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THURSDAY, MAY 31ST @ GARFIELD ARTWORKS
BALL OF FLAME SHOOT FIRE
w/ Heroes and Jessert

I know nothing about these guys but they pretty much have an entire show from Garfield Artworks on YouTube. You think of Man Man initially but they are different and a bit more melodic. If anyone knows more about the band, please say something in Comments.

BALL OF FLAME SHOOT FIRE - DINNERTIME
Live at Pittsburgh's Garfield Artworks

BALL OF FLAME SHOOT FIRE - WHERE IS HEAVEN
Live at Pittsburgh's Garfield Artworks

THURSDAY, MAY 31ST @ CLUB CAFE
CHRIS SMITHER

I'm typically not very much into folk but this guy is a great blues guitarist.

CHRIS SMITHER - HOLD ON

AMY LAVERE - NEVER BEEN SADDER

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Grand Buffet and Gil Mantera's Party Dream tag team again at the 31st Street Pub tonight. This will probably be a better setting to catch their act than the last time I saw them together at the Rex Theatre in Pittsburgh. In retrospect that show, with Girl Talk also on the bill, was amazing and a lot of fun but I was miserable the entire time with the fact that it was an All-Ages show and the Rex had their infamous drinking cage spoiling my night. The company that accompanied me also didn't appreciate the insanity that they were witnessing. Nothing ruins a concert experience more than miserable company. Pittsburgh's Grand Buffet most recently toured in 2006 with Of Montreal while Gil Mantera's Party Dream toured with Art Brut and were invited several times to play New York with The Rapture. Gil Mantera's Party Dream were named Best Show at SXSW by the Village Voice in 2006 and were also featured in Spin magazine.

GRAND BUFFET - CANDY BARS



GRAND BUFFET - SHE GAWT



GRAND BUFFET - AMERICUS w/ BLEUBIRD



GRAND BUFFET w/ GIL MANTERA'S PARTY DREAM - THINGS THAT GO UP IN THE NIGHT



GIL MANTERA'S PARTY DREAM - ELMO'S SONG



GIL MANTERA'S PARTY DREAM - BEST OF SEX



GIL MANTERA'S PARTY DREAM
Live From The 31ST STREET PUB

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Jimmy LaValle's vast resume includes stints with Tristeza, The Locust, GoGoGo Airheart, The Blackheart Procession, and Sigur Ros. The Album Leaf is a solo project of his that he will be bringing to Diesel on the South Side on Thursday May 17th. The Album Leaf's previous effort, In A Safe Place, was less personally charged for Lavalle and more of a band effort. There was some level of mainstream success with music from that particular album featured on The O.C and CSI: Miami. "On Your Way" in particular was one of my favorite tracks for months. "Into The Blue Again" sees LaValle again handling the bulk of the vocal and instrumental duties.

Young Galaxy is a Canadian indie pop outfit comparable at times to Slowdive, Luna, Cocteau Twins and Galaxy 500. Stephen Ramsay (vocals/guitar) was a former member of Stars. Their self-titled debut was released on April 27th, 2007. Opening is Belong from New Orleans.

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Tonight at The Garfield Artworks are The Old Haunts, an Olympia, WA band on Kill Rock Stars, featuring ex Bikini Kill drummer Tobi Vail. Three local openers, Smells Like Gina, Flotilla Way and Kill The Unicorn, open things up. Of the three, I was unfortunately only to find music from one, Kill The Unicorn. I really hope Flotilla Way fixes the error on their My Space page that is preventing their songs from playing. I know they were on a Hardtravelin' comp but that site is down now too. Oh well. The show starts at 8pm with DIY zine/arts & crafts vendors also available.

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Seattle's Pretty Girls Make Graves will be playing Mr. Smalls Theatre tonight in what will be their last tour. The band announced on January 29th, 2007 that they were breaking up after Nick Dewitt – drums, samples, keyboards, trumpet and vocals - announced he was quitting the band. The band formed in 2001 from scattered pieces of Murder City Devils, Death Wish Kids, Beehive Vaults and Kill Sadie. They released a debut EP on Dim Mak before releasing their first full-length Good Health on Lookout Records in April 2002. The band signed to Matador Records who released The New Romance in 2003 followed by Élan Vital in April 2006. The band's poppy punk with great hooks and catchy choruses appealed to audiences of both modern day music like At The Drive In and classic alternative like Sleater-Kinney.

