Paul talks drum influences and "Teachable Moments." Catch us next Sat, June 27 at Green Beacon Gallery. Video courtesy The No Skip Show. #Pittsburgh #ProgRock #Musicsky #drums

Trust your thirst 🍷 We will be at Green Beacon Gallery's Friendship Picnic/6th anniversary party on Sat, June 27. Lylyth and The Femaliens also in attendance (a busy day for Candrika). Alles in allem ➡️ trafford.estate #Pittsburgh #Musicsky #punk #postpunk

More goddam government overreach! 🏳️‍⚧️

PUT SOME ACTION IN YOUR LIFE! 🗣️🚨⛓️‍💥 Watch Nowhere Wolves & Lylyth's combined cover of "Breaking the Law" by Judas Priest for Loud & Proud Music Festival 2026! 🌈 FULL VIDEO ➡️ youtu.be/QuhOsvsgKTU?... #Pittsburgh #Pride #Musicsky #punk

Nowhere Wolves live at Loud & Proud Music Festival! ❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜 Video by Swampwalk. #Pittsburgh #Pride #LGBTQ #punk

Loud & Proud Music Festival is TOMORROW! 🎉 That's Sat, June 6 at Allegheny City Brewing from 1-10pm! We have 12 bands, 3 drag performers, 7 craft vendors - so much fun to be had! Don’t forget to grab your presale tickets before it's too late! ➡️ traffordestate.bandcamp.com/merch/ticket... #pride

Released today: J. plays guitar on the debut single "Nero" by electronic pop project Finding Violet. "Nero" features a guest verse by Dereos Roads. Listen ➡️ findingviolet1.bandcamp.com/track/nero Photo by Mean Joe. #Pittsburgh #pop #postpunk #rock

50 years ago today: The gig that changed the world. June 4, 1976. @buzzcocks.com @johnmaherphoto.bsky.social #punk #England #history #Musicsky

LOUD & PROUD MUSIC FESTIVAL IS THIS SATURDAY! 🌈 Get your tickets now! ➡️ traffordestate.bandcamp.com/merch/ticket... #Pittsburgh #Pride #QueerArtist #Nonbinary #TransArtist #drag

You're free as air 😮‍💨 So is this show. Fri, August 14 at Helltown Taproom - Strip District. Details ➡️ www.facebook.com/events/10426... We're bowled over to have Normal Creatures and Bonnie & the Mere Mortals with us for this shindig. So lucky we could cry. #Pittsburgh #Musicsky #postpunk #goth

EXTRA EXTRA, read all about it! 📰 We are so excited to see Loud & Proud Music Festival featured in @pghcitypaper.com's Pride issue! We are also grateful for their sponsorship for the second year in a row! #Pride #Dogsky #LGBTQ #press

J. singing and playing Scott Walker with Jackie last evening in Pittsburgh. #Musicsky #60s #BaroquePop #punk

So pleased to be making it back to Green Beacon Gallery in June for their Friendship Picnic. 💚 The Beacon has been an invaluable DIY space in our region; although they're facing the closure of their current location, the gallery has announced a year extension of their tenancy. #Pittsburgh #punk

She's not just our bassist - she's also theirs & theirs! It takes a lot of power to hold down the low end for 3 bands! Nowhere Wolves, Lylyth, & The Femaliens wish the happiest 30th birthday to the hardest working musician we all know & love! Happy birthday, Candrika! ✊️👽🐺🎸 #Pittsburgh #punk #alt

LOUD & PROUD MUSIC FESTIVAL is 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY on Sat, June 6! 🌈✌️ Get tickets ➡️ trafford.estate/links! Nowhere Wolves & Lylyth are once again cooking up a special combined halftime set for you. 🤔🤔 Get ready for a kickass new collaboration between the bands! #Pittsburgh #Pride #lgbtq #queer

The forthcoming art book by Second Scene will include J.'s previously unreleased lyrics for the last song he wrote with the band Sommelier. Details ➡️ trafford.estate/news/unrelea... #Pittsburgh #poetry #Writingsky #postpunk

