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A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Alysm - Love (Something in Between) A smitten-but-confused cyborg croons away over jellyfish synths and electric funk bass; a screwed-down radio jockey officiates. More from Alysm Follow on Instagram and Facebook Animation by Alysm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RukjQE7oJWA ### Reliable Child - Handsome … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 06.14.24
Chandra Rhyme continues her paper chase with new single "Motivated." "Motivated" finds Chandra flexing in trilingual fashion: there's English, there's Spanish, and there's Cash-ish. As she puts it on the song's bouncy hook, "Talking 'bout money? / Then you speaking my language." That's the thesis statement, and Chandra fleshes it out in spirited fashion, backed … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Chandra Rhyme – Motivated
Bedroom artist's latest single is an ethereal rush of melancholy. Gracyn Blu Louis started work on "october" with the goal of creating a simple, layered a cappella piece. They ended up with an intricate arrangement--full of vocal harmonies and synths and percussive additions generated with hands and breath--that broke their computer. The song centers on … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Gracyn Blu Louis – october
The electro-industrial duo's latest album is Hope is the Last Refuge of the Dying (Distortion Productions) "The Four Winds" begins with an old-timey radio broadcaster voice intoning, "The final maddening space between life and death," and that's exactly what the song sounds like. Simmering electronics and pummeling drums combine to form an adrenaline-jumped heartbeat, while … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Red Lokust – The Four Winds
A Carnival-style composition that acts as the soundtrack to a surreal short film. For the past few years, no-budget YouTube auteur Joel Haver has set a challenge for his compatriots: instead of watching the Oscars, take advantage of those three Sunday night hours and shoot your own movie. Time and Judgment, an uncanny, Mardi Gras-by-way-of-the-Backrooms … Continue reading Daily Yinz – The Precipice Community Band – Time and Judgment – Calypso Suite | Time
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Lindsay Liebro - no one you can save A regretful-but-not-really breakup track that builds from hushed keyboard reflection to photo-burning, shout-along catharsis. More from Lindsay Liebro Follow on Instagram Photo by Courtney Lay Stout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMMWmEyh9Ew ### MOSSMOTH - Circles Anxious … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 06.07.24
Psychedelic tinkerer's latest single faces the horror of the job application process. I moved to Pittsburgh in 2018--one year after I graduated college--because, out of the seventy-odd applications I'd submitted for entry level job openings, the only one that accepted me was located in the Steel City, a place I'd visited exactly twice. Now that … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Chameleon Treat – we hope you re-apply
Producer and vocalist Maya Universe's debut EP is Glimmer. From the six-song release, on which Maya Universe showcases sounds that range from the sparkling, moombahton-style balladry of "3am" to the stark, subsonic spoken word of "Still I Rise," the track that stood out to me the most was "Say It Right," a creeping fever dream … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Maya Universe – Say It Right
The band, featuring members of The Gotobeds, Empty Beings, and Rave Ami, released its debut seven-inch in late May. A-side "Diary of a Priest"--along with its B-side, a scuzzy waltz called "Man of Finite Sorrow," which is definitely not the song that the Soggy Bottom Boys sang into a can at WEZY--establishes The Sewerheads as … Continue reading Daily Yinz – The Sewerheads – Diary of a Priest
The debut single from a quartet featuring former members of Joyframe. The thing that always stood out to me about Joyframe's music is how elementally loud the guitars sounded, and I was happy to find that axeman Caleb Gill has not touched the volume knob with his new project, Zin Hound (an excellent name if … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Zin Hound – Guns Break Sky
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