Upcoming Events
About This Calendar
This calendar compiles creative music events around Pittsburgh, both hosted by Pittsburgh Sound Preserve and not. We also do show announcements every other Monday at the Open Improvisation Lab.
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Nick Breinich / Viii Dorsey / Gusto / Naeem
Sidetracked is back for another day time sesh. Detour x Sandbox Social are excited to bring ya live performances from some of our favorite locals.
Nick Breinich
A local to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Nick’s involvement in electronic music since the mid-90s was brought to a halt in 2022 by a virus of some sort that made percussive transients and loud sounds difficult to tolerate.
Viii Dorsey
Drawing from influences that span J Dilla to Sampha, her music bridges grooves, storytelling, and sound healing. With a background of poetry and collage, she approaches each project as both experiment and enrichment for herself and the listeners.
DETOUR resident support
Gusto
Naeem
Food:
Lexcd (Foodprep)
Serving up sweets that aren’t ‘too sweet’
When and where:
Saturday, February 21
Noon-4pm
@navushouse 1515 Boyle St.
Entry:
$15 Suggested donation
Cash bar by donations
Skeleton Drive (Akron) / Sick City (Cleveland) / Michaela Doorjam / Sacred Trickster / and more!
Sat 2/21
Dad’s Backyard at Polish Hill Oubliette
1100 Herron Ave, Pgh, PA
Skeleton Drive (Akron, OH folk-emo)
Sick City (Cleveland, OH skate-folk)
Michaela Doorjam
Sacred Trickster
and more!
doors at 5:00 / music at 6:00
$10 pwyc
all ages harm redux space, drink across the street.
dm lane / body of research / boompaul
DM Lane / Body of Research / Boompaul
2/21
9pm
Bantha Tea Bar, 5002 Penn Ave
$10 suggested
frogonbough / white fuck puppet (nyc/pgh) / da set / pomegranate grove (negligible wound x estelle)
a next installation of unmade place / sound text experiments at @theblacklaceclub on tues 2/24, feat:
frogonbough - speech jamming glossolalia with patterned/processed linguistic units and radio reception
white fuck puppet (nyc/pgh) - noise pollution from the waste dump of empires
pomegranate grove (negligible wound x estelle) - saxophone and synthesis for the pixies and the sylphs
da set - examining the conflicting relationship between the internal and external using vocal loops and undulating electronics
doors 7, show 7:30. $5-15 notaflof. dm for address. flyer by @stripochre
@stripochre @miraaasamiraaa @johnnyzoloft @theuniverseonline @daiaart_ @seth.a.yoder @negligiblewound @jadorade.aqua
email pittsburghsoundpreserve@gmail.com for address.
Sweet Abyss 3-year anniversary at Wood Street Galleries
Sweet Abyss 3-Year Anniversary Weekend
2/27 - Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood St
5:30pm-midnight
5:30-7:30pm Free, All ages - Davis Galvin & Jules Malice Audio Visual Installation for Gallery Crawl
8pm-12am - $10-20 sliding scale, 21+, advance tickets on RA
Mourning [A] BLKstar (Live)
Slug Beat (Sug, Kiernan Laveaux, Johnny Zoloft (Live)
Funeral Parade of Roses (DJ)
hosted by Miss Carrie Sours
Sound by Liftgate + Drinks by TLC Libations
Jenn Taiga / Gloamwalker / Low Cunning
2/28
Immerse yourself in an enchanting evening of dungeon synth with:
- **Jenn Taiga** – ambient, fantasy-inspired synth atmospheres
- **Gloamwalker** – dark, mystical soundscapes on tour
- **Low Cunning** – local dungeon synth alchemists
This show takes place in the evocative DIY space Polish Hell Oubliette (across from The Rock Room). Fantasy and Ren Faire attire encouraged.
Saturday, February 28th, 2026
Doors at 7:00 PM
$10–15 sliding scale
Venue: Polish Hell Oubliette, 1100 Herron Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
BXC Collective presents: 8CYLINDER / Fiona Ishem / Floor Baba / NULLSLEEP / HYPERCOLOR
HYPERCOLOR w/ Nullsleep, Floor Baba + at Side Quest on Sat February 28th • Arcane City
A chiptune-rave soundclash at Side Quest with Nullsleep, Floor Baba, Fiona Ishem, 8cylinder + DJ Poodle Emoji.
