Pittsburgh Net Radio: Local Music Archives

June 08, 2007

Circuits of Steel Showcase at Three Rivers Arts Festival - STILL GOING ON!!!!

First, an apology for the lack of updates this week. Other commitments kind of prevented me from contributing to the site.

A quick note for those of you who are stuck indoors due to this rain here in Pittsburgh. Tonight's Circuit of Steel showcase at the Three Rivers Arts Festival is still going on but apparently has been moved from Market Square to the SPACE Gallery on Penn Avenue due to weather conditions. It isn't confirmed as of yet (a little after 7pm) whether the 2nd part of the showcase will be outdoors but it's looking doubtful at the moment. Here is the lineup:

8:30 pm - Hotness
9:00 pm - Discuss
9:30 pm - Rein[Forced]
10:00 pm - Grand Buffet

The rain has lightened up a bit so hopefully weather will continue to cooperate but if it doesn't, there is still a show, just go to SPACE, 812 Liberty Avenue.

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May 24, 2007

Concert Preview: Grand Buffet and Gil Mantera's Party Dream @ 31st Street Pub Thursday May 24th

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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May 17, 2007

Pittsburgh Net Radio Mix: Locals Only Mix by Brian Cosgrove

Here is a rather long mix of music coming out of Pittsburgh.

The Short Dark Strangers - Pink Dots From Mars

Ludlow - Covulsions

Test Patterns - No Translation

The Gothees - Falco

More Humans - Welcome to the Childhood Home of Andy Warhol and Dan Marino

Derek White Derek White - Baby Baby

David Bernabo - Mcqueen Bear

Great Ants - Satellite

Dirty Faces - Blood On The Dance Floor

Pay Toilets - Better Than Murder

Midnite Snake - Cruise Control

Satanic Bat - Brother Ballentine

Centipede E'est - Twilight Mirage

The Modey Lemon Modey Lemon - Sleepwalkers

Phil Boyd & The Hidden Twin - Witches rule the east

Grand Buffet - Americus (Religious Right Rock)

The Judas Bull - Minivan

Styles For Modern Living - What I'm Really Afraid Of

The Short Dark Strangers - We're Not Animals

The Working Poor - Dancing Shoes

Media Circus Extravaganza! - Waterboarding

Between The Waters - Into Beauty

The Sexes - Gun Shy

Camera - Never wanna let you go

Takeover UK - I've Never Been So Sick

Aydin - airbomb

Shade - Wide Eyed

Life In Bed - Idealism Is A Concept

New Invisible Joy - Alone

Julie Sokolow Julie Sokolow - Violins

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Sun Lips

Girl Talk - Summer Smoke

The Short Dark Strangers - Post Modern Jigaboo

Elliott Sussman - Bugaloo

Tangerine - I Wanna Be Adored

Wiz Khalifa - Pittsburgh Sound

Seven Color Sky - Fade

Soma Mestizo - Bomb

Jack Wilson - Jaques Cousteau

Black Tie Revue - Absent Radio

Ennui - Time & Place

Like Summer - Sleeping Soundly

Emily Rodgers - Lay you down

Kevin Finn - Ending Like Scarlett

Karl Hendricks Rock Band - Bleedin' Obvious

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Melt Me

Girl Talk - Bounce That

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May 12, 2007

Concert Preview: RTX, Totimoshi and Dirty Faces @ 31st Street Pub Saturday May 12th

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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May 11, 2007

Concert Preview: Girl Talk @ Mr. Smalls Theatre AND Kinks Katastrophe at 31st St. Pub on Friday May 11th

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

GIRL TALK - New Year's Eve 2006/2007 @ Chicago's Empty Bottle

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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April 13, 2007

Concert Preview: More Friday night shows with Gore Gore Girls, Shipwreck, The Singles, Seven Color Sky and Science Fiction Idols

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

Shipwreck, The Singles, Like Summer @ The Brillobox

In 2006 Shipwreck from Illinois announced on the Internet that they would self-release four EP's in the following 16 months. They are on their second at the moment but currently writing and recording their third. They are visiting The Brillobox on a short tour of the Northeast.

The Singles actually have three other dates scheduled for Pittsburgh. Including April 14th at The Rex Theatre and May 12th. They play a very Anglo influenced power pop. Pittsburgh's Like Summer will apparently be debuting a new band member at this show.

SHIPWRECK - HOUSE OF CARDS

THE SINGLES - HYPNOTIZED

LIKE SUMMER - SLEEPING SOUNDLY

Seven Color Sky, Science Fiction Idols and The Aviators @ Club Cafe

Seven Color Sky were favorites on the now departed Pittsburgh Net Radio internet radio station. Fade is probably my favorite track. The song is from their 'Better Looking' EP, their first collaboration with John Ashton of the Psychedlic Furs. Ashton first noticed SCS when they opened for the Furs at the 2004 Three Rivers Arts Festival. He is once again working with the band on their new 12-song album.

The Science Fiction Idols disbanded in 2006 but Singer-guitarist-founder, Bobby LaMonde, assembled new musicians to create a new line-up of glam punk Idols. This seems like a weird but intriguing combo.

