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Whats rockin' Pittsburgh!!! I put together some snippets of the Sikes and The New Violence show from this weekend at The Smiling Moose! Go check out their new album Modern Modesty and visit therealsikes.com for more!! Be sure to follow them as well as 412nes and @Lil Bat to see the FULL 412nes interview that will be coming soon!! We are going to chat about the new album and a few other things!

Whats Rockin' Pittsburgh, the first 412nes interview is here and it's with the guys of Sikes and The New Violence!! I sat down with Sikes, Evan, and Justin to chat all things "Mondern Modesty". Mandy could not join us for this interview but I will hopefully be catching up with her soon! Modern Modesty is Sikes and The New Violence's new album just realeased at the end of 2018. We chat about the time it toook to create, all the elements, the artwork, the struggles, and some positive messages you can get from the lyrics! We also chat and tell stories about a bunch of other fun stuff like our childhood bed rooms, memories from band merch, the importance of family and friends, and much much more!!!

A all new 412nes Show Snippets is here! This one is hosted by my boyfriend Andrew and featuring Greywalker at Get Hip Record Store last weekend! I unforunitly couldnt make it out for the night but him and our buddy Bill had an awesome time! Be sure to follow Greywalker and stop by one of their shows; coming up March 16th in Youngstown Ohio, and back in Pittsburgh for March 30th at Cattivo (see all upcoming shows over on their facebook page)!!

Howya Pittsburgh, very delira and excira to bring to you an all new 412nes featuring Chip & The Charge Ups!! Hope your enjoying your Saint Patrick’s day weekend, take a gander at this and it will be even better! This week I got to hang at Chip and The Charge Ups band practice and talk with Chip, about all things Charge Ups! This is a band that really loves what they are doing; CREATING FUN WHILE HAVING FUN! Their music pulls together elements from generations of rock n roll and put it all together in a unique way!! They have only been together for about a year and have an incredible amount of music, media and have already played multiple music festivals! You don't want to miss this one!! Thanks so much to Chip, Maleena, Chirs, and Jeff for having me, cant wait to see you guys in a few weeks!! Be sure to set the date to come rock out on Friday, April 5th at The Smiling Moose for Chip & the Charge Ups Album Release Party! Of course 412nes will be there shooting a Show Snippets!! Chipandthechargeups.com https://www.patreon.com/thechargeups?fbclid=IwAR0RFrll4mUcHS1P2zTkzLiWnMW8M6TDcBw-QBW-e0fof02J4KWomI_ntb4

Pittsburgh, I am here to reintroduce you to the very first 412nes guest, the other half of the Spacebats Lexa Terrestrial, here she is kicking some major butt at Coast 2 Coast LIVE | Pittsburgh 3/22/19 at The Galaxy Lounge! Go check out her offical music video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RfLHT3Gorc

Hey oh!! Happy Saturday!!! Here is an all new 412nes Show Snippets and a day early or maybe 6 days late depending on how you look at it!! This is some snippets from a two weeks ago at The Chip & The Charge Ups album realse show The Smiling Moose!!!! You may rember them from our sit down interview about a month ago, and if you havent seen it yet go check it out to learn all about the band!! They know how to rock and make a fun night for everyone around!!!!

Here it is guys, 412nes very first Exclusive!!! Dizzy Woosh the band is now Dizzy Woosh the beer! 412nes goes inside the making of the Dizzy Woosh beer created by ShuBrew for the Mars Brew Fest 2019!!!! Lil Bat and Barbara Witherow step inside the ShuBrew wherehouse in Harmony, PA to watch Dizzy Woosh complete the prosses of creating their beer along side the ShuBrew Brewers and B.A.S.H. / Butler Area Society of Homebrewers! The Dizzy Woosh beer is going to be a trippe IPA created from a special blend of flavors and aromas represting Dizzy Woosh and Rock N Roll! Watch to see all the steps and learn about the beer making process as well as find out more about the Mars Brew Fest coming up on June 22nd. And of course get to take a look at Dizzy Woosh preforming a song for their beer!! Be sure to also save the date and be one of the first to try the Dizzy Woosh beer on June 7th at the Dizzy Woosh Live Music & Collab Beer Release!!!

DOOM, DRONE, PSYCH.. Three words that best describe Pittsburgh's own The Long Hunt! 412nes meet up with Mark, Allison and Trevor at the show at Howlers this last week for a wicked night of psych and metal! Learn about The Long Hunt's albums, writing process, as well as some of the members other projects! Their other projects include The Of Music & Mind Blog, First Angel Media's documentray What Goes Around, The Emily Rodgers Band, and more! It was a great night of music and visiting! Shout out to my boyfriend Andrew Hosac (who shot most of the set) and to Bill and Amanda Baker for hanging with me all night!!! Also to Blackseed records Records for putting on the show!