Saturday February 28th 2026
BXC COLLECTIVE presents
HYPERCOLOR
a rave-chiptune soundclash: hi-energy fun, game inspired and
forward thinking electronic music to speedrun the dancefloor
with live electronic, visual, and dj sets by
NULLSLEEP
(𝙇𝙊-𝙏𝙀𝙆 𝙃𝙄-𝙉𝙍𝙂 🫠 𝖥𝖴𝖫𝖫-𝖲𝖯𝖤𝖢𝖳𝖱𝖴𝖬 𝖱𝖠𝖵𝖤 𝖶𝖤𝖠𝖯𝖮𝖭𝖲, AZ)
NULLSLEEP employs obsolete hardware and a DIY ethos to produce lo-tek hi-nrg music –
mutating and intersecting jungle, footwork, acid, chiptune, and gabber.
https://nullsleep.bandcamp.com/
FLOOR BABA
Pittsburgh-based game composer, electronic music producer, and 3D artist known for a unique sound called "digital fusion".
https://linktr.ee/FLOOR_BABA
FIONA ISHEM
Pittsburgh-based experimental electronic artist whose chaotic and emotionally driven sound draws
from genres such as ambient, breakcore, footwork, and rave.
https://soundcloud.com/feeownuhm
8CYLINDER
Hard broken beats and modular synth
https://unmappednorth.bandcamp.com/
with DJ POODLE EMOJI
mind bending footwork party pastiche
https://soundcloud.com/poodle-emoji
at SIDE QUEST in Pittsburgh
146 44th St.
$15 advance / $20 door
9PM 21+
Gadget Playground Monthly Event Series Focused on Electronic Music Production
Gadget Playground
Monthly Event Series Focused on Electronic Music Production
Join us each month for an event focused on electronic music production, featuring guest speakers, demonstrations and instruments on display. Afterwards, explore what's available from the Musical Instrument Lending Library. This program takes place in the North Wing Music Room on the 2nd floor.
This month's guest is acclaimed techno producer and Pittsburgh native Shawn Rudiman.
Workshop by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Music Department
Sunday, March 1st 2026•Show 1:30 PM
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main (Oakland), 4400 Forbes Ave
All Ages
Joe Fonda's Eastern Boundary Quartet with Business Pants
Joe Fonda's Eastern Boundary Quartet with Business Pants
Eastern Boundary Quartet blends avant-garde jazz with Hungarian folk at Bantha Tea Bar.
The Consortium presents Joe Fonda’s Eastern Boundary Quartet, a transatlantic collaboration merging avant-garde jazz with Hungarian folk traditions. Featuring Joe Fonda (bass), Michael Jefry Stevens (piano), Mihaly Borbely (saxophone), and Balazs Bagyi (drums), the group bridges jazz innovation from New York City and Budapest. They’ll be joined by local experimental duo Business Pants (Erik Cirelli + Chris Cannon). Expect boundary-pushing improvisation in an intimate setting. More info: https://michaeljefrystevens.com/eastern-boundary-quartet
Sunday, March 1st 2026 • Show 7:30 PM
Bantha Tea Bar, 5002 Penn Ave
Presale: $20, Door: $25
Artist in Exile: Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko’s Ceramic Knives (Ukrainian Spring Songs)
Artist in Exile: Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko’s Ceramic Knives (Ukrainian Spring Songs)
March 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Free In-Person Tickets Free Livestream Tickets
Ceramic Knives is a Ukrainian-American band blending raw folk roots with experimental textures, a post-punk attitude, and haunting harmonies. Formed by multi-disciplinary artist and City of Asylum Writer-in-Residence Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko and his wife, vocalist Mari Frazé-Frazénko, the duo reimagines traditional Eastern European songs through a cinematic lens—part ritual, part rebellion. Their stripped-down live performances weave together ghostly vocals, atmospheric guitar, and analog electronics, evoking a sound that is both ancient and eerily contemporary. Now based in Pittsburgh, Ceramic Knives channels themes of exile, memory, and resistance into a sonic landscape that cuts deep.
