A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Paging Doctor Moon – Dirty Alcoholic A dust-coated slow burn, full of wailing guitar licks, that examines the quicksand pit of an unhealthy relationship. More from Paging Doctor Moon Follow on Instagram and Facebook Artwork by _foxlens ### Ennaytch – Sweat Off Our Brows Released on Pittsburgh’s Black Ring Rituals Records, this fourteen-and-a-half minute electronic piece pulses with foreboding energy. More from Black Ring Rituals Follow on Instagram and Facebook ### Connemara – Arthur’s Cello Named (I think) in honor of the ..read more

A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Tiny Wars – Hopeless Place Throwback anthem whose strutting guitars, soaring vocals, and nostalgic synths would sound at home soundtracking Dazed and Confused. More from Tiny Wars Follow on Instagram and Facebook Artwork by Paul Haggerty ### Sommelier – Bug Bomb Moves eccentrically through passages of stately chamber strings, atmospheric guitar noodles, and chugging, proggy rock. More from Sommelier Follow on Instagram and Facebook Photograph by Zach Coss ### Cavemann – White Cats Subsonic burbles underpin a driving rhythm ..read more

To make up for Bored In Pittsburgh’s inactivity over the past several weeks–which were spent traveling around PA, NY, and NJ in rental cars due to my 20 year-old Civic deciding to die–here’s an extra long look at some local music that hit the spot recently: ### Forestry Division – Townhouse The band formerly known as Andre Costello and the Cool Minors lays down a slow-burning groove rendered psychedelic by subtle auto-tune tweaks. More from Forestry Division Follow on Instagram and Facebook Photo by Shauna Miller ### Grimey Grimez – Mash (prod. prodigykrock) Bars delivered in an authoritative ..read more

A few (early) words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Mister Strawberry – a bird that never flew Precise, twinkly instrumental passages bookended by unvarnished shouts. A few tricky time signatures thrown in for good measure. More from Mister Strawberry Follow on Instagram and Facebook Photograph by Erika Linkenheimer ### HollyHood – Snapple (feat. Semaj Regah) A teetering, squeaking, bass-heavy instrumental acts as a foundation for freewheeling boasts and clever punchlines. More from HollyHood Follow on Instagram Photograph by majestic_marie26 Lost Realms – Serpent Ap ..read more

The fuzzmongers of Melt return with a new full-length called Replica of Man. Lead single “Sight To See,” which appropriately clocks in at exactly 4:20, is a twisted warlock waltz that features buzzing guitar lines, forsaken wails (“Now the path is lost/Just take it from me”), and some especially deft drum work–full of starts, stops, fills, and flutters–and culminates in a darkly anthemic chorus. Check out more from Melt and follow on Instagram and Facebook Artwork by Emily Wooddell ..read more

A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Lounna – Lavender Wine (Light Version) A stripped-back, dreamier version of an earlier release, replete with enraptured picking–both banjo and guitar–feathery vocal plumes, and wistful lyrics. More from Lounna Follow on Instagram and Facebook ### Guns For Frogs – Rapidly Decaying Sunlit Flowers Complete digitized chaos that does in fact sound like what would happen if you presented guns to a horde of angry frogs. More from Guns For Frogs Follow on Instagram Artwork by Nero White and Orion Stephens ### Stay Another Season ..read more

Producer BusCrates recently released a new LP on Bastard Jazz Recordings. Control Center features BusCrates’ signature blend of rubber ball synths and soulful, head-nodding grooves. “Floating In The Wind” sounds like an old school funk track that’s been plunged into a saltwater lagoon; drums create the steady rhythm of waves bobbing against a shoreline, keyboards drift, glassy as jellyfish bells, and a lead synth curls like a warm breeze. Check out more from BusCrates and follow on Instagram and Facebook ..read more

MIRAKLER’s latest release, How I Became The Devil (Reptilian Records), contains fifteen tracks of clanging discord. Unhinged howls, screeching guitars, and gut-churning rhythms abound. Despite its title, “This Is Brit Pop” is decidedly not a Britpop song. Instead of a sneering anthem about going out with the lads, it’s a nervous breakdown set to paranoid riffs and grimy bass gurgles. The a cappella interlude near the beginning of the track sounds like frontman Daniel Gene getting an actual exorcism in the studio. It will set your teeth on edge in the best way possible. Check out more from MIRA ..read more

The eclectic, psychedelic band released a two-track single last month. The title track enlivens a hip-shaking funk groove with strutting keyboard flourishes and intricate sprays of smacked hand drums. Harding’s lyrics are simultaneously heady and sensual, evoking both spiritual strife and bacchanalian rapture, often within the same thought (“Rain won’t fall in cluttered mind/Ripe with words of flesh and rind/But no wind those words can find/Without a voice our fate is blind”). Existential struggle is rarely so danceable. Check out more from Ames Harding & the Mirage and follow on Instagram ..read more

A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Sweat – Ice Cream Man A big block of 70s-throwback cheese that features swaggering riffs, sparkling keyboards, and soaring vocals. The bands named after places–Boston, Kansas, etc–would be proud. More from Sweat Follow on Instagram and Facebook Artwork by Studio Jack Crossing ### Zya Marx – thrum A mysterious mass of layered drones that sounds like the type of thing that a mushroom would listen to as it grew on a tree stump. More from Zya Marx Follow on Instagram ### Invisibility – Lukewarm Chamber The jingle that plays on ..read more