by Patrick McElravy
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Featured ArticlesPhotogalleryShow ReviewsHeartsick Returns to Pittsburgh

3 months ago36710 min

The ground was shaking in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the night on January 11th at Cattivo. Twist of Fate Productions rang in the new year with one banger of a show that surely marks one of the best line-ups the company has put together in its short but prolific existence. To be point blank, if you missed this show, you missed something magical. Obviously it’s winter (despite the lack of snow and being handed copious amounts...

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by Reina Peli
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PhotogalleryMy Top 10 Photos of the Year by Reina Peli

3 months ago2466 min

Hi there!  I wanted to take a minute and reflect my year with you.  For those of you who don’t know me, I am the Rock for Life Concert Series photographer and for the past 6 years I have been to just about every event that they host in the little town of Iselin PA.  That’s pretty much where my wings spread and I grew into who I am today.  I care about what I...

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by Reina Peli
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PhotogalleryShow ReviewsUncategorizedThunderstruck: America’s AC/DC Tribute Rocks The Crafthouse

4 months ago2102 min

ThunderStruck America’s AC/DC Tribute – Neutral Loss – Tommy Magik and the Wonderfulls take over The Crafthouse with a SOLD OUT crowd.  From elbows to shoulders, butts to backs, weaving your way through the crowd was a hard task to accomplish!  I actually got stuck behind the stage but you’ll hear no complaints from me.  I had a clear view of the action on stage and action it was!  Thunderstruck rips the stage to pieces....

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by Craig Ferry
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PhotogalleryShow ReviewsLez Zeppelin w/ Storm Dragon at Jergels

4 months ago3053 min

This past Saturday was a double dose of great music. I went to Jergels in Pittsburgh to photograph the well known Lez Zeppelin band. I had not looked at the lineup before I arrived so wasn’t aware they had an opener. I’ve checked out a lot of bands in the Pittsburgh area but had not heard of Storm Dragon before. The band did not know that I was coming to the show and as soon...

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by Reina Peli
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PhotogalleryShow ReviewsUncategorizedRock for Life Presents: The Jamaroo 2019 a Gigaroo Redo

5 months ago13145 min

So, if your buddy said to you, “We’re gonna hold an event where we post a public set list of songs and open it up to all musicians and let them randomly jump on stage and take the place of a member of the band.” You’d probably say he’s totally nuts and wish him luck on that madness!  Well I said that to my guys and they said “Well alrighty then, let’s go!!!!”  So that’s...

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by Craig Ferry
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PhotogalleryShow ReviewsThe Neighbourhood at Stage AE

5 months ago2784 min

Friday night was a trio of great acts at Stage AE in Pittsburgh as California band The Neighbourhood came to town. Opening up the night was the band Claud out of the Chicago area. They are led by lead singer Claud Mintz. They entertained the crowd with a pop sound with heart felt lyrics. They have only been around for a little over a year but are skyrocketing in popularity. Doing a awesome job of...

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by Matthew Morton
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Featured ArticlesPhotogalleryShow ReviewsNeverWake’s Third Annual SleepWalker Ball: Entertainment For A Worthy Cause

5 months ago2795 min

The Halloween season is one of many traditions; candy, costumes, goth kids drinking cheap beer while trying to summon Satan in a graveyard and of course NeverWake’s SleepWalker Ball. The third annual rendition of the latter was held this Saturday at the Hard Rock Café in Station Square. The Ball featured live music, a costume contest and the raffling of a guitar autographed by the bands that was generously donated by Schecter Guitar Research. As...

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by Matthew Morton
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Featured ArticlesMusic ReviewsPhotogalleryThe Crucible Project & Twist of Fate Give Fans a Treat in Time for Halloween

5 months ago3464 min

As the sun set over Millvale this past Saturday the Funhouse at Mr. Smalls filled with witches, ghouls, goblins, steam punks and more otherworldly beings. What was the impetus for such gathering you may ask? Why, none other than the latest collaborative effort by The Crucible Project and Twist of Fate Productions. The all ages event was a Halloween themed show that saw four bands perform for costumed fans young and old. Opening the show...