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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April 11, 2007

Concert Preview: Small Sails, Julie Sokolow, Discuss & Jon Cocker @ Garfield Artworks - Wednesday April 11th

Small Sails are from Portland, OR and not only do they produce some beautiful post-electronic music but their live shows are also a multimedia experience. They make films and use reel to reel and duel projectors at their shows to create the experience.

They are joined at Garfield Artworks tonight by Pittsburgh's own Julie Sokolow who has been compared to everyone from Julie Doiron to Cat Power in the media attention that came with her 'Something About Violins' release. Pitchfork wrote: "For her, lo-fi isn't a result of outsider circumstances, but an artistic choice. Something About Violins adroitly upends lofi's expectations of live performance, it's song full of artful touches and sophisticated layer of sounds." Check her out for yourself with these mp3's - Seasons Violins All The Wrong Reasons .

Discuss are also from Pittsburgh and produce downtempo IDM. Here is a Pittsburgh City Paper review by Manny Theiner of their debut.

LISTEN TO SMALL SAILS

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April 03, 2007

Concert Preview: The Black Angels, Black Moth Super Rainbow and Vietnam @ The Brillobox Wednesday April 4th

The Brillobox will host what is practically a stoner feast this coming Wednesday April 4th with The Black Angels, Black Moth Super Rainbow and VietNam. The Black Angels and VietNam play a somewhat similar style of eerie, rock and blues with psychedelic drone. VietNAm are a bit more rootsy rock/blues while The Black Angels have a bit more of a Stone Roses swagger and aura to them. They are obviously compared to a lot of 60's era bands with the most common comparison being the Velvet Underground. Austin's The Black Angels even go as far as to use a stylized image of Nico as their icon.

Black Moth Super Rainbow are from Pittsburgh and make beautiful groovy music that takes you on a voyage with it. If you are from Pittsburgh and don't know what a Black Moth Super Rainbow is - shame on you. Granted getting a band photo is like getting a picture of KISS without the makeup in the 70's. They've been raved about in music magazines and blogs and even had this recent blurb in the New York Times.

THE BLACK ANGELS - SNAKE IN THE GRASS (live clip)

THE BLACK ANGELS - BLACK GREASE (music video)

THE BLACK ANGELS - THE PRODIGAL SON

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW - DRIPPY EYE

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW - COUNT BACKWARDS TO BLACK
A video by David A. McFarlane

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW - live clip from Ritz, Austin, TX 03-14-07

VIETNAM - TOO TIRED

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March 31, 2007

The Bumps, Local Honey and The Killerinas - 31st Street Pub - Saturday March 31st

We are about eight hours away from a pretty cool show at the 31st Street Pub featuring two locals, The Bumps and Local Honey, with special guest from Erie, PA The Killerinas. You may have heard The Killerinas mentioned if you listened to Dave Bernabo's interview with Alan Lewandowski for PNR. They are four girls and one boy on drums and they play really fun rock n roll with influences ranging from The Go Go's, old Kiss and The Pixies.

Local Honey is a project that front woman Becky Corrigan has kept together despite being the last remaining member of the original lineup. The contributions of lead guitarist Trevor Thomas and bassist Rob Levkulich combined with Becky's already wide list of influences added more depth to the band's sound. They are the type of band who seriously sound better live each time you see them. The blend of rootsy rock n roll, genuine country western with a touch of 90's alternative is more than enough to make them stand out.

The Bumps are just a fun band to watch while drowning your sorrow and stress away in shots of whiskey and Iron City beer. That fits the 31st Street Pub quite nicely actually. They describe themselves on their My Space page as countrified, glorified, crucified, certified rock n' roll played by folks living all over the great state of Pennsylvania. 'Come In Clear' was a big hit on Pittsburgh Net Radio. There is nothing polished or overly produced with their sound and that's 90% of the charm. It's real.

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March 26, 2007

Pittsburgh Net Radio: Dave Bernabo Interviews Alan Lewandowski from Pittsburgh's The Working Poor and Anita Fix

Alan Lewandowski Interview

Dave Bernabo interviews Alan Lewandowski from Pittsburgh's Anita Fix and The Working Poor. Alan has been part of the local scene since 1997 and a member of the Rickety collective from the beginning. Alan balances two projects of what is often described as a 'surreal 'urban folk'. Anita Fix takes on more of a strange Velvet Underground/Nick Cave style while The Working Poor allows Lewandowski and his partner on vocals Lee Smookler the opportunity to make use of their country-folk influences like Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. All of this is regarding the sound of Anita Fix and The Working Poor is really up to it's own interpretation by the listener. Learn more about Alan from this interview with Vale and Year's Dave Bernabo. Alan discusses the history behind his music projects, his influences, what he's currently listening to and more. This will hopefully be the first of a reoccurring series with Dave interviewing random local and possibly national musicians. I've also mixed in some music from both Anita Fix and The Working Poor.

Courtesy of Unicorn Mountain - Dave Bernabo is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon's Tepper Business School, is an active writer, musician, and artist. His poetry has been published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Falderol, and Oakland Review, and a collaboration with Greg Cislon yielded Holy Music and Art, a book of vignettes and experimental writing published by Incredibly Thin. David's musical output consists of five full-length albums and three EP's with Vale and Year, a solo album, and compilation and guest appearances. David is currently working on a book of writing and drawings called Real Titles.

David Bernabo on My Space

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