Daily Yinz – Beach Boise, ID – Loving By Example

The twangy quartet's debut release is ADHDTVEP: Attention Deficit Hyperactive Definition Television Extended Play. It makes sense that an EP named after and inspired by ADHD would be strewn with a lost-and-found box's worth of spare sound effects: threadbare strings, wry saxophone, queasy synths, boings and burps. "Loving By Example" follows the circuitous path of … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Beach Boise, ID – Loving By Example →

Daily Yinz – Black Moth Super Rainbow – Brain Waster

A new single from Pittsburgh's resident dusty musical cyborg(s). I bought Dandelion Gum for $3 at the Exchange in Oakland right after I moved to Pittsburgh in 2018, so Black Moth Super Rainbow's acid-washed robot reveries always remind me of my first few months in the city. I'd wake up, walk to work, sit in … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Black Moth Super Rainbow – Brain Waster →

Daily Yinz – Animal Scream – Sandinista Smile (feat. Ames Harding & The Mirage)

A rapturous collaboration named after a classic Clash album. Some first dates result in awkward eye contact and overpriced food scooted listlessly around plates. Some result in second dates. The best ones result in hours of deep conversation, and maybe, eventually, wedding bells. Animal Scream's Chad Monticue wrote "Sandinista Smile" about the the best kind … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Animal Scream – Sandinista Smile (feat. Ames Harding & The Mirage) →

Daily Yinz – Murder for Girls – Shark

The trio's new single comes with a video from Michi Tapes. "Shark" uses tension wire riffs, menacing bass, clipped drums, and jumprope-chant vocals to conjure images of a seedy, anonymous locale populated by figures who lurk at their tables, illuminated by yellow light and wreathed in cigarette smoke. As you walk in, "There's a lady … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Murder for Girls – Shark →

Daily Yinz – Mike Tamburo – 6 Tears for Funwheel

A dreamy guitar piece from a sculptor of sound. Kids exist on a different plane of consciousness than adults do. Sometimes it seems like a much lower plane--like when they hurl food or faceplant on flat ground--but there are times when kids tap into some transcendent wavelength that becomes elusive, if not inaccessible, the older … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Mike Tamburo – 6 Tears for Funwheel →

Daily Yinz – Mani Bahia – Blue Whistle

Mani Bahia's new single is the cool, confident "Blue Whistle." The thing that stood out to me the first time I heard Mani Bahia (as a guest on Bilal Abbey's 2021 track "Copper Skin") was her knack for concise, inventive lyricism. She packs subtext and creativity into each line, wording classic sentiments in unusual new … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Mani Bahia – Blue Whistle →

Daily Yinz – Mires – Vault of the Earth

Doom duo's first release since 2017 is Very Little Joy. "Vault of the Earth" moves like an unholy freight train painted black and adorned with leering skulls. The song chugs into massive being with a slow and lumbering riff, barely turning its axle fast enough to drag its own weight along the charred tracks. Richie … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Mires – Vault of the Earth →

Daily Yinz – Paging Doctor Moon – Tissue Paper

Paging Doctor Moon's latest release is the bluesy Generic Indie Garbage. The three-song offering finds the band at its tightest, laying down a series of velvet grooves that would make Steve Miller proud. The guitars on middle track "Tissue Paper" sound like they're made of liquid; the clean notes glisten like raindrops inching along a … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Paging Doctor Moon – Tissue Paper →