{"id":33832,"date":"2022-07-26T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/lys-scott-deluxe-live-from-black-forge\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T21:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:15:04","slug":"lys-scott-deluxe-live-from-black-forge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/lys-scott-deluxe-live-from-black-forge\/","title":{"rendered":"Lys Scott Deluxe: Live from Black Forge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lys Scott Deluxe just proved they\u2019re the hottest new band in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>On June 18, rapper Lys Scott and her band rocked Black Forge Coffee in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. The group delivered an electric, festival-worthy show that felt both exhilarating and intimate all at once.<\/p>\n<p>\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.7.8 &#8211; 02-10-2022 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=&#8221;.svg&#8221;]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/09\/DSC07874-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Alent\u00e9 Giovanni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ten-song setlist featured bangers from both of Lys\u2019 albums,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/40FQRBu6pyvpgoprk6vWh9?si=PmXx6VBeQWOyL2R27klTKg\">squashed dreams &amp; broken wings<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>(2021) and&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4814ThYrvvk7Ae98Sst6bm?si=AWLRz5SiQ_25_QsiaQaw9Q\">punk kidwell<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>(2022). Newer tracks like \u201ccity\u201d and \u201ccyber d82021\u201d mixed well with older favorites such as \u201cflowerchild\u201d and \u201cgods call.\u201d Confident yet personable, Lys hyped up the crowd in between songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one\u2019s for my loners \u2013 who\u2019s a loner here? Okay, we raised our hands, that\u2019s how much of a loner you are; we don\u2019t even use our words,\u201d she joked before performing one of her first singles, \u201cloners only.\u201d Her realness and relatability makes it easy for any audience to be drawn to her music and energy.<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/09\/DSC07726-2-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Alent\u00e9 Giovanni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Audience members were especially fired up during the performance of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/Ce-mGsMAgrf\/\">pu$$y (highest form of power)<\/a>,\u201d when they started moshing in front of the stage. \u201cThis was the first time people moshed to one of my songs, and it won\u2019t be the last,\u201d Lys promised.<\/p>\n<p>The set closed with the triumphant \u201chead to the sky\u201d and shoutouts to the talented band members that make up Lys Scott Deluxe: Skyler Brimmeier on guitar, Tyler Marchilena on bass, and Aaron Gillie on drums.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in the Pittsburgh area, catch Lys Scott Deluxe performing at the Deutschtown Music Festival on July 23!<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/09\/DSC07576-2-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Alent\u00e9 Giovanni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/music.traklife.com\/artist-interview-lys-scott\/\">here<\/a> to read my interview feature on Lys Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Listen below to Lys Scott&#8217;s newest album,&nbsp;<em>punk kidwell<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"83acE4YZeoNIh1uMJkfGsBTARQOWFrVdzDPSw6Ubpv0C2Ltxly9i5g7KjqmX\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: punk kidwell\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4814ThYrvvk7Ae98Sst6bm?si=AWLRz5SiQ_25_QsiaQaw9Q%5B%2Fvc_column_text%5D%5B%2Fvc_column%5D%5B%2Fvc_row%5D&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lys Scott Deluxe just proved they\u2019re the hottest new band in Pittsburgh. 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