Opening tonight's show are Milwaukee's Call Me Lightning who have a release, Soft Skeletons, on Frenchkiss Records. Moonrats are from Seattle/LA and most recently toured with The Blood Brothers and Celebration.

PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES - THIS IS OUR EMERGENCY



PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES - SPEAKERS PUSH THE AIR



PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES - ALL MEDICATED GENIUSES

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Jennifer Herrema, formerly one half of Royal Trux, an offspring of Jon Spencer's Pussy Galore, leads RTX to the 31st Street Pub in the Strip on Saturday May 12th. The band's second album, Western Xterminator, has been compared to Too Fast For Love era Motley Crue (minus Tommy's cowbell) and The Ramones and Stooges. Aaron Jentzen from the Pittsburgh City Paper had an opportunity to interview Jennifer Herrema for the May 9th issue.

Totimoshi are a throwback, kind of Melvins-esque, sludge rock capable of some pretty intense emotionally charged sounds. Plenty of classic heavy metal energy, mystery, instrumental improv, guitar noise and post-punk dynamics that just moves you.

Mike Machosky, in a review for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, summed up the Dirty Faces better than I ever could. "They play rock and roll like the Stillers play football — hard, angry, muddy, with a chip on their shoulder, and a playbook that has all the unnecessary pages ripped out. It's heavy, but not really punk, not really metal, and not garage rock in the color-coordinated matching-suits sense. It's rusty, dirty Pittsburgh rock with bad attitude to burn." The Dirty Faces also have Pittsburgh dates set for The Brillobox on May 25th and are back at the Pub for a June 16th show.

DIRTY FACES - BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR

RTX - BALLS TO PASS

RTX - WESTERN XTERMINATOR VIDEO by Mike Aho




RTX - live @ Safari Sam's on 11/12/06




TOTIMOSHI - CELLOPHANE

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Tonight is pretty much a music extravaganza at Mr. Smalls when 'local boy does good' Gregg Gillis aka Girl Talk performs in Pittsburgh with a lineup as nutty and fun as his mash ups. The guy has literally been EVERYWHERE since Night Ripper blew up and he became a Pitchfork darling. Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson are dancing at his shows. He's been the subject of NPR discussions on the fair use of unlicensed music samples. He's a buzz set at SWSW and Coachella and listed on countless year-end favorite lists for 2006 not to mention a Short List nominee. So tonight is like a homecoming with Lord Grunge, Panda Transport, Discuss, Midnite Snake and Xanopticon. Tonight also marks the release of the local IDM, DJ, Electro, Experimental compilation Circuits of Steel II.

This Pittsburgh Net Radio concert preview mix features an awesome interview with Girl Talk conducted by Luke Ferdinand for an episode of the Digitial Citizens Podcast. In honor of the Circuits of Steel II release I'm also throwing in a 30 minute Xanopticon set from 2003.

GIRL TALK - Various cuts from SXSW 2007

Also, don't forget that tonight is the Kinks Katastrophe at the 31st. Street Pub in the Strip. A konsortium of local musicians kover Kinks songs. The lineup includes Human Brains, Weird Paul, Styles For Modern Living, Amoeba Kneival and an assortment of people from various Pittsburgh music projects. So I felt like throwing in some Kinks videos from YouTube.

KINKS - TIRED OF WAITING

THE KINKS - SET ME FREE

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Pit Er Pat will be playing at the Carnegie Mellon University lawn tonight. The band has released three albums in just four years. They play a very layered art-pop with organs and delightful rhythms.

Opening things at 7pm will be White/Lichens - a collaboration between Matt Clark and Jeremy Lemos' heavy guitar drone group White/Light and Robert Lowe's Lichens, who contributes, vocals, guitar and piano.

