musician has come from and where they are going with their artistic expression.
“Two brothers reunite after years of geographical separation by a fortified collaboration in music. Blending the contemplative winters of the northeast with the solitary beauty of southwestern desert, Sam and Zack DuPont are now coconspirators in a …
read more ➜The Wilderness Recording Studio presents HughShows Live @ Eide’s 10.2 Saturday, February 8, 2014 2-5 PM Eide’s Entertainment 3rd Floor Stage 1121 Penn Avenue in the Strip A free monthly family-friendly Pittsburgh concert series featuring: The Chad Sipes Stereo (Rock) 2pm http://www.chadsipes.com/ Western Pennsylvania (Country) 3pm http://western-pennsylvania.com/ The Harlan Twins (Yinzer Pastoral) 4pm https://www.facebook.com/theharlantwins presented […]
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“The Options are a four piece rock band from Pittsburgh. Our songs express a music snapshot from the experiences of four teenagers from the suburbs of Western Pennsylvania.”
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“Brooklyn’s Bugs in the Dark was founded in 2007 by Zach Glass on guitar and vocals, Karen Rockower on guitar and vocals and drummer, Julia Lomax. After 2 years of touring and recording 2 EP’s, Julia Lomax moved to LA. Richie Crescenti joined BITD on…
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“Brian Lisik was born and raised in Akron, Ohio – the dour, post-industrial landscape that gave rise to a varied, yet familiarly gritty, music and artscape including the likes of David Allan Coe, Devo, Rachel Roberts, Chrissie Hynde, the Black Keys, …
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“Cairoglyphs is the electronic brainchild of Kansas City based hip-hop artist/producer Ryan Forest. His debut EP, “The Veil” has just been released on Russian Winter Records. Cairoglyphs features retro-futuristic soundscapes that are underlined by …
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“The Federal Hillbillies are an Americana band hailing from Baltimore, MD. Their unique blend of steel guitar, acoustic and harmonies provides a simple, yet moving and melodic listening experience. Influences from artists such as Ryan Adams, Gram Parsons, …
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A few months ago, I began binge-watching reruns of That Metal Show on Vh1 Classic. Admittedly, I am not a huge heavy metal/hard rock fan (I do dig Van Halen) but what I love about the show is the passion the hosts, Eddie Trunk/Jim Florentine/Don Jamieson, have for this …
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“Butterbirds churn out squawky, demented, friend jams from Pittsburgh, PA.” Check out the band on Facebook, Twitter and BandCamp. The ‘Acid …
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“Making folk a little more western, making western a little more metal everyday. A son of the South meets some kids from West PA and a daughter of Ukraine.”
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read more ➜As I pull back the reigns of attempting to see every band at every venue on every night of the week, I continue to realize that it’s not quantity but quality that counts. 2013 had many great moments for me and next year as I celebrate a decade of doing this, I know I won’t […]
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Kicking off my ten years covering the Pittsburgh music scene in 2014 with a kick-ass ‘pre-party’ at Howler’s Coyote Cafe. Please come out and support local music!…
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“You’ve got that neo-gothic Portishead vibe going on, laced with clear and delicate vocals, but then again, you’re so psychedelic. You’ve been reviewed by the NY Times but still remain totally obscure. You rock really hard but then you shoegaze away. You’re great, that’s all.”…
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“Led by vocalist, drummer and Seattle music fixture Dean Whitmore, Unnatural Helpers have been bludgeoning Northwest listeners over the head with their raw, wheels-off brand of garage punk since they got together while working for Sub Pop. Their only full-length album, Cracked Love & Other Drugs, was released by local label Hardly Art in 2010, and apparently they’ve just finished recording a second album. Best enjoyed while sipping a PBR…or maybe chugging a PBR…or actually, probably, hurling it at the stage.” – Ryan Bort PASTE…
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“Sun Club serve as a brilliant amalgamation of various styles that swirl together into one cohesive and incredibly satisfying result. They carry a certain spontaneity that makes their music inherently enjoyable, you’re never too sure of when they’re going to stick to a catchy rhythm or break into a primal flash of shouts and percussive breakdowns. Combining Afropop rhythms with contemporary pop melodies, Sun Club has crafted an original sound that careens through various soundscapes, creating an eccentric and enjoyable listening experience.” – Grant Golden PASTE…
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“Levek is the multifaceted project bearing the surname of front man, songwriter and musical jack-of-all-trades, David Levesque. The first showing of Levek’s versatility surfaced back in 2009, when a handful of a capella cover songs, embellished with what would become his signature Mickey Mouse tribal sound, became an overnight viral phenomenon. His
deep-rooted infatuation with Disney nostalgia traces back to the childhood he spent overseas, where the only thing he could
get his hands on were vintage VHS tapes from the company’s vault.”…
“The Me Toos are a collaboration of three diverse and talented musicians from Pittsburgh that generate a blues-based sound that can only be admired and not compared. The Me Toos were created in 2008 by guitarist/singer Jesse Baldoni and bassist Ben Vivio. Long time drummer Tom Pashby’s recent departure gives the band the opportunity to introduce to you Aims Villanueva. They are very excited to say the least. The Me Toos’ distinct blend of blues, rockabilly, pop, garage, and rock n’ roll will be sure to keep you on your feet!”…
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“Faux Paw is a band from Lafayette, IN formed in the fall of 2011. Gordon Wantuch and Garrett Ney met while doing the singer/songwriter thing at open mics around town and decided to start a rock n roll band together. They met Tom Lageveen and Stephen Freeman at a show or a party and yada yada yada, slugs and snails, puppy dog tails, Fleetwood Mac, Television, Steely Dan, Wilco…”
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“Sound of light, fleeting darkness, wave of enlightenment. Droning echoes, whirling, driving, pushing, pulling, morphing the atmosphere. Reverberation, saturation, intoxication. Noise bleeds through a cloud of cascading layers until unity is acquired, lost in a sea of sound. Dark and hypnotic, MM’s live performance also carries a lasting effect. The energy shared between the four-piece spills into the crowd as each member’s presence is fiercely intense. Glenn seems possessed, leading the others and the crowd through some sinister labyrinth of distortion.”…
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“Hailing from Lawrence, KS and Kansas City, MO. Sean Bergman and Billy Ning come from the bands Proudentall and Volara. Nathan Wilder and Anthony Piazza from Paper Airplanes and Ad Astra Arkestra. Dan Davis from Ricky Fitts and Weather is Happening.”…
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