WYEP Music Blog

Happy New Year!
New local music for January!! You can find these on The Local News Podcast or Mon-Thurs at 9 pm on 91.3 fm. Let me know what you think- cindy@wyep.org. A lot of familiar names this month with great sounding albums.
Thanks :)
Cindy

Chalk Dinosaur- “Rosedale” (Chalk Dinosaur)
New band made of mostly students (CMU, Robert Morris and CCAC). Fun indie-pop sound- similar to locals Good Night, States. They cite Death Cab, Weezer, The Beach Boys and My Morning Jacket as influences (among others). This is their debut.

Bill Deasy- “No One Try and Talk Me Down” (Being Normal)
Bill’s kind of rocking out on this release. He’s brought in some electric guitars and has found his “rock star voice”. Another great collection from one of Pittsburgh’s finest singers.

The Boogie Hustlers- “Find A Way” (The Boogie Hustlers)
Third release from the local funk/soul band. This time they found a new singer, dropped the horns and made an album that sounds more like The Boogie Hustlers than their two previous albums.
*** An addendum ***  It is the same lead singer as the other two records. From Ryan Meals of The Boogie Hustlers:

“Wanted to let you know that all 3 of our albums have the same lead singers, no new one for this album.  What happened is right after “True Colors” (2nd album) was released, Vince left the band, only to return a year or so later.  On this album, we did add a 3rd voice to the vocals, Scott Jamison, whose voice adds depth to the vocal harmonies in addition to his aux. percussion playing.” 

Good Brother Earl- “When I Come Around” (Fiction)
Also a third release from the local roots-rock quartet. This song sounds very tight- this band has hit their stride with a strong new release. PS: it is NOT a Green Day cover.

Check out RJD2′s new video for ”There Will Be Horns” which prominently features the programming offices at WYEP. Did you see the pledge peeps? Or how about Brian’s Joey Ramone bobble head?

RJD2, based in Philly, is a prominent DJ, producer and musician. He began his career DJ-ing in Colombus, OH. He’s released several groundbreaking albums and is known for creating the theme song to AMC’s TV show Mad Men. “There Will Be Horns” is from RJD2′s latest release The Colossus which is due out on January 19th.

Widely considered one of the best break up albums of all time, Bob Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks officially turns 35 on Janaury 17th.  Join us on Monday, January 18th as we roll out and feature many of tracks from this seminal album throughout the day on WYEP.  We’ll feature covers from national artists, highlight the record with a Discumentary spotlight at 3pm,  and air some exclusive covers recorded recently from Pittsburgh area musicians. We’ll air songs, national and local covers throughout the day and also feature a special edition of the Local News at 9pm spotlighting the local covers.