Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons/Ray Lanich Band

Doors are at 8 PM. Show is at 9 PM.

Tickets are $10 in advance, and $12 at the door.

Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons

There is something magnetic, vulnerable, dangerous, and electric about Angela Perley that has been causing a lot of buzz around the artist and her band The Howlin’ Moons lately. Demure and quiet off stage, the performer usually shocks people when she tells them she is the lead singer in a band. “Putting on a show is my way of being heard, I guess,” says Perley. Growing up in small town Ohio, Perley spent years as an observant wallflower engrossing herself in poetry, literature, people, and films. “I am a storyteller at heart, always have been. I get a lot of inspiration from relationships, surroundings, poetry, and old movies. Music for me is a way to express feelings I can’t get out any other way, and when I hit the stage with the band I can turn up and let go.” Perley’s band features longtime friends Billy Zehnal and Chris Connor on bass and lead guitar and Jeff Martin on drums. Since their incarnation in 2009, the band has released four EPs (Black Cat, Yellow Moon, Fireside, and Nowhere is Now Here) and one album (Hey Kid) on Vital Music USA. The group’s latest release and debut album, Hey Kid (Jan 2014), has been catching praise in the U.S. and the UK from tastemakers including American Songwriter Magazine, Magnet Magazine, PopDose, Americana UK, Maverick Magazine and more and has been gaining steady grassroots radio play in both the U.S. and Europe. The group’s explosive single, “Hurricane” was featured on ABC during the USC vs. UCLA football game in November and their new record reached number six on the EuroAmericana charts in March of 2014. Perley has earned comparisons to everyone from Patsy Cline to Joan Jett and her range of delicate reverbladen crooners to grit- fused rock anthems have made more and more listeners take notice. The band’s live shows rumble with swaggering basslines and guitar riffs and Perley’s soulful delivery and charismatic stage presence create a memorable experience for audiences eager to listen.

Ray Lanich Band

Ray Lanich Band was formed by Ray Lanich in September 2012 and features Ray Lanich (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Paul Tunis (Bass), and Steve Gramley (Drums, Backing Vocals). Ray is from Erie, PA; Paul is from Lancaster, PA; Steve is from Edinboro, PA; but all the guys currently reside in the Pittsburgh area. Despite the band's relatively short tenure, their high-energy stage show has already earned them a seat as one of Pittsburgh's best live bands.

They have performed live on the 102.5 FM WDVE Coffeehouse (Pittsburgh), 97.7 FM The Rock Station (Butler), and are frequently featured on Mornings with Mojo & AC on 100.9 FM WRKT Rocket 101 (Erie). They have performed at The Pittsburgh Marathon, SouthSide Works Summer Concert Series, Butler Downtown Summer Concert Series, Great Lakes Brewing Burning River Fest, Mr. Smalls Theatre, Club Café, Sherlock's, plus countless bars and clubs all over western PA and eastern Ohio.

Ray's songwriting is quite eclectic. Whether he is writing something in the classic-rock tradition, something funky, something bluesy, or something grassroots/country, he somehow manages to retain his own personality and style seamlessly. You add Paul and Steve's amazing playing and arranging skills to the mix, and the end product is a band with songs that are as technically proficient as they are extremely approachable and catchy!

Their stage show is just as entertaining. Ray has the energy of ten men and plays rhythm and lead guitar with fluid grace all while singing his heart out. Once Paul takes the stage with his five-string bass in hand and aviator sunglasses on, he becomes an "entity" that supplies the low end frequencies like an absolute boss. The only thing more bad ass than Steve's beard, is his "in the pocket" drum grooves and awesome backing vocals.

I don't know what more you could want from a band! You need to witness the magic in person!