WEDNESDAY 08 APRIL
Jergels Rhythm Grille
Throwing Muses
— Rhode Island alt-rock pioneers, influential college radio staple
Incurably Optimistic
Call Maggy
— Cincinnati piano technician, future visual arts icon
Lipstick You Can Eat
— Berlin glam punk chaos, Peaches-produced mayhem
Sucker
— Glasgow 90s lo-fi geek rock
Bat St. Chip
— Pittsburgh multidisciplinary artist
Spirit
Subhumans
— UK anarcho-punk legends (1980s), fronted by Dick Lucas (Citizen Fish)
La Poblacion
— PGH punk
Peace Talks
— PGH politically-driven hardcore
The Government Center
Blue Condition
— Gaborone-based band
Times New Wrestlers
— Pittsburgh pub rock
Shiva Shiva
— Electronic/dance project
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Wild Party
— San Antonio indie pop quartet, "face-melting pop" with chunky guitars
Capital Soiree
— Chicago indie pop four-piece of brothers
Crafthouse Stage & Grill
Palmyra
— Virginia folk trio, debut album on Oh Boy Records
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Bleed From Within
— Scottish metalcore from Glasgow, Nuclear Blast
Sylosis
— UK thrash metal
Great American Ghost
Life Cycles
— Southeast Side San Antonio crossover thrash with groove-heavy precision
THURSDAY 09 APRIL
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Dogs In A Pile
— Asbury Park quintet blending funk/jazz/rock with seamless genre switching
Natalie Brooke
— Baltimore virtuoso keys player leading powerhouse 4-piece band
Mr. Roboto Project
Confession Kids
— Folk/punk from Gainesville, FL
Frog Legs
— Pittsburgh folk punk
Iris Adam
— Pittsburgh folkskramz/emo
The Government Center
Cancer House
— Chicago outfit finding beauty in gloomy darkness
Nick Breinich
— Pittsburgh ambient/experimental, hardware techno veteran
Zone Farmer
— Pgh experimental ambient with vaporwave elements
Funeral Parade of Roses
— Paranoia-tinged acid psychedelia and post-industrial dance DJ sets
Vasculator
— Pittsburgh techno hardware geek, fringe scene producer
Bantha Tea Bar
Tropos
— Brooklyn collective, "outer-space chamber music" blending new music/jazz/psych
How Things Are
— Pittsburgh improvised music trio
Taylor Grieshober
— Pittsburgh writer (spoken word)
Club Cafe
My Poilitic
— Lyon trio blending punk energy with chamber music chaos
Mark Dingnam
— Local support
Mirabelle Skipworth
— Pittsburgh alt-folk, quality-focused songwriting
FRIDAY 10 APRIL
150 West St
Feminine Forward
Meagain
— Alt-pop singer/songwriter from Pittsburgh
Crystal Lanyr
Viii Dorsey
— Afro-futuristic sound scientist, melodic flowetry
Aurora Vera
— Seoul electronic with tango influences
Lounna
— Pgh dreamy cottagerock, banjo-violin storytelling (Brenna Slate)
Millie Dread
— Cybergothic antipop, haunted porcelain doll aesthetic (Hannah RB)
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Fotocrime
— Louisville darkwave/post-punk by Ryan Patterson (Coliseum), cold wave/Neue Deutsche Welle influenced
Rated Eye
— Pittsburgh avant-hard rock (Wax Donut Records)
Some Faith
— Darkwave/synthpop duo
City of Asylum
Mai Khôi & The Dissidents
— Vietnamese exile's jazz-punk protest songs with Pgh experimentalists
Preserving
Sunday Morning
— Connecticut emo/pop-punk band
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Penny and Sparrow
— Austin indie folk duo, exceptional live vocals
Club Cafe
NVSV
— Pittsburgh producer/rapper, dark minimal beats
TRINOMIAL
— PG County MD alt-jazz trio
Cam Chambers
— New Kensington/Pittsburgh vocalist-producer-drummer, genre-melding hip-hop
Mr. Roboto Project
Autoignition
— Buffalo pop-punk quartet, FFO Saves The Day
Capillary
— Emotive four-piece on 51st State Records
Dimwit
— Columbus pop-punk with playful wordplay
Threaded
— Pittsburgh alternative/hardcore
Antiochian
— Pop punk from Buffalo NY
Dispute
— Grand Rapids post-hardcore, narrative-driven intensity
Take A Deep Breath
— Pittsburgh shoegaze
Spirit
ADULT.
— Detroit electro/industrial duo
Container
— Noise techno, Ren Schofield (Providence/London)
Donzii
— Miami/LA post-punk/no-wave/funk duo
Expensive Shit
— Solo electronic by Paul Quattrone (Oh Sees drummer)
The Dracu-Las
— Surfy garage punk and power pop for the beach goth set
Century III
— garage rock from Pittsburgh named after a beloved now-dead mall
The Treasury
— Richmond darkwave, DKA Records signee
SATURDAY 11 APRIL
Preserving
GUILT TRIP
— Syracuse metallic hardcore with beatdown and death metal
MALEVOLENCE
— Sheffield metalcore crossover with own MLVLTD label
Mr. Roboto Project
Yell At God
— Philly queer trans duo, femmegrass folk punk
DIBS
— UK heavy psychedelic spacerock, ex-Hawkwind/Evil Blizzard
Crisp Lake
— Pittsburgh horror punk with folk influences
Rayne Blakeman
— Pennsylvania DIY artist, protest songs as spiritual practice
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
The Antlers
— Brooklyn indie rock led by Peter Silberman, lush orchestration, emotionally intense
Tōth
— project of Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist songwriter and producer Alex Toth,
Original Pittsburgh Winery
Nidia Góngora
— Colombian singer/songwriter (Canalón de Timbiquí)
Spirit
In Bed By Ten
— Two-piece indie rock from Gainesville, Florida.
Rock Room
Sheer Terror
— NYC hardcore legends
Submachine
— Pittsburgh hardcore legends since 1991
School Drugs
— 80s hardcore punk tradition
Complete Fucker
— Pittsburgh hardcore punk
40th Street Bridge Park
Grin Hound
— Pgh 'degenerate doo slop' egg punk with love songs
What goes on here?
