Music

Maniac Magazine goes behind-the-scenes to bring you the latest in the fashion world. Here, April Hubal has some fun asking the popular singer and actor Jesse McCartney what his favorite sandwich is. Enjoy!

December welcomed the opening of Stage AE, the newest and hippest music venue in Pittsburgh. Located on the North Shore, Stage AE is only the second indoor and outdoor music venue in the country. It boasts some state-of-the-art equipment—from lighting to acoustical systems. It also has some serious bragging rights in the area of opening artists. On December...

Don’t miss hometown mix-master Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, as he takes the title of first performer at the brand new Stage AE on the North Side on December 3 and 4. Girl Talk’s latest album, All Day, was released online (free to download) on November 15, so attendees can expect to hear over 300 samples ranging from...

Christina Aguilera received the Hollywood Walk of Fame’s 2,423rd star on November 15th, 2010. In an interview with The Associated Press before Monday's unveiling, Aguilera said getting the star is "pretty surreal." The 29-year-old singer was still a teenager when she won her first Grammy in 1999, for best new artist. She has collected three more in the years since...

She Kissed a Girl, Now What? Maniac Magazine: Ok, so how’d you think of the song? KATY PERRY: Well, “I Kissed A Girl” was an idea that actually popped into my head. You know, I’d always heard about artists having a notepad on the side of their bed or something they can record if they were to have...

Ingrid Michaelson has had a single positioned in the Billboard Top 20 and an album in the top 100, seen a number of her songs played on Emmy-winning drama Grey’s Anatomy, opened for Dave Matthews Band, and performed on The Tonight Show and Live with Regis and Kelly, among others. But the twenty-eight year-old Staten Island native takes...

With the release of his third solo album this past May, music sensation Jesse McCartney is on his way to Pittsburgh this August and the MANIAC Girls were lucky enough to get him to talk shop. His new album may be entitled “Departure", but for him, this is only his arrival. His current single, “Leavin,” has been tearing...

‘Some Like It Hot’ star, Marilyn Monroe, sizzled onscreen as the epitome of a beautiful blonde bombshell. MANIAC ‘likes it even hotter’ and is naming Jessica Simpson the bona fide bombshell; an irresistible icon of the 21st century. We just had to get in her skin. Our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with the modern day Marilyn left us wondering how...

Sarah Jessica Parker may have been his “Lady” for Gap’s “How You Wear It” fashion campaign for Fall 2004, but the MANIACladies were front and center praying to be showered with the holy waters of one of the finest rock musicians of all time, Lenny Kravitz. Releasing Baptism, his 7th studio album, Kravitz continues to illustrate the influences...