Mike Palm

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Mike Palm

Much like the reds, whites and rosés bottled at his Caduceus Cellars & Merkin Vineyards in Arizona, Maynard James Keenan is aging like a fine wine. The enigmatic singer, who fronts progressive metal giants Tool as well as A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, launched Sessanta — which means 60 in Italian — last year to celebrate his 60th birthday, with A Perfect Circle, Puscifer and Primus all performing on the trek.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Mike Palm

Brothers Robby and Nathaniel King have wanted to make music since they were kids, and they’re doing it now as Mellowscape. The indie rock band released its third album, “Sunsick,” in April. “‘Sunsick’ is Mellowscape at full throttle. If you need a rock album to dive in to, ‘Sunsick’ is it. The album features huge anthemic jams and also very intimate vulnerable moments,” Nathaniel King said. “We love to bury as many musical Easter eggs in our songs as possible.

3 weeks ago | triblive.com | Mike Palm

Is there any rock band, playing at the arena level, that is more versatile than Pearl Jam? The veteran Seattle rockers – who have moved far beyond their grunge days – continued to make their case in a sold-out show Friday night at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Visiting the city for the first of two shows (the other is Sunday and also sold out), Pearl Jam went almost two and a half hours, with the house lights turning on around 11 p.m. and the band going on for three more songs.

3 weeks ago | triblive.com | Mike Palm

Baroness frontman John Baizley had always felt a little resistant to the idea of playing older albums in full live. But he gradually warmed up to the concept, with the progressive metal band playing their first two releases, “Red Album” and “Blue Record,” at a pre-holiday show in December. The veteran band, which formed in 2003, is now taking those albums on the road for their Red and Blue tour, which will hit Thunderbird Music Hall in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood on May 31.

3 weeks ago | triblive.com | Mike Palm

In the early days of Pierce the Veil, the post-hardcore band would throw in fun, unexpected covers — from R&B to hip hop to pop — as a surprise in their sets. It just so worked out that they were doing a Wiz Khalifa song when they hit Pittsburgh’s Stage AE in 2011. “We loved that stuff too. All the bands were low key into that kind of stuff, and so were the scene kids,” Pierce the Veil singer Vic Fuentes said in a recent call.