January is usually a slow time for concerts, but there definitely are some shows worth making the trek out in the cold. Here’s a look at the top concerts coming this month to Pittsburgh.
Top concerts
Jan. 17: Silverstein, Thursday, Arm’s Length, Split Chain at Stage AE
Blending emo, hardcore and metal, the Canadian band Silverstein will bring their 25 Years of Noise tour to Pittsburgh, as they celebrate the band’s silver anniversary.
They’re also getting ready to release a pair of albums, “Antibloom” and “Pink Moon,” in 2025.
“Twenty-five years. It’s a really big milestone, quarter of a century. Especially the way we started. … We started as a side project,” singer Shane Told said in an interview with chorus.fm. “We didn’t have great goals of doing anything big. I didn’t even know if we were gonna put out a record. I thought, just like for the summer we’d play some shows and maybe record something. So 25 years later, if you told me this, I would never believe you.”
Read more: Interview: Shane Told of Silverstein
Jan. 26: Drive-By Truckers at Mr. Smalls Theatre
Drive-By Truckers are revisiting “Southern Rock Opera,” their 2001 double album/concept album about growing up in the South.
The band launched a tour celebrating their landmark album in June, and the latest leg brings it to Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale.
“It’s been a great time,” Patterson Hood told captimes.com. “It had been nearly 23 years since we had performed ‘SRO’ as a piece. … It aged pretty well. (It’s) more timely than it was in 2001.”
Read more: Drive-By Truckers’ ‘Southern Rock Opera’ album still feels timely
Other notable shows
Jan. 8: The Young Dubliners at City Winery Pittsburgh
Jan. 11: Nonpoint, Crobot, Heartsick at Preserving Underground
Jan. 12: John and the Locals at Roxian Theatre
Jan. 15: The Strumbellas, Wildermiss at Mr. Smalls Theatre
Jan. 15: Alex Lambert at Thunderbird Music Hall
Jan. 16: Tom Rush at City Winery Pittsburgh
Jan. 17: Rubblebucket, Hannah Mohan at Mr. Smalls Theatre
Jan. 17: Laidback Luke, Strobe, Setro, B-Renn at Enclave
Jan. 18: The Silencers at City Winery Pittsburgh
Jan. 19: HR of Bad Brains, Iron Roots at Hard Rock Cafe Pittsburgh
Jan. 19: Laurie Berkner at Roxian Theatre
Jan. 19: The Skyliners at Jergel’s
Jan. 21: Nile, Six Feet Under, Psycroptic, Embryonic Autopsy at Preserving Underground
Jan. 24: Langhorne Slim, Oliver Wood at Mr. Smalls Theatre
Jan. 25: Lotus at Mr. Smalls Theatre
Jan. 26: Martin Sexton at City Winery Pittsburgh
Jan. 27: Blind Pilot, Dean Johnson at Thunderbird Music Hall
Jan. 29: Two Friends at Stage AE
Jan. 30: Local H, Turbo Lovers, 9Sundays at Jergel’s
Jan. 31: Papadosio, Grub at Thunderbird Music Hall
