Hemlock for Socrates: Melody & Mystery II: Live Music Showcase

Second annual installment of a mixed genre, synth-laden mini-festival featuring local and national travelling artists whose music is centered around intense moods and intriguing melodies. Hemlock for Socrates is electronic, post-punk pop rock from Pittsburgh, PA. Their music sets scenes of outsider experiences in otherworldly dystopias. The group recently released a 2-song EP in November of 2025 and 3 5-song EP's in the summer of 2025. Babel Map from Harrisburg, PA, brings their immersive blend of gloomgaze, shoegaze, and experimental post-rock to the stage for an evening of dense textures, soaring melodies, and hypnotic energy. Fresh off the release of their latest album, Teeth, on Lost Future Records. Some Faith from Pittsburgh, PA, is the brainchild of Brian Sikes Howe and Indigo Baloch, with recently added Leo Rogers on live drums. Like a spell spoken in a secret room, their lyrics invoke the rituals of modern love and archaic lore. Their last single, Valentine, was just released in January of 2026. [melter] from Chicago, IL, has been described as “a sonic disturbance made of flesh, blood, and machine”. Rob Hyman's propulsive live drums combine with samples, buzzy synths, and distorted bass to underpin Jax Allos's potent, intense vocals and relentless energy. Arms & Armour from Cleveland, OH, is a collaboration between Lauren Voss and John Panza. Their music combines live recording, loops, and industrial samples with fierce vocals, swirling synths, and crushing guitar to create a hypnotic soundscape. bella figlia is Elizabeth Joan Harris, a multidisciplinary, genre-fluid artist and sound designer from Pittsburgh, PA. Using piano, guitar, found sound from her own field recordings, and her classically trained voice, bella figlia extracts the divinity from the mundane, fuses the grotesque to the holy, and finds the sensual in the spiritual. Eccentric, esoteric, electronic rock pop duo that splits time between subtle sarcasm and dramatic sincerity.