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A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Frog Legs - Killamanjaro Scraggly folk-punk that manages to wring buoyancy from the existential dread that defines 21st century living More from Frog Legs Follow on Instagram Artwork by leafypains ### FARKAS/HACKATHORN DUO - The Unmarked Tomb of the Witty … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 03.27.26
The punk firebrands' prickly new EP is needle beach. Each of the EP's four tracks whips up a confrontational ruckus, but the most unruly offering is closer "unmarked car," which seethes like a pit of paranoid stomach acid. Roiling drums and agitated guitars build steadily in intensity while Noa Seese narrates queasy snippets pulled straight … Continue reading Daily Yinz – sorry face – unmarked car
The folk singer and songwriter's latest album is When The Waters Part. The album enfolds the listener gently and brightly with wistful melodies, reflective strums, and rippling keys. Standout track "Rarely See The Sun," which unspools on the back of dawnbreak piano notes and breathy brass accents, finds Skipworth tucked away in a kind of … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Mirabelle Skipworth – Rarely See The Sun
The quintet released its debut studio album, Leaving New Mexico, in January. The album, an ambitious, post-apocalyptic-ish concept piece that explores themes of disillusionment, acceptance, and familial return, centers on frontman Gibson Musisko's passionate, searching delivery. Backed by instrumentals that alternately soothe and seethe, Musisko--sometimes keening, sometimes murmuring, sometimes raging--muses with offbeat humor on the … Continue reading Daily Yinz – PosterChild – Shot In The Chest
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