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Psychedelic rock act FOAMER's self-titled debut EP is out now. Closing track "Vessel" follows a swaying groove built around blissed-out guitars and agile drums. Arpeggios twinkle and cascading notes buzz while frontman Noah Mailliard, singing in a sighing, spaced-out register, ponders the feeling of being "tied to the weight of the world." About halfway through … Continue reading Daily Yinz – FOAMER – Vessel
Caleb Kopta's latest single soars and yearns. "Outta My Head" is a propulsive pop track that burns with the feeling of solar flare intensity stoked by newfound romantic passion, but I'd argue that the refrain ("Can't get you outta my head") applies just as well to the song itself. It's a particularly persistent earworm, one … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Caleb Kopta – Outta My Head
Blinder's debut, Drugs of the Sun, is out now on cassette label Michi Tapes. Blinder wields its guitars like science fiction weapons. On "Dose Makes the Poison," the instruments glide, squeal, divebomb, roar, and generally make a destructive ruckus of themselves in service of a deceptively catchy tune. Herky-jerky riffs crash against each other and … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Blinder – Dose Makes the Poison
Genital Shame's full-length debut, Chronic Illness Wish, is out now on The Garrote. Genital Shame's Erin Dawson has always tinkered with black metal the way a mad scientist does with a corpse and an array of metallic bits, and Chronic Illness Wish scribbles along the same inventive, idiosyncratic streak that made Genital Shame's previous EPs--2022's … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Genital Shame – Taste Rot
Today's exercise features a bad case of writer's block. ACCOMPANY MAXIMUM RADIO STORE “Accompany me to the service counter, now,” Johnston Hangborio purred. The man moved soft. Smoothed edges, gliding steps, snake tongue. His dustbrush mustache hung with the gloss of horsehair. He was a wiry man with a delicate strength. You knew he could … Continue reading Random Word Generator 02.23.24
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot today ### Brodie Casanova - Worth Ya While An infectiously sunny beat--it sounds like a chipmunk doing the Milly Rock--buoys Brodie while he tunes out negative influences with music, video games, and the roar of an Italy-bound plane taking off. More from Brodie … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 02.23.24
Fam Ross and Arsinel team up for a track inspired by a Pitt basketball standout. On January 25, 1988, Pitt's Jerome Lane went up for a dunk. When his sneakers left the court's surface, he was a talented junior forward with a penchant for rebounding. When he touched back down, he was a legend. He … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Pen Lordz- Jerome Lane (prod. M.Germ?)
A sneak preview of the first single from XC-17's upcoming album, due out later this year. XC-17, a former member of the spectral RnB duo ALONA and a founder of the LGBTQ dance party group Dyspheric, is releasing a full-length album later this year, and was kind enough to share some of it with Bored … Continue reading Daily Yinz – XC-17 – RIDRARC
The psychedelic septet's latest album is "Sunny Daze For President." Whatever is going on at the White House in the "Sunny Daze For President" album cover looks preferable to whatever is going on there now and whatever what will be going on there in a year. Unless enough people cast their vote for Sunny Daze … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Sunny Daze & the Weathermen – Wasting My Time
Lounna's latest single is a ball of warmth to get you through the cold late winter. If somebody had come to the kid version of me, his little hands wrapped around a cup of hot chocolate after an afternoon spent sledding, and said, "You know, there's going to be a day when you see snow … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Lounna – Peak Season
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