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A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot over the past few weeks ### Pharaoh Lum - Ain't Been Stepped On Don't be fooled by the instrumental's low-key glisten; this one comes at you like the sole of a Timberland boot. More from Pharaoh Lum Follow on Instagram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwl7te-3xtY ### … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 04.10.26
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Frog Legs - Killamanjaro Scraggly folk-punk that manages to wring buoyancy from the existential dread that defines 21st century living More from Frog Legs Follow on Instagram Artwork by leafypains ### FARKAS/HACKATHORN DUO - The Unmarked Tomb of the Witty … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 03.27.26
The latest volume of Blue Pine, a recording series from Eric Stevens' Forest Counties project. Forest Counties is less a band than it is a state of mind, a grain-hazed, tape-warped bucolic, both spatially and temporally removed from the optimized gloss that marks our times. Eric Stevens (Michi Tapes' label head) masterminds the project on … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Forest Counties – Blue Pine Vol. 4 Overture #1
Here it is: Bored In Pittsburgh’s favorite local tracks from the past year, arranged in no particular order. Not a best-of list by any means, just a collection of music that stood out to one person. As always, there were so many great releases that it was impossible to include everything, but here goes. ### … Continue reading Yearly Yinz 2025: Songs
The band gets raucous on its latest album, Flower to the Mind. Flower to the Mind finds Watererer collaborating with MIRAKLER guitarist and vocalist Daniel Gene, and the result is the harshest music the group has ever created. Ever the experimenters, they've produced plenty of dissonance over the years, but, thanks to Gene's ragged hardcore … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Watererer – Putteth Forth
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot over the past few weeks ### Sewn Tight - Keep Lying To Yourself Convulsive hardcore beatdown that ratchets up the heaviness as it goes, ending at a barbarous lurch. More from Sewn Tight Follow on Instagram and Facebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPLahdg9_GI ### UPRISING - … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 09.19.25
A few words about a few more tracks that hit the spot over the past few weeks ### SHUAA - Heating Up A velvet smooth romance jam whose guitar chords flicker like a fireplace viewed through twin wine glasses. More from SHUAA Follow on Instagram and Facebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM0xtsdhYj8 ### Wyborn - Portable Water Full-throttle shimmer … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 08.29.25
The electronic artist's new album, labor, is full of busy sounds. FLOOR BABA's music, which teems with all manner of colorful and lively sonic splotches, has always made me picture a cell's internal industry. labor makes the connection more explicit. This is productivity music for an imaginary realm in which work is fun, in which … Continue reading Daily Yinz – FLOOR BABA – Heatwave Blues
A few words about a few more local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Calamity Vessel - The Siren's Dream Windswept black metal that contains a strong melodic undercurrent, like an angelic song filtering up through dark waves. More from Calamity Vessel Follow on Instagram ### tamping - sortie (feat. temper the steel) … Continue reading Multi-Weekly Wrap-Up 08.08.25
The experimental duo's debut release is void jazz (Reptilian Snack). On void jazz, guitarist/synth player Andrew Kruske and drummer Eli Weidman create abstract constellations of notes and textures. Strums, plucks, synth wriggles, and snare and cymbal hits bring to mind drops of rain splashing against the surface of a pond; each lands with a crisp … Continue reading Daily Yinz – prepare thyself – spirits of the prism
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