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The Local 913 Live: Buffalo Rose

Buffalo Rose performs at WYEP's local music happy hour on May 16, 2019. 

The Local 913: The Summercamp

The Summercamp is bit of a melting pot of musical influences. "Camp counselor" and guitarist Mitchell McDermott describes the band’s inspirations in scientific terms. "It’s like a Venn diagram, he says, "We listen to a lot of the same music, but I think the strengths come from the outer...

The Local 913: Essential Machine

Robert Dietrich has been playing in Essential Machine for 5 years now, which may not seem like that big of a deal until you consider the fact that he’s only 17 now. His interest in making music, though, was piqued even earlier, "In 4^th grade, when you’re able to pick a band instrument...

The Local 913: Sophia Blake

Sophia Blake absolutely loves writing songs. In fact, the title of her latest album, Endless, is in reference to that passion. "I thought it was a good way to say that songwriting is a thing that I can’t stop doing," she said, and you should believe her when she says that, because even...

The Local 913: The Affordable Floors

According to Harvey Coblin and Kirk Botula, The Affordable Floors got their name in a very Pittsburgh way. "We were driving along Banksville one day and were trying to think of a band name and saw that and thought, 'Hahaha that’ll be a funny band name.' We thought we’d get a real name later...

The Local 913 Live: Nameless in August

Nameless in August performed at WYEP's Local music happy hour on February 21, 2019. 

The Local 913: Working Breed

Working Breed makes a type of music that’s hard to pin down. "We call it Art Rock," says frontwoman Erika June Christina Laing, "But, really, that’s a way for us to be unconstrained and let us play any kind of music that we feel like playing." Atypical instrumentation abounds in Working Breed’s...

The Local 913: Zeve

The band Zeve make a dreamy blend of psyched out indie rock for people who like to think. Pat Hodge says the band’s latest album – The Only Way Out Is In – was inspired by current events, “It’s no doubt a frustrating time for many of us and I think it’s about facing our issues directly...

The Local 913: Nevada Color

Nevada Color straddle the line between indie rock brooding and pure pop bliss. Adam Valen (guitar) says the group has spent a ton of time acheiving that sound. "We were writing everyday, practicing everyday trying to write the perfect song. We're on the line between indie and pop and we're...

The Local 913: Angela Autumn

Angela Autumn grew up in Zeilienople – North of Pittsburgh – and describes her music as “Cowgirl Folk and Sad Girl Blues.” "They are western-type songs but there’s also an indie element," says Autumn, "So there’s a combination of country, but also feelings and emotions."

Though,...