Pittsburgh Music

Carnegie Museums and Phipps Light Up the Holidays, Sun. 12/8/2013

Holiday Displays at Carnegie Museum and Phipps, The Misfits, A Musical Christmas Carol, Steelers vs. Dolphins

Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Consol; Handmade Arcade at the Convention Center (CPs Sat., 12/7/13)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Handmade Arcade, The Pittsburgh Chef’s Table bo party, City Dwelling Nature Seekers, gladiators of the Cage

Michael McDonald Plays Palace; Jeff Dunham and Dummies at Consol (CPs Fri., 12/6/13)

Michael McDonald, Jeff Dunham, Goblin, “2 Pianos, 4 Hands,” John Oliva, Start Making Sense, Randall Baumann Band

MGMT Electrifies Pittsburgh

Progressive pop/rock band MGMT‘s nearly sold-out Monday night show at Stage AE was replete with cool lighting effects, somewhat psycheic videos and spacey and industrial-sounding song intros and exits. Getting the crowd warmed up was Kuroma, a Southern power pop band led by Hank Sullivant. After releasing Kuroma’s debut album Paris, Sullivant was recruited by MGMT and…

Chris Porter at Improv, The Temptations at Palace (CPs Thu., 12/5/13)

Chris Porter; The Temptations; Arcane Haven, Fallen Captive, and Hail to the King; Jessica Lee

Frontier Ruckus Causes One at Club Café; MellowHigh at Mr. Smalls (CPs Wed., 12/4/2013)

Frontier Ruckus, MellowHigh, Overly’s Country Christmas, Polar Express

Totem Carving at Carnegie; Throckmorton at Thunderbird Cafe (CPs Tues., 12/3/13)

Totem carving at Carnegie, David Throckmorton, Kevin Howard, and More

MGMT In Concert at Stage AE Tonight (CPs Mon., 12/2/13)

MGMT, AcoustiCafé, Cappy’s Café

twenty one pilots at Stage AE (CPs Sun., 12/01/13)

1) Can’t decide if you like rock or hip hop ? You won’t need to pick when you see twenty one pilots at Stage AE. The Columbus natives work in an indie sub-genre commonly referred to as alternative hip hop. A little funkier than Aerosmith’s mashup with Run DMC in “Walk This Way,” the duo combine various tempos and…

2 Pianos, 4 Hands at City Theatre; City Game at Consol (CPs Sat., 11/30/13)

“2 Pianos, 4 Hands,” Pitt vs. Duquesne, The Guns of Brixton, These Lions

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