Featured Musicians:
Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko: guitar, vocals
Mari Frazé-Frazénko: bass, vocals
Vsiudysvoia: vocals
Lesya Verba: vocals, bandura
Hugo Cruz: drums
About the Artist:
Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko is a Ukrainian filmmaker, writer, musician, and translator from Halychyna—a region suspended somewhere between Central Europe and historical amnesia. He is the author of the bestselling novel Nothing Is Under Control and one half of Ceramic Knives, the love child of a blues guitar and a haunted drum machine. As co-founder of OFF Laboratory, he publishes and translates voices silenced or distorted by war, exile, and censorship. Currently based in Pittsburgh, Oleksandr is a Research Scholar at Chatham University and was previously a Research Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Writer-in-Residence at City of Asylum.
Lace Boys / Credit (Baltimore) / Weird Era / Painted Dog
Sat 3/7
The Goverment Center, 715 East St
7pm doors, 8pm music
$15
Lace Boys
Credit (Baltimore)
Weird Era
Painted Dog
flyer by Gerald Banes
soundLab Workshop
3/21-22
Organized by Mary Pappert School of Music & the School of Engineering and Science
You are invited to participate in an intensive, hands-on workshop held Saturday–Sunday, March 21–22, hosted primarily in the Electronics Labs on the second floor of Fisher Hall, with additional sessions in the soundLab at the Mary Pappert School of Music. The workshop runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday and concludes with a live performance and demonstration by a special guest artist.
Registration is limited to 14 students to ensure an immersive learning experience. The registration fee includes Saturday lunch and a provided bag of components.
Registration fee: $50
“Escape This” w/ How Things Are Made at The Space Upstairs
Open at the Space Upstairs presents:
“Escape This” w/ How Things Are Made
03-28-2026 7-11pm.
$10 Suggested. Come and go as you please.
214 N Lexington St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208
How Things Are Made returns to The Space Upstairs for another evening-length performance of electronic sound, glitch, drone, ambience, and improv, featuring special guests.
Open at the Space Upstairs is a series that invites the audience to come and go as they please.
How Things Are Made is: Matt Aelmore, David Bernabo, and Brian Riordan
Featuring Special guests:Drew Collins, Erica Quinn, Eli Weidman, Ben Opie, Danny Fratina, and Andrew W. Allison
Tough Pill #57 : Sarah Ann Clausen (Chicago), Sam Hank (VA), Witches Mark, Brassica and the Wild Sprouts
Tough Pill : February 19th, 2026! $10-15 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds!
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Sarah Ann Clausen (Chicago)
https://www.sarahclausenmusic.com/
https://emptystagejournalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/with-many-hands
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Witch's Mark
(Laura Fidalgo, et al)
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Sam Hank (Virginia)
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Brassica and the Wild Sprouts
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Tough Pill is an open creative music and performance series held at The Government Center in Pittsburgh, third Thursdays of Every month. Tough Pill seeks to create space for practitioners while also expanding and the scope of creative cultural community. It's not always this, but it's always good... so always come
(flyer by Vicky Davide - @musicbyvix)
utah data center (nyc) / frogonbough / gamble/gomez gp
2/19
8pm
$8 notaflof
utah data center (nyc)
frogonbough
gamble/gomez gp
903 spring st, braddock
Witch's Mark / Sarah Ann Clausen / Brassica and the Wild Sprouts / Sam Hank
Witch's Mark / Sarah Ann Clausen / Brassica and the Wild Sprouts / Sam Hank
715 East St
Date:
02/19/2026
Tough Pill : February 19th, 2026! $10-15 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds!
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Sarah Ann Clausen (Chicago)
https://www.sarahclausenmusic.com/
https://emptystagejournalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/with-many-hands
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Witch's Mark
(Laura Fidalgo, et al)
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Sam Hank (Virginia)
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Brassica and the Wild Sprouts
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Tough Pill is an open creative music and performance series held at The Government Center in Pittsburgh, third Thursdays of Every month. Tough Pill seeks to create space for practitioners while also expanding and the scope of creative cultural community. It's not always this, but it's always good... so always come
Makaya McCraven with Steve Ippolito
Makaya McCraven
The Original Pittsburgh Winery.
