Start The Beat With Sikes

Welcome to Start The Beat—a podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. Dream The Heavy is a Pittsburgh based band that blends aethereal rock and dense rhythms.  https://dreamtheheavy.com/ December 15th ar Mr. Smalls Theatre! Winter Wonder Ball is here to highlight just a few of our beloved Pittsburgh Bands and Artists. Featuring Hemlock for Socrates , Dream The Heavy, Normal Creatures and Back Alley Sound. Vendors and artisanal craftspeople will be there to exhibit and sell their wares. Ritual Chains, Blossum and Burr, Steal City Vintage, Bedlam Arts and Crafts, and More !!!!! Tickets available here: https://www.normalcreatures.net/merch/p/winter-wonder-ball-ticket This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Welcome to Start The Beat—a podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. God Hates Unicorns is Cutting Edge *Multi Award Winning* Pittsburgh Dickrock. https://linktr.ee/GodHatesUnicorns This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Welcome to Start The Beat—a podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. Roger Rafael Romero, aka Feralcat, is a musician, composer, and educator living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. https://f3ralcat.com/ This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Welcome to Start The Beat—a podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. Pittsburgh’s Horehound distills a potent blend of snarling riffs, morose melodies, and rhythmic intricacy that owes equally to doom metal convention and goth/dark ambient atmosphere. Over the course of several releases, the band has established themselves as mainstays in the post-metal universe with their sludge-filled riffage and diverse vocals. https://horehound.bandcamp.com/ This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Welcome to Start The Beat—a podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. Today's guest is my long-time friend Jason Cantu. Jason has spent plenty of years playing in bands and working for different record labels. Join us for a fun chat about creativity, fatigue, marketing, growing up, and everything in between!  This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Welcome to Start The Beat—a podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene.  Today's guests are my friends in F*ck Yeah, Dinosaurs. A rock and roll band that likes to sing about dinosaurs, beer, and more dinosaurs. Come hang out with us! www.dinopunks.com See F*ck Yeah, Dinosaurs perform live with Normal Creatures, Horehound, Greywaker, and Old Game on October 28th at Preserving. Tickets are on sale now! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-normal-creatures-halloween-party-tickets-703544609867 This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Welcome to Start The Beat—a podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. Today's guests are my friends in Old Game. A Four-piece alternative band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Self-defined as "the musical equivalent of witches dancing and singing songs around a fire." Come hang out with us! www.oldgamemusic.com See Old Game perform live with Normal Creatures, F*ck Yeah Dinosaurs, Horehound, and Greywaker on October 28th at Preserving. Tickets on sale now! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-normal-creatures-halloween-party-tickets-703544609867 This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Welcome to Start The Beat—a podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. Today's guests are my friends in Star Viper. Self-defined as "Black & Roll Synthwave Sleaze". Really great group of guys and musicians. Super fun conversation. Come hang out with us! https://starviper.bandcamp.com This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Welcome to Start The Beat—a podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. I am your host, Brian Sikes Howe, and today, my friend Clara Kent will be joining me on the show. Clara Kent is an Afro-Indigenous multidisciplinary artist, a community liaison from Homewood, PA, and the host of More Bounce on WYEP. In 2022, she launched her production company, Bounce House Studios & Productions LLC, a Black women-led organization whose purpose is to elevate the underground in Pittsburgh and beyond. https://www.instagram.com/iamclarakent/ https://www.facebook.com/iamclarakent https://twitter.com/IamClaraKent This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Hello, people of the internet! I hope you are all doing well, and thank you for coming to hang out with me today! For those of you who are new here, welcome to Start The Beat. A podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. I am your host, Brian Sikes Howe, and today, my friends Sue and Abby from the band Tiny Wars will be joining me on the show. For those of you who were here last week and listened to my episode with the boys in Constant Hell, thanks for coming back! I think you’re really going to dig today's conversation. We had a fantastic talk about growing up with music, pursuing your passions, and making many great friends along the way. This is a super fun episode. It was a super positive episode, and I’m super excited to share it with all of you. Tiny Wars is the “New Wave Of Pittsburgh Heavy Pop.” Check them out! https://linktr.ee/tinywars This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://brian

