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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 →

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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 – Love Ethic – On Goodness

The punk trio's latest album, The Customer is Always Blight, takes aim at everybody who consumes things. So, basically everybody. It's hard to live ethically. You could argue that it's nearly impossible. A Google search produces 0.2 grams of CO2. I produced 0.2 grams of CO2 looking up that statistic. I produced another 0.2 grams … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Love Ethic – On Goodness →

Daily Yinz – Underneath – Fractaling Euphoria

The band recently released The Great Yinzer Trendkill (Crestfallen Records), a split with fellow moshers Kicked in the Head by a Horse. Underneath and KITHBAH are two of Pittsburgh's most compelling heavy bands, so when they dropped a split album in early June, earings ringing throughout the city surely perked up. Sure enough, The Great … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Underneath – Fractaling Euphoria →

Daily Yinz – Dittocrush – Debt Metal

The experimental artist's latest release is Lemon Skyullz. Dittocrush uses tape loops and electronic beats to create audio collages that sound like they're being transmitted from a realm whose language cannot quite be deciphered. It's close to human, but far enough away to both intrigue and unnerve. On Lemon Skyullz, you'll hear choked vocal fragments, … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Dittocrush – Debt Metal →

Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 06.26.26

Stalemate of Wills - Existence Denied Grim, gasping metal that heaves itself along like a desert wanderer who sees no oasis on the horizon More from Stalemate of Wills Follow on Instagram Artwork by russelltattoos ### AE Paterra - Free Swimming Medusae Analog synth squiggles evoke the kinds of creatures that you might see flitting, … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 06.26.26 →

Daily Yinz – Care Package – Rhetoric

Rhetoric / Rocky is the dream-pop quintet's first release since 2021. A-side "Rhetoric" finds the band at full throttle. A lead guitar line jangles away with a mind of its own, then distorts and revs up during the chorus, which captures the rush of accelerating from a ramp onto a clear highway. Vocalist Hal McDonough … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Care Package – Rhetoric →

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 →