Multi-Monthly Wrap-Up 12.07.23

To make up for Bored In Pittsburgh’s inactivity over the past several months–life sure does get busy–here’s an extra-long look at some local music that hit the spot recently. Part two of several.

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*MIGHTY – CPR

A slide-guitaring power ballad that shakes off layers of rust as it raises itself up to full, ramshackle glory.

Canary – Maybe

A nine-minute piece whose fine, delicate components fit together as precisely as the inner mechanisms of a wristwatch.

String Machine – Misfire

Enlists a jubilant saxophone on a journey to find new beginnings in piles of burning tires and nests of stolen wires.

The Universe Online – Flippy Stylez

Three Six Mafia’s Stylez were Mystic and gruesome, while The Universe Online’s are Flippy and glitchy.

Brandon Dunlap and Body of Research – Living With

Energetic, shoegazey blur that ropes in sounds that resemble wind chimes and televisions warbling between stations.

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GEODESIC YOUTH – Nest Juice Transformation

I’ve never tried nest juice. I’d imagine that, if I did, I would hear this piece’s drones, swells, and gurgles playing inside my head.

Little Angels – Never Been Touched

Frenetic crust that brings to mind images of Polish Hill: the collapsed stairs leading down to Herron Ave, the Immaculate Heart of Mary School skeleton, the cigarette ash that adorns the rims of Gooski’s beer cans.

Liftgate – +2 Charisma

Sample-based bliss that floats around for a bit before breaking into a series of intricate rhythms.

FOX Japan – Good Morning

What better way to respond to the demands of a harried world than to unleash a catchy, booming yawn in a pool of Sunday morning sunlight.

The Plat Maps – Malbec

Contemplative piano and acoustic guitar back wistful vocals that convey a comforting sense of melancholy.