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FTMM!’s Top Ten Albums of 2025
Giovanni Mori | Posted February 13th, 2026 For The Music Man!’s first full year of being an official website has been full of amazing music, and even more amazing artists and people behind it all. Our first post of 2026 is looking back on the top ten albums released in 2025 that made our year
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Track by Track Review of Mid-Semester Crisis / An Interview with Straight Decline
Above image via Instagram: @straightdecline Giovanni Mori | Posted December 9th, 2025 Are you a fan of pop punk music? Or are you more on the old school, rough around the edges, classic punk side? Perhaps you like a little twist of emo and post hardcore as well? If you answered yes to all three,
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Linkin Park’s From Zero World Tour at PPG Paints Arena
Above image via Instagram @linkinpark and @aweldingphotos Giovanni Mori | Posted September 14th, 2025 Last year, Linkin Park took the music world by storm with the release of their new single, “The Emptiness Machine,” as well as the surprise announcement of a new album, tour dates, and, seven years after the passing of former vocalist
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I Beat Loneliness by Bush – Track by Track Review
Above image via Instagram: @bush and @josephllanes Giovanni Mori | Posted August 21st, 2025 One of the pioneers of post-grunge, Bush, known for classic alternative rock tunes like “Machinehead,” “Comedown,” and “The Chemicals Between Us,” have returned last month with their tenth studio album, I Beat Loneliness. The 90s band crafted twelve new songs in
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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 Drop 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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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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