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CENTURY III is back with "TIED IN KNOTS," the trio's first release since 2020. Century III the mall may be getting demolished piece by piece, but CENTURY III the band is still going strong. Funny enough, their new single, the pining "TIED IN KNOTS," actually sounds like it was recorded in an abandoned mall. Skronky, … Continue reading Daily Yinz – CENTURY III – TIED IN KNOTS
Threaded recently released a split with Crash Nebula. Threaded takes shoegaze's foggy guitars and somnolent vocals and stains their pastel-pink hues with murky black ink. The sound is dreamy, but it's one of those dreams where you're trapped in an endless maze of featureless hallways searching desperately for an exit that leads to a place … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Threaded – Swell
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Pen Lordz - Never Enough Arsinel and Fam Ross divide and conquer over a piano-led boom-bap instrumental (courtesy of Bordeaux, France's Kheyzine). Watch out for the punch lines; they might give you a black eye. More from Arsinel and follow … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 05.17.24
Ames Harding goes solo and stripped down on the Hummin' EP. Ames Harding's music has always blurred the lines between the earthy and the human, and that trend continues with Hummin', a three-song EP--recorded and mixed at home--that features sylvan odes to love, creativity, and family. The lyrics on opener "Groovin'" mingle slow jam sentiments … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Ames Harding – Groovin’
The first single from Church, due out June 21st on We Be Friends. In the liner notes to Church, Weidenhof describes the childhood experience of attending Catholic mass in the following way: "...hundreds of people would all attempt to sing the same melody microtones off from one another at varying tempos with monstrous organ sound … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Ricki Weidenhof – Raptured in Formal Violence
Today's exercise features pet bathhouse terror. BARK APPOINTMENT RELAXATION PREDICT The big bark of Happy Go’Houndly echoes across the pet bathhouse. Heads human and animal turn in apprehension. It’s that time of the year again. Happy Go’Houndly is here and his hair is long and dirty and he needs a grooming finished off with a … Continue reading Random Word Generator 05.14.24
A distress signal sent up from a terrible workplace. Even though "Bada Bing!" is one of Secret Tunnel's debut singles, the band already sounds like it's at the end of its rope. The song opens with an image of true paycheck-to-paycheck desolation, served extra bummed-out over melancholy chords: "The friend of the friend of the … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Secret Tunnel – Bada Bing!
The Taylor Gang rapper's latest release is Soul Searching. "100," one of the tracks from Soul Searching that received music video treatment, finds Fedd and collaborator Latia on the lookout for honest simplicity in a world full of flashing neon distraction. Fedd starts the track off with the weary admission, "Life been kicking my ass," … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Fedd The God – 100 (ft. Latia)
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Livefromthecity - Strange A melodic, lovelorn trunk-rattler that finds Live examining a soured relationship over heavy bass and stuttering percussion. More from Livefromthecity Follow on Instagram and Facebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBvsiUXE6Uo ### Caleb Kopta - Pour Over A hearty, funky pull from … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 05.10.24
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
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