— Nashville acoustic indie folk concept album
Eraser
— Pgh post-punk/no wave experimental
Hotdog Water
— D.C. art rock duo exploring authenticity vs absurdity
Planet Jackpot
— Celestial punk collaborative starring Max Wheeler
Bantha Tea Bar
Connie Roses
— Pittsburgh abstract hip-hop inspired by Taoist spiritualism
Kondracki
— Dusty & crusty Pittsburgh sound since '93
Goutze
— Pittsburgh experimental hip-hop with abstract poetry elements
Sol Groove
— Urban instrumental hip-hop
Aberrant Joe
— Experimental electronic artist
Brillobox
Normal Creatures
— Pittsburgh hip-hop/metal hybrid exploring unconventional sounds
Sundras
— Instrumental doom metal duo, crushing riffs meet cosmic ambiance
Evals
— Brooklyn experimental electronic
Tidals
— Oakland electronic, heavy alternative influences
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Kashus Culpepper
— Big Loud Records Americana-soul with #1 radio hit "Believe"
Club Cafe
(SOLD OUT)
In Color
— Nashville indie coastal pop/Southern rock
Eden Joel
— Nashville indie pop, touring musician (21 y/o producer/multi-instrumentalist)
Hippo House
PGH EMO BASEMENT BASH
— Local emo showcase
SUNDAY 12 APRIL
The Government Center
Dave Shepherd
— Pittsburgh rust belt country, childhood West Virginia influences
Mike Lee
— Fort Worth blues/country
Nathan Xander
— NYC folk/Americana (Union City PA roots, Deep Elm Records)
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Zinnia's Garden
— Pgh ethereal rock, four-part harmonies across multi-dimensional terrain
Orsini X Draft
— Giovanni Orsini collaborative project, active Pgh scene regular
Bantha Tea Bar
Julien Dunn
— Jazz vocalist with piano, influenced by Ella and Billie
Corey Denham
— Experimental percussionist, contemporary chamber and improvised music
Mario DiPasquale
— Electric bass
Eerie Moon
— Toronto rock-funk with Latin influences
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Producing A Kind Generation
— 3 piece art rock trio from Louisville
222 Ormsby
Jon Bygone
— Pittsburgh DIY noise punk trio with raw energy
G. Gordon Gritty
— NYC 'non-musician' making disorienting amateur punk
Lilac//Web
— Pittsburgh electronic body punk, medical deconstruction themes
Nervous Guys
— Pittsburgh tribute to legendary Bay Area budget rock Icky Boyfriends
Johnny Panebianco
— Psychedelic/experimental PA project by Jim & John Panebianco with live art
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Jake Xerxes Fussell
— Durham-based folk interpreter, refreshing candor with traditional material
The Government Center
Shotwell
— San Francisco political punk, analog-recorded with power generators
Sub Rosa
— Brazilian prog rock with philosophical concepts and visual artistry
06 Female
— NYC bass-playing writer exploring style and culture
Mr. Roboto Project
Bird Friend
— NH weird folk with punk and garage rock, 10+ years DIY
Harrison Lemke
— Idaho-inspired folk with synthesizer and drum programming
Elliott Pullen & The Pearl Snaps
— Pittsburgh folk band
MONDAY 13 APRIL
Bottlerocket Social Hall
Gladie
— Philadelphia indie rock (Augusta Koch of Cayetana, on Get Better/Lame-O)
Carnegie Lecture Hall
Warhol Sound Series
Haley Heynderickx
— Folk singer-songwriter
Max García Conover
— Maine folk singer-songwriter, intricate fingerstyle
Owl Hollow
Blowgun
— New Orleans fiddle/pandeiro duo fusing old-time, samba, Arabic
Rats of Reason
— Pittsburgh indie/folk/punk
Absent
— Baltimore/Philly emo/post-hardcore
Mr. Roboto Project
theyhungusfrompowerlines
— Columbus fem-fronted screamo
braininavat
— Ex-Lowmeninyellowcoats angular noise rock
Iris Adam
— Electronic heartbreak songs, nicotine-soaked vulnerability
wheretheforsythiablooms
— Pittsburgh skramz trio with screamoviolence edge
Guillermo Guillotine
— most whimsical screamo
Spirit
The Moon Baby
— Philly pop vocalist and performance artist with irreverent cabaret style
TUESDAY 14 APRIL
Spirit
Dogpark
— NYC alternative rock, '90s indie influenced with heavy riffs
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Carbon Leaf
— Richmond quintet, 30+ years Celtic-folk indie rock
Preserving
Raven
— Pittsburgh raw black metal
The Government Center
Interlay
— Local Pittsburgh post-punk quartet featuring goth-tinged dynamics.
Samo
— Project of Robert Gasperowicz Husaria Records
Vireo
— Pittsburgh indie folk with field recordings and ethereal atmospheres
Histrionic
— Loud Pittsburgh rock
Brillo Box
Matt Pryor & The Salton Sea
— Get Up Kids frontman, full-band indie rock arrangements
Small Uncle
— Indie/alternative
WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL
Spirit
Black Pistol Fire
— Austin-based, classic blues riffs with high-octane garage rock energy
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Igor and the Red Elvises
— LA based Russian-American surf/rockabilly/polka (founded 1995)
The Yeggs
— Pittsburgh surf trio, latest album Heavy Water
Club Cafe
Jordan Paul Clark
— Pgh singer-songwriter, folk/Americana with introspective lyrics
Brillobox
Verity Den
— North Carolina experimental psych/shoegaze trio
Nathan Taylor
— Pittsburgh electronic
Blinder
— Heavy shoegaze with cinematic atmosphere
Root Coiled
— Experimental tape
THURSDAY 16 APRIL
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Whitney
— Chicago indie rock duo from Smith Westerns ashes
Mr. Roboto Project
Tiger Would!
