WYEP recently asked Pittsburgh area artists to share with us their upcoming plans for the first half of 2025 and beyond. We’re planning more and better ways to get the word out about Pittsburgh music goings-on, and we wanted to share some of the highlights we received from those plans.
(Musicians: while the submission window for the first half of 2025 has closed, we’re going to be soliciting info for the second half of the year in May or June.)
February recordings
Byron Nash and his band NASH.V.ILL just started releasing a song every month through the year, and Nash will also do the same with solo music. Check out their YouTube channel to catch the music. First up is a cover of Betty Davis' "If I'm In Luck, I Just Might Get Picked Up" for Black History Month.
Brenna Slate’s indie-folk musical project Lounna just released a new album, “Garden For Winter.”
Singer/songwriter Zack Keim’s second album, “Battery Lane,” is coming out on Feb. 7. The album is released by Super Sport Records, the label started by Evan Westfall of the band Caamp, and produced by Jake Hanner and Animal Scream.
Mike Berginc’s musical project Reliable Child is currently writing and recording a three-song release that focuses mostly on original, acoustic material with an ‘00s indie-folk vibe. Mike plans to have a song out from it around mid-February.
Friday, Feb. 14 is the date when Animal Scream’s new EP “Otherworldly Pictures” drops. The EP features six new songs, including the already-out single "A Tiny Love." There will be a limited vinyl release, pressed at Hellbender Vinyl, featuring a Side B of six additional remixes. Those remixes will also be available on Bandcamp.
Garage rocker DiLisio is dropping his new single “Firebomb” on Feb. 21 (album release in May; see below).
February live
The band Howling Mob is performing at the Shiloh Center event space in Lawrenceville, along with Steel City Squares and 412 Step, bringing together the square dancing and line dancing communities.
Paging Doctor Moon, the alternative soul indie band, has a show coming up on Valentine’s Day at Thunderbird Music Hall with The Moat Rats and Halloway.
Scott Blasey is doing a solo acoustic show at Jergel's on Feb. 19.
The rock band Jack Swing has an album release show planned for Feb. 21 at Spirit to celebrate their already out debut full album, “Like Water.”
On Feb. 27, The Garment District has a show along with Giant Day and Pairdown at Spirit Lodge in Lawrenceville.
The Clarks are doing shows at the Crafthouse Stage & Grill on Feb. 28 and March 1. (Bill Deasy opens on the 28th and The Jaded Lips open on the 1st.)
March recordings
Sometime in mid-March, the group Warren Commission is planning on releasing their debut EP and they will have a release show in conjunction with the EP.
Indie rock band Sad Bulldog plans on releasing a single featuring the songs “Dog Waters Barking” and “Hates Snow.”
The alt-rock band Aggressica plans an EP release (titled “Control”) slated for March 28.
March live
Country singer/songwriter Molly Alphabet plays the Roots Cellar at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts on March 6.
Singer/songwriter Zack Keim will have an album release show for his second album (see February recordings) at Spirit Hall in Lawrenceville on March 8.
Also on March 8, the jam band The Other Bugs will be performing at 565 Live Speakeasy in Bellevue with Paplū.
Gibsonia’s The Redlines will be taking the stage at The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls on March 22, after releasing the single “Bump in the Night” to start 2025.
Reliable Child will be performing at Poetry Lounge in Millvale on March 24, along with New Jersey’s Thin Lear and Westinghouse Atom Smasher
Connor Murray’s Crafted Sounds label will have the first EP out soon for the band forty winks (they’re hoping sometime in March). “Noise” is the title of the lead single. They are doing a Saturday Showcase at Gooski’s in March. The group’s debut single “Spurs” has been featured on Pitchfork’s “Pitchfork Selects” new music playlist.
April Recordings
Alt-rock band The Edgwood Heart will be releasing their first single "Where We Began."
Singer/songwriter Seth Portenlanger plans a four-song EP (with a full album intended for a fall release).
April Live
On April 11, Howling Mob and The Turpentiners will perform at Kingfly Spirits in the Strip District.
