Concert Photos: The Dove and the Wolf Performing at Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh on April 27, 2015

Paloma (left) and Lou comprise The Dove & The Wolf

Concert Photos: Jonathan Tyler Performing at Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh on April 27, 2015

Jonathan Tyler had no problem getting the crowd's attention with his soulful voice and instantly catchy songs

Butch Walker Leaves Pittsburgh in Tears With First Show of Tour

Having tweeted using the hashtag #GetReadyGetSetSad to describe it, one may think that Butch Walker's tour to support his new album, Afraid of Ghosts, would be a depression-themed run in the wake of his father's death.

And the first stop of the tour in Pittsburgh did have its share of tear-jerking moments.  But not before Walker single-handedly revved up the crowd with just a guitar and bass drum.

Halestorm Colors Outside The Lines With "Into The Wild Life"

Halestorm's 2012 release, The Strange Case Of..., was perhaps the most perfect rock album of this millennium.  Not only was it packed with quality songs from the first track to the last (including the deluxe edition), but it also was a commercial and critical success for the band, earning them a Grammy win (2013 Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance for "Love Bites...So Do I") and a graduation from club tour opening act to large theater headliner.

So, in a time when even metal luminaries are declaring that "rock is finally dead," one may expect the band to have the tendency to stick with what has worked in this time when so little has worked for so few.

But Halestorm isn't a band that wants to do what you expect.  It's a band that does whatever the, um, heck it wants.  And that is a major theme behind their latest and polychromatic release, Into The Wild Life.