February 19, 2026 8:00 PM
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Drusky Entertainment Presents
Makaya McCraven
with Steve Ippolito
Thursday, February 19th, 2025
Doors: 7:00PM / Show: 8:00PM
The Original Pittsburgh Winery (Pittsburgh, PA)
21 and over
John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"
Thursday Night Jazz: John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”
February 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Free In-Person Tickets Free Livestream Tickets
It’s Valentine’s season in Pittsburgh, which can only mean one thing: A Love Supreme at City of Asylum. Renowned alto saxophonist Yoko Suzuki and her accompanying quartet members Max Leake, Eli Namay, and Roger Humphries perform a full rendition of the John Coltrane masterpiece, A Love Supreme. In addition to performing the full album, Yoko’s quartet will perform various songs centered on the theme of love, including original compositions.
Recorded in a single session in 1964 and not only lasting, but growing in impact in the six decades since its release, A Love Supreme is a defining album, given new life in this program by a sensational quartet of musicians. It is a work as immortal as its subject matter and one that should be experienced in much the same way: by any human being with a heart.
John Coltrane departed this mortal plane more than fifty years ago; today, his spirit remains among us, more alive than ever. His legend is stone-solid: firmly planted in our culture. His saxophone sound—brooding, searching, dark—is still one of the most recognizable in modern jazz. His influence stretches over styles and genres and transcends cultural boundaries. To Coltrane, a musician was a message-giver. Making music was an endeavor tied to a larger, greater good. In 1966, less than a year before his death, he stated, “I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world. I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.”
About the Artist:
Yoko Suzuki is a jazz saxophonist and scholar who aspires to illuminate the work of under recognized musicians through her research and performance.
Ditrani Brothers / Crisp Lake / The Laurel Lowlifes
2/19
doors 7, music 7:30pm
Teamster Hall 636, 536 Chartiers Ave
$10-20 notaflof
Ditrani Brothers
Crisp Lake
The Laurel Lowlifes
Bella Figla / Bat St. Chip / Vida Chai / trē
2/19
On Thursday, February 19, join us at the Mr. Roboto Project to raise funds for PAAR, Pittsburgh's only agency solely devoted to assisting sexual violence survivors and their families.
$10 suggested donation, NOTAFLOF, masks provided. Doors open at 6:30, music starts at 7:30
Bella Figlia - experimental pop
Bat St. Chip - Lynchian doo-wop
Vida Chai - Americana crooning
trē - experiential flute soundscapes
Oscar Celedon / pvkvsv / Astra Robotica / Lia Coleman
On February 15th love is still in the air and we/us dedicates an evening of Live and DJ sets to you.
Highlighting their Machine / live set love are Elektron appreciator Oscar Celedon and Korg connoisseur Astra Robotica. And packaging their hours spent in record stores (and maybe some discog hours) into a DJ set gift are pvkvsv and Lia Coleman.
To make this extra special we’ll be hosting this at what could only be called the lap of luxury Pierogi Palace. So if your Valentine’s day turns sour we’ve got a sweet evening of music for YOU!
💌💌💌
@oscarceledonn
@astrarobotica
@pvkvsv
@liacole7
@pierogi.palace
02.15, 4p-9p
DM For Address / email pittsburghsoundpreserve@gmail.com
$10 Suggested NOTAFLOF
Jana Horn w/ Westinghouse Atom Smasher
Jana Horn w/ Westinghouse Atom Smasher
Austin-based singer-songwriter Jana Horn brings her haunting, minimal folk to Pittsburgh for a special Valentine's Day show at Studio Lithe. Sharing the stage is local experimental country band Westinghouse Atom Smasher, known for their ambient-laced Americana.
Doors at 7:30PM, music at 8PM.
$15 advance / $18 at the door.
Studio Lithe: 5746 Baum Blvd, Floor 3, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Jana Horn w/ Westinghouse Atom Smasher at Studio Lithe on Sat February 14th • Arcane City
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells / Tara Toms / B Dumbauld
2/14 Valentine’s Art & Music Party
Bantha Tea Bar, 5002 Penn Ave
7pm
$10-15 suggested donation
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells
Tara Toms
B Dumbauld
Materials will be provided for coloring, drawing, or writing along to the music.
