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One of several singles released in advance of the trio's debut LP. Gina Gory sounds like an urban legend, a figure mentioned only in hushed tones. She's got the high score on the half-busted electronic dartboard in the corner of the bar. You dare your friends to say "Gina Gory" three times in the bathroom … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Gina Gory – Let Me, Let Me, Let Me
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Guns For Frogs - Seven Minutes In Heaven A Mindless Self Indulgence cover from Pittsburgh's resident electro-punk eccentric. The frogs are rising. More from Guns For Frogs Follow on Instagram ### Caleb Pogyor - The River A wistful, reflective … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 10.04.24
The funk sextet's Sounds Like Music is a live album recorded at The Vault. Stone Throwers came to The Vault to throw stones and lay down tasty grooves, and they're all out of stones. I don't actually see any broken glass in the album footage, but don't worry, because the grooves are definitely there. "CH" … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Stone Throwers – CH
The punk quartet's latest release is the searing Anyway, Anyway, Anyway... On Anyway, Anyway, Anyway..., Wasted Space vocalist/bassist/primary lyricist Michaela Doorjamb wrings harsh, gripping poetry out of the devastation wrought by dead-end jobs, stormy relationships, and untimely death. "Drumhed" ends the album on an epic note, like a hundred unsecured cases of fireworks going off … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Wasted Space – Drumhed
The psych-pop duo's debut LP, Glass Narcissus, was recorded between Athens, GA and Patience, PA. Giant Day comprises two seasoned, Elephant 6-associated artists: Derek Almstead (The Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, The Glands, of Montreal) and Emily Growden (Faster Circuits, Marshmallow Coast). Glass Narcissus is full of crisp percussion, gurgling bass, jigsaw puzzle guitar lines, … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Giant Day – Patience
The hardcore group's self-titled demo is available through Filler Distro. ...BY THE DEED makes angry, anarchic music that regards the existing structure of the world with a spiteful eye. "TO THEIR GALLOWS AT A QUICKER SPEED" whips up a froth of angular guitars, powder-keg drums, and bellicose shouts, and sends it crashing toward the forces … Continue reading Daily Yinz – …BY THE DEED – TO THEIR GALLOWS AT A QUICKER SPEED
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### lucite spine - rabbit ear chamber Snow-static melodic drones fashioned from cassette tapes, cymbal vibrations, and sea shell resonances. More from lucite spine ### Mimichree - Lemonbalm Chemical-warped vocals flit over subdued synths, strafed by blips that sound like … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 09.27.24
As Good as a Kiss is the black metal maverick's second release of the year. The three-track EP spans everything from menacing stomp to whispery ambient thrum. A bird introduces Part One of the title track, chittering away for a few seconds before its call is subsumed by sonorous guitar notes that resemble the sequenced … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Genital Shame – As Good as a Kiss, Pt. 1
The country duo recently released the first chapter of their ninth album, End of the Drive. I just got back from a vacation in Maine. Every year I go up there, it gets harder to leave. It's silent on the far-flung dirt roads and the air smells fresh blowing off the Mount Desert Narrows. Acadia … Continue reading Daily Yinz – The Mixus Brothers – I’m Gone
A psychedelic new release from the always-fascinating Astral Research collection. Astral Research releases often feel fossilized, like they were unearthed, weathered but fully intact, from an archeological dig site. FADE TO PHARAOH and LONGRANGER's self-titled joint venture contains four pieces that play out like traces of songs, engravings etched into moisture-rusted metal plates. Closing track … Continue reading Daily Yinz – FADE TO PHARAOH & LONGRANGER – Shell
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