— Port Chester midwest emo
(Secret Set)
— disco-influenced indie rock mystery act
Kwarter Zip
— Pittsburgh emo
Guillermo Guillotine
— Whimsical Pgh screamo
Foreverforaday
— Pittsburgh screamo
FRIDAY 17 APRIL
Spirit
Siesta Fiesta
— noise
222 Ormsby
Bloody Run
— Pittsburgh war metal with thrash riffs and hardcore energy
Calamity Vessel
— Pittsburgh atmospheric black metal with fantasy themes
Pyromancy
— Symphonic blackwave metal from Pennsylvania woods
Plaguewielder
— Ohio post-black/gothic metal trio, Midwest diabolical rock influence
Spirit
Kiran Ahluwalia
— 2-time Juno winner fusing Indian vocals with African desert blues
Mr. Roboto Project
ktwheels
— Chicago crunchy indie rock/folk
Rent for Cheryl
— Akron/Cleveland indie-alt 5-piece
Halloway
— Pittsburgh queer indie pop-rock
What Was Said
— rock/metal
Mr. Smalls Cafe
Brian Junker
— Fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo folk vignettes
Caleb Pogyor
— Psychedelic folk with indie rock elements
Dan Petrich
— Folk with American Primitive and ambient explorations
Side Quest
Ego Likeness
— Baltimore darkwave/industrial
Frenchy and The Punk
— NYC dark alt post-punk duo (Scott Helland of Deep Wound)
Hemlock for Socrates
— Pittsburgh electro-cabaret/industrial blues duo
Maple Leaf
Guillermo Pizarro
— West Virginia experimental/noise, Flag Day Recordings
Weapons Envelope
— DC harsh noise/power electronics solo project
Angel Examination Room
— emo
Boydozer
— Pittsburgh experimental/noise/ambient
Polish Hell Oubliette
Grin Hound
— Pittsburgh lo-fi punk with post-punk edge
Peace Talks
— Scathing unfussy Pittsburgh hardcore
Indikator B (Croatia)
— Zagreb hardcore punk with five-year comeback
Open Carry
— Pittsburgh hardcore/punk
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Cole Chaney
— Kentucky Appalachian country/bluegrass
The Local Honeys
— rock/folk
SATURDAY 18 APRIL
Mr. Roboto Project
Gentry Blue
— Nashville progressive art rock
Dogmeat
— Orange County CA hardcore/punk rock
Obscure Spirits
— Chicago-based rock/indie
Spirit
WAVES ON WAVES
— LA synthpop with cinematic vocals, neon-soaked Sunset Strip darkwave
PearlArts Movement & Sound
Soy sos
— Herman Pearl, modular synths with Afro-electronic hip hop fusion
Trē
— Filipina-American breath artist, flutes and field recordings
Drift Terrain
— Three-hour continuous soundscape experience
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Album Release Show
Desolence
— Pittsburgh metalcore/prog metal
Reign Of Z
— Pgh hard rock with Zosia West's melodic aggression
Greywalker
— Pittsburgh melodic death metal
Guides
— Pittsburgh nu-metal/hard rock
222 Ormsby
Art Against ICE
Art Against ICE
— Pittsburgh benefit show featuring live music, drag, vendors, and tattoos.
Gooskis
Edhochuli
— Pittsburgh angular post-hardcore (A-F Records)
Lahar
— Czech thrash/crossover hardcore
Natural Rat
— Morgantown WV doom pop
SUNDAY 19 APRIL
Spirit
Clan of Xymox
— Dutch darkwave/post-punk legends (1984)
Death Instinct
— Pittsburgh post-punk and shoegaze
Shadow Age
— Richmond post-punk trio with darkwave elements
Mr. Roboto Project
Geese Teeth
— Portland queer alt-rock with handharp
False Teeth
— Cleveland indie rock
Sparkle Teeth
— Fort Wayne IN fuzzy guitar pop/indie rock
Mr. Smalls Theatre
The Gathering Gloom
— Cure tribute band
Ormsby Cafe
Skeletonized
— Pittsburgh noise/punk/free jazz skronk
Overcalc
— Nick Skrobisz electronics/guitar hybridization, Multicult member
No Hitter
— Chicago experimental, not palatable but very nice
Club Cafe
mama said string band
— Louisville bluegrass quartet, vocal harmonies and contemporary instrumentation
Thunderbird
Weedeater
— NC sludge/stoner metal
Conan
— Liverpool 'caveman battle doom'
Telekinetic Yeti
Funerals
— Pgh doom-sludge from ex-Horehound members with post-metallic contrasts
MONDAY 20 APRIL
222 Ormsby
Illiterates
— Pittsburgh hardcore, self-proclaimed 'dumbest band in hardcore'
Reek Minds
— Portland depraved hardcore, fast maniacal shredding
Yambag
— Cleveland blastbeat-driven hardcore, DRI meets Napalm Death
Spirit
Brenn!
— Alabama folk pop singer-songwriter
Hudson Ingram
— Austin, Texas born, Nashville-based artist and songwriter
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Powfu
— Canadian lo-fi hip-hop artist, viral hit 'death bed'
TUESDAY 21 APRIL
Mr. Roboto Project
Friend
— Dominican Republic indie punk, raw two-track release
Scrum Force
— Pittsburgh brainrotcore five-piece, dive bar energy
I Am The Lizard Queen
— Pittsburgh four-piece basement power pop-punk
5th Place
— Pittsburgh noise with shoegaze covers
WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL
Mr. Roboto Project
Acid Drag
— Pittsburgh shoegaze-tinged dream pop with ambient textures
A Cute Angel
— Minimal indie
Trailing Iris
— Pittsburgh lo-fi indie/shoegaze
Known Moons
— Milwaukee indie, lo-fi drum machines, fuzzy synths
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Nino Albanese Trio
— Pgh blues-fusion trio with Mars and Clarence Grant II
Liz Berlin
— Rusted Root founding member, pissed-off pop
Gibson Musisko
— Pgh singer-songwriter, AcoustiCafe host
Vanessa Prentiss
— Posterchild guitarist and vocalist
Danny Rectenwald
— Prize-winning Pgh multi-instrumentalist, jazz-rock to cinematic
Chet Vincent & The Music Industry
— 20-year Pgh scene veteran, ex-Big Bend/Biirdwatcher frontman
Spirit
Fit For An Autopsy
— Jersey City deathcore veterans
The Government Center
Uzkost, Imipolex, Mires, Wretched Fixation
Uzkost
— Pittsburgh antifascist blackened death metal (ex-Slaves BC)
Imipolex
— Maine avant-garde black/death metal
Mires
— Pittsburgh doom metal with horns/jazz
Wretched Fixation
— Pittsburgh black/death metal
Brillobox
Spectre Folk
— Pete Nolan's psych-noise evolution from Magik Markers, now with Pavement/Fugazi vets
Some Pepper & Frogonbough
— Collaborative feedback experiment by daby (De Klok)
County Conservation District
— Pittsburgh solo ambient project, genre-defying Seafarer effort
Nonsite
— Pittsburgh electronic minimal techno with tape releases
Carrie Sours
— Cleveland-to-Pittsburgh DJ/musician, no wave
THURSDAY 23 APRIL
Preserving Underground
UADA
