by Bella Lardin As an avid DIY music listener, I'm always on the lookout for the next big band to come from the basements of Pittsburgh and its surrounding cities. My newest obsession: Up With The Sun, the debut album of emo/pop punk/alt rock band Fosh. At its core, Fosh (pronounced foe-sh, stylized "Fosh.") is made up of brothers Nico, Luca, and Dante Schwartz, with their father George Schwartz, cousin Steve […]
by Sarah Thomson poorly wrote suicide note is a screamo project created by Ashley P. She released a self-titled album on June 23, 2023, and has been an important figure in new-gen screamo ever since. Her split with bright little stars, released in August 2023, was a highlight which made me very excited for her future work. Pwsn ii is a follow-up to this original self-titled album. In pwsn ii, […]
This year, WPTS Radio staffers nominated their favorite albums for inclusion on our official year-end list. Here are their top 11 picks... JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES Two of the biggest names in experimental hip-hop combined to make one of the best albums of the year. Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA provide amazing, catchy verses throughout the whole album, all overtop of great production from JPEGMAFIA. I see […]
by Zack Rodick Sprain’s The Lamb as Effigy, or Three Hundred and Fifty XOXOXOs for a Spark Union With My Darling Divine is a winding, sprawling, noise-rock slash post-rock masterpiece about the flailing of all human creatures in our interactions with other people, the insignificance of human concerns, the dwarfing in magnitude of human experience in comparison to the divine—whatever that may be, however divine it may be—and the performative […]
by Courtney Lucier Sufjan Stevens’s latest album, Javelin, is quite an emotional listening experience. Somber and melancholy, with a tinge of nostalgia, the album has a long-solo-car-journey kind of vibe, meant for deep reflection and contemplation as to the actual meaning behind the lyrics. While Stevens is usually known for being quiet about his private life, this time he has let us in on the meaning of his new album: […]
by Julie Rostock - Published June 23, 2023 “Let's Talk: why is E·MO·TION good? Or rather what makes it so good? Carly Rae Jepsen's latest effort was a breath of fresh air for me, but I can't really articulate why. The album was critically acclaimed across the spectrum, adored by fans, eventually voted as Pitchfork's most underrated album of the year. It's definitely my favorite mainstream pop album (snuck into […]
by Maddy Dean - Published December 23, 2022 The singer-songwriter Molly Burch recently released the extended version of her 2019 Christmas album. With three new songs, the extended version adds to an album that takes a unique Texas twist on holiday melodies. The tracks create a listening experience filled with the warmth of a hometown holiday and clever covers of some favorite Christmas classics. Disc 2 of the album opens […]
by Dexter Froud - Published December 23, 2022 In case you’re completely out of the loop on what Donuts is, it’s an album entirely composed of sample-based rap instrumentals by legendary producer James Yancey, who is better known as J Dilla. It’s his most celebrated project, but to no fault of his own, it would also be his last. During the making of this album, he was hospitalized with lupus […]
by Maddy Dean - Published November 23, 2022 Coco & Clair Clair’s third album Sexy made me feel like I can be rich, famous, unbothered, and of course, sexy. The musical duo’s twelve-track album combines the sounds of hyperpop, dream pop, and rap to create an engaging musical experience for fans and new listeners alike. Coco and Clair’s whimsical voices and almost “bratty” rap lyrics not only portray their musical […]
