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Millvale Music Festival 2025 Artist Highlights (Saturday May 17th)
Above image via Instagram: millvalemusic Giovanni Mori | Posted May 29th, 2025 Are you a musician or avid music listener living in or around the city of Pittsburgh? If so, it’s likely you’re familiar with the highly anticipated Millvale Music Festival, where every year, local musicians come together for two days of celebrating many genres…
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Metro 47 Drops The Blue Stones Off in Pittsburgh
Above image via Spotify: The Blue Stones Giovanni Mori | Posted May 16th, 2025 If you’re ever in doubt about rock music still hanging on to its wild and rebellious spirit in present day 2025, look no further than a Canadian garage rock duo called The Blue Stones. Consisting of vocalist and guitarist Tarek Jafar…
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Point Park’s 2025 Pioneer Stars Perform at the Club at Stage AE
Above image via Instagram: @pioneerrecs and @capturedbykullen Giovanni Mori | Posted May 3rd, 2025 If you’re from or living around the greater Pittsburgh area, you’re probably familiar with Downtown Pittsburgh’s Point Park University. You might know the school heavily supports the arts and is famous for its musical theater and dance programs, but what you…
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Killswitch Engage’s Spring Tour Sells Out Pittsburgh’s Stage AE
Photo by Giovanni Mori Giovanni Mori | Posted April 11th, 2025 If performers are having a good time on stage, the audience is guaranteed to have a good time as well. This was the case for the early 2000s metalcore legends, Killswitch Engage, and their spring tour across the US with other modern and notable…
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Songs to Add to Your Playlist: Germinated – Some Kind of Nightmare
Above image via Spotify: Some Kind of Nightmare Giovanni Mori | Posted April 2nd, 2025 Even since its birth in the 70s, punk rock never intended to become something more than seemingly talentless musicians expressing their emotions with unbearably loud music. It may not be appealing on the surface, but the attitude behind it all…
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Songs to Add to Your Playlist: Shadows – The Midnight
Above image via Spotify: The Midnight Giovanni Mori | Posted March 4th, 2025 Have you ever needed a song to speak to you when you feel like you’re at your lowest? Or what about a new theme for your villain arc making you feel like you’re the baddest in the room? Or what if you…
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Songs to Add to Your Playlist: Day After Day – Haji’s Kitchen
Above image via Instagram: @hajiskitchen Giovanni Mori | Posted February 13th, 2025 Nu Metal in its prime during the 90s and early 2000s was an exciting subgenre of rock and metal music, characteristic of extremely low tuned guitars, rapid and harsh vocal melodies, technical basslines, and feral percussion. While some notable bands like Slipknot, Disturbed,…
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Track by Track Review of Quasar / An Interview With Constellation X Part Two
Photo by Giovanni Mori Giovanni Mori | Posted January 26th, 2025 Welcome to part two of my interview with Constellation X, and track by track review of their first full length album, Quasar. After the album’s release on January 3rd, I had a chance to sit with three out of the band’s four members: guitarists…
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Track by Track Review of Quasar / An Interview With Constellation X Part One
Above image via Instagram: @cxband_pittsburgh Giovanni Mori | Posted January 17th, 2025 Music sounds better when it’s local. Sure you can listen to current chart toppers like Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, or Charlie XCX anytime, but passionate listeners will agree supporting local musicians from their city is a different feeling. Today’s local band is Constellation…
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Track by Track Review of A Long Look At A Short Distance / An Interview with Fragile Like Life After
Above image via Instagram: @fragile_like_life_after Giovanni Mori | Posted December 19th, 2024 With music being a timeless form of art existing for thousands of years, it’s rare to find a new sound that’s never been done before, especially for avid music listeners with hundreds of favorites across multiple genres. Fans of any type will agree…
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