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Hey everyone,
Been collecting/doing write ups about my favourite tracks since 2013 (~4.5k posts) and last year I started re-thinking how to organize music + putting together playlists on the major streaming platforms.
Took me a while to be happy and comfortable with the end result, but I hope you enjoy it. Planning on updating them on a monthly basis. The playlists are organized in a strange genre/mood manner, which I hope it makes sense.
Have a great day and any feedback or suggestions are also highly appreciated.
Chill Beats | lofi hip hop, chillhop & jazzhop
Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud | YouTube
Groovy Beats | instrumental hip hop, soul, funk & bossa nova
Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud | YouTube
Funky Flavors | electro funk, break beats, hip hop & electro soul
Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud
Soulful Hip Hop | hip hop, neo soul, jazz & r&b
Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud
Acoustic Escape | indie, acoustic, folk & folktronica
Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud
Dance Vibes | nu disco, electro, funky house, indie dance, french house
Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud
Ambient Space | downtempo, chillstep & trip hop beats
Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud
Bass Waves | future beats, future bass, electronic dance and trap
Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud
Lush Vibes | r&b, soul & future beats
You all have had a huge influence on my music tastes over the years! I wanted to give back by posting a few of my favorite songs you all have helped me find. I may not have the coolest taste and many of these I have since found are/were quite popular, but I hope you find 1 song you like.
Chet Faker - 1998
BØRNS - 10,000 Emerald Pools
People Under The Stairs - Acid Raindrops
LCD Soundsystem- All My Friends
The Hood Internet- All of the Lights
Phebe Starr - Alone With You
Atmosphere - Always Coming Back Home To You
Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This
Purity Ring- Amenamy
Angus and Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane (Stern Disco)
Palace - Bitter
Band Of Horses - Casual Party
Earl Sweatshirt - Chum
Zee Avi - Concrete Wall (RAC Remix)
Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater
Où est le swimming pool - Dance the Way I Feel
Matt & Kim- Daylight
CHVRCHES - Do I Wanna Know (Arctic Monkeys Cover)
Spoon - Don't You Evah
Kid Cudi- Falling Star (R3k Remix)
Noosa- Fear of Love
The White Panda - Firefly
The Hood Internet- Fuck With Mo' Money
Chet Faker - Gold
Vacationer- Good as New
Matt and Kim- Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare
PUP - Guilt Trip
Heiruspecs- Heartsprings
Alabama Shakes- Hold On
Hilltop Hoods - I Love It (feat. Sia)
Bully - I Remember
Obi Best- It's Because Of People Like You
Quiet Company- It's Better To Spend Money Like There's No Tomorrow Than to Spend Tonight Like There's No Money
Louis The Child - It's Strange (feat. K.Flay)
We Were Promised Jetpacks - It's Thunder and It's Lightning
Childish Gambino - IV. Sweatpants
Bombay Bicycle Club - Ivy & Gold
Emma Louise - Jungle
Shakey Graves - Late July
Dragonette - Let It Go (Laidback Luke remix)
Summer Camp- Losing my Mind (St. Etienne Remix)
The Head and the Heart - Lost in My Mind
Trails and Ways - Mtn Tune
First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining
Awolnation- Not Your Fault
Trails and Ways - Nunca
Interpol- Obstacle 1
Ida Maria - Oh My God
Asaf Avidan - One Day (Wankelmut)
Heartless Bastards - Only For You
Catfish And The Bottlemen - Pacifier
Lowell - Palm Trees
Glass Animals - Pools
We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices
Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad City
Houndmouth - Sedona
Ryan Hemsworth - Snow In Newark (With Dawn Golden)
Above & Beyond - Sun & Moon
The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather
Japandroids- The House That Heaven Built
Foxing - The Medic
CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share
Anderson .Paak - The Season | Carry Me
Mother Mother - The Stand
Pogo - The Trouble
Spoon - The Way We Get By
The Hood Internet- The XX Goin' Give it To Ya
Summer Heart- Third Wave
Bully - Trying
Electric Guest - Waves
Max Frost - White Lies
Das Racist - You Oughta Know
Glass Animals - Youth
What songs have you long time lurkers and members found?
