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A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### The Ladybug Transistor - Meadowport Arch (4-Track Demo) Pulled from the 25th anniversary edition of the group's 1999 album, The Albemarle Sound, this demo finds the original track's flower power carnival jaunt stripped down to intimate piano and vocal. … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 01.10.25
The emcee's latest release is the icy cold Crash Course. Junji Ito's manga opus Uzumaki focuses on a supernatural evil that manifests in ever-present spiral shapes. Characters see spirals in the sky, in the landscape, and in each other. Some even find their bodies twisting into grotesque versions of the shape. Farade's track of the … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Farade – Uzamaki
The prolific experimentalists' latest EP is Hologram House. The music that comes from David Bernabo's Ongoing Box label engages and surprises. You especially never know what you're going to get from Watererer--one of the bands featured heavily at Ongoing Box--which comprises multi-instrumentalists Bernabo, Matt Aelmore, and PJ Roduta, along with whoever else happens to stop … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Watererer – Famous Everywhere
The quartet's darkly theatrical debut LP is Despair is a Heaven (Tall Texan) Despair is a Heaven's ten tracks saunter, whirl, and gallop like dancers in a skeletal parade of the damned; violinist Shani Banerjee and guitarist Eli Kasan lead the procession in cursed duet. The moody "Your Old Bedroom" begins with a wall of … Continue reading Daily Yinz – The Sewerheads – Your Old Bedroom
Hardcore punks' latest release is a 7" called DUI (Convulse Records). 45-second opener "Everybody Gotta Die" finds vocalist Matt Maitland barking the titular phrase over a breakneck instrumental. It's the perfect response to many news stories. Take the one about Bryan Johnson, the useless tech multimillionaire who claims he's optimizing himself toward immortality, but is … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Speed Plans – Everybody Gotta Die
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot over the past few weeks ### Bloomfield Pest Control - Two Birds (Getting Stoned With) Punk rock that's as grungy and heavy as a giant rat waddling its way around the mud of Skunk Hollow. More from Bloomfield Pest Control Follow on … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 01.03.25
One half of the pop-punk quintet's new double single. Until I listened to "Expired Kohl's Cash," I'd forgotten that Kohl's existed. I must have been to a Kohl's at some point in my life--maybe I even have some expired Kohl's Cash lying around somewhere--but its similarity to Target and Kmart and T.J. Maxx banished it … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Heading North – Expired Kohl’s Cash
This year, Bored In Pittsburgh's album picks migrated over to the Pittsburgh Independent. It's important to read and support outlets that do good, honest, and, yes, independent, reporting. Check out the piece here, and make sure to follow the Independent for local non-music news as well!
Here it is: Bored In Pittsburgh’s favorite local tracks from the past year, arranged in no particular order. Not a best-of list by any means, just a collection of music that stood out to one person. As always, there were so many great releases that it was impossible to include everything, but here goes. ### … Continue reading Yearly Yinz 2024 – Songs
The three-song travel. play. hook resulted from three workshop assignments. School of Song is an online resource that gives participants the opportunity to attend songwriting workshops taught by musicians as varied as Brian Eno, Phil Elverum, L'Rain, and Adrienne Lenker. DIY artist Shay Park enrolled in a workshop taught by Dear Nora's Katy Davidson, and … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Shay Park – good egg
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