Daily Yinz – David Bernabo – Tabernacle to Mount Holly, 1983

Experimental artist David Bernabo recently released the latest installation of his That's What They Told Me series (Ongoing Box), which features sound collages built around recordings from the Library of Congress. After digitally crate-digging his way through Georgia and Montana, Bernabo finds himself in New Jersey, land of casinos and beaches, birthplace of the great … Continue reading Daily Yinz – David Bernabo – Tabernacle to Mount Holly, 1983 →

Daily Yinz – Ex Pilots – Miles of Lace

Ex Pilots and Gaadge--two acts that take listeners on pedal-fueled guitar odysseys-recently released a split tape. Project mastermind Ethan Oliva's work with Ex Pilots, much like his outputs with Gaadge, Barlow, and Sober Clones, leans heavily on interstellar riffs, whipcrack drums, and faded, echoing shouts. "Miles of Lace" takes a softer touch than some of … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Ex Pilots – Miles of Lace →

Weekly Wrap-Up 03.25.22

A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Ames Harding - The Poet's Tango What do you get when you cross a group of ten musicians with an abandoned Wilkinsburg church? An eclectic, understated, slightly spooky album that pulls from jazz, folk, indie, and throwback pop styles equally, … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 03.25.22 →

Daily Yinz – Cartoon Forest – The Unknown

On their second album, fittingly titled Cartoon Forest II (Crash Symbols), ambient trio Cartoon Forest meld computer sounds with nature sounds to hypnotic effect. Recorded in a cabin way up north in Harborcreek, CFII contains eight tracks full of drifting, faded tones augmented by squelches, clicks, gurgles, and the occasional birdcall. The atmosphere is muffled, … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Cartoon Forest – The Unknown →

Daily Yinz – Lindsay Dragan – Skin Deep

As the culmination of a multi-year string of excellent singles, Lindsay Dragan released The Forests, The Mountains, The Desert At Night earlier this month. The album contains familiar tunes like "The Radiant Light," "Desert Palm," and "Everywhere," and complements them with several new ones. "Skin Deep," one of the previously unheard cuts, accomplishes a tricky … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Lindsay Dragan – Skin Deep →

Weekly Wrap-Up 03.18.22

A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week. ### Bloomfield Pest Control - FTF Newly minted trio delivers a demo that brings to mind Misfits's gleefully scuzzy ghoul-punk. It's got poppy power chords, hammering drums, and vocals whose belching theatricality suggest that they're soon to be followed by a … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 03.18.22 →

Mystic Seers’ Great Statement

Mystic Seers “I’m kind of a jerk. Like, I like all cats, but I always treat fluffy cats better,” Derek White admitted to me over Zoom a few weeks ago. He had seen Cleo—my cat, who is indeed fluffy—nose her way onto my lap while the two of us were chatting, and had cut himself … Continue reading Mystic Seers’ Great Statement →

Weekly Wrap-Up 03.11.22

A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### heart together - small hurts Ah, youthful emotion, forever teetering on a crumbling wall between exultation and despair. Mirrored here by guitar riffs that build from tremulous to noisy and by lyrics--delivered in a monotone, then a ragged yelp--that conjure … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 03.11.22 →

Daily Yinz – Ol Whitetail – Little Creek

Ol Whitetail creates rickety folk tunes that bring to mind the untamed sweep of the Appalachian mountains. Ol Whitetail's self-titled album, released in February, sounds like the Kossoy Sisters by way of Emmylou Harris, fusing the former's spare strumming with the latter's powerfully twanging vocal delivery. "Little Creek," a mid-album standout, tumbles along atop fingerpicked … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Ol Whitetail – Little Creek →

Daily Yinz – fig – Body Study I

Fig, an art-pop musician who returned to Pittsburgh last year after some time spent in Cleveland, recently released a dreamy, rippling album called Soft Animal. Fig describes their music as something that "feels like listening to queer pop in a mid century cathedral," and the sentiment rings true on Soft Animal, a work in which … Continue reading Daily Yinz – fig – Body Study I →