— Portland melodic black metal
Mortiis
— Ex-Emperor bassist Håvard Ellefsen's metal/electronic
Rome
— Luxembourgish neofolk, Jérôme Reuter's martial industrial songcraft
Wraith Knight
— Washington dungeon synth (Neuropa Records)
Club Cafe
Tom Hamilton Band
— Philadelphia jam/rock (JRAD, Brothers Past)
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Vacation Manor
Vacation Manor
— Virginia indie rock/alternative pop
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Walter Trout
— Blues-rock veteran, ex-Canned Heat/John Mayall guitarist, half-century career
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Dance With the Dead
— dark synth-wave duo on Joyful Noise
Magic Sword
— Boise electronic trio on Joyful Noise
Megan McDuffee
— pop
Mr. Roboto Project
Curse Words
— Pittsburgh twinkly emo
ShotClock
— Richmond VA pop punk trio
City Mouse
— Michigan/SoCal soulful punk rock
Murder of Js
— punk/rock
Toy
— London UK psych-rock/shoegaze
FRIDAY 24 APRIL
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Chubb Rock
— 90s hip-hop veteran, known for 'Treat 'em Right'
Union
— Electronic house from UK
Mr. Roboto Project
ShraderHollow
— Greensburg metal-grunge
Cracklin' Racket
— Pgh heavy
Psych Ward Grips
— All-trans dance punk, queercore with keys
Breathe In Stereo
— Cleveland 80's vampire synth punk trio
Dereos Roads
— Pittsburgh alt-hip-hop, ex-Proseed, Surface Level Records
Something For Everyone
— Cyberpunk electronic
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Star’s Revenge
Ex Pilots
— Ethan Oliva's lo-fi home recordings, Pittsburgh indie
Good Sport
— Pittsburgh danceable indie pop, existential lyrics
Star's Revenge
— NYC bedroom pop duo (Geese/Sunflower Bean members)
Sunflower Bean
— NYC indie rock trio, latest album 'Headful of Sugar'
Geese
— Brooklyn indie rock, latest album 'Getting Killed'
SATURDAY 25 APRIL
Corner Cafe
Royal Honey
— Pittsburgh '70s/'80s hard rock
Right on Warriors
— Pittsburgh punk/metal 5-piece
Orange Mammoth
— Pittsburgh indie rock
Shred Shed
Deadsky
— Pgh crust-death quintet, D-beat meets thrash metal
Death Gasp
— Stenchcore brutality with downtuned mind grind
Complete Fucker
— Pgh punk with early DOOM-style bellowed vocals
Victim In Pain
— Local hardcore, likely tribute to Agnostic Front classic
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Cheerleader Roadkill
— confrontational London, Ontario punk rock
Awannabe
— Wisconsin raw, experimental blend of punk, lo-fi
Pure Intention
— Chicago hard-and-fast punk trio
Mr. Roboto Project
Fez
— Pgh belly dance beats meet psych rock casbah vibes
Petrone
— Pgh heavy metal, loud and raw since 2021
90 Seconds Til Midnight
— T.A. Turcotte's multigenre depression/anxiety project from Boston
Signal The Sentinel
— Cranberry Township heavy metal warriors
Spirit
Trevor Jackson
— UK electronic/house producer, Output label founder
SUNDAY 26 APRIL
Side Quest
Tynan Time Tour
— Dark trap producer, weird and unusual sounds
Mr. Roboto Project
weareallmadeofstardust
— Collaborative indie with guest features, recent Revolt EP
Mental State of Mind
— Belfast anarchist collective, DIY ethos since 1984
Nothing
— Philly post-shoegaze, Domenic Palermo-led since 2010
Darling
— Pittsburgh folk-pop with psychedelic and lo-fi elements
5th Place
— Pittsburgh noise with shoegaze covers
Spirit
White Reaper
— Louisville punk/death
Drug Church
— Albany punk/hardcore
Club Cafe
Edging
— Chicago art punk with sax
Lez Paul
— Pittsburgh, PA-based indie
Aberrant Kingdom
— Pittsburgh grunge/doom prog trio
TUESDAY 28 APRIL
Mr. Roboto Project
Joker's Republic
— New Jersey ska-punk trio (Punkerton Records)
Doomstompers
— Queens NY punk-rocksteady (Bad Time Records)
Nowhere Wolves
— Pittsburgh post-punk supergroup (ex-Sommelier, Lylyth)
The Book Club
— Pittsburgh ska
WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL
The Government Center
The Problem With Kids Today
— New Haven CT power pop/punk trio
Sooflay
— Indiana lo-fi power pop one-man band
Mr. Smalls Theatre
The New Pornographers
— Vancouver indie rock supergroup (Neko Case, Dan Bejar, AC Newman)
222 Ormsby
Poison Ruin
— Philly punk with Dark Ages mythology and expanding sonic landscapes
The Zerps
— Eclectic rock blending glam, metal, and hip-hop elements
Cruelster
— Cleveland power chord punk
United Stare
— Pittsburgh noise punk featuring members of Speed Plans
Roboto Project
The Lowliest One
— New York singer-songwriter project
Tilt Controls
— Pittsburgh indie/bitcrushed rock
Shraderhollow
— Pittsburgh-based hardcore/noise
Dread
— Pittsburgh cybergoth antipop (Millie Dread)
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Fantastic Cat
Fantastic Cat
— NYC folk-rock supergroup (D'Amato, Dunne, DiLego, Montali of Hollis Brown)
Michaela Anne
— Nashville country blending classic honky-tonk with indie rock
THURSDAY 30 APRIL
The Government Center
Heavy Smoker
— Lompoc three-piece: doom-tinged psych sludge
Libby Quinn
— NYC five-piece, math-y experimental post-punk
Brake Run
— Pgh weirdo shoegaze, ex-saltlick member
Megane
— Pgh experimental electronic beats, glitchy synth textures
Brillobox
Wolf Eyes
— Detroit experimental noise duo, 25+ years of bizarre otherworldly sound
Farrah Faucet
— Pittsburgh power electronics
Fuzzfiend
— Wheeling WV stoner/doom duo
Mr. Roboto Project
Tartarus
— Pittsburgh black/death metal
Ozmium
— Allentown PA hard rock (Ozmium*76)
Bearhammer
— Louisville metal/doom
Nailed To The Cross
— metal
Leech Forward
— Pittsburgh death metal/hardcore
Bottlerocket Social Hall
Plays Tim by The Replacements
TVs Norm
— Pittsburgh four-piece blending sardonic lyrics with off-kilter pop
FRIDAY 01 MAY
Roboto Project
Weird Spring
— Lithuanian experimental electronic with modular synth
7D
— Alternative electronic
Lucie Spine
— Electronic artist
CG
— Japan-based country-electronic fusion with eurobeat elements
Bat St Chip
— Pgh solo project, collages of sound under distant vocals
Aberrant Joe
— Local experimental act
Emil Kemp
— Versatile vocalist and songwriter with trio arrangements
Hippo House
Hiss
— Pittsburgh Heavy / Metal / Hardcore
Ruth E. Toothless
— Scream, emo, power violence, PGH.
