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Like Water is the band's spirited full-length debut. Like Water's first single--the funky, soaring "Daydreams"--dropped all the way back in 2021, and the album proves itself worth the wait. The music is kinetic, catchy, polished without slickness or artificiality; the songs run hot with lifeblood. "Cadillac" decorates a tight, wah-wah inflected groove with phased lead … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Jack Swing – Cadillac
A few words about a few more local releases that hit the spot this week ### Gutter Frost - Capitalist Cage Raw, anti-jackboot punk that rails against those who demonize immigrants in public and profit off them in the boardroom. More from Gutter Frost ### Equine Fistula - Endotraecheostomy Menacing, gut-level thrum named after a … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 02.07.25
The self-described stenchcore band releases its full-length debut. Death Gasp (Final Return / Audacious Madness / Profane Existence) pairs furious rasps with razor wire guitars and drums that gnash like wild dogs. "Ghosts of the Bomb"--which appeared in an earlier iteration on the band's 2021 release, Executioner--confronts, with rightful apoplexy, a disgraceful truth: that the … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Death Gasp – Ghosts of the Bomb
The melancholy A-side from the trio's new single. On the show Cheers, barfly Norm Peterson spends his time drinking beer and making sardonic quips about his wife Vera, so it follows that a band called TV's Norm would specialize in slackery, sarcastic rock songs. "A Postcard From Nowhere," the titular A-side from the band's new … Continue reading Daily Yinz – TV’s Norm – A Postcard From Nowhere
A shimmering single from the Beltzhoover native. The self-produced "uP" is a trap ballad filtered through a kaleidoscope. Bass rumbles and hi-hats flutter, but the synth tones that adorn the track arc dreamily, as if they're being produced by the waving of a magic wand. LOVEHEX, voice warped and bubbling, floats his way through a … Continue reading Daily Yinz – LOVEHEX – uP
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