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The quartet's new EP is the noisy, psychedelic spenser. "coarse black," my personal favorite from the EP, is one of the most degraded love songs I've ever heard. That's "degraded," not "degrading"; on the contrary, frontman Joel Warchol's lyrics, hushed and then belted, are downright beautiful in their unadorned devotion ("You don't know how long … Continue reading Daily Yinz – James Castle – coarse black
The chaotic hardcore band teams up with fellow throat-shredders Morning Dew on a split called Cold Hearts Warmer Words. "Vials," KITH BAH's second offering from the split, starts ugly and ends beautiful. Five seconds of squalling demon feedback usher in a razor-edged tumult full of whiplash drums, choppy guitars, and desperate screams ("Self harmful harm … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Kicked in the Head by a Horse – Vials
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Treble NLS - PRESSED Battle-tested bars that cut through a foggy, droning instrumental like a machete through a jungle of self-doubt. More from Treble NLS Follow on Instagram and Facebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdiOPCuTaLk ### Bre Short - Castle Walls A velvety, … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 11.22.24
Code Orange’s Jami Morgan and Shade Balderose debut their NOWHERE2RUN project with an EP called Slivering the Senses (Pale Chord) The EP’s three tracks are glitchy, abrasive, and pitch-black. Opener “Floodlights” (as in “Floodlights / Zip ties / Flash lights / Sharp knives”) pairs curdled synth death rattles with stripped-down trap percussion that sounds like its beckoning … Continue reading Daily Yinz – NOWHERE2RUN – Floodlights (feat. Siiickbrain)
A collaboration between two folk troubadours. One evening, while I was waiting for the bus at Forbes and Craft, I watched a tree rustle in the breeze across the street and, all of a sudden, felt an overwhelming peace fill my mind and body. Because my thoughts usually ricochet around my head like bingo balls, … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Lounna – Under the Same Stars (ft. Reliable Child)
The quartet's debut EP is Come Back, Spider, out now on Michi Tapes. Pro Video features members of Silver Car Crash, Speed Plans, and Eyewash, but the band carves out its own niche using jagged instrumental clang and bandleader Nick Blum's raw, stress-fried vocals. "This Precious Blade" swerves wildly between delicate string-light guitar plinks and … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Pro Video – This Precious Blade
The experimental artist's debut album is EROT. A rhythm is not something that exists outside the body. It may originate from a synthesizer or a drum kit or a speaker, but the second it enters the ears, it becomes, for however long it plays, a second pulse. On EROT, XC-17 creates rhythms that invade the … Continue reading Daily Yinz – XC-17 – AMBIENTPASTA
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Rieko Safiyya - Water Talks! Listen! Slow, trickling funk that makes you feel like you're being rocked by the gentle waters of a sensory deprivation tank. More from Rieko Safiyya Follow on Instagram Video by Rieko Safiyya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_4awDcDN0I ### … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 11.15.24
Nowhere Wolves comprises members of Sommelier, Lylyth, Loose Rhetoric, and Bath Time. Nowhere Wolves' self-titled debut, recorded live at Millvale's Poetry Lounge, features six hard-driving rock tracks held together by the booming eccentricity of vocalist J. Trafford, who belts dry, sarcastic lyrics like a hyper-literate Broadway headliner . Closing track "Charisma" finds Candrika Rice's strident … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Nowhere Wolves – Charisma
The band's plaintive, hazy new single comes with a nocturnal video. The person who narrates "do you miss her" occupies unsteady ground. She's with somebody who left somebody else for her, and now lies awake at night wondering whether she'll be the next Somebody Else to slide from the rearview mirror's frame. Backed by booming … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Colatura – do you miss her
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