Edit: Thank you all for the song suggestions! Thanks for helping me find some new great music to listen to. And my apologies about no Spotify playlist, I don't use that service. Props to the users below who compiled my list into Spotify and YouTube.
Edit 2: Bonus Round
Pillow Fight - Get Your Shit Together.
ALT J - Tessellate.
Kishi Bashi - I am the antichrist to you
Ane Brun - All my tears
The Khanz - Falling Apart
Katy B - Louder
Sylvan Esso - Coffee
ELOHIM - All that gold
Bridgit Bender - Atlantis
Catfish and the Bottlemen - Twice
The Cool Kids - Connect 4
LAST Edit (OP is a dirty liar) - Thanks for the fun guys.
Purity Ring - Ungirthed
The Pharcyde - Otha Fish
Cage the Elephant - Trouble
The Clash at Demonhead - Black Sheep
Example - Watch the Sun come up (Devil's Gun Zeitgeist)
LCD Soundsystem - I can Change
What so Not - Jaguar
Cold War Kids - We used to Vacation
Walk the Moon - Ana Sun
Michael Frantic - Ganja Babe
The XX - Islands
Last Last Edit: FINE I added links you filthy animals!
L2T SUMMER SERIES
What's up L2T? It's listening party time. Stuck at work? Too bad, because you're going home "sick" to pour yourself a drink, spark one up, order up some food, tell your kids/parents they're grounded, throw all those unopened bills in the trash, kick off your shoes, and pull up a chair. It's summertime. Anything goes, unless it's turning the volume down.
We want to know what you're listening to because we love music and the people that listen to it. To help kick things off, we flew our entire moderator team to our private listening room located in REDACTED and asked them the same question:
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
Please share with us up to four artists, albums, or songs that are currently on heavy rotation for you and fit the spirit of our subreddit. Maybe you're listening to artists that are JUST over our popularity limits, or a song that was JUST posted. Well here's your chance to share. If possible, include a brief note about your tunes.
Remember, no corporate bullshit, we want tunes that are in the spirit of the sub. Include the artist name and song/album name!
Here's what we're listening to!
We've included a short blurb about each track/album when possible. Want to know how to use the table layout we used? We got you, just click here.
who? | what? | why? |
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/u/stabbinU | Toe - My Little Wish [Post-rock, Math-rock] (2016) | An instrumental, melodic, drum-focused act out of Japan. Listen for the two "breaks" in this tune, they're some of the most tasteful and exciting I've heard. |
/u/stabbinU | CHON - Audiotree Live Session [Prog/Math-rock] (2014) | I can't stop listening to CHON. The intimate setup at Audiotree worked perfectly for them. They pull off a highly melodic, mathy/progressive jazz-inspired post-rock style that has me hooked. |
/u/stabbinU | The Nextmen Personal Golf Instructions from Driver Thru Putter [Funk, Hip-hop, Reggae, etc] | A funky, aggressive, hiphop-infused summer "megamix"-tape that goes nuts with 90's samples and gets everybody's heads-a-boppin'. |
/u/stabbinU | Julien Baker - Audiotree Live Session [Singer-songwriter] (2016) | Beautiful, heart-wrenching solo performance. Amazing Q&A session between songs. Seriously, this woman is fucking awesome. |
/u/Izlandi | Folamour -- Rue D'Amsterdam [electronic/deep house] (2016) | Using a very known sample to set the mood, this slow-burning deep house tune grows into one of the year's best beach party-bangers. A sidenote: this is probably the song I've been asked to ID the most when I've been behind the decks this summer. |
