Feb 8, 2018
Playlist: Music That Helped Me Ignore Reality (This Week)
This Weeks Spotify Playlist
I put out weekly playlists. I use Spotify because I have an easy time finding most of the music I want to include is there (and I hope that I can make some bands that I like a few extra bucks).
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I used to be a mediocre DJ back in the day (which might be an overly kind assessment of my skills). I try to emphasize brand new music from the Punk, Post-punk, Electronic, Alternative Hip-Hop, and Garage genres.
No big motivator for this week’s playlist except for the ongoing insanity we are living through.
Music That Helped Me Ignore Reality (This Week)
- Jen Cloher, Analysis Paralysis, S/T (2017)
Let’s face it, as hard as I try, I am never able to listen to every new album during any particular calendar year.
Very sorry, I got to this very good 2017 album in early 2018 (sigh).
2. Lipsyncer, H. Grimace, Self Architect (2017)
I included a few H. Grimace tracks last year on my playlists. Another album that I liked a great deal but which did not ultimately make my best of 2017 list (probably because I am stupid). I have been listening to this album a lot the last few weeks.
3. Erase Myself, Flasher, S/T (2016)
Going back to an old favorite from 2016 because I felt like “Erase Myself” fit really well here. Big fan of Flasher.
4. How to Socialize and Make Friends, Camp Cope, How to Socialize and Make Friends (2018)
I feel like it is my obligation to include any newly released tracks from this great Australian band whenever possible. If you are not a fan yet, you should be.
5. Good Things, Sleater-Kinney, Call The Doctor (1996)
It would be hard to catalog all of the thousands of times I have driven around Michigan with my car stereo blasting Call The Doctor (my favorite Sleater-Kinney album). Excited to hear they are working on new music.
6. Talking Pictures, FRIGS, Single (2018)
As you have probably noticed by now, I love songs that bend notes into uncomfortable places and use feedback as instrumentation. Little bit of both here.
7. Dust On Trial, Shame, Songs of Praise (2018)
Songs of Shame is one of the really great post-punk albums of 2018 to date (yes, I know it is only February but this is a very strong album). Another great British band with an interesting sound.
8. Weatherboard Man, Batpiss, Rest In Piss (2017)
I was mostly familiar with bat droppings aka “Guano” from a few “cave adventures” as a kid…but, I suppose that they must micturate as well? Oh well, good song…interesting band name (and album title).
But then again, I always loved this album too (still do).
9. Floored, Sextile, Albeit Living (2017)
Including Sextile was part of my ongoing plot to include a Felte artist on almost every playlist (kidding, kind of). Anyway, many are pegging Sextile as a “next big thing” band. I dunno, hope so, would say that music was embracing difference and experimentation again.
“Albeit Living” kind of sums up the feeling behind this playlist pretty well.
10. Muted Beatings, Albert Hammond Jr., Single (2018)
Very excited to hear the new album from this former Strokes Guitarist. His last solo album was in my top 20 for 2016 (I love/d The Strokes).
11. Love Without Reason, Dream Wife, S/T (2018)
There are a lot of songs, including “Love Without Reason,” on the new self-titled album from Dream Wife that really surprised me (as in I started listening and didn’t think much but noticed that be the end I was really engrossed in the songs). I need to give this album several more listens.
Anyway, there is a brightness and joy to the hook on this song that I just deeply love.
12. How Simple, Hop Along, Single (2018)
There is something I have always really enjoyed about the voice of Frances Quinlan, I loved the last Hop Along album and, if this song is any indication, I am going to love the new Hop Along album.
12. Murray’s Lullaby, Hachiku, Single (2018)
Hachiku is, in some ways, like a Wes Anderson of music. Detailed to the point of preciousness, but in the best possible way.
That might sound like a backhanded complement, but I really have grown very fond of Hachiku’s music.
13. The One To Wait, CCFX, CCFX EP (2017)
I know absolutely nothing about this band but I really dig this song. I will see what I can find out and get back to you!
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