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Through mutual friends and SoundCloud, four Pittsburgh college students found themselves in a band known as feeble little horse playing local house shows. Almost three years later, with significantly less time to rehearse and write songs together, the band is now making its way to bigger stages.
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Sudden Little Thrills is a new music festival from C3 Presents (Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits) taking place in Pittsburgh at Hazelwood Green on Sept. 7-8.
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Broadcasting live concerts on WYEP wasn’t new. In fact, we aired live gigs from around the community during the station’s earliest months of existence, including daily broadcasts from the Shadyside Art Festival on Walnut Street in August 1974.
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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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Since at least the early 2000s, many Pittsburgh acts have rehearsed at ABC Self Storage in Allentown. But that all changed when the space said they'd no longer be able to host local bands.
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Two blocks west of the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg, a Pennsylvania Department of Health building occupies 233 West Otterman Street. Nearly 58 years ago, an earlier building at that location was the site of rock music history.
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WYEP officially began broadcasting on April 30th, 1974. We're looking back at the first on-air transmission from the station.
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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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Working at a radio station like WYEP can bring the staff in close contact with many musicians, often leading to indelible special moments—although these interactions can sometimes end up awkward, embarrassing, or worse.
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Welsh musician Karl Wallinger has died at age 66. He was the key creative force behind the band World Party, releasing six well-received albums of new material from 1987 through 2000. He was also a member of the band The Waterboys, before leaving to form World Party.
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Local band The Ghost Club are set to perform at SXSW in Austin, Texas this week.