Episodes
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
A Socially Distant Soundcheck - Vol 2
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
A Socially Distant Soundcheck, our running local PGH artist playlist, was just refreshed with new tracks to help break up the monotony of quarantine life.
Stream and support these artists - they need it now more than ever.
Listen/Support:
- Drauve - drauve.bandcamp.com
- Vacancy - vacancytunes.bandcamp.com
- Jvggy Hendrix - open.spotify.com/artist
- Royal Haunts - royalhaunts.bandcamp.com
- JM the Poet - www.jmthepoet.com
- Pk Delay - soundcloud.com/pk-delay
- Nvsv - nvsv.bandcamp.com
- The Zells - denzell.bandcamp.com
- Rave Ami - raveamiii.bandcamp.com
- Portrait People - portraitpeople.bandcamp.com
- Merce Lemon - mercelemon.bandcamp.com
- The Living Street - thelivingstreet.bandcamp.com
- Deej - hyperurl.co
- Driving While Black Records - drivingwhileblackrecords.bandcamp.com
- String Machine - stringmachine.bandcamp.com
- Jack Swing - jackswing.bandcamp.com
- Sierra Sellers - soundcloud.com/sierra_sellers
- Badboxes - badboxes.bandcamp.com
- Jordan Montgomery - jordanmontgomery.bandcamp.com
- Ky Vöss - kyvoss.bandcamp.com
- Inez - inez412.bandcamp.com
- The Childlike Empress - thechildlikeempress.bandcamp.com
- Joziah Council - linktr.ee/joziahcouncil
- Short Fictions - shortfictions.bandcamp.com
- Sad Girls Aquatics Club - sadgirlsaquaticsclub.bandcamp.com
- Mars Jackson - soundcloud.com/marsjackson
- Clara Kent - bounceclarabounce.bandcamp.com
- Scratchy Blanket - scratchyblanket.bandcamp.com
- Benji. - open.spotify.com
- Isaiah Small - soundcloud.com/isaiahsmall
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Sunday Apr 05, 2020
A Socially Distant Soundcheck - Vol 1
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Soundcheck has always had one goal, to support and promote Pittsburgh's local musicians. With all shows and events cancelled for the time being, that support has never been more essential.
With that in mind, we are debuting A Socially Distant Soundcheck, a curated playlist of some of our favorite tracks from local PGH artists. We Hope it helps get you through these quarantine days, and you discover something new.
Links to support each artist and dive deeper into their music are at the bottom of the page. We plan to refresh this playlist weekly, so be sure to check back soon.
Hope everyone has been staying safe, well, and making the most of the 'new normal' whatever that looks like for you.
Listen/Support:
- String Machine - stringmachine.bandcamp.com
- Jack Swing - jackswing.bandcamp.com
- Sierra Sellers - soundcloud.com/sierra_sellers
- Badboxes - badboxes.bandcamp.com
- Jordan Montgomery - jordanmontgomery.bandcamp.com
- Ky Vöss - kyvoss.bandcamp.com
- Inez - inez412.bandcamp.com
- Drauve - drauve.bandcamp.com
- The Childlike Empress - thechildlikeempress.bandcamp.com
- Joziah Council - linktr.ee/joziahcouncil
- Short Fictions - shortfictions.bandcamp.com
- Sad Girls Aquatics Club - sadgirlsaquaticsclub.bandcamp.com
- Mars Jackson - soundcloud.com/marsjackson
- Clara Kent - bounceclarabounce.bandcamp.com
- Scratchy Blanket - scratchyblanket.bandcamp.com
- Benji. - open.spotify.com
- Isaiah Small - soundcloud.com/isaiahsmall
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Monday Feb 03, 2020
The 13 Best Albums of 2019 from PGH
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
2019 had some sick jams coming outta Pittsburgh - we put together a list of 13 of our favorite albums. Dive in, find something new, listen/support your local musicians by clicking the links below:
- Short Fictions: Fates Worse Than Death
- Ky Vöss: Space Cadet
- NVSV: Amethyst
- String Machine: Death of Neon
- The Childlike Empress: Take Care of Yourself
- Tribe Eternal & NVSV: Mysterious Shit
- INEZ: Voicemails and Conversations
- Feralcat: Feralcat
- Shin Guard: 2020
- JM the Poet, Livefromthecity, & Jordan Montgomery: Support Black Business
- Hearken: Help Me, I'm Alive
- Brittney Chantele: A Fire on Venus
- Flower Crown: Sundries
Bonus: Favorite PGH Artists who put out Singles in 2019
Bonus: Favorite EPs from PGH Artists in 2019
- The Zells: No More Heroes
- Pet Zebra: Chilly Chill
- Fat Corey: Agua
- Jack Swing: Supermoon
- Buffalo Rose: Big Stampede
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Friday Dec 20, 2019
Christmas Madness! Ft. Quizmastime
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Our gift to you this holiday season, Soundcheck PGH's annual Christmas songs episode, featuring Noah Brode. We debate which of these jingly jams is the best with Christmas Madness and test our holiday tune knowledge in the debut of Quizmastime! What better way to get into the spirit of the season?
