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A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### New Great Lake - Clear as Day A melancholy, home-recorded backward glance whose guitar strums are so intimate that you can hear the pick clicking across the strings. More from New Great Lake Artwork by Dylan Sidoriak ### SOLäRK … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 07.19.24
Pittsburgh-to-LA transplant's latest release is Manifesto. Glo Phase has always been a master of the headspace. His downtempo electronic compositions massage the brain with weathered textures, deep melodic plunks, and precise drum programming. "Dreamself" establishes a cascading dance rhythm punctuated by low burbles of bass, then adorns that central pulse with a shifting sequence of … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Glo Phase – Dreamself
The band goes out with a bang on Redeemed. A few weeks back, Outsideinside announced that their show at this year's Northside Music Festival would be the their final live performance. If Reedemed, a four-track album released on the same day as the festival set, ends up being Outsideinside's last recording, it will be a … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Outsideinside – Holy Ghost
((( ATU )))'s new release, Volatile, holds a wild array of sounds. Volatile contains molten guitars, outrageous synth accents, multilingual lyrics, and a four-second piece called "Have An Orgasm" that features the sound of a dispensing vending machine followed by a sultry Siri voice saying, "Go ahead, have an orgasm." Penultimate track "El Virrey del … Continue reading Daily Yinz – ((( ATU ))) – El Virrey del Peru
Contemplative hip-hop musings to begin the week. One of my favorite hip-hop instrumentals is the one Taz Arnold and Knxwledge cooked up for Kendrick Lamar's "Momma." I say "cooked up" because the track's percussion sounds like a spoon clanking gently against the edge of a pot; Kendrick taps into the warm nostalgia evoked by the … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Leek Lone – beauty in the ruin (prod. lewesk)
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Reese Youngn - Left For Dead Tormented, anguished bars wrenched from the depths of the soul. Lines like, "Paid for my family to have a house / I'm by myself in this bitch," trail off into wordless howls. More … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 07.12.24
Today's exercise features a finishing school rebel. SOUP OFFEND EQUATION OFFENSIVE Ms. Haddockington stirred her chilled and creamy pea soup, barely moving her birdsbone wrist as her silver spoon made tiny swirls through the green pool that scantly filled its china bowl. “This is how you stir your soup. You must stir it around before … Continue reading Random Word Generator 07.11.24
The twangy quartet's debut release is ADHDTVEP: Attention Deficit Hyperactive Definition Television Extended Play. It makes sense that an EP named after and inspired by ADHD would be strewn with a lost-and-found box's worth of spare sound effects: threadbare strings, wry saxophone, queasy synths, boings and burps. "Loving By Example" follows the circuitous path of … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Beach Boise, ID – Loving By Example
A new single from Pittsburgh's resident dusty musical cyborg(s). I bought Dandelion Gum for $3 at the Exchange in Oakland right after I moved to Pittsburgh in 2018, so Black Moth Super Rainbow's acid-washed robot reveries always remind me of my first few months in the city. I'd wake up, walk to work, sit in … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Black Moth Super Rainbow – Brain Waster
A rapturous collaboration named after a classic Clash album. Some first dates result in awkward eye contact and overpriced food scooted listlessly around plates. Some result in second dates. The best ones result in hours of deep conversation, and maybe, eventually, wedding bells. Animal Scream's Chad Monticue wrote "Sandinista Smile" about the the best kind … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Animal Scream – Sandinista Smile (feat. Ames Harding & The Mirage)
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