Badflower in Concert at Roxian; Mr. Smalls has The Runarounds (Sun., 2/15/26)

1) Dark and self-loathing are two terms that could be used to describe the music of Badflower. But the group’s songs are also insightful and twinged with occasional humor. Lead singer Josh Katz delivers the song lyrics authentically because he has lived many of the experiences that he is singing about. Badflower started in Los Angeles in 2013 and released two EPs, About a Girl and Temper, before releasing their first studio LP OK, I’m Sick in 2019. The post-grunge, alt-rock band continued with 2021’s This is How the World Ends. Their latest LP release is No Place Like Home, dropped last year. Badflower will be performing at the Roxian Theatre with special guests Point North and Olive Vox. 7 p.m. 425 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks. (R.H.)

2) Are The Runarounds a talented young pop-rock band or a made-for-TV group? They are both. The Runarounds formed in 2021 when Jonas Pate (screenwriter/producer/director) put out a casting call for musicians to form a rock band to perform on his Netflix “Outer Banks” TV series, set in Wilmington, Delaware. In 2025 the group got their own self-titled show on Amazon Prime, and The Runarounds mania started to build. Now they are playing an almost 100% sold out (including sold out in Pittsburgh) 2026 Minivan Tour. The band is getting some first-class support for their music. Their most recent single “Chasing The Good Times” was co-written and produced by Brad Shultz, founding member and guitarist for Cage the Elephant and mixed by Rich Costey (Foo Fighters, Sigur Ros, Muse, and HAIM). And The Runarounds first EP, which is the soundtrack for the show, was produced by Jerry Harrison of The Talking Heads. Special guest is The Back Alley. 8 p.m. Mr. Smalls Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. (R.H.)

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