If you are at all familiar with the local Steel City music scene, you are bound to have seen one of Pittsburgh's most popular men playing around town as the lead guitarist of his band, Formula 412.

Robert Glasper, your melodies set tones for feelings and evenings. I was lost a couple of months ago looking for something to listen to on a rainy day. Wrapped up with my loneliness, I scoured the web finding nothing that caught my ear.

Last week, Brillz announced his Totally Twonked Out Tour, which is planned to kick off this Friday, October 18th in Knoxville, TN. The tour includes shows in over 25 different cities in a 3 month span. Some major stops on the US tour include performances at Escape From Wonderland, Nightmare Festival and Electric Daisy Carnival: Orlando.

It was one of those nights where I decided to take time to myself, lay down and listen to some sultry R&B songs while I sipped on a glass of wine. I felt like hearing something fresh instead of the same old songs on my Ipod so I decided to switch gears and find a random R&B station on iTunes Radio... and I'm glad I did.

Lorde's hit single "Royals" is breaking records from left to right. The song has reached #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart, and she is also the youngest to top this chart since 1987. At the young age of 16, Lorde, from New Zealand has also gained the fame of being the longest #1 female artist in an alternative category at the top of the charts.

Today's the day! Based in Philadelphia, The Kalob Griffin Band will be gracing the stage of Johnny Brenda's with their American rock and soulful sounds on Friday October 4th for their first big fall show.

This past week, Nevada Mountains, a Pittsburgh indie-rock band with a dance-punk edge, opened up for the post-punk and shoe-gazing band from San Fran, Weekend. The bands brought a crowd of dancing fans to Brillobox, a quaint venue located in the hip neighborhood just east of downtown Pittsburgh, Lawrenceville. Before the show, the down-to-earth dudes of Nevada sat down and shared their history and upcoming plans for fans for the coming autumn months.

Bear's Den just wrapped up touring with the biggest name in folk music these days, Mumford and Sons. These three British folk rock stars, Andrew Davie, Kev Jones and Joey Haynes, are now on route to tour the United States once again alongside Daughter, an English indie rock band from London.

One warm night I was walking around the East village of NYC, i stumbled up the DROM music venue. I read their nights itinerary and it read "a night with Bobby Valentino". Me being in love with music and what it once was, I was intrigued. I went in a bit anxious, and I had a seat by the bar. Other patrons sitting at the bar were waiting patiently. I ordered a drink and sat like I was getting ready to take a time machine ride back to the past.

We used to listen to the greats... Wu-tang, Dogg pound, Tupac, Redman, and many others. The music in my era was golden and a lot of it possessed a message. Even when it was gangsta rap they spoke of why they were doing what they were doing and spoke a lot about the consequences. Now in music there is billions of dollars worth of drug sales, a whole lot of murder with non arrests, no persecution or very minimal penalties. But aside from all that, the music is small and has seemingly no substance.