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The BTS Pittsburgh team covers A Perfect Circle at Stage AE on Aug 9, 2011 with show review and feature picture gallery of Maynard James Keenan, Billy Howerdel and Co.

Folk and indie singer-songwriter alike can enjoy the new record from The Milk Carton Kids. If you like your vocals harmonized, your music rich and lush, and your rockstars’ hair shaggy, you’ll find plenty to like in this new record out this week from this up-and-coming duo.

The year is 2011. The idea of pop-punk is pretty nauseating to most writers and serious publications. However, a few bands such as Shonen Knife show the world how to incorporate punk rock sensibilities and pop structures.

Exclusive Interview with world renowned guitarists Bert Lams, Hideyo Moriya, and Paul Richards of the California Guitar Trio as they discuss tour life, studying with Robert Fripp, their latest full-length Andromeda on Karate Body Records, and much more in this exclusive, in-depth Blow The Scene interview.

Blood Into Wine, a documentary film featuring Maynard James Keenan(Tool, A Perfect Circle) and Eric Glomski is Coming Sept. 7 on DVD and with accompanying Soundtrack (Sound Into Blood and Wine). Staff writer Adam Rauf has the inside scoop!

Blow the Scene staff writer Adam Rauf recently attended a Flaming Lips concert in Pittsburgh PA. Check out the exclusive pictures and review of this one-of-a-kind experience!

Super-groups are often not as good as the sum of their parts. So when Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Chris Connelly (Ministry, Revco, Killing Joke), Sanford Parker (Minsk) and Jeremy Lemos (White/Light) got together, they knew they had the daunting task of bucking the trend and putting out something phenomenal…

On June 16, 2010, Blow The Scene staff writer Adam Rauf caught up with Aaron Turner of Isis a few hours before their Washington DC performance with Melvins as part of their final tour.

Ronnie James Dio passed away on May 16 but the Legend live on!

Staff Writer Adam Rauf gives Dio a proper farewell.

“The idea behind longevity is the ability to go beyond your critics and challenge yourself to new territory.”

Does the new Massive Attack album Heliogand pass the test?

Kaki is like the Sidney Crosby of the indie rock world. Whatever criticism she faces, she takes on it head-on.