The underground hip-hop and indie rock outfit BBGuns will be performing a monthly residency at Bottlerocket in Allentown starting in April, taking the stage every fourth Thursday. They plan an album for late summer.
Zinnia's Garden is working on an April tour of the southeast, opening for Liz Berlin. They’re writing their second album and are playing songs that will turn up on the next album in their live shows.
Spring recordings (date not set)
The 1981 Iron City Houserockers album “Blood on the Bricks,” produced by the legendary Steve Cropper, will be released on CD for the first time via Omnivorve Recordings with additional live and demo tracks included.
Singer/songwriter Anthony Vincent Jardine will be releasing a new single in the spring.
The three-piece shoegaze band Boy Wonders have their second album on the way, slated for a spring release.
Stoner rock band Melt is working on their third album and plans on a single release this spring (with another in the summer). The album should hit listeners’ ears in the fall.
Punk band God's Green Apples will be recording a new album in the spring with an eye towards a late summer release.
Alt-country duo The Mixus Brothers are planning on a new single this spring. Their plan is to also put out a four-song EP in the summer.
The Other Bugs have a live album on the way for the spring, “Live Buzz Volume 2.”
Singer/songwriter Cody Piper is working on multiple singles starting in the spring with a full album coming this summe
Sometime in late spring (or possibly early summer), The Regal Sweet has a single release planned. The band’s Kirk Salopek tells us, “In 1974, a then seventeen-year-old Pittsburgh artist named David Werner signed to RCA records and released a fantastic debut album called “Whizz Kid.” At the time, David was being touted as an ‘American Bowie.’” The Regal Sweet’s single will be a cover of that album’s title track produced by Werner himself.
Also with a late spring/early summer time-frame, rock band Chariot Fade is planning new music with musician/DJ/producer Buscrates. At this point, the collab could end up as a single or a full-length album.
Spring live (date not set)
The musical “East Carson Street,” featuring twenty-two Joe Grushecky songs (including the 2009 title song) will be performed in Pittsburgh this spring after its stage debut in New Jersey last year.
Miss Freddye, of Miss Freddye's Blues Band and Miss Freddye's Homecookin Band, will perform at the charity “Hair Peace” event this spring.
May recordings
Chet Vincent released a new single in January (“The Man With the Medicine #2”/”Love’s Got a Hold on Me”) via digital platforms, but it will be issued as a limited-run 7” vinyl pressed at Lawrenceville's own Hellbender Vinyl via Misra Records on May 3.
Soulful rockers Bill Toms and Hard Rain have the new album “It's All We're Fighting For” on the way May 9.
DiLisio has his fourth album dropping May 16 (with an album release show and a vinyl release both planned for June).
Singer/songwriter Morgan Erina is working on two singles — one electric, one acoustic — for an intended May release (date to be determined).
May live
Eclectic psychedelic combo Chalk Dinosaur will play the Thunderbird on May 2, along with Octave Cat.
The Americana band Woodland Creatures has an album release party booked at the Thunderbird for May 3.
The Ghost Club performs at Spirit Hall in Lawrenceville on May 17.
June
Indie rockers Brilliant Minds will be performing at Needle & Bean Coffee and Records in Mt. Lebanon on June 14.
Miss Freddye's Blues Band will be performing at Rockin’ Roosevelt in Roosevelt Park in Arnold, Pa., in June.
Later…
Jack Swing is planning on a half-dozen or so singles by summer.
Howling Mob are hoping to release their third EP in early summer.
The Regal Sweet will be appearing at Flood City Music fest as well as a host of other shows and festivals this summer.
Lindsay Dragan took some time off to have a baby (congrats!) but plans on doing some shows this summer.
Byron Nash is working on an instrumental meditation EP and a solo EP for July.
Dan Styslinger has been working on a full album with an intended fall release.
Chet Vincent and the Music Industry are working on a new album with a possible release next winter.
Tory Silver is working on an album for hopefully fall, but possibly 2026.