Mick's Acoustic Jam
2/14, 4-7pm
Acoustic jam at Mick’s (all instruments welcome except possibly electric guitar)
For details, email Mick: MCL2@pitt.edu
Weapons of Subversion: Viodre on Tour + More
Weapons of Subversion: Viodre on Tour + More
Harsh noise, experimental electronics & more at Bantha
A night of noise, experimental electronics, and sonic aggression at Bantha Tea Bar. Touring act Viodre (NJ) brings their harsh sonic textures to Pittsburgh alongside a stacked lineup of local and regional acts.
Featuring:
- Viodre (on tour)
- Priest in Shit
- OVMN
- Deterge
- Hand and Knee
- Slacking/Mallard Theory (collab set)
Come early, stay loud. $10 at the door.
Buy tea. Buy merch.
Friday, February 13th 2026•Show 7:00 PM
Bantha Tea Bar, 5002 Penn Ave
All Ages
Door: $10
Open Mic for Electronic Music: Round Two
2/13
Electronic Music Open Mic: Round 2
7-10pm
Tech25, 112 St. Joseph St., Mt. Oliver, PA 15210
https://www.tech25.org/calendar/open-mic-for-electronic-music-round-two-2026-02-13/195
Resonance: Improvisation, Innovation, and the Legacy of Eberhard Weber with Jair-Rohm Parker Wells
Friday, February 13th 2026•Show 6:00 PM
Resonance: Improvisation, Innovation, and the Legacy of Eberhard Weber with Jair-Rohm Parker Wells
Bellefield Hall Room 205
315 S. Bellefield Ave, Oakland
A live lecture/performance exploring improvision and composition in the work of Eberhard Weber and Karlheinz Stockhausen
Join bassist and composer Jair-Rohm Parker Wells for a live lecture/performance exploring improvisation as real-time composition and technology as an extension of acoustic sound. Through solo performance, guided listening, and discussion, the session draws inspiration from Eberhard Weber, the sonic philosophy of ECM Records, the electronic music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, and the legacy of European radiophonic workshops, alongside ideas associated with the Second Viennese School and Anthony Braxton. Wells demonstrates how resonance, space, silence, looping, amplification, and electronics can shape melody and form, inviting students to rethink innovation as clarity, listening, and intentional use of tools rather than complexity. Open to all students, no prior musical or technical background required.
21st Century eclectic bassist Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is a composer and interdisciplinary sound artist whose work bridges improvisation, experimental music, and electroacoustic performance. Drawing on decades of international performance and research, his work explores resonance, deep listening, and technology as extensions of acoustic sound.
This appearance is made possible in part thanks to a grant from Foundation for Creative Arts.
Amnion
Amnion | February 13-15th | Opening Reception Feb. 13th 6-9pm, Performance Feb. 13th 7pm
See The Frame Gallery grown over, a tear down of walls and panelled ground in a full scale installation of a bird’s post-war dystopia, a nest of sculpture, video projection, sound generation, and live performance.
Sweet Abyss: Cecropia, Johnny Arlett, M&M (Malzof & Maitake)
2/11
7-11pm
Bantha Tea Bar, 5002 Penn Ave
Sweet Abyss is a night of transgender dance music featuring:
- **Cecropia** (Live)
- **Johnny Arlett** (Live A/V)
- **M&M** – Malzof & Maitake (DJ set)
Plus visuals by Malzof! Expect a night of ambient, experimental grooves and abstract psychedelia in an all-ages, affirming space.
Presented at Bantha Tea Bar in Garfield. Sliding scale $5–$20. NOTAFLOF.
Foundation #24
Pittsburgh Sound Preserve is curating ad hoc groupings of folks who attend Open Improvisation Lab. We hope to create space for more people to improvise more often. We can commune with each other through creative expression... right now!
Foundation Improvised Music Series
2nd Sunday of every month
7pm at Bantha Tea Bar
5002 Penn Ave
$10-20 suggested donation
No one turned away for lack of funds!
February 8th, 2026 lineup
Nikki G - Megaphone/guitar/synth/kit
Ibim S - laptop
Sam Nagel - trombone/tuba
Joshua Hoffman - euphonium/bass guitar
Maf - synth
Quinton Steele - voice, various instruments
Nathan Kukulusku - viola/piano
David Williamson - various
Reiki + Drone: Session 5
2/8
Reiki + Drone: Session 5 Healing reiki and ambient drone music with First Light Reiki and How Things Are.
