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The lead single from the group's upcoming second LP, Motel Cable (Smoking Room). There are a few points near the beginning of "Motel" where, on first listen, I thought my laptop speakers blew up. The guitars were chiming intricately away against brisk drums and distorted vocal melodies, when all of a sudden a cacophonous blare … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Ex Pilots – Motel
The eclectic quartet's first EP is Appalachian Jungle Radio. The title of the EP's lead track, "What's Your Destination?" (prod. Animal Scream), could very well be the question that animates the entire Ames Harding & the Mirage undertaking. It's a difficult one to answer, considering the group's knack for traversing entire continents' worth of musical … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Ames Harding & the Mirage – What’s Your Destination?
Today's exercise features an early morning carriage robbery. CARRIAGE SEIZE DEFINITE JUST The carriage rattles along cobblestones that jut like broken teeth. The sound grates when compared to the hiss and spatter of the rain. The occupants of the carriage don’t mind either way; they’re asleep. Two men on opposite benches. They don’t know each … Continue reading Random Word Generator 07.30.24
The noise artist's latest release, Sacred Heart Of Reinvention, is out now on Abhorrent AD. There's an urban legend about a borehole in Siberia that reaches nine miles into the depths of the earth. The story says that the team of Soviet engineers in charge of the project finally broke through to a cavity, and … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Slacking – Raze The Demon Settlement
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Threaded - Denton All-consuming gloom shot through with desolate grace; feels like drowning in a pool of pearlescent guitar. More from Threaded Follow on Instagram and Facebook ### Bloody Run - Assimilation Proclamation Feverish death metal that draws righteous … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 07.26.24
Valleyview's full-length debut is Still Life, available soon on YEAH! TAPES. The band has filled out its sound on this new release. Frontman Jesse Farine's baritone comes through richer, the drums crack with more resonance, and the guitars roil with an enveloping depth of texture. "Sugarized," one of the album's lead singles, finds Farine tapping … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Valleyview – Sugarized
A hazy new single from the Pittsburgh-by-way-of-Brooklyn band. There's a place somewhere. It's not clear if it exists in the physical world, in the heart, both, or neither. There's a misty ocean view, and you can spend your days sitting and watching the waves, not thinking about much, not feeling particularly happy, but secure in … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Colatura – Suffer Dude
Illustration by Lily Ekimian Ragheb & Ahmed T. Ragheb, Photograph by Shauna Miller, Images by Unsplash Originally published with The Pittsburgher in June 2021. Art does not have a point. And that is the point. There is no practical reason for art—it can’t change a lightbulb, you can’t use it to get from one place to another, … Continue reading Create or Suffer: Celebrating Life with Ron Mist
The band's self-titled debut is out through Crafted Sounds and Michi Tapes. These Zin Hounders sure know how to make use of dynamics. Their songs meander through swirling passages of downcast dreaminess--full of ringing plucks, wavering drones, and pond-ripple bass--before uncorking geysers of jet-fueled guitars and soaking everything in a distorted flood. Penultimate track "To … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Zin Hound – To Your Unliking
Benji.'s new EP is Love Gun 2, a sequel to last October's Love Gun. Opening track "Howling At The Moon" intrigues from the jump. A difficult song to pin down, it builds slowly, with tentative tendrils of electric guitar echoing faintly behind Benji.'s voice as it booms from the ether. The melody is tense, circling … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Benji. – Howling At The Moon
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