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by Amanda Baker
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PhotogalleryBlue Clutch Album Release

6 months ago12611 min

Blue Clutch released their new album Silent Oblivion!! An awesome eclectic evening of alternative, metal, and funk occurred last weekend at the Funhouse for Blue Clutch’s Silent Oblivion Album Release. The riff heavy Pittsburgh based headliners were joined by friends We Were Telepathic and The Night’s Watch, and it was an amazingly unique evening of what the local scene has to offer in alt rock! Photography by Amanda Baker Blue Clutch The Night’s Watch We...

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by Suzanne DeCree
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Featured ArticlesPhotogalleryShow Reviews9 Stitch Method – Jaywalking Somnambulist Release Party

6 months ago39613 min

Saturday night was a double kick-off night. First of all, it was the first show in the newly-minted Templars venue, just off of exit 13 on 28 N. More importantly, it was the official release party of 9 Stitch Method’s Jaywalking Somnambulist album. This was probably one of the most fun shows I’ve gotten to see this year.  All of the bands were on point and sounded great and everyone was there to have a...

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by Jana Lee Macheca
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PhotogalleryShow ReviewsThrival Festival still Going Strong in it’s Seventh Year!

6 months ago2032 min

Thrival is Innovation, technology, music and more – and it happens each year in Pittsburgh! The seventh annual Thrival Music Festival happened last week, turning Schenley Plaza into a true festival with artists, vendors, installations and fitness classes. Thrival Festival is presented by PNC and supported by UPMC Enterprises, Comcast, Sheetz, Dell, the Pittsburgh Innovation District, and many others… including a recent partnership with Uber and their recent development of self driving vehicles. First Angel...

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by Darren Lewis
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Featured ArticlesPhotogalleryShow ReviewsDescendants of Crom III: Day Two (9/22/2019)

7 months ago45513 min

The air outside was arid and the overall climate broiling, making the gentrified neighborhood of Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville seem as if it were a battlefield in a hellscape of a forgotten world and therefore appropriate for the conclusion of a music festival that Robert E. Howard himself may have dreamt up had he lived in our era. White Alice broke the champagne bottle with a set of Sunn O)))-like sounds in the vein of yesterday’s opener...

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by Paxton Conners
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PhotogalleryShow ReviewsBad Wolves Rock Pier 17’s Rooftop

8 months ago3097 min

Summertime is always the best for concerts. Why? Because it invites opportunities to catch memorable shows such as the one I attended Sunday night. On tour right now are three of the Alternative Rock’s most talented artists… Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and Papa Roach. Currently the trio is on this summer’s “Who Do You Trust?” tour and I’d like to say if you have never any one or all of these bands then go and...

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by Amanda Baker
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PhotogalleryGrindcore and Death metal at Get Hip!!

8 months ago2911 min

Last Saturday night was a mosh of grindcore and death metal when Get Hip Records hosted Vomit Forth on their way back from Chicago Domination Fest. They were joined by Leprosy, E.F.6., and Feast on the Fallen that made for one bloody fantastic evening! Photography by Amanda Baker Vomit Forth Leprosy Feast on the Fallen E.F.6.

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by Amanda Baker
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PhotogalleryBreaking Benjamin with Chevelle and Three Days Grace

8 months ago3131 min

Breaking Benjamin took Keybank Pavilion by storm this past Friday night with Chevelle, Three Days Grace, along with special guests Dorothy and Diamante! The crowd for this one was epic, topped only by the bands compassion for them.   Photography by: Amanda Baker     Diamante         Dorothy         Three Days Grace         Chevelle         Breaking Benjamin          

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by Amanda Baker
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PhotogalleryPittsburgh Hard and Heavy 2019

9 months ago3542 min

This year’s Pittsburgh Hard and Heavy at SUB Alpine was pure, joyous, hard hitting insanity. Featuring local bands Oceans to Ash, Shrouded In Neglect, and Conflict Cycle, as well as North Carolina based Outliar. The beast was brought, faces were melted. As always, band and venue links are in the comments!   Photography by: Amanda Baker     Oceans to Ash           Shrouded In Neglect         Outliar        ...

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