Terminal Intensity
— cross between Dork Grind and Calculus Core
Wrung
— Pittsburgh-based heavy/hardcore band
Mr. Smalls Sanctuary
Radiant Strings
— Pittsburgh string ensemble
The Millvale Festival Orchestra
— Chamber ensemble playing Eastern European and American classical
Kate Manuel
— Local musician
Robert Frankenberry
— Pgh opera conductor/tenor, folk orchestrations in unusual venues
Jordan Berlin Speranzo
— Composer/conductor, son of Rusted Root's Liz Berlin
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Danny Brown
— Detroit experimental hip-hop
Midwxst
— Indiana hyperpop-rap chameleon, grungy hit 'Trying'
Chase USA
— Secretive Detroit emo
SATURDAY 02 MAY
Mr. Smalls Sanctuary
Sun King Warriors
— Pittsburgh Americana groove rock (Jim Donovan, ex-Rusted Root)
Mr. Smalls Theatre
40th Anniversary Tour
The Afghan Whigs
— Cincinnati alt-rock, Greg Dulli fronted
Mercury Rev
— Buffalo experimental rock with orchestral psychedelia
The Rox Lab
Dukkha
— Youngstown crust punk, d-beat fury with bleak atmosphere
EKGs
— Tokyo raw punk champions, 77-82 UK punk obsessed
Raw Distractions
— Pittsburgh hardcore
Slugs World
— Chicago power pop
Tech 25
DEBONAIR
— Copenhagen duo specializing party hits 1960s-present
SUNDAY 03 MAY
Roboto Project
Cordyceps Corpse
— Ohio one-woman slam/goregrind (Gore House)
Windchimes
— Pgh postdeath sludge/deathcore
Moisty Mince
— Pgh two-piece mincecore, gross and greasy
No Chance
— South Carolina hardcore
Spirit
Evanora Unlimited
— Oakland synth punk/electro-industrial
John FM
— bridging a structural gap in Detroit's musical history
Thunderbird
Mdou Moctar
— Tuareg guitar hero blending desert blues with psychedelic rock
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
MATTE BLVCK
— San Diego industrial darkwave trio, analog synths meet gritty dance
HAUNT ME
— San Antonio post-punk trio, moody synths and driving bass
Doors in the Labyrinth
— Josh Loughrey's Pgh postgoth/darkwave, multi-genre narrative focus
MONDAY 04 MAY
The Government Center
Pitter Patter
— Pittsburgh indie rock quartet with emo pop and Midwest emo influences
Shel the Philosopher
— Hip hop artist with philosophical themes
Times New Wrestlers
— Local experimental act
TUESDAY 05 MAY
Club Cafe
blood club
— Chicago post-punk trio blending darkwave with Latino romanticism
Mr. Roboto Project
Thoughts on Bowling
— Arkansas midwest emo trio
Adjust The Sails
— Maryland acousti-punk solo project
Tiny Voices
— Wisconsin midwest emo/pop punk
Latchkey Kids
— New Brunswick NJ punk (Menzingers adjacent)
Roxian Theater
Deicide
— Tampa death metal legends
Rotting Christ
— Greek extreme metal pioneers, three decades strong
Immolation
— NY death metal leaders alongside Suffocation and Incantation
WEDNESDAY 06 MAY
Polish Hell Oubliette
Gutgash
— Pittsburgh death/thrash goblins formed in Polish Hill sewers
No Knock
— NYC hardcore with anti-landlord politics and relentless energy
Roxian Theater
Purity Ring
— Canadian electronic pop duo, vocalist Megan James and producer Corin Roddick
Mr. Roboto Project
Local News Legend
— Harrisburg PA folk punk
Mother's Day Rogers
— folk-punk from Lancaster, PA (Sister Wife Sex Strike)
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Waylon Wyatt
— Arkansas country artist on Darkroom Records
Julia DiGrazia
— classically trained improvisational fiddler
THURSDAY 07 MAY
Club Cafe
Mama's Broke
— Nova Scotia duo, crunchy instrumentals meet haunting harmonies
jude brothers
— folk derived singer-songwriter from Arkansas
City of Asylum
James Brandon Lewis
— NYC jazz saxophonist
The Messthetics
— DC instrumental post-punk (Joe Lally and Brendan Canty)
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Pete Yorn
— NJ singer-songwriter, "musicforthemorningafter" anniversary
FRIDAY 08 MAY
Roxian Theater
Fields of the Nephilim
— Gothic rock legends led by Carl McCoy
Club Cafe
Joshua Quimby
— Nashville alt-country/folk singer-songwriter
Matt Pless
— Maryland folk punk troubadour, political songwriter
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Gully Boys
— Minneapolis grunge power pop four-piece, '90s-inspired with fierce energy
Spirit
Silkworm
— 90s indie rock legends (Missoula/Seattle)
SATURDAY 09 MAY
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Corrosion of Conformity
— NC crossover thrash/sludge metal pioneers
Whores
— Atlanta noise rock/sludge trio, intensely cathartic
Crobot
— explosive rock and roll from Pottsville PA
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Fluorescents
— Chicago pop-punk/easycore
Glimmers
— Amsterdam dark pop duo exploring broken relationships and loss
Original Pittsburgh Winery
Joy Clark
— singer-songwriter/americana
Spirit
Ultra Sunn
— Belgian coldwave/post-punk
Traitrs
— Toronto-based punk/rock
Hemlock for Socrates
— Pittsburgh electro-cabaret/industrial blues duo
Westside Bowl
Oranssi Pazuzu
— Finnish psychedelic black metal
Wayfarer
— Denver atmospheric black metal/Americana
SUNDAY 10 MAY
Roboto Project
Nana Grizol
— Athens, GA indie folk-punk collective
Hit Like A Girl
— Philly trans/queer-led indie punk
Kait Eldridge + Patrick Jennings
— NYC punk/power pop (Big Eyes frontwoman), solo work
Short Fictions
— Pittsburgh indie rock/emo
Club Cafe
J.R. Carroll
