About

ABOUT THE BLOG: The 412 is a music and entertainment news blog created and sponsored by the ShowClix team. Based out of area code 412 – AKA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – The 412 offers the best in both local and general music-related news (it’s not just the 411, after all – we love to one-up the competition!) Our daily updates include features like the Monday Album Roundup, where we separate the wheat from the chaff in each week’s album releases, as well as daily Tour Highlights and Playlists, new music videos, and featured stories profiling the latest in cutting-edge music announcements and major events in the entertainment world.

Unlike most opinion-heavy music blogs out there, The 412 adopts an “expose, don’t review” approach to music news. Not only will you never find an album review in these pages, but we also highly encourage readers to seek out interesting-sounding bands on any of the numerous free streaming resources on the ‘net. When in doubt, trust your own ears.

In addition to the blog, we also maintain a Twitter page at http://twitter.com/ShowClixBlog, where you’ll find even more of each day’s most important news stories.

ABOUT THE WRITER: Sam H. is a budding writer currently living in Pittsburgh. When he’s not blabbering at length about music, he can be found scurrying around the ShowClix office handling random administrative work. He enjoys cooking, fiction writing, politics, whiskey, singing terribly off-key to Smashing Pumpkins songs on Rock Band, long walks on the beach along the riverside, and David Lynch movies.