/u/Izlandi | TRP -- Pano [electronic/house/techno] (2016) | This debut EP bumps, crackles and echoes in all the right places. Some serious lo-fi, dusty house with a pounding beat ready to destroy any dark dancefloors. |
/u/Izlandi | Maksy -- Clutr [minimal electronic/dub techno] (2016) | Dub and minimal techno mix oh so well. Maksy has been rising the past few years, but struck gold with his latest EP. The B-side is fire, too. |
/u/Izlandi | Moomin -- A Minor Thought [electronic/deep house] (2016) | Moomin returns with an album full of beautifully crafted deep house tunes, where there is always a jazzy piano loop around the corner. If there was one album I'd put on in my upscale hotel lobby, this would be it. |
/u/PiggyWiddit | Todd Terje (Luke Abbott Remix) -- Snooze 4 Love [house] (2016) | I've been bumping to Todd Terje's stellar Ragysh EP since it was released. A couple of years later, its tracks still give life to new explorations. I was particularly delighted by this new remix by Luke Abbott. |
/u/PiggyWiddit | Maxwell -- III [R&B] (2016) | Maxwell is the coolest motherfucker in the R&B game right now. I mean, just LISTEN to those groovin' synths. |
/u/PiggyWiddit | Ryley Walker -- The Roundabout [folk] (2016) | I think Walker's Primrose Green was one of the most underrated albums of 2015. The Roundabout is the lead single on the upcoming "Golden Sings That Have Been Sung", and this time, even Pitchfork couldn't ignore the man. |
/u/GnomeSlice | Crockett -- City of Ghosts [Outrun / Synthwave] (2016) | A compelling, cinematic continuation of the last outrun offering from Crockett, which lends itself well to a dedicated listen. |
/u/GnomeSlice | Volkor X -- Beacon (feat. Dimi Kaye) [Electronic] (2016) | Spacey and intense listen. Seriously just one of the most atmospheric tracks I've heard in ages, can't get enough of this sound. It just keeps building. |
/u/GnomeSlice | Pilotpriest -- I Am You [Electronic / Progressive] (2016) | This entire release is incredibly inspiring and cinematic. One of the best listens of the year for me. |
/u/kaptain_carbon | Blood Incantation - Starspawn [Death Metal] (2016) | Piping hot LP from Dark Descent following a great demo. A little bit easier to understand in terms of current death that isn't sailing in occultic tides. |
/u/kaptain_carbon | Dagger Lust - Aggramica [Black / Death Metal] (2016) | Vrasubatlat is a Pacific Northwest label that has been putting out fantastic black and death demos from mysterious bands that all share the same members. Dagger Lust is one of them. If you are familiar with Les Legions Noires in France, this is sort of like the current US counterpart with equally disgusting and fascinating music. Not recommended for the weak of heart or those taking medication. |
/u/kaptain_carbon | Flowdan - Disaster Piece [Grime / Hip Hop] (2016) | Flowdan was one of the founding members of the Grime group Roll Deep. If you ever listened to mid 00's dubstep for that disconnected feeling or dark hip hop with a thick British accent, this maybe or interest to you. |
/u/Flashynuff | Jonathan Lear -- Memory Well [acoustic math rock] (2014) | This is a perfect blend of math rock and folky acousticness that I've honestly been looking for for years. I almost feel like there's a hint of Fahey influence in some of the tracks like Primitive, but that might just be me hoping :P |
/u/Flashynuff | I Kill Cameron -- The Better Half [folk punk / ukelele] (2014) | Some fun little ukelele ditties with a hell of a lot of punkiness behind them. Fave track: The Toxic Infatuation of Icarus Defiance |