Hello, people of the internet! I hope you are all doing well, and thank you for coming to hang out with me today! For those of you who are new here, welcome to Start The Beat. A podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. I am your host, Brian Sikes Howe, and today, joining me for the third time on this show are my friends in the band Constant Hell. For those of you who were here last week and listened to my episode with Clinton Clegg of The Commonheart, thanks for coming back! The dudes in Constant Hell are always a blast, so I’m really excited to have them back on the show. Constant Hell is a Grindcore band from the South Side of Pittsburgh. Louder than hell. Faster than f*ck. https://constanthell.bandcamp.com This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Hello, people of the internet! I hope you are all doing well, and thank you for coming to hang out with me today! For those of you who are new here, welcome to Start The Beat. A podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. I am your host, Brian Sikes Howe, and today we will be talking with my friend Clinton Clegg of The Commonheart. I’m stoked to share today's conversation with all of you. Clinton is such a cool dude, and talks like this remind me why I’m still doing this podcast after all these years. I am very grateful that I had the opportunity to have this conversation, and I think you will be delighted that you took the time today to check it out. This is a good one. The Commonheart is Soul/Rock revival invoking emotion through tone and energy from Pittsburgh, PA https://linktr.ee/thecommonheart This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansikeshowe.com/startthebeat.

Hello again, people of the internet! It's been a while since my last episode, and it feels great to be back at it. I hope you are all doing well today, and thank you for coming back to hang out with me again!  For those of you who are new here, welcome to Start The Beat. A podcast documenting the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh music scene. I am your host, Brian Sikes Howe, and today we will be talking with my friends and musical duo Hemlock For Socrates. Hemlock for Socrates are Heather Shore and Kegan Heiss. They make moody synth-rock with guitar, bass, two voices and electronic percussion. Ranging from playfully sardonic to cryptic and surreal, their lyrics touch on themes of personal longing, gender expectations, and social conventions. https://www.facebook.com/hemlockforsocrates/ https://www.instagram.com/hemlockforsocrates/ https://twitter.com/ForHemlock This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts. Links available at https://briansik

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Lys Scott joins me in the studio for a super awesome talk about music production, growing up, songwriting, and plenty more! Sit back, relax, and let's Start The Beat!   The audio only version of this episode is available on Spotify, Apple and pretty much anywhere else podcasts are found. Video is available on YouTube and Facebook. Just search for 'Start The Beat Podcast'.

My friend Eamonn of the band Trainwrecked joins me for a rad conversation about everything heavy metal. Being a fan, playing in bands, and everything in between. Enjoy!   The audio only version of this episode is available on Spotify, Apple and pretty much anywhere else podcasts are found. Video is available on YouTube and Facebook. Just search for 'Start The Beat Podcast'.

Independent filmmaker and fellow podcast host Brian Cottington of The Cinema Psychos Show joins me AGAIN on the show for another super fun talk about everything pop-culture. Past, present and future. Enjoy!   The audio only version of this episode is available on Spotify, Apple and pretty much anywhere else podcasts are found. Video is available on YouTube and Facebook. Just search for 'Start The Beat Podcast'.

Paul E. Niemeyer is an artist with over 30 years of commercial illustration and design experience responsible for designing some of the most iconic arcade cabinets of all time including the legendary Mortal Kombat. We discuss his experiences as a professional artist both inside and outside of the video game industry and plenty more. Recorded LIVE at the Pittsburgh Gaming Expo on Saturday October 1st 2022. Enjoy!   The audio only version of this episode is available on Spotify, Apple and pretty much anywhere else podcasts are found. Video is available on YouTube and Facebook. Just search for 'Start The Beat Podcast'.

My friends in Nullum join me for a rad conversation about the stereotypes of heavy metal, hanging out with your friends, getting old, and plenty more. Enjoy! The audio only version of this episode is available on Spotify, Apple and pretty much anywhere else podcasts are found. Video is available on YouTube and Facebook. Just search for 'Start The Beat Podcast'.

My friends in the band Dematus join me for a fun conversation about long term friendship and successful teamwork in the world of songwriting and performing. Enjoy! The audio only version of this episode is available on Spotify, Apple and pretty much anywhere else podcasts are found. Video is available on YouTube and Facebook. Just search for 'Start The Beat Podcast'.