PITTSBURGH, PA – The century-old Carrie Furnace, a former blasting furnace that towers over the banks of the Mon River, just outside the town of Rankin, came alive for two days and nights as Thrival Innovation + Music Festival returned for it’s fifth year in the Steel City. Check out our gallery below. Photos by…
Historic Carrie Furnaces Set To Host Two-Day Festival
Towering 92-feet over the muddy banks of the Monongahela River, sits a pre-World War II piece of iron-making technology that helped power the regions steel industry in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Built in 1907, and reaching its peak of production in the 1950s, Carrie Furnaces six and seven remain the only non-operative blast furnaces still standing…
King Of The Burgh
With such success of all the previous King Of The Burgh’s hosted by DJ Afterthought, Pittsburgh has decided to throw a “Champions Edition” for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place acts from each the last 3 competitions. These are the best of the best in Pittsburgh Hip Hop so far and now they will compete…
Recess in the Rain with Skrillex
Surprisingly, Pittsburgh has become a regular stop for some of the biggest names in EDM. Just a few years ago, only a major event like Dayglow — now known as Life In Color — brought well known artists to town, but Tuesday night, Stage AE was blown away by Sonny John Moore – better known as Skrillex.…
A Clarinet, a Stripper Pole, and one Incredible Song Cover
A couple short weeks ago, Jason DeRulo dropped his new music video with Snoop Dogg for a song called Wiggle. When a popular song arises, so do a lot of fan inspired YouTube covers of that song. And this YouTube cover definitely deserves some attention. Sorry for anyone who may have been tricked by this…
Steel Panther “Gloryhole” Is the Best Music Video You Will Watch Today
This will be the best music video you watch all day. Steel Panther is a caricature of an 80’s metal band that produces pure gold when it comes to not only their music, but their music videos as well. Learning that their tour would soon be passing through our city, it only made sense to…
Cheeseburger Titties, Ronald Reagan, and Melody Joy
“You know how many foods are shaped like dicks? The best kinds.” This is a simple fact we’ve learned from Jonah Hill’s character Seth in the 2007 film Superbad. A few days ago, a music video full of dick-shaped foods premiered online from electro-pop princess, Melody Joy. The video is not only full of dick-shaped…
Kanye West’s Yeezus goes Platinum
Kanye West, who this past summer released the controversial “Yeezus”, finally gets to say “I told you so”. Yeezy went completely right brain and made something out of pure creativity with no intentions of following the pop music guidelines and creating guaranteed radio music. As of January 8, the album has officially sold 1 million…
Where in the World is Kellee Maize? Volunteering in Nepal
Where in the world is Kellee Maize? She is currently in Nepal doing volunteer work with the COMMITTED organization. The Pittsburgh-based female rapper has been setting up workshops and working with the kids in a school located in Katmandu. Kellee Maize will be returning home to Pittsburgh performing at an event benefiting the Homeless Children’s…
Help BlameShift with their New Album: Secrets
If you feel like doing some good for other people today, you can help our friends Blameshift out. Right now, you can pre-order Blameshift’s new album, Secrets, set to release next week and also help them chart on Billboard! Blameshift will be performing at an intimate show at our offices in the new Faded Loft…