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A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week (a day early, since I will be wandering around Chicago tomorrow) ### The Chad Sipes Stereo - Thoughts and Prayers Veteran rock quartet's new album examines a country sick with all sorts of maladies that are medicated with all sorts of … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 05.12.22
The fuzzy, slack-happy (slack-sad?) Zells take a ride in the "Hell Car," the second single from their upcoming album, Ant Farm (Crafted Sounds). While The Zells have always cranked up the distortion, slumped their shoulders, and fixed their eyes downward in response to the alienating drudgery of modern American life, they've got a TV sitting … Continue reading Daily Yinz – The Zells – Hell Car
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Tough Cuffs - It Got Colder Title track from noise punks' new release is a perfect representation of the album itself: grander, more spacious, and (somehow) even more furious than last year's Wasted Pleasure. Droning guitars creep and roar, bass … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 05.06.22
A playlist containing some of the music featured on Bored In Pittsburgh this past month https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4DlSCc5vPX7AEY314jxm01?si=694fe0c32027476a April 2022 songs that aren't on Spotify (and where to find them) natural light - black winter salt dirt CHILLER - DEMO 2016 Music En Berlin - Pilots of the Pale - In 3 Parts
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Sommelier - Alt Weakly A sinister waltz that sounds like Muse performing a Danny Elfman-penned Off-Broadway musical centering on a struggling lounge singer hellbent on vengeance against those who have overlooked him. More from Sommelier Follow on Instagram and Facebook … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 04.29.22
Oddball R&B artist and rapper Deej recently released, "Deejor," a single that exudes subdued swagger. There's a point on "Deejor" at which Deej, addressing a dude over his proclivities for messing around while out of town, murmurs, "They don't know you like I do." On a lesser track, the line might function as a plea … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Deej – Deejor
Photo by Estée Preda. Banner photo by Ariane Moisan. Gus Englehorn is an Alaskan singer/songwriter, now based out of Montréal, whose innocent-sounding bleat and whimsical turns of phrase belie the spooky undercurrent that swirls beneath his scruffy garage rockers. Englehorn released his debut album, Death & Transfiguration, in 2020, and recently played a show at … Continue reading A Tarantula Whispering Bad Thoughts Into Your Ear – A Q+A With Surrealist Troubadour Gus Englehorn
Tyler Heaven are a quintet whose full-length March debut, Darkness on the Edge of the Parking Lot, combines lush sonics with haunted lyrics. Throughout Darkness's ten tracks, guitars chime, drums echo and hiss, violins keen, and Brady Lanzendorfer, voice pitched at a Daniel Johnston quaver, conjures images that hint at catastrophe without revealing it fully. … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Tyler Heaven – Mongoose
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Sinia - Missed Exit Minimalist, free-floating heartache jam that deconstructs R&B's composite parts and scatters them loosely around a skeletal rhythmic framework. A rumble of bass here, a synth droplet or triangle ping there, serve as landmarks for Sinia to … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 04.22.22
In advance of their upcoming album, Ride the Dark Trail, The Mixus Brothers recently released a sepia-toned single called "The Girl From Topeka." The track contains The Mixus Brothers' signature elements--rollicking strums, ramshackle vocal harmonies, toe-tapping percussion--but fleshes them out with strands of electric guitar (courtesy of one "EZ Mixus") that wink and glitter like … Continue reading Daily Yinz – The Mixus Brothers – The Girl From Topeka
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