— Oklahoma country/Americana (Zach Bryan's touring keyboardist)
Coltt Winter Lepley
— Virginia singer-songwriter
Mindy Miller
— Maryland/Nashville country (The Voice S28 contestant)
MONDAY 11 MAY
Mr. Roboto Project
Pigeon Pit
— Portland folk-punk
Rent Strike
— Philly folk-punk
Pacing
— San Jose CA confessional indie/folk (Asian Man Records)
Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra
— Folk-punk collective
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Shadow of Intent
— US-based metal/grind
ANGELMAKER
— North Vancouver, British Columbia blackened/deathcore
MENTAL CRUELTY
— German deathcore band formed in 2014
SYNESTIA
— deathcore from Minneapolis
TUESDAY 12 MAY
Preserving Underground
Home Front
— Edmonton post-punk duo, Cure-influenced, Polaris-longlisted
Bootlicker
— Victoria hardcore punks, relentless and rip-roaring
Club Cafe
Hannah Frances
— Vermont avant-folk/progressive
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Troy Doherty
— Pop-rock with Ed Sheeran influences, entertainment background
Spirit
Arcy Drive
— Northport four-piece, alternative 'Attic-Rock'
WEDNESDAY 13 MAY
The Warhol Museum (Entrance Space)
Sound Series
Cut Worms
— Brooklyn songwriter Max Clarke, alt-country bedroom pop, Tweedy-produced
Tchotchke
— NYC diva rock trio with 1960s pop influences
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Dallas Wax
— NYC psychedelic rock, acid-dipped riffs and punk energy
Z-Nemo & the Big Slime
— Pittsburgh-based, groove-centric jam rock
THURSDAY 14 MAY
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Shayfer James
— NJ singer-songwriter, theatrical/cabaret rock, gothic-tinged ballads
FRIDAY 15 MAY
222 Ormsby
Ex Pilots
— Pittsburgh indie rock via Guided by Voices influence
Mopar
— Philadelphia quartet
United Stare
— Pittsburgh punk compared to Rites of Spring, AC/DC
SATURDAY 16 MAY
Spirit
Unprocessed
— German djent/progressive metal with experimental edge
Midwinter
— Cleveland progressive metalcore quintet
SUNDAY 17 MAY
Mr. Smalls Theatre
VNV Nation
— Hamburg electronic anthems by Ronan Harris
Spirit
Bazaar Bazaar
— rock/folk
TUESDAY 19 MAY
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Halloween (PHL) with Silver Car Crash and Velvet Overkill
Halloween
— horror themed Detroit metal
Silver Car Crash
— Pgh art rock/post-punk
Velvet Overkill
— Pgh doomgaze with evil noise pop
Justus Proffit
— LA dream pop with punk edges
WEDNESDAY 20 MAY
Brillobox
Viogression
— Milwaukee death metal legends (since 1988)
Diabolic Oath
— Portland occult black/death metal
O.I.L
— Pittsburgh downtuned sludge metal
FRIDAY 22 MAY
Mr. Smalls Theatre
(RESCHEDULED)
Donna the Buffalo
— Upstate NY roots/Americana jam
Tiger Maple String Band
— NW Pennsylvania old-time string band
Hippo House
My Wifes Angel
— Philly Appalachian no-wave, nightmarish psychedelic punk
Wujeria
— Dayton ethereal trip hop
Kithbah
— Pittsburgh chaotic hardcore (Kicked In The Head By A Horse)
Heaven on Earth
— Toronto folk singer-songwriter, prairie roots vibrato
Club Cafe
Paper Wings
— Nashville co-based rock/folk
SATURDAY 23 MAY
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
SamJAMwich
— Pittsburgh jam band with taped live shows
Bucket of Puppies
— Wheeling WV funky Appalachian rock n soul quintet
SUNDAY 24 MAY
Rock Room
Loosey
— NYC bovver rock with big city noise and pagan blues
Painted Dog
— Pgh post-punk/cowpunk outfit with debut LP Mirror
Snarling Dogs
— Pgh feral punks channeling Stiv Bators and Zero Boys energy
Bottlerocket Social Hall
Combat
— Baltimore fifth-wave emo with frenzied finger-tapping
Kwarter Zip
— Pgh emo
Aloner
— Lo-fi indie
Preserving Underground
Animals As Leaders
— DC instrumental prog metal trio (Tosin Abasi), djent pioneers
Night Verses
— Fullerton CA instrumental prog/post-rock trio
Spirit
Thank You Scientist
— NJ progressive rock, jazz fusion/metal 7-piece (Evil Ink Records)
Club Cafe
Visitor Center
— Baltimore weirdo rock with experimental edge
TUESDAY 26 MAY
Brillobox
Snowmen
— NYC post-punk quartet with indie rock edge
Preserving Underground
Cryptopsy
— Montreal technical death metal (since 1988), JUNO-nominated
Necrot
— Oakland death metal trio (members of Acephalix, Vastum)
Fulci
— Italian death metal, concept albums based on Lucio Fulci horror films
Blood Monolith
— DC death metal supergroup (members of Nails, Undeath, Ulthar)
WEDNESDAY 27 MAY
Rock Room
Black Mambas
— LA four-piece punk, first-wave influenced with fury
Mala Vista
— NYC rock n' roll punk
Grinhound
— Doo slop garage punk
United Stare
— Garage punk with members of Speed Plans, Rex Tycoon
Rock N Roll Rendezvous
— Lou Koster (Bona Roba, Choke City) and friends
Mr. Roboto Project
Kerosene Heights
— Emo
Stars Hollow
— Ames, Iowa midwest emo
Palette Knife
— Art-inspired experimental music
FRIDAY 29 MAY
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
PostSeason
— Pop-punk, elder millennial angst
Crash Nebula
— blends melodic punk with heavy, emotional undertones
Main Street Detour
— Pittsburgh pop-punk/emo quartet with raw, emotionally-charged lyricism
Pitter Patter
— Pittsburgh indie rock quartet
222 Ormsby
God Plutonium
— Pittsburgh hardcore punk featuring members of Necro Heads
Hardcore Bloodbath
— Quebec electronic producer, eurodance/hardcore made on PS1
