This year’s Massive Music Weekend was certainly of epic proportions. We ended the festivities with an hour of Aztec Moon Cult in the Style of Oscar Wilde. If you happened to miss out on this magnificent piece of auditory art brought to you by the staff at WRCT, fear not! You can check it out on our SoundCloud
The Black Sabbath reunion has become not much of a reunion due to drummer Bill Ward pulling out because of problems with the contract he was offered. Not sure if I’m going to care about the new album or tour anymore. Can they write new songs and still capture the heavy swing that was so important without their drummer?
This is classic Black Sabbath, which no reunion can capture — especially without Bill Ward on drums:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtqy4DTHGqg
In Pittsburgh there are some concerts and releases coming up that everyone should support:
A number of album release concerts: Fist Fight in the Parking Lot on February 25 at the 31st Street Pub, Invader on March 10 at the Smiling Moose, and Vulture on March 31 at the 31st Street Pub.
The Pittsburgh band Dream Death, who released a number of demos in the mid ’80s and one full length called Journey into Mystery, are reuniting and playing with epic doom metal band Argus April 21at the 31st Street Pub. Their sound was very Celtic Frost doomy thrash:
On Saturday, February 25 at The Shop in Bloomfield you can check out Winter’s Wake 2012 with a long lineup that starts at 2:30 p.m.:
ARGUS
COMPLETE FAILURE
MOTORPSYCHOS
MOTHS
LADY BEAST
GRISLY AMPUTATION
VITANDUS
FALLING UPWARD
I’ve been enjoying this track by the band Vitandus and look forward to their new EP Macabre Incarnate which will be released at Winter’s Wake. Listen to “Macabre Incarnate” here.
Until next time…
This Friday, February 17, Pinkney Hall will be extended for an extra hour, running from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.. After 10 a.m., we will be playing nothing but jazz. Mardi Gras is just around the corner, so during both hours we’ll emphasize music from New Orleans.
If John Fahey still walked the earth, he would be 73 years old on February 28. On February 25, Pinkney Hall will celebrate Fahey’s birthday by playing his music and other music related to his life.
Requests related to these themes can be sent to wrctpinkney@gmail.com or by calling the studio (412-621-9728) while the show is on the air.