Opus One announces full lineup for Girl Talk show

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So in the battle for the night of July 31 st  between Opus One Productions (Girl Talk Concert) and Joker Productions (Neko Case concert) it seems as if the final tactical maneuver on behalf of Opus One has rendered the Neko Case show (in my opinion anyway) obsolete.

Opus One (most likely at the behest of Mr. Greg Gillis) has proceeded to gather arguably the greatest collection of Pittsburgh-based talent on one bill in years.  In addition to the illustrious Girl Talk, the lineup will include Wiz Khalifa, Don Caballero, Donora, Grand Buffet, The Modey Lemon, and Centipede Eest peforming together at the Ampitheater at Station Square on July 31st at 6:00 pm. Continue reading

Speed Trials : A Pittsburgh Track Review 2.0 (pt. 2)

hedgerow3Speed of the Pittsburgh Sound welcomes you to the second half of the second edition of Speed Trials.  This time around, we aim to bring you all those beat makers and rhymesayers that call the steel city home.  As I have mentioned before, Pittsburgh is lucky to be spoiled with more visionary laptop-DJ’s (Tobacco, Power Pill Fist, Discuss), tastemaking sample-smiths (the illustrious Girl Talk, Skymall) and wit stealing mc’s (Wiz Khalifa, Grand Buffet, Bloodmoney, Boaz) than most cities can ever dream of.  Scaling the review down to only four tracks from such a deep talent pool was no easy task.

In addition to all this home grown talent, spots like The New Amsterdam and Shadow Lounge continue to bring some seriously challenging hip-hop into the Pittsburgh scene. Some upcoming shows include Wale (pronounced Wall-ay) at The Shadow Lounge on May 22 and Vast Aire of Cannibal Ox at the Thunderbird Cafe on June 13.  Now that we have established the steel city can bring that boom boom boom as good as any other scene in America, onto the tracks.  Continue reading

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