Go to shows!: March 2017

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Welcome, come to a show! Below is a list of shows going on in and around Southwest PA.

10-15 The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Pittsburgh @Club Cafe
10-16 The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, night 2, Pittsburgh @Club Cafe
10-17 Days N Daze, Bridge City Sinners, Apes of State, Crazy and the Brains, Pittsburgh @Spirit
10-23 Slapshot, Sheer Terror, Next Step Up, Iron Price, Skullcrack, Frederick MD @Cafe 611
10-23 Punktober Fest, Hagard Wulf, Rutabaga Suicide, Defiant Blood, All the Damn Vampires, The Homisides, Cumberland MD @Dig Deep Brewing Co
10-27 Mephiskapheles, Children of October, Boiled Denim, Pittsburgh @Ormsby Ave Cafe
10-31 GAG, Heavy Discipline, Necroheads, Pittsburgh @Collision
10-31 Sheer Terror, Submachine, Pittsburgh @Rock Room
11-9 The Slackers, Fubar, Inco Fido, Pittsburgh @the Crafthouse
11-9 Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio, Pittsburgh @Stage AE
11-11Dying Fetus, Terror, Pittsburgh@Spirit
11-13 Fubar, Inco Fido, Sneaky Heat Missiles, The Biscuits, Greensburg @Green Beacon Gallery
11-14 Enforced, Steel Nation, Settle for Nothing, Vulgar Royalty, Morgantown WV @123 Pleasant Street
11-19, Municipal Waste, Crowbar, Skeletal Remains, Dead Heat, Pittsburgh @Spirit
11-20 Anti-Flag, Suicide Machines, Punchline, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Doll Skin, Swiss Army, Pittsburgh @Roxian Theater
11-20 VCTMS, Born A New, Gravebirth, Ire, Pittsburgh @Preserving Underground
11-21 Protomartyr, The Gotobeds, Pittsburgh @Club Cafe
11-26 Koffin Kats, Pittsburgh @Club Cafe
11-28 Exhorder, Take Offense, Extinction AD, Plague Years, Pittsburgh @Crafthouse
12-8 Blood Incantation, Primitive Man, Sissy Spacek, Jarhead Fertilizer, Pittsburgh @Funhouse Mr. Smalls
12-19 Bushido Code, Steel Nation, Age of Ruin, Fire in the Blood, Pittsburgh @Preserving Underground
1-5 Spotlights, Eternal Sleep, Pittsburgh @Preserving Hardcore
1-25 Fucked Up, David Comes to Life, Empath, Pittsburgh @Mr. Smalls
2-28 Meshuggah, Converge, Torche, Pittsburgh @Stage AE
3-13 Sepultura, Sacred Reich, Crowbar, Art of Shock, Pittsburgh @Thunderbird Cafe
3-13 Blitzkid, more, Pittsburgh @Preserving Underground
3-29 Circle Jerks, 7 Seconds, Negative Approach, Pittsburgh @Mr. Smalls
4-14 DRI, Truckstop, Pittsburgh @Preserving Underground

Thursday, March 30, 2017

3-27 Touche Amore, Concealed Blade, edhoculi, Pittsburgh @Cattivo

This was an early Monday show, but it was pretty well attended. At Cattivo the drinking area and the all ages area is separated by a divider, and it was pretty obvious that most of the people in attendance were in the all ages area. That's not a problem, just an observation. I'm pretty sure Touche Amore draws a little bit of a younger crowd. Good turnout, 100 about.

edhoculi - Somehow this is my first time seeing this band. They're pretty much a old time screamo punk band. I think that label is dead so they're a hardcore punk band I guess. We were slightly late for the set, but I enjoyed what we saw. The first song we saw kinda sucked, but the next three were good. Awesome band name.

Concealed Blade - The band of the night for sure, and the best hardcore band in Pittsburgh. I love Code Orange and Path to Misery and Eel and others, but this band rules. Great easy mosh parts and vocals. I like pretty much everything about them.

Touche Amore - I don't particularly like this band. They are ok. I like that they don't get over the top weak and get all singy and shit. Ok set. Simply because they played with awesome bands makes me like them more.

Hi's - Everything
Low's - Not a whole lot.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

3-3 Power Trip, Iron Reagan, Protestor, Concealed Blade, Pittsburgh @Spirit

This was my first time going to Spirit for a show. I really like the place. The show space is plenty big and the bar downstairs is especially spacious too. Great place. The show started about an hour late. But that's all good because we got to drink free beer in the whip for an hour. The Pens were playing so we got to listen. Good thing too because Spirit has zero televisions. I like that though. TVs at bars suck the energy out most of the time.

Protestor - They were really good. Straight edge didn't go over particularly well but that's to be expected in Pittsburgh. They were better on this night than they were at This is Hardcore. A good set. I was surprised that they opened instead of the local. But in terms of the better band it was right on. Concealed Blade - Quickly becoming my favorite band in Pittsburgh. A good mix of hardcore and punk. Perfect vocals. Great band, great mosh parts.

Iron Reagan - They're pretty much a perfect band. Just the right amounts of punk and metal. They played all the bangers. They once again had awesome merch. How do bands touring with them make any money? I assume everyone buys the Iron Reagan shit because it's all badass.

Power Trip - Holy fog machine. They had that shit cranked up to 500. Power Trip killed it of course. They didn't play some older favorites like Heretics Fork, but that's ok because the new songs are ragers too. The intro killed, as you would expect.

High's - Everything
Low's - The cold weather.