by Bella Lardin As an avid DIY music listener, I'm always on the lookout for the next big band to come from the basements of Pittsburgh and its surrounding cities. My newest obsession: Up With The Sun, the debut album of emo/pop punk/alt rock band Fosh. At its core, Fosh (pronounced foe-sh, stylized "Fosh.") is made up of brothers Nico, Luca, and Dante Schwartz, with their father George Schwartz, cousin Steve […]
On March 23rd, WPTS Radio will be hosting our annual Radio Ride Charity Bike Race in partnership with Variety Children's Charity! Registration for the event is now open. Click the link below or the one featured on our homepage to register and find more information. Prizes include tickets to Pitchfork Music Festival, Modest Mouse at Stage AE, gift baskets from Radio Skateshop and BikePGH, and so much more! Register here. […]
Photo by Olive Samsel | Article by Bella Lardin On Friday, February 16th, WPTS staffers gathered together for the beginning of Winter Marathon, WPTS Radio’s annual 24-hour programming special. The following is a brief overview of some of Marathon’s highlights. Check back here for audio and video clips from the event. The Pre-Show Winter Marathon just so happened to coincide with the 20th WPTS anniversary of our general manager, Greg […]
Tune in for WPTS Radio's annual Winter Marathon. This year's theme is 2001: A Space Odyssey! Marathon begins at 12PM TODAY, Friday, February 16th, and ends at noon tomorrow. Check out the full programming schedule below: 12PM: BLAST OFF! Space Jams 1PM: Sci-Fi Hour with Geoffroy Glover 2PM: Galaxy Tumblr Jams 3PM: Nerd Hour 4PM: Out of This World Sports Takes 5PM: Space Cowboy 6PM: Histrionic Live Show 7PM: Rocket League 8PM: If you're out there, this one's […]
by Kylie Wishnewski and Gabi Herring On Wednesday January 10th, 2024, WPTS Radio featured the Pittsburgh indie rock band The Zells on their weekly live show. Between sets, WPTS staffer Kylie Wishnewski and social media director Gabi Herring interviewed the band about their influences and upcoming endeavors. WPTS: We’ll start off pretty easy. How did you guys meet, and how did the band get together? The Zells: The four of […]
by Ian Thompson As someone who takes great interest in underground music, and after a somewhat slow 2023 in terms of high-profile underground releases, I am hoping for a great 2024 when it comes to new music. Below are five of my most anticipated releases for the upcoming year, from local DIY artists to rising international bands to one of my favorite rappers of all time. (Note: not every album […]
This year, WPTS Radio staffers nominated their favorite albums for inclusion on our official year-end list. Here are their top 11 picks... JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES Two of the biggest names in experimental hip-hop combined to make one of the best albums of the year. Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA provide amazing, catchy verses throughout the whole album, all overtop of great production from JPEGMAFIA. I see […]
by Zack Rodick Sprain’s The Lamb as Effigy, or Three Hundred and Fifty XOXOXOs for a Spark Union With My Darling Divine is a winding, sprawling, noise-rock slash post-rock masterpiece about the flailing of all human creatures in our interactions with other people, the insignificance of human concerns, the dwarfing in magnitude of human experience in comparison to the divine—whatever that may be, however divine it may be—and the performative […]
by Courtney Lucier Sufjan Stevens’s latest album, Javelin, is quite an emotional listening experience. Somber and melancholy, with a tinge of nostalgia, the album has a long-solo-car-journey kind of vibe, meant for deep reflection and contemplation as to the actual meaning behind the lyrics. While Stevens is usually known for being quiet about his private life, this time he has let us in on the meaning of his new album: […]
