If you enjoyed reading about stuff that exists (Pittsburgh music), consider reading about stuff that doesn’t necessarily exist! ### "Havana Syndrome" "Properties of the Cage" - published in Pinky Thinker Press (Editor's Choices Edition, 2025) "A Company Man" - published in BULL (2025) "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" - published in The Twin Bill … Continue reading Fiction Writing
Support Black Pittsburgh Artists
Bandcamp will be waiving its revenue share this Friday, July 3rd. Support black artists from the Pittsburgh area: The Childlike Empress Brittney Chantele Livefromthecity Saani Mac Jordan Montgomery INEZ Clara Kent Bilal Abbey Pharaoh Lum PK Delay jGGZ Patel Andrew Muse Madame Dolores The Universe Online Leila Rhodes Feralcat Think Good Audio Sierra Sellers Kai … Continue reading Support Black Pittsburgh Artists
Daily Yinz – Horace Whisper & the Empty Hand – Big Country
The alt-country act's latest album is The Big Country. Like fellow Pittsburgh tumbleweeds Westinghouse Atom Smasher, Horace Whisper & the Empty Hand searches for the wide open spaces of traditional Americana music and finds them cluttered with high-rises, celebrity gimmicks, billboards, and screens. The cowpokes of old reveled in the freedom of the plain; Horace … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Horace Whisper & the Empty Hand – Big Country
Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 05.29.2026
C.Scott - Do It! (feat. AARIE) A boisterous, marimba-looping boom-bap collaboration, a lyrical kick to the complacent ass More from C.Scott Follow on Instagram Artwork by Steph Neary ### Shy Birds - Flip the Car Wistful, slow-swinging rock that anchors passages of quiet burn with bursts of jagged, bittersweet catharsis More from Shy Birds Follow … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 05.29.2026
Daily Yinz – Root Coiled – merely mended
The experimental artist recently released a tape called The Carriage Went Flying (Not For Commodity). The Carriage Went Flying contains a series of audio collages assembled from field recordings, drones, and little sprigs of melody. Listening to it feels like walking through a city populated by computer glitches and disembodied spirits, a place full of … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Root Coiled – merely mended
Daily Yinz – eyewash – Blonde
A new two-track single from the shoegaze heavy-hitters. "Blonde"--introduced by the glitchy, lyric-less piece "Timing Is"--ripples with heavy, echoing guitars, cirrus cloud synths, and cascading drum cadences. The verses, delivered dazedly by bassist Rachel Hines, plumb great depths of pain ("Nosediving / Lost control / Can't go on like this / Unsustainable"), but the emotion's … Continue reading Daily Yinz – eyewash – Blonde
Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 05.15.2026
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot over the past few weeks ### Gallop Gallop Gallop - The Great Escape Lo-fi twang, complete with purring organ and scribbled guitar, that colors joyfully outside the lines. More from Gallop Gallop Gallop Follow on Instagram ### Farade - DIGITAL CIRCUS Maximalist, fast-twitch … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 05.15.2026
Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 05.01.26
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot over the past few weeks ### Pat Kelly - Rotten Deal A wry, groggily plaintive porch-rocker; instead of slide guitar, it's spiked with some gnarly modular synths, courtesy of guest Jess Tambellini. More from Pat Kelly Follow on Instagram Artwork by Paulina … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 05.01.26
Daily Yinz – Sad Bulldog – Dog Waters Barking
The riff-happy band recently released its self-titled debut EP. Groups that specialize in peaks-and-valleys guitar sojourns usually give themselves names like "We Think As Paintings" or "You Burn Because You Are Alive" or "Hoisting Mountains Toward The Sun." Not Sad Bulldog. Despite their dejected moniker--and Sad Bulldog's artwork, which features an adorably morose canine--the band's … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Sad Bulldog – Dog Waters Barking
Daily Yinz – Jon Bygone – Cheese Ball King
The noise-punk trio released its self-titled debut EP on Boston's outforarip label. Jon Bygone's music feels intriguingly dangerous, like some pulsing mound that you stumble upon in a smelly, low-lit tunnel and quickly hurry away from, back to the light, all the while wondering, what if I had stayed... If you do stay to experience … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Jon Bygone – Cheese Ball King
Daily Yinz – Tony From Bowling – Summoner
To celebrate the first anniversary of their 2025 album, Appear, the psych-rock band released a few more tracks recorded during those sessions. "Summoner" pairs a jagged, scrabbling chord progression with strident drums, thick gobs of bass, necromancer vocal harmonies, and a spindle of guitar drone that hangs in the middle of the mix like a … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Tony From Bowling – Summoner
Havana Syndrome
Recovered from journal of REDACTED upon disappearance of REDACTED. Entry 0: Didn’t see much of the flight into Havana. So beat down from late night prep sessions that I fell asleep in the chopper. Ricobert, the pilot, took care of everything. Ricobert’s my guy—non-Dept, but good freelance operator, trustworthy as a beat dog. All I … Continue reading Havana Syndrome
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