Join First Light Reiki and How Things Are for a meditative afternoon of energy work and ambient drone music at Navushouse. This is the fifth installment of their collaborative series, offering two intimate sessions focused on relaxation, healing, and sound immersion.
Session One: 3:30 PM
Session Two: 5:00 PM
$10–$20 sliding scale. Reserve your spot via Venmo: @firstlightreiki
Location: Navushouse, 1515 Boyle St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
A Pup Named Rosy (album release), Cereza, Heather Harper
Angel Numbers album release show
Whathouse
2/7
9p-3a
$10
Cereza
A Pup Named Rosy (album release!)
Heather Harper
email pittsburghsoundpreserve@gmail.com for address.
First Friday @ Telephone
Come make sounds with us at First Friday! We are running an open improvisation jam at Telephone (5120 Penn Ave) on February 6th, 7pm-10pm. Snacks and drinks provided. Free. Bring a jacket, bring your curiosity, bring an instrument or cool sound or use one that we have here. Stop by for a minute or stay for a while.
Barbie Ai, Misty Xelibri, Shimmer OS, Body of Research
2/1
8pm
$10
brillobox, 4104 Penn Ave
Barbie Ai, Misty Xelibri, Shimmer OS, Body of Research
Barbie Ai (MA), Misty Xelibri (NYC), Shimmer OS, and Body of Research converge for a night of experimental electronic, synth textures, and performance art at Brillobox. Expect atmospheric beats, cyber aesthetics, and immersive sound design.
Experimental Guitar Night 64
Wednesday Jan 28th 2026
Doors 7:30 PM Show 7:30 PM
Experimental Guitar Night
Local experimental guitar showcase at The Government Center.
715 East Street Pittsburgh
The first sonic stringed explorations of the New Year!
Join us for a fantastic lineup of Pittsburgh experimental guitarists:
- Sarah Halter (https://sarahhalter.bandcamp.com)
- Anthony Amboroso (https://ambroso.bandcamp.com)
- Caleb Grayson (https://soundcloud.com/calebgrayson)
- Giraws (solo project of Greg Pierce)
- Jim Lingo (of Midnite Snake, Pay Toilets, Centipede E'est)
All ages welcome. $10 at the door. Cash only.
Wednesday, January 28. Doors at 7:30 PM.
Hosted at The Government Center, 715 East St, North Side.
Sweet Abyss: Cecropia / Johnny Arlett / M&M
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28TH / 7-11PM / $5-$20 ALL AGES AT @banthateabar
SWEET ABYSS starts the new greg year off after a herstoric 2025 with an abstractly bedazzled lineup of beguiling proportions, culled from the ambiguous & polluted waters of queer appalachia in all it’s strangeness into another legendarily experiential Wednesday evening
CECROPIA aka @everyone_i_fuck_is_gay is one manifestation of the multifaceted musical output of Luna Moth - known for her honest and comedic poetics, synth manual sorcery, gripping live performances, community meal sharing programmes, and so much more we can’t even type. We are honored to have her join us for a long awaited live set, bringing the raw intensity & emotional resonance of Cecropia’s 2024 album “Holes in the Sky”. The “pop trans synth bitch from Pittsburgh, PA” steps up to the stage inside the intimate confines of none other than… Bantha Tea Bar!!!
Speaking of multifaceted, multiplicitious, & multihyphenate, we’re keen to receive an audiovisual live set from Pittsburgh’s own JOHNNY ARLETT @johnnyarlett - synthesizing decades of influence from the unique depths of the dissonant North American experimental underground, Johnny’s unique conjurations of rhythmic soundscape will be accompanied by 100% original visuals from them as well! Transmitting directly from the heart & mind to your eyes & ears
M&M is Malzof and Maitake… Multifaceted & multihyphenated! Two long-time friends, producers of nightlife experience, and freewheeling disc jockeys whose sounds melt in your brain. Look for the M on every groove. A geosmin delight and a sonic journey in TDM. There’s a little M for everyone.