In that glimmering gulch, Millvale. 🔮 Video courtesy @husser_sara. #Pittsburgh #festival #psychedelic #creator

Next, catch us in tandem, in situ, with Lylyth at Loud & Proud Music Festival. Sat, June 6 from 1pm-10pm at Allegheny City Brewing, with all proceeds going to Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation. All good things. Video by @jchannellmusic. #Pittsburgh #LGBTQ #Musicsky #DIY

Millvale Music Festival in Pittsburgh! 🖤✨️ Video by Riften. #punk #violin #postpunk #alt

Here are the vendors who will be bringing their awesome wares and services to Loud & Proud 2026: ❤️ Bettie Wylde 🧡 Charlie Zeaman 💛 Gaia's Goods 💚 Infernal Family Church 💙 Lint Kaufman 💜 Max Hoffman 🖤 Moonfish Fur Designs Details ➡️ trafford.estate/news/loud-am... #Pittsburgh #LGBTQ #QueerArt #craft

Catch Nowhere Wolves for the first time at Millvale Music Festival, this Sat, May 16, 6:20pm at the Double L Bar stage. The heat from the shore melts down to receive us. Video by @husser_sara. #Pittsburgh #Musicsky #postpunk #DIYmusic

Murder of Js (@jchannellmusic.bsky.social + J. Trafford) Mr. Roboto Project - 04.23.26 Photos by @mean_joes_photos. #Pittsburgh #pop #synthpop #postpunk

Wes and Candrika discuss the chemical interaction between strings and J.'s voice. 🎻 Video courtesy of Start The Beat Podcast. #Pittsburgh #Violin #ClassicalMusic #Musicsky

🌈 Announcing the performer lineup for the 2026 LOUD & PROUD MUSIC FESTIVAL presented by Trafford Estate & The Rose Bowl! 🌈 All admission proceeds benefit Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation. Details ➡️ trafford.estate/news/loud-am... #Pittsburgh #LGBTQ #Pride #QueerArt #QueerMusic #trans #nonbinary #drag

Yes yes yes. Only positive things. Only happy humanity. We'll be at Millvale Music Festival on Sat, May 16. 6:20pm at the Double L stage. Photos courtesy @thebradynwoods. #Pittsburgh #LiveMusic #MusicPhotography #punk

"Teachable Moments" at Roboto! 🤖💜 #Pittsburgh #LiveMusic #punk #Violin

Bless your baby emo hearts. Our version of MCR's "House of Wolves" live from Arsenal Lanes is now up ➡️ youtu.be/r_dOrMfcQ0A?... Video by Sara Husser, with matrix mix audio by Sara & Mike Psyche. #Pittsburgh #punk #alt #goth

We're privileged that a chunk of our recent Arsenal Lanes set has been included in Mike Psyche's Pittsburgh Music Archives ➡️ youtu.be/fZPfmIi_PqY #LiveMusic #DIYmusic #NewWave #JanglePop

Bless your baby emo hearts. Our version of MCR's "House of Wolves" live from Arsenal Lanes is now up ➡️ youtu.be/r_dOrMfcQ0A?... Video by Sara Husser, with matrix mix audio by Sara & Mike Psyche. #Pittsburgh #punk #alt #goth

Last night at Roboto! ⚔️ Pleasure meeting y'all @jokersrepublic.bsky.social - have a great rest of your tour! #Pittsburgh #punk #folk #vibes

Tonight! We're at Roboto supporting @jokersrepublic.bsky.social & The Doomstompers, along with The Book Club! Doors at 7, we are on at 7:30! #Pittsburgh #ska #punk #postpunk

It’s #NationalIndependentBookstoreDay! 📖 From Denton, TX to Harrisonburg, VA; from Minneapolis to Brooklyn, and beyond - thank you to the independent shops providing Why is My Heart in My Throat?: Selected Lyrics of J. Trafford! #Pittsburgh #Decatur #LA #StLouis