Restraining Order
— West Springfield hardcore, 80s youth crew meets modern punk
Unreal City
— Pittsburgh hardcore with metallic edge and industrial weight
Madman
— Kansas City post-punk metal about misanthropes and ne'er-do-wells
Spirit Lodge
Hell Club
— Industrial-leaning experimental with hydraulic anatomy themes
Vireo
— Pittsburgh indie folk with field recordings, dream textures
SATURDAY 30 MAY
Collapse
Fatboi Sharif, Icky Reels at Collapse
Fatboi Sharif
— American avant-garde Hip-Hop
Icky Reels
— Experimental electronic artist
222 Ormsby
Hemlock for Socrates
— Pgh electronic art-rock duo, moody music to dance-cry to
Some Faith
— Darkwave synth duo, Indigo Baloch vocals
Cassette Stress
— Nashville postpunk/darkwave duo with bass-driven rhythms
SUNDAY 31 MAY
Roboto Project
Kaiba
— Athens-originated screamo, recently relocated to Pittsburgh
Kicked in the Head by a Horse
— Chaotic hardcore formed 2022, abbreviated KITHBAH
Malevich
— Atlanta blackened screamo with experimental tendencies
KITBAH
— Local support
TUESDAY 02 JUNE
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Built To Spill
— Boise indie rock (Doug Martsch), since 1992
Guerilla Toss
— an avant-garde rock band blending punk, electronic, and experimental sounds
WEDNESDAY 03 JUNE
Spirit
Pallbearer
— Little Rock doom metal, progressive/atmospheric
Blood Vulture
— New-based indie/experimental
Bottlerocket Social Hall
The Sonder Bombs
— Cleveland indie rock trio with ukulele-tinged melodies
Megan From Work
— New Hampshire grunge-pop with 90s radio nods
Roboto Project
Ten Million PSI
— Featherston, NZ heavy music since 1995
Flood
— LA symphonic metal with dystopian themes
Atlas Atrophied
— Pittsburgh wasteland noise
Malleus
— DC psychedelic black metal with 60s influences
Lbs
— Pittsburgh
Heather Harper
— Pittsburgh electronic producer, part of Reverse Cowgirl
Cyberemesis
— Visual art accompaniment
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Andy Hull
— Manchester Orchestra frontman, Atlanta indie rock (solo tour)
Brother Bird
— intimate, ethereal indie rock from Caroline Glaser
FRIDAY 05 JUNE
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Vinyl Williams
— LA neo-psychedelia/celestial pop (grandson of John Williams)
HOTT MT
— LA underground DIY, Hour Of The Time Majesty Twelve
Astrology Now
— Pittsburgh psych rock with dual guitars and dreamy vocals
SATURDAY 06 JUNE
Death Comes Lifting
Unholy Altar
— Philly black metal, second-wave Norwegian influence
Úzkost
— Pittsburgh blackened doom death
Pyromancy
— Solo symphonic blackwave from Pennsylvania woods
SUNDAY 07 JUNE
222 Ormsby
Subtitles
— Reno two-piece pumping early 2000s emo/pop punk
65 Rats
— Blood For Blood-inspired hardcore punk
The Catastrophes
— Nashville melodic punk with catchy riffs, hard-hitting lyrics
Navin & The Jerks
— Local punk act
Club Cafe
Leon Majcen
— folksinger in tradition of Townes Van Zand
Coltt Winter Lepley
— North-Appalachian songwriter, folksinger, poet, author
MONDAY 08 JUNE
Tech 25
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek
— Berlin-based Turkish Anatolian folk/psych (Big Crown Records)
TUESDAY 09 JUNE
Rock Room
Last Protocol
— Pittsburgh street punk with oi! edge
The Uncouth
— Kansas City oi! veterans, melodic punk since 2010
DJ Drago
— Hip hop, soul, R&B selector
FRIDAY 12 JUNE
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Dylan LeBlanc
— Shreveport/Muscle Shoals Americana singer-songwriter
Carlyle Griffin
— Nashville Americana from South Carolina
SATURDAY 13 JUNE
Mr. Smalls Theatre
BABYFXCE E
— rap
MONDAY 15 JUNE
Thunderbird
Worm
— Florida 'nekromantic black doom' (Century Media)
TUESDAY 16 JUNE
The Warhol Museum (Theater)
Sunny War
— Singer-songwriter with unique guitar style
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Geordie Greep
— Ex-Black Midi frontman, solo debut 'The New Sound' (bossa nova/jazz fusion)
WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
The Bones of J.R. Jones
— One-man roots blues, Jonathon Linaberry from hardcore to Lomax-inspired Americana
Spirit
Infinity Song
— NYC sibling soft rock quartet (Roc Nation)
THURSDAY 18 JUNE
Spirit
smokedope2016
— rap
FRIDAY 19 JUNE
Roboto Project
TRSH, Flight Patterns, Halftime Show
TRSH
— Springfield Midwest emo
Flight Patterns
— Ann Arbor dual-guitar emo quartet with quirky song titles
Halftime Show
— Pittsburgh punk
SATURDAY 20 JUNE
Shred Shed
No Time
— Pittsburgh hardcore/Oi! veterans (2013)
Lower Class Brats
— Austin-founded street punk with 70s glam influences
Vaxine
— Brooklyn UK82 revival, GBH and Disorder-inspired street punk
Gottlieb
— LA anarcho-punk co-op, post-punk tension meets hardcore ferocity
Last Protocol
— Pittsburgh punk/ska punk outfit with raw demo energy
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Pgh Pride In The Pit
Pgh Pride In The Pit
— Pittsburgh Pride hardcore/punk festival
SUNDAY 21 JUNE
Poetry Lounge
Flickers from the Fen
— Bristol RuneScape-inspired comfy synth with folk passages
Apoxupon
— Austin nature recordings meets dark ambient
Lored Legend
— Pgh cinematic fantasy synth, lush and intricate
Jenn Taiga
— Classical-trained Berlin School prog with blistering melodies
Hillsfar
— Black metal meets old school dungeon synth
222 Ormsby Ave
The Phantom A.D.