And as always, @jmal_malzof will be providing the visuals to your captivating delight & accessing your fractalized spheres of wonderment throughout the evening
Sweet Abyss is an event to center people that run afoul of societal expectations playing a wide variety of fun, strange, rhythmic sounds to dance or move their minds to. Dance to all kinds of synth-wave, trip hop, dub, disco, & electronic explorations. Hosted by residents Kiernan Laveaux, Malzof, Davis Galvin + Carrie Sours
GAY PSYCHEDELIC VIBES
ESOTERIC LOUNGE MUSIC
AND MORE!!!
Music @ Main: Sounding Word Sounds
Music @ Main: Sounding Word Sounds
January 25 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Carnegie Library of Main (Oakland) - 4400 Forbes Ave
Experience this ear-opening performance of sound poetry, or text-music, recited, chanted, intoned and untoned, reducing language to what it sounds like, not what it means. Presented by The TEXT-NICIANS in the South Wing Reading Room.
https://www.carnegielibrary.org/event/music-main-sounding-word-sounds/
BXC presents Xen Chron (Boston), Family Trust (PDX), Seaclones, Disheveled, Nasty Taxi
Saturday January 24th 2026
BXC COLLECTIVE presents
a night of fractured rhythms, mutant techno, and primal sonics
with live electronic, visual, and dj sets by
XEN CHRON
different circles / boston
https://linktr.ee/xenchron
FAMILY TRUST
spednar & {arsonist} / pdx
https://thesetofarsonist.bandcamp.com/
https://spednar.bandcamp.com/
SEACLONES
tri-labs / pgh
https://tri-labs.bandcamp.com/
DISHEVLED
Thac0 / Lowres / BXC
https://thac0records.bandcamp.com/album/phantom-touch
visual stim by
NASTY TAXI
https://linktr.ee/nastytaxi
at Brillobox 4104 Penn
$15 9PM 21+
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more on XEN CHRON
Xen Chron is the most recent producer/DJ alias (since 2016) of Chris Leamy, mostly from Weymouth MA USA but also kinda Norfolk UK. His scattered musical trajectory stretches back to the early 90s, spanning noise, ambient, grindcore, jazz / improv, hardcore, death metal, drum’n’bass, techno, breakbeat, & IDM.
more on FAMILY TRUST
Family Trust formed in 2024 as a partnership between Portland’s Kevin Bednar (Spednar) and Danielle Rager ({arsonist}). Together they’ve bonded to bring truly cosmic takes on live dance floor composition, cutting apart influential ideas from jungle, breakcore and electro and reassembling them into futuristic grooves built to stimulate various synapses and muscle reflexes.
more on SEACLONES
Seaclones is the collaboration of Pittsburgh producers Five Star Hotel and Machine Listener. Known for deep sub-bass, time-warping soundscapes, and heavy electronic synthesis. Through releases Tri-Labs and their periodic live performances
they express their fundamental principles: worship of sound, vibration, exploration and movement.
more on DISHEVELED
Disheveled is the solo project of Greg VanEck (Prometheus Burning, SysEx Dumpster), fusing together splintered beats, modular textures, and industrial soundscapes.
more on NASTY TAXI
Nasty Taxi is a visual artist who blends analog and digital glitch as a reflection of her own experiences with identity. Her work moshes the corporeal and the unreal, revealing the vague boundaries of transitions. First Rodeo Curator, Video Mangler.
more on BXC COLLECTIVE
Promo collective interested in extreme electronics, diverse sonics, breakcore, post-industrial beats and DIY. Based in Pittsburgh.
https://www.instagram.com/bxc.collective
Some Pepper / Big Feels / Sister Kisser / DJ Mary Mack
1/21
7:30pm
2101 Mt. Troy Rd
Bands & dance party:
Some Pepper
Sister Kisser
Big Feels
DJ Mary Mack
R6 Implant (Akron) / Summer Cold (Warren) / In-Country / Farrah Faucet
1/24
doors 7, sounds 7:30
The Maple Leaf, 115 Seddgewick St, Millvale
$5-15 sliding scale
featuring harsh, pointing offerings from:
R6 implant (Akron) (vegan noise)
Summer Cold (Warren) (beauty from the depths of chaos: harsh noise in contrast)
+locals:
in-country (brave new world power electronics)
Farrah Faucet (peel her from the ceiling and chew, but don’t break her heart, or whatever)