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Choo Jackson's latest is the eclectic Under Tha Ocean is Outerspace. The artwork for Under Tha Ocean reminds me of a panel Bill Watterson might have drawn for Calvin and Hobbes. Like that beloved comic strip, Under Tha Ocean tackles weighty topics with a sense of wide-eyed mischief. Opener "All Forgivin," one of the album's … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Choo Jackson – All Forgivin
The quartet's new release spirits the heart of a cowboy to modern day Pittsburgh. On the gentle, dustblown "Play the Dead," frontperson Kirby Jayes describes their 9-5 as a "tippy tappy little job" that requires them to "say small prayers to a machine that sleeps a thousand miles away." If you'd shown the cowboy from … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Horace Whisper & the Empty Hand – Play the Dead
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Luwidakid - Obsession Melodic flows float echoing around a zonked-out headspace created by drifting, aqueous tones and kitchen-sink percussion. More from Luwidakid Follow on Instagram Video by Blossom Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfQ58bHPJE0 ### G.R. Zombie - Palo Santo (feat. XOMBIEMANE) A screwed-down … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 03.15.24
Council's latest single creeps like a lone tear down a cheek. Sour Patch Kids were my drug of choice as a kid. I'd buy them--or rather I would cajole my parents into buying them for me--whenever the chance arose, which usually ended up happening at the local movie theater's concession counter. I loved the candy's … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Joziah Council – BITTERSWEET (Breakup Version)
Today's exercise happened because I watched too much I Think You Should Leave and it infected my brain. CALENDAR STEAK LAMB CHURCH Mark your calendars, people. It’s coming again, and so am I, because I’m so excited. What? Oh, sorry, folks, can’t make those kinds of jokes anymore. No fun allowed. No raunch allowed. Ok, … Continue reading Random Word Generator 03.13.24
The group returns with MOIPsgiving, its first full-length album since 2016. You might picture a song called "Horse Opera" as a bombastic affair filled with whinnying tenors and stirring string arrangements, perhaps an existentially tragic aria about an injured Kentucky Derby winner awaiting his journey to the glue factory. Meeting of Important People's "Horse Opera" … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Meeting of Important People – Horse Opera
SUN TURRET's latest release, The Digital Dreamer, is a collection of B-sides from the past several years. The Digital Dreamer exists in a nocturnal realm lit softly by the glow of tram lines twisting far below like phosphorescent river deltas. Inside each tram there is a computer whose purpose is to sort through the stored … Continue reading Daily Yinz – SUN TURRET – Night Times
A new single that jams its way through the apocalypse. The Grateful Dead saw fire on the mountain. The fine folks of Cisco Kid see it everywhere. Over a hip-shaking groove whose bubbly guitar plucks bear traces of rings, bells, and begonias, frontwoman Addi Twigg conjures images of flaming mansions, wailing sirens, and rockets crashing … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Cisco Kid – Mother Man
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Pink Gin Marimbas - Thank You, Space Brother A little homespun ditty draped in rings of flanged guitar and chintzy toybox Casio. Like a song for your imaginary friend. More from Pink Gin Marimbas ### Manny Dibiachi - Matter of … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 03.08.24
A moody single from Trapnati 3, due out tomorrow. The saxophone that winds its way through "First Prayer"s Stvii B-produced instrumental sounds like the last curl of gunsmoke drifting across the desert after a duel. Somber piano, resonant bass, and rattling hi-hats contribute to the spare, barren atmosphere. Hardo uses a melodic cadence to survey … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Hardo – First Prayer
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