Hand-picked music, forged in Pittsburgh. WYEP's Joey Spehar interviews local musicians and bands about their work.
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It’s not always easy to be our fully realized selves, but it is always important to try. Pittsburgh musician LEVI recently put out their first project as a songwriter — an endeavor that called for some discomfort and lots of grace. Take a listen to the new song "sail."
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Chasing love and affirmation can be fun — but why does it feel like the pursued only feel the same way sometimes? That’s what The Bindley Hardware Co. set out to study on their new song “Deadbeat Daddy.”
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Ancient History is the brainchild of Pittsburgh artist Don Ducote, whose music connects effect-driven, lo-fi experimentation to straightforward songs rooted in tried-and-true indie sensibilities. The new song “Clementines” appears on the album "Zero Dollar Consolation Prize."
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Do you remember that crazy Winnebago guy from the old YouTube video? Merce Lemon remembers and took his line “Will You Do Me a Kindness?” and turned it into a gorgeous new song about the inescapable loneliness we often feel as human beings.
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Not to dwell on the past, but it’s been almost a decade since Meeting of Important People put out their last full record and their new release MOIPsgiving has been over 20 years in the making.
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Music can change your life — just ask Pittsburgh musician Caleb Kopta. He found his path while listening to The Killers driving through the Mojave Desert.
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Have you been thinking about what’s going to happen when the apocalypse hits? Well, according to the psychedelic groove rock band Cisco Kid, it ain’t looking good for us humans.
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Life can feel like a movie sometimes, and Pittsburgh artist Joziah Council is a talented, musical screenwriter. His new song “Bittersweet (Breakup Version)” deals with the feelings he felt when he realized a relationship was finally, fully over.
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Just in time for Valentine's Day, ORANGE MUSIC's "Cosmic Queen" is an other-worldly love song.
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Most of us, at some point, have wanted to go back in time, if only for a moment, to send a message to the younger versions of ourselves, but Pittsburgh R&B artist Dejah Monea went one step further and wrote a song about it.