“This Century is the next big thing to look out for” – Idolator.com “they’re on deck to bust through the mainstream any day now” – MTV.com Phoenix, Arizona pop-rock band This Century are on the cusp of major breakout success with the release of their highly-anticipated, sophomore album, Biography of Heartbreak, which is available today on iTunes, Amazon and in a […]

Brooklyn based indie rock artist Allison Weiss who will be performing at The Altar Bar in Pittsburgh on May 23rdis gearing up to release her new album, Say What You Mean, which comes out on April 16. If you’re into acts like Tegan & Sara you’re going to love Allison. “strong and impressively tart new […]

Photo: Fred Blauth Trace Cyrus spoke with me before his show at Altar Bar on April 27th. Miley’s brother. Billy Ray’s son. Shirtless, covered in tattoos, and without removing his sunglasses he prepared for my barrage of questions, a slight disinterest in his body language. You can imagine how one might feel conducting an interview with […]

Phoenix, Arizona’s The Maine has released their second single entitled “Love and Drugs” off their forthcoming full­-length studio album, Forever Halloween. The official lyric video can be found at wearethemaine.net where fans will also find a link to a free download of the song. Watch the lyric video and download “Love & Drugs” now at wearethemaine.net . On June 4th of this year, The Maine is […]

Blacklist Royals On Tour with Face To Face, Teenage Bottlerocket   New LP “Die Young With Me” Out Soon Nashville’s Blacklist Royals are embarking on a national tour with punk veterans Face to Face and Teenage Bottlerocket (see dates below). The band is currently putting the finishing touches on their new LP Die Young With Me , which should be out […]

I’ll just come right out and admit it.  I was a DEP virgin before last Thursday.  Hard to believe that even though I have been a fan for around a decade that I never did get a chance to see one of the most enigmatic bands on the prog/mathcore metal scene ever.  The band that […]

“I’m starting a petition to banish black licorice,” states Jesse Barnett (lead singer of Stick To Your Guns) to the packed Altar Bar crowd in the historic Strip District of Pittsburgh.  Myself, along with the crowd, and guitarist Josh James, was not quite sure where this was going.  But if you’ve seen STYG before, you […]

Goths.  Shock Rockers.  Lost Boy wanna be Marilyn Manson copies.  Michael (Orlando) Vampire has heard them all.  And he could care less.  He keeps moving on with his vision regardless of what the negative minded masses might have to say.  Founded in 2009 Vampires Everywhere have grown and morphed into something quite different from where […]

“So, did we live up to the hype?”  This is what Davey Suicide questions me after his bands’ set at Altar Bar in Pittsburgh.  I definitely think Davey and his band lived up to the hype and I personally had a great time experiencing an up and coming band making all the right moves and […]

Trace Cyrus, of Ashland HIGH, is pleased to announce his upcoming US Tour, “The Tonight Tour” with MILLIONAIRE$, featuring Beneath The Sun and Lancifer. The tour kicks off March 30th, 2013 in Anaheim and will wrap May 18th in Los Angeles. See a full list of dates below and for more information, please visit:www.ashlandhigh.com.   Trace Cyrus will be showing us something a […]