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A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Reliable Child - Little Conversations A nostalgic, bittersweet ballad in which Michael Berginc's hitching vocal twang recalls Lord Huron at his most wistful. More from Reliable Child Follow on Instagram and Facebook ### How Things Are Made - Kittens A … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 06.23.23
Silver Car Crash's latest release, Shattered Shine (Crafted Sounds), finds the band reckoning with the transition from young adulthood to actual adulthood. Over the course of the album, angular guitars and propulsive rhythms soundtrack the dawning realization that, in order to claw yourself out of the sucking morass of faded youth, you have to actually, … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Silver Car Crash – Crime
The crate-digging Bossy's latest mixtape is called Baby Ol' Head. On "Mona Lisa's Mean Mug," producer RVMSES flips a keening soul sample, creating a candlelit atmosphere for Bossy to engage in some of his signature wordplay. He backs up his boasts with tight internal rhymes ("Blood splatter all over the Mona Lisa/This the art you … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Bossy – Mona Lisa’s Mean Mug
The noise-poppers broaden their sound on Girl With Fish (Saddle Creek). For a band that trades in blown-out fuzz, feeble little horse use a good deal of acoustic guitar on Girl With Fish. "Slide" sees the group pair homespun picking with gentle, effervescent synths; a contemplative backdrop that allows Lydia Slocum, in sleepy deadpan, to … Continue reading Daily Yinz – feeble little horse – Slide
To make up for Bored In Pittsburgh's inactivity over the past several weeks--which were spent moving a bunch of stuff from one apartment to another--here's an extra long look at some local music that hit the spot recently ### Sherry CD-ROM - No Living Dead (feat. Shanax Bars) A soul-baring computer rock suite that rides … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 06.14.23
Taylor Gang's Kris Hollis joins forces with Dejah Monea for a new single. "I Ain't Never Seen You Here" is a woozy, late-night slow jam that sounds like it was conceived, written, and recorded in the most dimly-lit corner of the club. The percussion hits with the light touch of a finger grazing an arm, … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Kris Hollis – I Ain’t Never Seen You Here (feat. Dejah Monea)
The theatrical rockers of Working Breed returned in May with Gaslighter, their first album since 2019. "Deep End" is a compact, rope-skipping, hopscotching anthem that uses schoolyard chants ("1, 2, 3, 4/Who is even keeping score? [...] 9, 10, 11, 12/ Let the past be on the shelf") to conjure a liberatory atmosphere, like it's … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Working Breed – Deep End
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Six O'Matic - Old Hag At the Apothecary Bagpipes have an unfair reputation as bleating, grating things, a reputation that Six O'Matic battles with his luminous ambient swells. More from Six O'Matic Follow on Instagram and Facebook ### SoulMan IT … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 05.25.23
David Bernabo's Watererer project returns, minus a traditional drum kit, plus a vibraphone and the usual roster of collaborators, for a new LP on the Ongoing Box label. On the album, *deep breath* Flax-flow’r Hue Quaked and Chiseled Stone Polywater Thermal Vision Adamant Run (which sounds like a passage from Finnegans Wake), Watererer coax rhythms … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Watererer – Cyclonic
Alvin Row's latest release, Small Feelings, conveys emotions that are hard to place. While tranquil grooves, warm, floaty synths, and naturalistic samples drive a number of the pieces on Small Feelings, "What You Do To Me" hits like a blissed-out rave held inside an arcade. As drum-and-bass style percussion twists itself into knotty patterns, digital … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Alvin Row – What You Do To Me
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