On June 21st, ThePittsburghScene.com will be throwing a benefit show at Stage AE to raise money for Operation Smile, a nonprofit organization dedicated to aiding children with facial deformities in impoverished nations. Operation Smile provides the means to send doctors to underprivileged areas of the world to perform minor surgeries that significantly improve the quality of […]

  Hailing from Brooklyn via south of the Mason-Dixon, THE LONE BELLOW features lead singer and principal songwriter Zach Williams, singer and mandolin player Kanene Pipkin and guitarist Brian Elmquist.   At the heart of it, Zach Williams is an intentional songwriter focused on growing a community, rather than merely finding a following.  Georgia-born Williams began songwriting […]

Download California Wives Remix Of ‘Some Secrets’ Here!!! Jack and Gretta talk about remixing California Wives’ ‘Marianne’… “California Wives have a great ear for melody and we really wanted to keep the core melody while highlighting what we saw as the dark and melancholic undertone to the lyrics. Intentionally minimal and synthy, we sort of […]

Although Filter have been making noise since the early nineties in the music biz, they sure seem to have gotten much louder lately.  With a high profile snippet of their earlier release of ‘Happy Together’ playing on the preview of The Great Gatsby trailer to heading out on the road with Everclear, Live, and Sponge, […]

Since catching Picture Me Broken last year when they opened for Modern Day Escape & Affiance here in Pittsburgh, it was very clear that PMB was definitely headed for big things.  Lead singer,  Layla “Brooklyn” Allman (daughter of Gregg- yes, that  Allman Brother and rock royalty legend) made quite the impression on the crowd with her […]

  Local Natives, who released their highly anticipated sophomore album Hummingbird earlier this year, have just announced additional U.S. tour dates, including a stop in Pittsburgh at Stage AE on 6/10! This show follows their sold-out tour earlier this spring, and will be part of their most extensive tour to date. Their live show is not to be missed - PRESS HERE to watch […]

Alarm Magazine describes their song “Shoulder Gorilla” as, “Heavy-ass hip hop with a side of Patton?” and then goes on to say, “As music lovers, we await those rare projects that combine familiar and new elements in unique, indescribable ways. Comprised of singer/guitarist Ryan Hunter (Envy on the Coast), bassist Michael Sadis (The Rivalry), and drummer Billy […]

Stars In Stereo, are a red-hot rock band from LA fronted by the magnificent siren Bec Hollcraft.  The band has a massive sound that was practically made for rock radio airwaves, with the potential to become the female fronted answer to 30 Seconds to Mars.  Formed in 2011, Stars In Stereo have exploded on to […]

When I heard Soundgarden was coming to Pittsburgh’s Stage AE for a May outdoor show I was ecstatic.   I envisioned a warm spring evening accompanied by killer entertainment…well, warm spring evening my ass.  The temperature was in the 30’s, not to mention the rain that occasionally spat at us.  Although somewhat miserable, it did not […]

One of my favorite rock star encounters to tell is the time I ran into Layne Staley, the now deceased singer of Alice in Chains, back in the early nineties in a bar near Ft. Lauderdale.  I had been living in Miami for a few months, crashing on friends floors, making ends meet by working […]