/u/Flashynuff | Isasa -- Las Cosas [folk / american primitive guitar] (2015) | A beautiful album with guitar work that meanders around your head and settles your soul. |
/u/StratoDaster | Michael Cronin -- Weight [Folk, Rock](2013) | I really enjoy Cronin's vocals on these calmer rock tracks. He does a good job complementing the guitar. |
/u/StratoDaster | Meatbodies -- Mountain [Hard Rock, Garage](2014) | This track manages to be chill and explosive at the same time, sort of jumping between a harder and softer sound as it goes along. |
/u/StratoDaster | Michael Cronin -- Weight [Folk, Rock](2013) | I really enjoy Cronin's vocals on these calmer rock tracks. He does a good job complementing the guitar. |
/u/NorseFenrir | Antarctigo Vespucci -- I Drew You Once In Art Class [Indie-Rock] (2014) | Just a nice little high-energy Indie Rock track from a side-project of Chris Farren of Fake Problems and Jeff Rosenstock of Bomb the Music Industry. |
/u/NorseFenrir | Math The Band -- Why Didn't You Get A Haircut [Synthesizer-Punk] (2015) | More fun, more high-energy stuff. Fast paced and with a catchy chorus. |
/u/NorseFenrir | Crying -- ES [Chiptune/Indie-Pop] (2014) | An unusual track. This mix of chiptune and dreamy indie-pop was a new experience for me.. |
/u/jollydonutpirate | Coeur de Pirate -- Francis [French Indie Pop] (2011) | Beatrice's vocals are exactly what sets this beautiful piece of music apart. This short piece tells a beautifully sad story underlined by a minimalist piano melody. |
/u/jollydonutpirate | Novo Amor & Ed Tullett -- Alps [Indie Folk] (2016) | Probably my favourite song in this grouping, Typhoon is truly a force to be reckoned with. Their idea of baroque pop, to include such an eclectic variety of instruments, makes for music that has different sections but make up this powerhouse of a piece. |
/u/jollydonutpirate | Rajaton -- Butterfly [Acapella] | Butterfly is one of the only English pieces for this Finnish group and the vocal harmonies and chord resolutions feel like a breath of fresh air. |
/u/SmugginOnTheInternet | badbadnotgood -- hyssop of love (feat mick jenkins)[jazz](2016) | IV is BBMG's follow up album to 2014's Sour Soul w/ Ghostface Killa. It has some great tracks, especially this one, along with "Lavender" |
/u/SmugginOnTheInternet | el-p -- dr hellno and the praying mantis [rap](2002) | This track is just great to listen to when doing nearly anything! |
/u/SmugginOnTheInternet | sango -- é isso aí[beat tapes](2016) | His 3rd mixtape and arguably his best, featuring a Brazillian electronic sound. |
- Raddit Mega Playlist
- Spotify Sampler - 2h14m (Note: Many of our artists songs/albums aren't available on Spotify at this time.)
Welcome!
Albums were collected from users throughout hundreds of music subs, cleaned up and presented with streaming links and playlists. There are no scores, no judgments, and no opinions - just obscure music shared and curated by other reddit users then collected and arranged for you over the course of two months by our dedicated mod team. This list is meant to complement other bestof lists on the internet, many of which are linked in the sticky comment below for further discovery. Albums are broken up into groups. There are playlists for each group, and a Master playlist with one track from each album so you can drink it all in at once.
Some genre tags are abbreviated because we ran out of space in this post! Google Play lists are included at the top of the sticky comment. The final count: 200 artists. Feel free to share your own picks in the replies here… and happy listening, you filthy animals.
