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Macroplastics is a new band featuring two members of Water Trash. On their debut double-A single, Dogs Breakfast / Sleeping In (Cigarette and a Spank), Macroplastics' Ryans (Killen and Hartman) find themselves waking up with heads pounding, cursing the decision trees that led them to this point, and then rescaling those same decision trees with … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Macroplastics – Dog’s Breakfast
The instrumental trio recently released its self-titled debut. Razz Newtons specialize in jams that combine elements of stank face funk, glow stick electronica, and mind-expanding psych-rock; their debut album sounds like Ratatat on steroids. "WATER PARK" begins with a slinky fairground riff that gradually gains luminescence, like a theme park ride after sunset. Drum fills … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Razz Newtons – WATER PARK
The metal quintet's latest release is Enveloping Retribution (Iron Fortress). "Silk & Gold" creeps to life with miasmic guitar melodies and wretched croaks ("Cover your skin in silk and gold / Underneath is decaying flesh") before rearing up and lurching its way through filth-caked passages that span chain-dragging trudge, angular gnash, and rapid-fire pummel. Venomous … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Windchimes – Silk & Gold
The first single from the group's upcoming EP, If I'm Being Honest (Easy Does It). "I Wanna Get Better" is not a cover of the Bleachers song that I blasted at the Norristown DMV after I passed my license test on the third try. Instead, it's a heart-wrenching note of apology written by Colatura guitarist/vocalist … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Colatura – I Wanna Get Better
Oneiric Vision (Delicate Cashmere) is both an album and a short film. The album and film (which had its premiere a few weeks ago at Garfield's Inter-) are both explorations of the dreaming state. The project's music--created using a Roland SP-404 sampler--features a teeming diversity of hazy tones and head-nodding rhythms, which Good Dude Lojack's … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Good Dude Lojack – Oneiric Vision
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Nardo Says - Better prod. NiceRec A cheery, slightly bleary ode to rubbing the sleep out of your eyes, opening the blinds, and showing your face to the world, metaphorically speaking. More from Nardo Says Follow on Instagram ### … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 04.18.25
The second solo single from the Code Orange guitarist. Where Meyers' debut single, "Certain Uncertainty," dug in with churning guitars and skyscraping howls, "Got Your Hold On Me" takes a quieter tack, layering a skeletal, echoing rhythm with creeping synths that gather like ultraviolet storm clouds. Meyers sings with simmering intensity about a desire so … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Reba Meyers – Got Your Hold On Me
The metal quartet's new album is Drone Down. AutoReplicant plays a twisty brand of thrash characterized by Anthony Everitt's use of the fretless bass. The instrument gives the low end an agile, rubbery quality that makes Aaron Myers-Brooks' (Night Vapor, Monochromatic Residua) calculous guitar riffs and Michael Laughlin's (Creation is Crucifixion, Cattle Decapitation) heavy artillery … Continue reading Daily Yinz – AutoReplicant – Global Tempest
The first single from the duo's upcoming debut album, void jazz (Reptilian Snack). prepare thyself came into being when multi-instrumentalist Andrew Kruske (Chameleon Treat, Reptilian Snack Records) teamed up with drummer Eli Weidman (Ames Harding & the Mirage, L.T. Creacher) for a set of lo-fi psychedelic pieces recorded between two attics. "atoms, nothing else" finds … Continue reading Daily Yinz – prepare thyself – atoms, nothing else
The pop-punk quartet's new EP is Psychic Hellos. Fake Grave creates beleaguered anthems full of chugging guitars and choruses that soar like wounded birds. EP opener "How Light" plants itself in front of a mirror and confronts life's most frightening quandaries. Is it possible to change as a person? If so, how is it then … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Fake Grave – How Light
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