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Part 9 of the 2019 Deutschtown Music Festival In Review Sound Elevator is "an evolving project of the art of sound and light." Based out of Pittsburgh, the trio creates spacey, lo-fi shoegaze that alternates between crunchy and dreamy. Bored In Pittsburgh featured their song "Rain Chain" a few weeks ago. After having my eardrums completely … Continue reading Deutschtown Music Festival Artist Spotlight–Sound Elevator
Part 8 of the 2019 Deutschtown Music Festival In Review Gator Shakes are a metalcore band from Pittsburgh; they play loudly and aggressively, as any metal band should. Not sure if their band name refers to the tremors of alcoholic alligators that have gone cold turkey or to a refreshing smoothie made out of alligators. Either … Continue reading Deutschtown Music Festival Artist Spotlight–Gator Shakes
Part 7 of the 2019 Deutschtown Music Festival In Review Image "borrowed" from the group's Facebook Bonnie and the Mere Mortals are a recently established Pittsburgh band whose music blends the yearning twang of country and bluegrass music with the echoey, ethereal textures of post punk and even shoegaze to create a modern take on the … Continue reading Deutschtown Music Festival Artist Spotlight–Bonnie and the Mere Mortals
Part 6 of the 2019 Deutschtown Music Festival In Review Photo "borrowed" from the band's Facebook Gentleman Brawlers are a Brooklyn, NY six-piece outfit that draws influence from afrobeat, funk, and psychedelic music. They're one of those groups that is so transcendent live that it feels almost pointless to try and describe them. Give some love … Continue reading Deutschtown Music Festival Artist Spotlight–Gentleman Brawlers
Part 5 of the 2019 Deutschtown Music Festival In Review Photo "borrowed" from the artist's Bandcamp page Princess Nostalgia is a producer and singer (emphasis on producer) from Pittsburgh. She makes sleek pop music with a strong R&B influence and a philosophical lyrical bent; her songs have the ability to get both your body and your … Continue reading Deutschtown Music Festival Artist Spotlight–Princess Nostalgia
Part 4 of the 2019 Deutschtown Music Festival In Review Photo "borrowed" from the artist's Facebook page ForeverWEST is the stage name of Devin West, a rapper/musician/photographer/videographer/etc from Pittsburgh. Possessing a relentless work ethic, he produces his own songs, creating hard-hitting beats and then rapping over them with a ferocious energy. After watching The Sun Champs … Continue reading Deutschtown Music Festival Artist Spotlight–ForeverWEST
Part 3 of the 2019 Deutschtown Music Festival In Review Photo "borrowed" from the band's Facebook page The Sun Champs are a funky jam band from Pittsburgh, made up of five guys with serious musical chops. I'd like to think that the band's name was inspired by the Dayman character featured in the notorious song from … Continue reading Deutschtown Music Festival Artist Spotlight–The Sun Champs
Part 2 of the 2019 Deutschtown Music Festival In Review Photo borrowed from the band's Facebook page Fuck Yeah, Dinosaurs! are Pittsburgh's resident dino-punkers. From what I can tell, they're into two things: herbal tea and prehistoric mammals. Just kidding; they like beer and dinosaurs, of course. After The Petals' set at Max's Allegheny Tavern ended, … Continue reading Deutschtown Music Festival Artist Spotlight–Fuck Yeah, Dinosaurs!
Part 1 of the 2019 Deutschtown Music Festival In Review The Petals are a Pittsburgh group that we've heard of before; a few weeks ago, I spent 30 minutes trying to decide which band their song "Mercy Kill" reminded me of (spoiler, it ended up being Biffy Clyro). I kicked off my Deutschtown Music Festival … Continue reading Deutschtown Music Festival Artist Spotlight–The Petals
(To be clear, this piece is not about alcohol or apparel--although, at the festival, I did enjoy a few beers and buy some clothing from the awesome Ooh Baby--I just really needed to make that admittedly terrible Hunter S Thompson pun) ### "How is it that you guys can't just make us a flatbread?!" The … Continue reading Beer and Clothing (and Music) in East Allegheny – Deutschtown Music Festival 2019
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