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Photos by Lilith McLeary. Written Review by Travis Platt It's not every day that you get the perfect lineup paired with the perfect venue, but we got that chance on July 14th at the legendary venue Preserving in New Kensington, PA. Preserving has quickly gained a reputation as a top-tier spot for hardcore and metal bands of all sizes and backgrounds. This tour featured bands who have played all three of the venue's rooms — the 50-capacity DIY Room, the 300-capacity Undergroun

TREE CITY SESSIONS 3 REVIEW, OPENING THOUGHTS: Sean: I think it is simple to say Dance Gavin Dance is my favorite band. Any era has its own distinct aura that has carried these post-hardcore legends to other bands, greater albums, and legacies of their own past DGD (Kurt Travis, Zachary Garren, Jonny Craig, and Tilian Pearson). So I'll just take this from the OG Dance Gavin Dance fan perspective. This Tree City Session is for the OG’s, no doubt about it. Two DBM songs, a song

So let’s talk about Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. But first I gotta take you back to 2002. It was a cold December when my mom decided to take me to my first concert ever. I wasn’t certain if it was her favorite band, or if it was just the man on stage she absolutely adored, loved, and probably stalked named “Bruce Springsteen”. Growing up, I knew she took trips to New Jersey to see him in Atlantic City, as well as here in Pittsburgh, or listened to him on WDVE and

Static Dress – The Injury Episode Release Date: May 29, 2026 Label: Sumerian Records Genre: Post-Hardcore / Emo / Shoegaze / Alternative Rock Since the release of Rouge Carpet Disaster, Static Dress have cemented themselves as one of the most compelling and unpredictable voices within modern post-hardcore. Their ability to fuse nostalgic early-2000s emo, post-hardcore, shoegaze, alternative rock, and experimental sound design into a singular sonic identity has consistently se

Hello everybody, and welcome back to the No Skip Show! Today, we are passing along the recently announced information for next year's Emo’s Not Dead Cruise! I’m not one for cruises, or large bodies of open water for that matter, but I would risk life and limb to witness this incredible lineup. While still being seven months, launching January 22nd and going till the 26th, I can imagine a lot of people want to get on this ship right away. Boasting twenty-four bands with the li

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Hello everybody, welcome back to the No Skip Show! Today, we have yet again another awesome concert showcase that we had the great chance to catch live! This time legendary metalcore acts graced local New Kensington venue Preserving Underground with their kickass presence with a co-headliner, Converge and Poison the Well! Starting off the completely sold out show would be Connecticut locals, Balmora! While relatively new to the scene, just announcing their debut album this y

Hello everybody, welcome back to the No Skip Show! Today, we are sharing our experience of a great concert that happened just this Easter Sunday on April the 5th at local Pittsburgh venue Bottlerocket ! This awesome show would have funny, smooth, explosive Okay Cool and Arcadia Gray as direct support with the electric, fun, down to Earth Dear Maryanne as the stellar headliner! I tell you, for a show on Easter Sunday it was just as great and fun as a show on a random Friday ni

Hello everybody, and welcome back to the No Skip Show! Today we have some absolutely stunning news to catch you up on! For this news you’ll be hearing thoughts from Dylan on the songs and Basement themselves as well as receiving the main info about the announcement and band from Travis, so lets get to it! Basement are widely considered one of the most influential and impactful emo grunge bands of all time. Whether you’ve been a day 1 fan from the release of their debut full l

Hello everybody, welcome back to the No Skip Show! Today, we bring you unfortunate news regarding recently formed metalcore supergroup, Better Lovers. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Buffalo, New York group, they were formed in 2023 after the tragic dissolution of the band Every Time I Die . The supergroup would consist of Jordan Buckley, Steve Micciche, and Clayton Holyoak from Every Time I Die , added with Greg Puciato from The Dillinger Escape Plan on vocals