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A little bedroom-recorded daydream inspired by time spent in Lawrenceville's Arsenal Park. I lived in Polish Hill during the COVID lockdown, and would walk several times a week over to Arsenal Park to sit and read and feel a bit more like a person. Arsenal isn't one of Pittsburgh's larger parks, but it is one … Continue reading Daily Yinz – swinny. – sqrl in th park
Today's exercise features the beginning of a mysterious journey. DEPART CORRESPONDENCE STILL GRADIENT We’re ready to depart. Are we? The stones are stacked on the table and everything else has been cleared from the room. We have no bags. We have no maps. No water canteens or food rations. It feels like I’m forgetting something. … Continue reading Random Word Generator 01.16.24
Chandra Rhyme's latest single is a swaggering celebration of a full bank account. In All The President's Men, Hal Halbrook famously tells Robert Redford to "follow the money." Holbrook offers the phrase as advice on how to root out political corruption, but, to start 2024, Chandra Rhyme is following the money in her own way--relentlessly, … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Chandra Rhyme – Money Goes
Producer Ali Berger's latest release, Self-Defense of 100,00 Thoughts, draws inspiration from the cypher that is the human mind. Thoughts are strange. In a concrete sense, they're nothing more than electrical signals pinging through neural pathways in the brain, bouncing off each other, splitting, diverging and recombining in novel ways. Thoughts are self-reinforcing; they can … Continue reading Daily Yinz – ali berger – it’s ok to sleep and dream
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Memory Front - Raptor Raw, industrial poetics--"You told me how they flood the cylinders/Until the pistons can't breathe anymore"--carry the listener through passages both wrenching and resplendent. More from Memory Front Follow on Instagram and Facebook ### Requiem Witch and … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 01.12.24
On their December album, Windowshopping, Fisherman's Paradise tap into pop sublimity from what sounds like somebody's basement or garage. Back in high school, we used to terrorize my friend's family by playing music in their basement almost every day: guitars, drums, keyboard, sometimes a mic; the whole setup. The only recordings we laid down--always on … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Fisherman’s Paradise – Still Crying
Today's exercise features a jealous high school student. LUMP MYTH HELL TAPE He’s a lump. He’s a chump. And he hates my guts. Isn’t that what the song says? He hates my guts? He’s in my head? I forget. Either way he’s a lump, and I can’t stand him. People say that they like him, … Continue reading Random Word Generator 01.10.24
Make It Look Like an Accident, Bossy's second release in seven months, is yet another showcase of quick wit and crate-digging. Near the beginning of "The Boogiemane," Bossy raps, "My brother got caught with some keys/I call him Für Elise." I listened to the track before 7am this morning, only a few sips into my … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Bossy – The Boogiemane (feat. Jus Jay)
Dejah Monea's latest single is a serenade to a past version of herself. The end of an old year brings reflection. What the fuck did I just spend the past 365 days doing? How do things stack up now versus twelve months ago? In the final weeks of 2023, R&B artist Dejah Monea pondered the … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Dejah Monea – Younger Me
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Luwidakid - Homecoming (feat. Dewey Markie) Tuneful, breezy hip-hop featuring a strobing, shimmying instrumental and a strong dose of screwed down vocals. More from Luwidakid Follow on Instagram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tBn54LVDOY ### Zinnia's Garden - Purple Portal Dream A warmly encouraging follow-your-dreams … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 01.05.24
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