Pit er Pat - Solstice


Pit Er Pat - Shake Yo Chains

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La Fraction from France are playing Belvedere's in Lawrenceville tonight with locals The Short Dark Strangers, Oh My God They're Going To Kill Us and Blood Vessels To Wire. Vancover's Mass Grave had a show scheduled for tonight at the Mr. Roboto Project that was moved to this lineup at Belvedere's. La Fraction are a very accessible female fronted punk band with vocals sung entirely in French. Locally, The Short Dark Strangers are one of my favorite live shows. More people should know about this band. Listen to the Pittsburgh Net Radio show preview below. This is an early show, I believe starting at 6pm, All Ages.

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The Nerd Parade play a mix of styles ranging from electronica, experimental sounds, indie rock and rhythm and blues. The have a 14 song release, "A Delicate Bashing", currently available at their website. The entire disc was recorded in bedrooms and hotel rooms across the United States and as far as England within a four year time span. Their live set seems to be a good time with guitar improvisations and driving drums.

Opening tonight's show is the talented Elliott Sussman from Pittsburgh. Elliott definitely won me over on first listen. Check out his My Space page for more tracks plus he has a Purevolume page of cover songs from The Shirelles, Tom Waits, Modern Lovers and The Beatles. Richmond's David Shultz is a folk artist with some pop sensibilities and well crafted songs in the vein of Bright Eyes or Coldplay. Both Sussman and Shultz should be on WYEP if they aren't already.

There is another opener, Shug Avery, that I couldn't find any details about. My apologies for failing you!

INTRODUCTION TO THE NERD PARADE



THE NERD PARADE perform "Outside" - Live from a skate park


ELLIOTT SUSSMAN w/ friends - Get Lost


DAVID SHULTZ - Live From Richmond, VA

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Summary AB Concerts presents the Carnival 2007 concert at Carnegie Mellon University with Spoon, Oakley Hall and Weird Paul. Spoon's next release, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is set for release on July 10th. Brooklyn's Oakley Hall are like a weird breed of psychedelic Americana. Pittsburgh's Weird Paul Petrosky has been releasing his own cassettes since the late 80's and has even had a documentary devoted to him. Weird Paul starts at 8pm sharp with a quick 20 minute set.

SPOON - I TURN MY CAMERA ON

SPOON - THE WAY WE GET BY LIVE AT STUBB'S 3/17/07

SPOON - STAY DON'T GO (LIVE FROM PITCHFORK FEST)

OAKLEY HALL - LAZY SUSAN

OAKLEY HALL - BEAR MY BURDEN

WEIRD PAUL - I DON'T WANT TO GO TO CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE

WEIRD PAUL - I DROPPED MY ALMOND JOY BAR

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Pink Nasty, aka Sara Beck, is the sister of rapper Black Nasty. She brings her offbeat singer-songwriter fare to Garfield Artworks tonight in support of her lastest release 'Mold The Gold'. With her are Austin's The Black. On "Eshu Blues," the Black bring the same dirty blues-pop that made The Yardbirds famous. Atlanta's The Selminaires currently have a full-length release "Here Come the Selmanaires" available for purchase at www.internationalhits.com. You can hear more of local opener The Sweet Icing on their MySpace page.

PINK NASTY - AWAY MESSAGE
From Mold The Gold

PINK NASTY - THIRSTY THURSDAY
Live From The Almost Late Show on ME Television



PINK NASTY - MOLD THE GOLD (Live in LA 10/2006)

PINK NASTY- Burn (Usher Cover)
From The Crow




THE BLACK - ESHU BLUES



THE SELIMINAIRES - SELIMINAIRE ROCK



THE SWEET ICING - MOUSETRAP BABY

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Plenty of live music options Friday night in Pittsburgh. In addition to the already previewed Georgie James at Garfield Artworks we also have these shows:

The Gore Gore Girls with The Vacancy , River City Tanlines and Test Patterns
@ The Smiling Moose

The Gore Gore Girls are from Detroit but it was Pittsburgh's Get Hip Records that exposed them to the world in 1998. They have survived lineup changes but their blend of 60's girl group melody and garage rock has remained intact.

GORE GORE GIRLS live at The Basement in Nashville, TN

GORE GORE GIRLS- UP ALL NIGHT

SEVEN COLOR SKY - FADE


SEVEN COLOR SKY - MARRY YOU - LIVE AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES


SCIENCE FICTION IDOLS - I WANT YOU TO LIE

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