Meeting of Important People’s 2009 self-titled debut release was a sketchbook of small details and stolen moments, stitched together as lyrically impressionistic vignettes and set against too many perfectly cultivated harmonies to count. The high points (“Mother’s Pay More” and “I Know Every Street”) offered glimpses of a dreamworld populated by desperate youth and blood thirsty babes, detailing the lost nights [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Preview’
July 19, 2010
Fang Island @ The Amphitheater at Station Square, 7/20 (Opening for The Flaming Lips)
While The Flaming Lips’ upcoming show at the Amphitheater at Station Square has the Pittsburgh music scene buzzing with excitement and possibility (it’s their first appearance in the area in seven years), the opening act the native Oklahomans slotted for their summer tour has quietly defined the sound of 2010′s hottest months. With their self-titled [...]
July 15, 2010
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ Diesel, 7/15, Now I Got Worry Reissue
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are six years from their last release and about 14 years removed from the eye of the storm they created. After the group’s initial three record output in the early 90′s that focused on fusing noise rock, hip-hop drum patterns and delta blues together by any means necessary ending with [...]
July 14, 2010
C-mon & Kypski @ Brillobox 7/14
C-Mon & Kypski don’t really play it straight (or safe for that matter). These four Dutchman seem intent on jamming every possible dance/hip-hop/soul influence they have ever come across into four minute bursts of insanely catchy, schizophrenic, beat boy symphonies. With their latest release We Are Square, no two tracks sound the same, bouncing back [...]
June 9, 2010
Neon Indian, Wild Nothing and Light Pollution @ Brillobox 6/12
If you really think about it, the chances of any concert in a smaller club (like the Brillobox with its 150-250 capacity) featuring three bands of consequence on the same bill are undeniably slim. And while I understand “bands of consequence” is a subjective term, I feel safe in stating my opinion that the show Opus One [...]
May 4, 2010
Mother Sun’s Upcoming Full-Length Out 6/22, Two New Tracks
I need to apologize first. After featuring Mother Sun‘s self-titled EP on speed of the pittsburgh sound last summer, I stupidly left them off the Steel City’s Top 20 Tracks of 2009. It was a mistake fueled by negligence and if I had a second chance to do 2009 over again, Mother Sun’s “Phantasmagoria” would land [...]
April 6, 2010
Sleigh Bells @ CMU-Rangos Ballroom, 4/7
In the months between New York City’s CMJ Music Marathon last October and Austin’s South by Southwest this past March, few bands have gotten as much indie press attention (all without a single legitimate release to their name) as Brooklyn-based electro rock duo Sleigh Bells. Amidst the hype is the story of how members Alexis Krauss and Derek [...]
March 22, 2010
Big Hurry Release Silver Screens Remix EP
Remix albums are a tricky proposition for most rock bands. But while many projects end up being a relatively small blip on an artist’s discography (Bloc Party’s Silent Alarm Remixed and Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [Remix Collection] to name a few), the concept still conjures a thrilling prospect: a dancier version of your favorite band. [...]
March 5, 2010
Jukebox the Ghost w/Tally Hall @ Mr. Small’s 3/7
Washington DC natives Jukebox the Ghost bring their effervescent piano brand of indie power pop to Mr. Small’s on March 7th along with the overstated theatrics of Ann Arbor’s own Tally Hall. The band recently finished recording their 2010 yet to be titled release with the help of producer Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Mates [...]
February 26, 2010
Colonizing the Cosmos Album Release Show @ Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 2/26
Even in the coddled, closed off loveliness of Pittsburgh’s bustling music scene, things aren’t exactly handed to young musicians looking to make a name for themselves. To self release an album and tour subsequently is, in and of itself, a massive undertaking. But, in terms of the obstacles facing an up and coming band as [...]
