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Foreground: Sofia Amal Montelibano – Background: garage door trout mural Music coverage is great, but sometimes it seems like I'm preaching to the choir. Pittsburgh bands can draw crowds on their own steam; publicity like mine is hardly necessary in the first place. Pittsburgh has more art to offer than its music though, and I want our local population to recognize the amazing creatives who don't get the main stage. For today's article, I had the pleasure of picking the brain

Crow Melvin (Hags95) at the Polish Hill Courts On Thursday evening a three-band concert was held at the Polish Hill Courts, which is perhaps the truest DIY location in the city. A crowd of around two dozen gathered in this wooded abandoned basketball(?) court, either in front of the small handmade stage or around the bonfire made right on the cement. The show was put together by Crow Melvin, aka Hags95 , and featured local duo Flick and New York group Sapphire Autorack (I've

Left: Histrionic - Right: Secret Tunnel (or for mobile, top: Histrionic - Bottom: Secret Tunnel) Last Saturday evening (Oct. 18), Histrionic and Secret Tunnel played at The Union, the famed bar venue in Athens, Ohio, beloved by the art-inclined students of Ohio University for generations. This show was the third in a four-stop tour, with the prior two nights of shows in State College and Morgantown. Playing alongside the Pittsburgh boys were two Ohio bands, Faucetmouth