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Purchase Don't Let the Scene Go Down on Me!'s new compilation album, full of covers of nostalgic pop-punk and alt-rock tracks from some of your favorite teen movies. Proceeds benefit No More Dysphoria and Pauline Juliet. Check out a few of the tracks below, and buy the album here. ### toobin - Mutt (Blink-182) ### … Continue reading AS IF! A Songs From Teen Comedies Covers Comp
Kinetic are an ensemble, led by pianist Joe Sheehan, whose pieces weave together traditional Ghanaian folk songs and original chamber music. For Kinetic's most recent release, Dances of Lake Volta, Sheehan reworked a number of pieces from the group's 2018 album, Songs of Lake Volta, and then added several new ones for good measure. One … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Kinetic – Another Day
Purchase Steel City Death Club's latest live compilation to support the Mr. Roboto Project, one of Pittsburgh's most treasured DIY spaces. The pandemic continues to wear on artists and venues, so please consider helping to ensure that a pillar of the city's music community makes it through. The compilation itself contains hard-driving live performances from … Continue reading Steel City Death Club – Live @ SCDC Compilation #2
Purchase the new Helpin' Aht! compilation to support the legendary Mr. Roboto Project, one of the city's most essential DIY spaces. The pandemic has been brutal for the arts community, so please consider helpin' aht (pun intended) to ensure that live music can come back strong once things open up. The compilation includes 21 tracks … Continue reading Helpin’ Aht x Roboto
Soul artist Nardo Says recently released a great album called Y.D.A.I.A. On it is a wonderfully wavy slow jam entitled "I.B.T.B.U," produced by Reese Vex Brown, a longtime staple and legend of the Pittsburgh music scene who tragically passed away in late February. Nardo has started a campaign to get 100 vinyl pressings of the … Continue reading Nardo Says – Y.D.A.I.A.
Purchase IT IT's Two Squirrels Fighting Each Other at the End of the World (awesome title, right?) to support SisTers PGH, which describes itself as "a BLACK and TRANS led non-profit organization that serves POC, trans, and nonbinary people within Southwestern PA." Two Squirrels, available in both cassette and digital format, contains eight tracks of … Continue reading IT IT – Two Squirrels Fighting Each Other at the End of the World
Purchase HughShows's Boogie on the Blue Line album to support the Homeless Children's Education Fund, a nonprofit organization that seeks to support the educational needs of children experiencing homelessness in Allegheny County. Boogie is a compilation that features Pittsburgh artists covering songs by other Pittsburgh artists, so it's a true yinzfest. Check out some of … Continue reading HughShows – Boogie on the Blue Line
Support the Mr. Roboto Project and The Alignment Chapter by purchasing “Floor Have Mercy,” the funky second single from emo-folkie-turned-DJ Ron Mist, whose primary musical goal is to get people moving without self-consciousness or fear. As it's put on the song, "Dancing is a mercy on human beings bound by necessity," so let Mist and their cast of guest … Continue reading Ron Mist – Floor Have Mercy
Check out Samir Gangwani's mix for Chicago's Daisychain podcast, a venture that seeks to "connect and develop a symbiotic network of trans, gender nonconforming people and women - from all backgrounds, both within and beyond the queer community." Gangwani's mix is stuffed to the brim with contorted rhythms, rapid-fire breakbeats, electronic blips, and disjointed snatches … Continue reading Samir Gangwani – Daisy Chain Mix
Purchase Blood Menace's Threat EP to support Sisters PGH, a "transgender centered drop-in space, resource provider and shelter transitioning program based in Pittsburgh, PA" and 1Hood Media, a collective of socially conscious artists & activists who utilize art to raise awareness." Threat is a glitchy, rumbling deathcore effort from Shin Guard bassist Jake Yencik. It … Continue reading Blood Menace – Threat EP
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