— California 'Ghoulish Rock N' Roll' with cape-wearing frontman
The Yeggs
— Pittsburgh surf trio
MONDAY 22 JUNE
Stage AE
Passion Pit
— Cambridge indie pop with Michael Angelakos's distinctive synth-driven sound
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Kurt Vile And The Violators
Kurt Vile And The Violators
— Philly lo-fi psych rock, ex-War on Drugs guitarist
The Sadies
— Toronto country-rock brothers, dueling guitars and violin
TUESDAY 23 JUNE
Spirit
Folk Bitch Trio
— Melbourne harmonies trio
Prewn
— Izzy Hagerup's Philly project
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Teenage Bottlerocket
— Wyoming Ramones-core punk (Fat Wreck Chords)
The Holy Mess
— Punk with hip-hop elements, raw and fast
Latecomer
— Pittsburgh power pop punk with Tony Hawk Pro Skater vibes
FRIDAY 26 JUNE
Side Quest
Floor Baba
— Pgh game-inspired digital fusion, WIGGLECORE to jazz
Millie Dread
— Hannah RB's cybergothic antipop, darkwave to industrial
Nasty Taxi
— NYC alternative, Seraph EP features Mono Theory
Brillobox
Daed, Indek (+TBA)
Daed
— Boulder IDM/breakcore with circuit-bent electronics and intricate edits
Indek
— Kent's Frane Buli, manic breakcore energy with stomping glitched beats
Mattress Factory
Vireo
— Pittsburgh indie folk with field recordings and ethereal atmospheres
Astrology Now
— Pittsburgh psych rock with fuzz and introspective whirlwinds
SATURDAY 27 JUNE
Stage AE Outdoors
Insane Clown Posse
— Detroit horrorcore duo Violent J & Shaggy 2 Dope, Juggalo cult leaders
Mr. Smalls Theatre
of Montreal
— Athens GA indie pop/psychedelia (Kevin Barnes), Elephant 6 collective
Cormae
— riot grrrl inspired garage/punk from Austin
MONDAY 29 JUNE
Spirit
Souled American
— Chicago alt-country/slowcore pioneers (1986-1996, reunited)
TUESDAY 30 JUNE
Roxian Theater
Earl Sweatshirt
— Introspective LA rapper, Odd Future alum
MIKE
— Abstract NYC rapper, lo-fi production
Harrison
— Melodic flows and introspective lyricism.
FRIDAY 03 JULY
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Makeout Reef
— LA indie/alternative with California Sound, post-punk and shoegaze
SUNDAY 12 JULY
Club Cafe
Caleb Caudle & the Sweet Critters
— North Carolina alt-country with vivid storytelling, A-list collaborators
TUESDAY 14 JULY
Club Cafe
youbet
— NYC indie rock duo (Hardly Art)
WEDNESDAY 15 JULY
Club Cafe
DUSTBOWLCHAMPION
— Fresno lo-fi indie, minimalist hypnotic beats (Jaron Delacruz)
Computer Kill
— Baltimore post-punk with gothic edge
TUESDAY 21 JULY
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Man Man
— Philadelphia experimental rock with circus-esque Eastern European theatrics
Death Valley Girls
— LA garage rock witches channeling cosmic beings, '90s swagger
THURSDAY 23 JULY
The Government Center
Mundy
— Golden Age-inspired hip-hop producer from Troy, NY
Shiloh the Messenger
— NY hip-hop artist blending spiritual themes with modern rap production.
Goutze
— Conversational hip-hop with gentle poetic reflections
Codename Splash
— Pittsburgh rap-R&B blend, introspective storytelling
FRIDAY 24 JULY
222 Ormsby
Guadalajara Street Boys
— Mexican punk from Guadalajara, ex-Homnos/Sparrow 66 members
No Time
— Pittsburgh hardcore/Oi! pulling from multiple punk influences
The Stress
— Long Island punk/Oi! with working class themes
Seclusion
— UK alternative rock meets ambient, 4-track introspection
Drastic Action
— Harrisonburg street punk, fresh 2025 debut
DJ Drago
— NYC dubstep/trance mashups spinning hits between sets
Mattress Factory
The Garment District
— Pittsburgh psych-pop (Jennifer Baron of Ladybug Transistor)
Muzzle Tung
— Salt Lake City/Pittsburgh post-punk/psych
MONDAY 27 JULY
Polish Hell Oubliette
Body Farm
— Braddock powerviolence with harmonic vocals and brutal breakdowns
Razorblade
— Pittsburgh crossover thrash led by guitarist Slammy
Vomit Dolls
— Madrid dark noise experimentalists
THURSDAY 30 JULY
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Cat Power
— Chan Marshall's indie rock, celebrating The Greatest 20th anniversary
THURSDAY 20 AUGUST
Club Cafe
JOEY HARKUM
— Baltimore singer song writer, former Pasadena
FRIDAY 21 AUGUST
Mattress Factory
Same
— Pittsburgh indie rock
Gaadge
— Pittsburgh shoegaze/indie rock
FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER
Mattress Factory
Clear Creek SP
— Pittsburgh-based folk/experimental
Mossy Bones Duo
— aPittsburgh-based folk/experimental
MONDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Nation of Language
Nation of Language
— Brooklyn synthpop trio blending post-punk with new romantic minimalism
Anika
— Berlin-based ex-journalist, experimental dub-post-punk with confrontational vocals
THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
Spirit
Cheekface
— Indie rock trio
SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
— Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist blending blues, folk, soul, reggae
Roxian Theater
Altin Gün
— Amsterdam-based Turkish psych-folk, fusing traditional Anatolian with modern
Alex Maas
— The Black Angels frontman's solo project, hypnotic Austin psychedelia
TUESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
Roxian Theater
Public Image Ltd (PiL)
— Pioneering post-punk band led by iconic frontman John Lydon (Sex Pistols)
THURSDAY 08 OCTOBER
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Mo Lowda & the Humble
— Philly indie rock quartet, self-produced alternative sound
Surf Hat
— Squamish psychedelic surf, Canadian indie sound