• Songs to Add to Your Playlist: Shadows – The Midnight

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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  • House of Protection’s GALORE – Track by Track Review

    House of Protection’s GALORE – Track by Track Review

    Above image via Instagram: @house_of_protection Giovanni Mori | Posted: December 10th, 2024 As music enjoyers and streamers looked for the next big breakout artist of 2024, a new supergroup duo made their mark in the music world, releasing singles as early as the end of April. However, this isn’t just any band that appeared out

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  • Underoath’s Electrifying Anniversary Tour Comes to Pittsburgh

    Underoath’s Electrifying Anniversary Tour Comes to Pittsburgh

    Above image via Instagram: @underoathband Giovanni Mori | Posted: December 9th, 2024 After the coronavirus lockdown, music in the 2020s thrived in many ways with bands and artists going back on tour, as well as a competitive rise of new artists making their mark in the music world. However, as for the more nostaglic listeners

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  • Track by Track Review of For the Love of Everything Beautiful / An Interview with Maleena

    Track by Track Review of For the Love of Everything Beautiful / An Interview with Maleena

    Above image via Instagram: @musicbymaleena Giovanni Mori | Posted: December 6th, 2024 If you’re involved in some way with Pittsburgh’s local music scene, you’ll know the city is famous for it’s large amount of thriving musicians and bands. One artist in particular is a singer-songwriter who has established herself in multiple genres, releasing music every

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  • For The Music Man’s Song of the Year – Two Faced by Linkin Park

    For The Music Man’s Song of the Year – Two Faced by Linkin Park

    Above image via Instagram: @linkinpark Giovanni Mori | Posted: December 4th, 2024 2024 saw new high streaming releases in the rock and metal world from many established bands and artists including Jack White, Breaking Benjamin, and The Cure, as well as a number of obscure artists with well deserved recognition such as The Warning, House

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