Thursday June 6, 2019; Spirit PGH witnessed a strange phenomena and received video signals of what we believed to have ben an extra terrestrial performance............ Watch to see what we all observed...... Lexa Terrestrial

Today I got to hang out with God Hates Unicorns in their practice space to talk about the band and the super awesome and unique event they are putting on towards the end of the month that will have Pittsburgh bands and artist battling in an all new way!!! Saturday August 24th you are going to want to be at Spread Love Army:Versus Series! God Hates Unicorns VS Sachem Orenda, Louie Castle & The Rooks VS Sirron Reid, @Sikes and The New Violence VS The Moat Rats!! And in the artist corner for Artist Fatal Four Way they haveBrendan Donovan VS @Zac Rutter VS @Steve Pearce VS Nikky Bacon!! You can also see God Hates Unicorns this Friday August 9th Brutal Business Ent. Aligned 8 9 out on Brownsville Road!! (unfortunately , I will be at work this night so media friends be sure to hit up God Hates Unicorns and get out and cover this sick event!!!)

YEAHHHHHHHH! Who is ready for some rock'n'roll!!! Check it out Royal Honey at Jergels a few weeks back playing with Faster Pussycat and Bang Tango!!! I got chat with Royal Honey about the new album, we go into some details about their song Dirty Romance, the song writing process, upcoming videos they are working on, and some upcoming shows!! First Angel Media and Fernando De La Cruz were there that night too, so keep an eye for what they were shooting!!! You can catch Royal Honey August 24th at a music festival in SouthSide as well as December 14th with Kix back at Jergles!!

This week on 412nes, I check out Dematus playing at The Mr. Roboto Project!!! Demetus is a 3 piece melodic metal band here in Pittsburgh and is part of Devil Inside Records. We chat their latest album Ghost Carnivale as well as their upcoming album Side Show that will be avaliable September 20th!! Dematus have a killer sound and rockin' aesthetic! All around are doing super amazing things, be sure to check out their photos, music videos, and follow along on their adventures. These guys are more then just bandmates they've became family over the 12+ years they have been working together!! Shout outs to Dakota Horbaczek of Devil Inside Records for setting up the interview and a shout to Enenra Promotions for putting on the show!! Dematus- Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vN7EQ3wsaI Dematus- Somewhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x7ZUEPvFQE Dematus- Breathing In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrGeefn4ntU

What's rockin' Pittsburgh?!! Check this out, this week we had the pleasure of meeting up with Hell's Oasis at Flagstaff Hill! We chat about their album, music videos, go more in depth about their track Tree Song, and how they are planning to shoot a new music video within the next month, and their newest members! You don’t want to miss out on this one, this was such a fun interview! You can catch Hell’s Oasis at The Frick on Friday the 23rd, and the following weekend at Squirrel Hill Night Market, they will also be at Ladyfest!!! Ps. I apologize in advance for the wind and for me accidently deleting the clip of the interview. (seriously I don’t know how that happened or why cameras don’t have a trash bin in 2019). I can say that if you listen with headphones for this one it sounds much better!!!

PITTSBURGH!!!!! Today I give you a show snippets of Reign of Z from last week's Under the Bridge Music Festival!! Reign of Z always puts on a kickass show even if it is at Noon!! Also check out the beautiful shot of the train passing behind!!! Love these guys so much, if you don't already know them too go check them out, give them a listen, and most of all get out to one of their shows!!! Cody Tyler Leigh Ann Izzo Jason Kozura Michael Walsh Jerry Mulligan Julia Mulligan are also featured in a few shots!! PS. It is now spooky season so I got fancy with my thumbnail for the video!!!

It’s been exactly one week since Chip & The Charge Ups premiered their newest music video Black & Gold Christmas. As of last night they have 20,000+ views and counting! You definitely want to be one of those viewers because it is an awesome jam for the holiday season, especially if you are here in the 412, from the 412, or just if you love Pittsburgh! It is packed full of Pittsburgh stars, key locations, and of course some iconic pittsburghese words and such; all put together in a clever catchy way! Not only did they put together a totally rockin song and music video they are using it as a way to help the community. Chip & The Charge Ups teamed up with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank; they have a Black & Gold Christmas tee you can purchase all proceeds go to the food bank. I got to sit down with Chip as well as with Ryan from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank! We talk about how the connected, about the music video shoot, the guest singers and their roles, a little about an event that they got to see as well as has been popular in the Pittsburgh memes recently, some holiday chat, and about how you can get help or how you can help the food bank! See some clips from the music video, some archived 412nes video from previous Chip & The Charge Ups episodes! (one full ep and one show snippets)! Also some other fun moments and quite possibly a new meme (well kind of)!! Lets show off our Pittsburgh Pride along side them!!! And always Keep on Rockin!