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ID Labs' E.Dan recently released an instrumental album called Nothing You Don't Know (Remember Music, Warner Records). ID Labs is a legendary Pittsburgh studio and production facility that collaborated with the likes of Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller as they climbed the long and arduous path from mixtape to arena. On Nothing You Don't Know, … Continue reading Daily Yinz – E.Dan – Outta You
vireo's first release of 2024 is the gentle reverie "cloudgazers." "The car's in the shop again / I don't have enough to get it fixed." The line that opens "cloudgazers" sent me back to last summer, a span during which my since-junked '03 Honda Civic developed every possible problem simultaneously. Each week I fielded a … Continue reading Daily Yinz – vireo – cloudgazers
A jamtastic collaboration between purveyors of sunny sounds. There are certain songs that should really be listened to while reclining on a blanket laid out in grass, and "Clear In My Mind" is one of them. A joint effort between Chalk Dinosaur's John O'Hallaron--one of Pittsburgh's premier vibesmiths--and DMV area artists Austin Litz (aka crypto … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Chalk Dinosaur x crypto WAVE radio – Clear In My Mind (feat. Katriella)
James the Seventh's latest is the booming "Invisible Ink." Words are funny things. Tiny language elements created by joined units of meaning that are in turn created by puffs of air being modulated by lungs, vocal folds, tongue, lips. Breath sculpted by organic matter--a simple phenomenon that can alter the course of lives in mere … Continue reading Daily Yinz – James the Seventh – Invisible Ink
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Spiral - Sunshine Guitar music whose gaze penetrates well beneath the shoes, all the way down into a roiling black pit. More from Spiral Follow on Instagram Artwork by isabellalucianiphotography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL7WpdYDFVw ### Yokai Jem - CHAOS THEORY (feat. GHAIS GUEVARA) … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 05.03.24
A rework of a track from 2023's Flowers Telegraphed to All Parts of the World. When I lived in Polish Hill, I used to walk along Bethoven St and then over the Bloomfield Bridge to get to the grocery store formerly known as Shursave IGA. En route I would often encounter a cat that hung … Continue reading Daily Yinz – The Garment District – A Street Called Finland (BusCrates x Baron Remix)
CHARIOT FADE's latest single is the ebullient "Make Yours Like Mine." McFadden and Whitehead's 1979 hit "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" is an irrepressibly sunny groove that struts in the face of doubt. On "Make Yours Like Mine," CHARIOT FADE use a prominent sample of that McFadden and Whitehead classic to create their own take … Continue reading Daily Yinz – CHARIOT FADE – Make Yours Like Mine
Today's exercise features a well-adjusted young man looking for love. GIRLFRIEND URINE BEE DEMONSTRATION “God, do I wish I had a girlfriend.” Sammy hurled a leftover bucket of porridge over the claptrap wire fence that encircled his parents’ chickens, who, as soon as their stupefied demon eyes caught sight of the cresting brown wave, kicked … Continue reading Random Word Generator 04.30.24
A new release from the DETOUR dance music collective. Oscar Celedon's debut EP, Coming of Age, contains four tracks' worth of intricate rhythms, thumping bass, and melodic layers that interact with subtlety and deftness. Closer "The DJ That Always Carries a USB," which sounds like the name of an extremely specific superhero, stirs to life … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Oscar Celedon – The DJ That Always Carries a USB
The death metal quintet's new album, The dead space between the stars, explores the Blade Runner universe. At the end of Blade Runner, when Rutger Hauer's Roy Batty, an artificial human being known as a replicant, saves Harrison Ford's Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who's spent the length of the movie trying to "retire" Batty, … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Post Mortal Possession – Off-World Insurrection
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