Daily Yinz –  Ali Berger & the Next Level Commitment – Confessions

Craving Runs This Hurting World is a two-track release from DepthWorks Audio Geometry, a sub-label of Berger's Trackland umbrella. "Confessions" is a flitting, elusive piece of jazz-inspired electronic music. Each muted percussive hit sounds inquisitive and alive, like it's learning on the fly its place in the greater sequence. The beat is overlaid with a … Continue reading Daily Yinz –  Ali Berger & the Next Level Commitment – Confessions →

Daily Yinz – Black Moth Super Rainbow – The Dripping Royalty

Local favorites' latest album is Soft New Magic Dream. Black Moth Super Rainbow live in a realm different from our own, one without right angles, in which sight lines are photochemically blurred, in which organic and inorganic matter have begun to meld. "The Dripping Royalty," which hits midway through Soft New Magic Dream, would be … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Black Moth Super Rainbow – The Dripping Royalty →

Daily Yinz – Bath Time – Mothman, Dave, and Sasquatch

The duo's second album is Hooby Dooby. I love goofy music. Two of my favorite albums are Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica--a collection of atonal garbage pail blues freakouts--and Blectum from Blechdom's Haus De Snaus--a lo-fi gutter opera about critters that eat toes and have sex with each other. Bath Time's music, which sounds like … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Bath Time – Mothman, Dave, and Sasquatch →

Daily Yinz – Livefromthecity – City Whoopin’

The emcee released the City Says EP in advance of his upcoming mixtape, God As My Witness. The EP's five tracks are full of energy; as Live himself puts it in the album notes, "This one ain’t for the background." Second track "City Whoopin'" finds Live in the club, winking at the ladies with one … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Livefromthecity – City Whoopin’ →

Millvale Music Festival 2025 – Day 2

Saturday, May 17th The Polkamaniacs I arrived at the second day of the 2025 Millvale Music Festival with little pieces of dirt embedded in both eyes. It had been a windy five-mile trek from Squirrel Hill, and plenty of grit snuck in under my sunglasses along the way. I regarded the joyous masses that lined … Continue reading Millvale Music Festival 2025 – Day 2 →

Daily Yinz – Strayline. – Subtracting

Strayline. (a side project of Threaded's Ian Flasik) recently released three singles in advance of an upcoming LP. "Subtracting," which features Jake McClarnon (Crash Nebula, Urban Doctors) on bass and producer Tyler McGuire on drums and backing vocals, feels like it's emanating from a seafloor cavern, beckoning like a siren song. The echoes on this … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Strayline. – Subtracting →

Daily Yinz – find my friends – Call

feeble little horse guitarist/producer Sebastian Kinsler debuts his solo project. find my friends' self-titled release contains eight compact tracks stuffed full of chipper digital beats, topsy-turvy synths, textured guitars, and sly melodic hooks. The songs are brief, but they're not mere sketches; each is rendered in intricate detail, like the works that certain dextrous visual … Continue reading Daily Yinz – find my friends – Call →

Daily Yinz – Pro Video – Actor

A prickly new single from the PGH supergroup. I didn't know it was possible for guitars to leer and sneer, but on "Actor," Pro Video axemen Justin Bennett and Nick Blum coax their instruments into some truly rude configurations. They needle; they strut; they harmonize dissonantly. A pretty passage of strummed, bell-like harmonics is followed … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Pro Video – Actor →

Daily Yinz – Sleeping Witch & Saturn – Mother’s Day

The quartet returns with its first release since 2022. Much of Sleeping Witch & Saturn's music is unsettled, dark, and dramatic, but they've always known their way around a hook, and with "Mother's Day," they lean fully into the vintage pop sweetness hinted at on songs like 2022's "Midnight Launderette." The new single may feature … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Sleeping Witch & Saturn – Mother’s Day →