{"id":237965,"date":"2026-07-07T23:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237965\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T23:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:39:10","slug":"july-band-of-the-month-gaadge-qa-with-mitch-delong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237965\/","title":{"rendered":"July Band of the Month: Gaadge – Q+A with Mitch Delong"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AImage via Mitch Delong\/Gaadge<\/a><\/p>\n

Q+A with Mitch Delong of Gaadge on touring in California, opening for Momma, taco food trucks, and why Pittsburgh is always a special place to play<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been so much excitement lately with local rock band Gaadge<\/a>. The prolific band recently released \u201cTour Tape,\u201d an awesome collection of never before released songs, opened for Momma at Mr. Smalls, toured in California, and have a new album in the works.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It all started in 2014 when singer\/songwriter Mitch Delong released a track under the name Gaadge on Bandcamp. The four piece has been around ever since, showcasing their powerful display of indie alt rock all over the Pittsburgh music scene, from Club Cafe to epic basement shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over a phone interview, I talked with Mitch about touring in California, opening for Momma, taco food trucks, and why Pittsburgh will always be a special place to play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Band members: Mitch Delong (Guitar, Bass, Vocals), Nick Boston (Bass Guitar, Vocals), Andy Yadeski (Guitar), and Ethan Olivia (Drums).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Opening for Momma at Mr. Smalls<\/p>\n

Josh: I was in the crowd when you opened for Momma at Mr. Smalls. You guys played a great show! What was that like opening for them?<\/p>\n

Mitch: It was cool to play the main room. We got an email from their manager booking agent asking us about our availability. We were like, \u2018Yes, 100% we will do it!\u2019 It was awesome, man. Good crowd, you know, there was a lot of people there. Momma was great. They were awesome to hang out with.<\/p>\n

\"AImage via Josh McCann<\/p>\n

Memorable shows<\/p>\n

J: Any memorable shows stick out to you?\u00a0<\/p>\n

M: Right before Feeble Little Horse put out \u201cGirl with Fish,\u201d we played a basement show with them. It was just absolutely packed. We couldn\u2019t move. And last summer we played with Guided by Voices in Dayton, which was just a dream. It was cool to be playing with them and hanging out with those guys, and having an unlimited supply of Miller Lite (laughs).<\/p>\n

J: (Laughs) That\u2019s a good combination.<\/p>\n

M: Yeah, that was cool. This past March we actually did a run in California with Ex-Pilots. We kinda took advantage of the fact that we\u2019re all on the same thing and just did a kind of double run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

J: How was it playing in California?<\/p>\n

M: It was funny seeing so many people that we knew, like old friends in places like San Francisco and Los Angeles. So it\u2019s kind of cool to do that, and California is gorgeous, you know, we took a day and a half to just drive up the coast, from Los Angeles to San Francisco. We did the Pacific Coast Highway and got our beach day in.<\/p>\n

J: Do you have any favorite stops for food?<\/p>\n

M: Driving on the road in between cities, we would stop at a gas station and there would just be some unnamed taco truck parked outside. It was so cheap and it was just unbelievably good!\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"AImage via Gaadge, Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Original songs<\/p>\n

J: Your self-titled EP from 2018\u00a0features \u201cSnowblower.\u201d How did that song come about?\u00a0<\/p>\n

M: That was the peak of me really trying to get shoegazy with it. I bought a Vox AC 30.\u00a0 I would just stand in between the two amps and just kind of really lay on the whammy bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

J: Do you guys play \u201cTwenty-Two\u201d live?<\/p>\n

M: Yeah, that really caught on with a lot of the local radio stations. That was one that people could recognize a little easier. We always try to slip that one in just so it\u2019s a song you know. If you do listen to the band, you\u2019ll know that one.<\/p>\n

J: \u201cSomewhere Down Below\u201d is a solid LP.<\/p>\n

N: Thank you. That was a lot of fun. That was our first time actually going to a studio. We went to this place called \u201cThe Bunk.\u201d Our buddy Matt, who\u2019s in a band called Gladie, him and his wife have a studio in the Poconos. We stayed there for four days. We had half the album written. I was kind of panicking because it wasn\u2019t ready. We just kind of sat down and hung out and it all came together. Everybody kind of contributed a lot to that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

J: I love the guitar lead in \u201cOh Wonder.\u201d<\/p>\n

M: Yeah, that\u2019s a fun one. That\u2019s one that we always try and play live because Andy really rips that lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New release<\/p>\n

J: \u201cTour Tape\u201d\u00a0 just came out. Sounds really good!<\/p>\n

M: Thank you! A lot of the stuff was home recorded demos. Some of the demos meant to be on the next album and then I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know if I necessarily want these on here.\u2019 So we threw \u201cTour Tape\u201d together. We\u2019re all happy with it and looking back on it now, I\u2019ll listen to both sides of it and I\u2019ll be like, \u2018Man, it was actually pretty solid.\u2019 The next album I\u2019m very excited about right now. I\u2019ve been spending a lot of time taking it slowly, making sure everything\u2019s right. Making sure that everybody else is happy with it. It\u2019s been a bit of a long process, but it\u2019s starting to really come together. I think we\u2019re all pretty darn excited.<\/p>\n

Cassettes<\/p>\n

J: I saw that there were cassettes of \u201cTour Tape\u201d!<\/p>\n

M: Yeah, Ethan personally dubbed all those. We made a special tour shirt and tour tapes and those all sold out pretty quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"AImage via Gaadge, Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s next?<\/p>\n

J: So what\u2019s next for the band?<\/p>\n

M: Our next show is gonna be August 21st at the Mattress Factory<\/a> with our friends SAME, who have been a big Pittsburgh staple for me since I moved here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

J: I\u2019m sure all of your Pittsburgh fans will be pumped.<\/p>\n

M: We all adore Pittsburgh. We go to New York, Philly, DC. We do that run pretty often. It\u2019s so fun to see different cities like that. But we\u2019re all like, \u2018All right, we\u2019re ready to go back home to Pittsburgh.\u2019 We all love it here\u2014really good music scene and good people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out Gaadge\u2019s music on Bandcamp<\/a> and streaming platforms. For the latest on the band, follow them on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out last month\u2019s artist of the month here!<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\t\tJosh McCann<\/a><\/p>\n

Josh has been writing for Made in PGH since 2018, where he writes about upcoming events. He\u2019s a Point Park University graduate and teaches high school English. In his free time you\u2019ll find him playing guitar and writing new songs.<\/p>\n

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