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Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
33. Hearken
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
After a summer hiatus we are back here at SoundcheckPGH! Bringing you a conversation with Hearken, an indie rock duo whose songs are equal parts grunge and punk, held together with melodies that immediately get stuck in your head.
The two piece band is made up of Donny and Gregg, who were kind enough to sit down with us for an engaging conversation. We got the story behind their album Help Me, I’m Alive, discussed the dynamics of playing live shows as a duo, and also hit on some deeper topics like self-identity and how you define success.
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Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
32. Clara Kent
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
This week on Soundcheck PGH, Clara Kent joins us to talk self-acceptance, the inspiration she gained from her mother, PGH's two hip-hop scenes, and if you need to leave PGH to make it.
Clara is an R&B, hip-hop, neo-soul artist whose most upcoming mixtape The 4 Winds: EAST will be released on July 27. (Pre)order on Bandcamp here!
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Monday Jun 10, 2019
31. Mags Romero - Just Fern/ Princex
Monday Jun 10, 2019
Monday Jun 10, 2019
This week, the artist behind Just Fern, Princex, and more, Mags Romero sat down with us to talk music, Pittsburgh, and society. Three of our favorite topics. Mags is an indie-rocker who has started transitioning into more trip-hop territory on her latest releases. Speaking of which, Mags was generous enough to share with us a brand new, unreleased Just Fern track, Doug Funny, which you can hear around the 20 minute mark.
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Friday Apr 05, 2019
28. Angela Autumn
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
No description of Angela Autumn's music is going to be quite as fitting as 'Sad Cowgirl' songs. Sure, you could explain how elements of western, folk, country, blues, and indie rock are blended together into a heady elixir that swirls around the true backbone of the music - the lyrics. Lyrics that convey elation, ennui, energy - sometimes all at the same time. You could say all that. But really Sad Cowgirl songs says it all.
Angela gave us her take on the PGH music scene, her experience as a female musician, and at the end of the day...what really matters.
Hear her tracks - Rascal (11:00) and a brand new, unreleased demo of James Dean (37:03)
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Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
27. Mars Jackson - Interview
Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
You don't know Mars. Even if you think you do. We guarantee after listening to this show you'll come away having learned something new about the man who goes by Mars Jackson.
The Pittsburgh rapper was kind enough to sit down with us and we had a great conversation. Hear his story, how he got to where he is today, and what he sees coming next both for himself and the entire Pittsburgh scene.
Check out two full Mars Jackson tracks during the show - No Script (4:37) and Simple ft. Benji (33:57).
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Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
Holiday Music Edition 2018
Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
We present, our gift to you this Holiday season, SoundcheckPGH's Holiday Music episode with Jack Dougherty, featuring Delaney Held.
Everyone has their opinions on which Holiday songs are good or bad, but what about which ones are lawful, neutral, chaotic, or evil? Tune in as we run through the full spectrum.
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