Pittsburgh Rock Music

Straight No Chaser Brings Smooth Sound to Benedum; Halestorm at Stage AE (CPs Wed., 12/11/13)

Straight No Chaser, Halestorm, Marshall Tucker Band, Diego Garcia

Mega Pop Event at The Pete (CPs Tues., 12/10/13)

Back Street Boys, Avril Lavigne, Gavin DeGraw, The Fray, Five for Fighting, The Plain White T’s, Jasper Lewis, Spanky Wilson, Peter’s Pub

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…

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

Tom Green at Improv, Vanessa Carlton at Club Cafe (CPs Fri., 11/29/13)

Tom Green, Vanessa Carlton, Hip Hop Fashion, Joseph Sisters, and Jazzam

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