Silverstein, Drive-By Truckers highlight top January concerts in Pittsburgh

January is usually a slow time for concerts, but there definitely are some shows worth making the trek out in the cold. Here’s a look at the top concerts coming this month to Pittsburgh.

Top concerts

Jan. 17: Silverstein, Thursday, Arm’s Length, Split Chain at Stage AE

Blending emo, hardcore and metal, the Canadian band Silverstein will bring their 25 Years of Noise tour to Pittsburgh, as they celebrate the band’s silver anniversary.

They’re also getting ready to release a pair of albums, “Antibloom” and “Pink Moon,” in 2025.

“Twenty-five years. It’s a really big milestone, quarter of a century. Especially the way we started. … We started as a side project,” singer Shane Told said in an interview with chorus.fm. “We didn’t have great goals of doing anything big. I didn’t even know if we were gonna put out a record. I thought, just like for the summer we’d play some shows and maybe record something. So 25 years later, if you told me this, I would never believe you.”

Read more: Interview: Shane Told of Silverstein

Jan. 26: Drive-By Truckers at Mr. Smalls Theatre

Drive-By Truckers are revisiting “Southern Rock Opera,” their 2001 double album/concept album about growing up in the South.

The band launched a tour celebrating their landmark album in June, and the latest leg brings it to Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale.

“It’s been a great time,” Patterson Hood told captimes.com. “It had been nearly 23 years since we had performed ‘SRO’ as a piece. … It aged pretty well. (It’s) more timely than it was in 2001.”

Read more: Drive-By Truckers’ ‘Southern Rock Opera’ album still feels timely

Other notable shows

Jan. 8: The Young Dubliners at City Winery Pittsburgh

Jan. 11: Nonpoint, Crobot, Heartsick at Preserving Underground

Jan. 12: John and the Locals at Roxian Theatre

Jan. 15: The Strumbellas, Wildermiss at Mr. Smalls Theatre

Jan. 15: Alex Lambert at Thunderbird Music Hall

Jan. 16: Tom Rush at City Winery Pittsburgh

Jan. 17: Rubblebucket, Hannah Mohan at Mr. Smalls Theatre

Jan. 17: Laidback Luke, Strobe, Setro, B-Renn at Enclave

Jan. 18: The Silencers at City Winery Pittsburgh

Jan. 19: HR of Bad Brains, Iron Roots at Hard Rock Cafe Pittsburgh

Jan. 19: Laurie Berkner at Roxian Theatre

Jan. 19: The Skyliners at Jergel’s

Jan. 21: Nile, Six Feet Under, Psycroptic, Embryonic Autopsy at Preserving Underground

Jan. 24: Langhorne Slim, Oliver Wood at Mr. Smalls Theatre

Jan. 25: Lotus at Mr. Smalls Theatre

Jan. 26: Martin Sexton at City Winery Pittsburgh

Jan. 27: Blind Pilot, Dean Johnson at Thunderbird Music Hall

Jan. 29: Two Friends at Stage AE

Jan. 30: Local H, Turbo Lovers, 9Sundays at Jergel’s

Jan. 31: Papadosio, Grub at Thunderbird Music Hall