For the Week of July 26 through August 1st: Wednesday July 28 Legowelt @ Brillobox (sponsored by Garfield Artworks) Friday July 30 Bear Cub, Chad Stipes Stereo & Triggers @ Brillobox The Triggers – Ready Or Not Kaiser Cartel @ Schenley Plaza Kaiser Cartel – Ready To Go Sunday August 1 Built to Spill @ [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Mr. Small’s Funhouse Theater’
July 12, 2010
We Were Promised Jetpacks Show Review
We Were Promised Jetpacks possess probably the most thematically loaded band name in the pantheon of indie rock. While FatCat label mates (and notable influences) Frightened Rabbit and The Twilight Sad also have names that emote in strange ways, ”We Were Promised Jetpacks” is practically a short story in four words; an absurdly funny/sad thesis statement for [...]
July 12, 2010
Plan Your Week Accordingly: July 12 through July 18
Remember that time when you heard about that awesome show, but only after the fact, and then you got that weird feeling in your stomach, like when you went too high on the playground swings? Plan Your Week Accordingly is a new feature of Speed of the Pittsburgh Sound which aims to help you never [...]
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 [...]
August 17, 2009
A Big Ol’ Summer Concert Review pt 1
I apologize to anyone who actually frequents this site for the slow down (the third of its kind) that was due to a number of factors: job transition, hesitation, and, last but not least, laziness. While my writing about music has slowed down, my actual concert attendance has risen over the past couple weeks, culminating [...]
May 2, 2009
fun. @ Mr. Small’s this Saturday
The genre simply defined as “Power Pop” has been getting more than its share of exposure in Pittsburgh the past few weeks with The New Pornographers playing a free show at CMU’s Spring Carnival, local acts The Triggers, Donora and Good Night, States all playing in front of national tours featuring the likes of Headlights, [...]
May 1, 2009
Dr. Dog, Drink Up Buttercup Find That Primal Beat
The mic stands and drum kit at Mr. Small’s stood tightly wrapped in synthetic ivy, looking more like a fruitful product of the stage’s imaginary soil than a gaudy prop of Dionysian excess. Maybe the entire production had been grown rather than constructed. Maybe Drink Up Buttercup and headliner Dr. Dog (who both played barn [...]