We're at Roboto on Tues, Apr 28 supporting @jokersrepublic.bsky.social & The Doomstompers, alongside The Book Club. Tickets ➡️ tickets.venuepilot.com/e/joker-s-re.... A Good Vibe Booking show. Photos by @lilythebandito.bsky.social #Pittsburgh #ska #punk #Postpunk

TOMORROW: Curse Words + ShotClock + @citymousepunk.bsky.social (solo) w/ Toy + Murder of Js (@jchannellmusic.bsky.social) at Roboto!! TICKETS: events.ticketleap.com/tickets/dlts... LISTEN: dontsaycursewords.bandcamp.com shotclockrichmond.bandcamp.com citymouse.bandcamp.com linktr.ee/toytheband

Applications close TONIGHT for this year's LOUD & PROUD MUSIC FESTIVAL! 🌈 Live music artists, drag performers, craft vendors, and volunteers - please get your applications in before 11:59pm! Application links ➡️ trafford.estate/links #Pittsburgh #Pride #LGBTQ #QueerArt #QueerMusic #Drag #DragQueen

Influencers are rapidly on their way to becoming the most hated group in America. Not rapidly enough, though.

Cloying, clawing robot. We’ll be at Roboto on Tues, Apr 28 supporting @jokersrepublic.bsky.social alongside The Doomstompers & The Book Club. A night of ska and empathy. A Good Vibe Booking shindig. #Pittsburgh #ChamberPop #punk #postpunk

Blast from the past - the first Loud & Proud Music Festival in 2024! 🌈 This was the first time The Rose Bowl & Trafford Estate teamed up for an event, and with the help of everybody involved we raised $1650 for Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation! 📸 Emmy Susani/JFS Imagery. #Pittsburgh #Pride #LGBTQ

This week! We return to Arsenal Lanes in Lawrenceville 💥🎳 Come rock n' bowl with us! Wednesday - all you can bowl from 9pm! Details ➡️ trafford.estate/news/nowhere... #Pittsburgh #bowling #Punk #violin

New J. interview in advance of his discussion tour stop in Baltimore this Friday! 🧡 baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/song... #Baltimore #poetry #writing #singing

Our Arsenal Lanes gig gives us a great opportunity to ready some new material for you. Come bowl with us next Wed in Lawrenceville! 🎳🐺 Photos by Omgimlils. #Pittsburgh #Musicsky #MusicPhotography #postpunk

J.'s tour for Why is My Heart in My Throat?: Selected Lyrics of J. Trafford concludes this Fri with a stop in Baltimore. Details ➡️ trafford.estate/news/expande... Photo by Trevor Murray. #Pittsburgh #Maryland #Book

One week from today in Baltimore! 🧡 J. will be joined by Matt Pless & The Lady Grace for a Songwriters Roundtable Discussion at Viva Books! The discussion will be followed by an intimate performance at Stem & Vine. Details ➡️ facebook.com/events/s/son... #Maryland #acoustic #singer #writing

WATCH: J. appears in the new Shellshock Multimedia video cover of "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer. youtu.be/bEYGw5I818Q?... #Pittsburgh #guitar #Indie #90sKid

J. features in the new issue of the fine arts magazine Obiryxoed, discussing at length the three albums he made between 2005-2008. Like this post for a chance to win a free signed copy. 🧡 #Pittsburgh #FineArt #photography #rock

J. Trafford in discussion with Tony Sposetta and members of Lylyth at Leana's Books & More. 🧡 Photos by Dommer. #Pittsburgh #Ohio #songwriter #booksky

What it's like to see a rock show at a barbershop. 📸 Steve Groves Photo #Pittsburgh #MusicPhotography #LiveMusic #postpunk

Doing some light reading about the latest Pittsburgh drama. www.traceneighbors.org

Thinking in ink. Doodles by Drika. We'll be at Roboto in a month, supporting Joker's Republic and The Doomstompers, along with good ol' The Book Club. A tuneful night of strong truths. Tix ➡️ tickets.venuepilot.com/e/joker-s-re... #Pittsburgh #Punk #Ska #DIYmusic