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A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Skeletonized - King Robot He strides into the throne room tooting on a saxophone made from used car parts. He belches smoke. His scrapheap courtiers applaud wildly. More from Skeletonized Follow on Instagram and Facebook ### Woodland Creatures - … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 02.28.25
The hardcore trio's raucous, chaotic debut single. According to a quick internet search, you have a 1 in 187,000 chance of being struck by lightning this year, and a 1 in 292,000,000 chance of winning the Powerball. Jon Bygone understand that, if you want to get lucky, you're better off standing in a sodden field … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Jon Bygone – 777
heaven isn't far is the metal project's debut release. In different hands, the phrase heaven isn't far might be viewed as a comfort, but the way it's deployed by eatingunblessedmeat--the solo venture of Kicked in the Head by a Horse guitarist Larry Rupp Jr.--it registers as a threat. The music found on this album draws … Continue reading Daily Yinz – eatingunblessedmeat – swaying doors
The Power Of (Color And Time Tonight) is the punk quartet's full-length debut. It's not that Positive Thinking aren't angry. They shout and shred and swear plenty and call for the guillotine, but it's all in the service of a brighter tomorrow, one in which people aren't tethered: to their boring jobs, to the entities … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Positive Thinking – Inner Peace
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### How Things Are Made - Sweet Release A twenty-minute live experiment that sounds like a balloon animal farm, a cell phone forest, a spaceship cockpit, Hans Zimmer's home studio, and an 11th century Catholic Mass. More from How Things … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 02.21.25
The metal quartet's new album is Recover What You Can. "The Vulture Circles" sounds like it was deep-fried in a cauldron full of motor oil and swamp water. It begins with a dirty, scrabbling riff, an alligator thrashing around in shallow water, then proceeds to pummel with chugging guitars, bellicose drums, and saliva-spray barks that … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Negative 13 – The Vulture Circles
The R&B artist's new EP is Samira. The soft, jazzy "Wicked" feels like it was recorded somewhere with low lighting and red velvet curtains. The percussion doesn't so much as hit as it does brush up against you, and the keyboards sound like they're shimmering through layers of water. Sellers' hushed voice flutters like a … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Sierra Sellers – Wicked
The quartet's debut album, Appear, is out now on Michi Tapes. You know Tony? From bowling? He's the one drinking beer in the corner, always brings that extra heavy ball from home, the one with the psychedelic tie-dye patterns? Well his band just released its first LP, and it rips. The guitars lurch like swamp … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Tony From Bowling – Pyramids
MK is the improvisational trio's latest release. "Typo 1," the album's opening piece, contains nearly nine minutes' worth of freeform sound. Percussion patters and hisses like enormous drops of rain, electronic car horns blare, and jarring drones build a sense of unease. It sounds like a low-visibility car crash waiting to happen. And then it … Continue reading Daily Yinz – TGD Hiss Ensemble – Typo 1
The retro rocker's new album is Battery Lane (Super Sport/Action Weekend/off label). The album, produced by Jake Hanner and Animal Scream, contains eleven tracks, each bathed in paisley-tinged sunlight. "Wash Away The Pain" finds Keim, backed by a lattice of acoustic guitar, painting breezy sketches of two people searching for escape: Sarah, who "wants to … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Zack Keim – Wash Away The Pain
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