Set 1 - Must Listens #1
Sampler & Albums
Federation of the Disco Pimp - Inamorata | funk | BC SP |
tricot - A N D | prog/math-rock/fusion | SP YT |
Flamingosis - Pleasure Palette | electro funk, nu-jazz | BC SC YT |
Waking Aida - Full Heal | post-rock | BC SP YT |
Alex Bleeker & The Freaks - Country Agenda | blues, folk | SC SP YT |
KOGNITIF - Soul Food | electro hip-hop/soul | BC SC SP |
L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae - The Night Took Us in Like Family | hip-hop | BC SP YT |
Blacklisters - Adult | punk/noise | BC SP YT |
Phil Cook - Southland Mission | blues, folk | SC SP |
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness | emo/post-rock, indie | BC SP YT |
Elvis Depressedly - New Alhambra | lo-fi/shoe-gaze | BC SC SP |
Kero Uno - Reflection Eternal | hip-hop/nu-jazz | BC SP |
Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People | pop punk, doo-wop, r&b | SP YT |
Monophonics - Sound of Sinning | psychedelic soul | BC SP |
Algiers - Algiers | rock/soul/gospel | SP |
Bully - Feels Like | alt-rock | SP YT |
Color Collage - Pieced Together | dream pop | BC SC SP |
Set 2 - Must Listens #2
Sampler & Albums
The California Honeydrops - A River's Invitation | neo-soul, jazz, rock | BC SC SP |
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle | indie pop | BC SP YT |
Men I Trust - Headroom | electro-pop, deep house | BC SP |
Nym - Convex | trip-hop | BC SC SP |
OTT - Fairchildren | electronic, dub, world fusion | BC SP YT |
Vulfpeck - Thrill of the Arts | sunshine funk | BC SP YT |
Miaoux Miaoux - School of Velocity | synthpop | SP |
The Jag - Pondermental Wondermental in Hypocricity | dance, rock, electro | BC SC SP |
Injury Reserve - Live From The Dentist Office | hip-hop | SC SP YT |
Girl Band - Holding Hands with Jamie | noise rock | SP |
Bop English - Constant Bop | rock ‘n roll | BC SC SP |
Louis Futon - Louis Futon EP | future bass | SC SP |
Frenic - Monomyth: Separation | instrumental hip-hop, turntablism | BC SC YT |
Ryley Walker - Primrose Green | folk, rock, psychedelic | BC SP |
Daniel T. - Tetrachromat | electronic | BC SP |
Christian Scott - Stretch Music | jazz | BC SP |
Set 3 - Progressive, Math-Rock & Related
Sampler & Albums
Mount Vesuvius Death March - Entrance to the Mountain | prog/math rock, experimental | BC SP YT |
toe - Hear You | post-rock, math-rock | BC SC SP |
Chon - Grow | math/prog-rock | SP YT |
Breaking Orbit - Transcension | heavy prog | SC SP YT |
Plini - The End Of Everything | progressive rock, metal | BC SP YT |
Strawberry Girls - American Graffiti | prog rock | BC SC SP |
Floral - The Second Floral EP | math-rock, post-rock | BC SC SP |
Delta Sleep - Twin Galaxies | math-rock, post-hardcore | BC SC SP |
Via Luna - Heavy Light | jazz/math rock, instrumental | BC YT |
Scale The Summit - V | prog metal, math-rock | BC SP |
Pretend - Tapestry'd Life | math-rock, post-rock | BC SC SP YT |
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. | prog rock | SP YT |
Stara Rzeka - Zamknely sie oczy ziemi | psych folk/blackgaze) | BC SP YT |
Set 4 - Hip-Hop, Trip-Hop & Instrumentals
Sampler & Albums
Awon & Phoniks - Knowledge of Self | HH | BC SC SP |
Dephlow - Deph Threats | HH | BC SP YT |
Jazz Spastiks & Rebels To The Grain - Unkut Fresh | HH | BC |
Red Pill - Look What This World Did To Us | HH | BC SP |
Count Bass D - Cloak and Dapper | HH | BC |
Jazz Cartier - Marauding in Paradise | HH | SC YT |
The Underachievers - Evermore: The Art Of Duality | HH | SP YT |
All Flows Reach Out - Tales From The Basement | HH | SC YT |
Leather Corduroys - Season | HH | SC YT |
Oddisee - The Good Fight | HH | BC SP YT |
Raw Poetic & K-Def - Cool Convos in Quantum Speech | HH | BC SP YT |
Anitek - Luna | instrumental/trip-hop | BC SC SP |
Roger Molls - The Man with Dusty Fingers 2 | hip-hop/nu-jazz | BC SC SP |
Mr. Moods and DJ Racy AJ - Mystic Desert | HH/jazz/fusion | BC |
Moderator - The World Within | instrumental | BC SC SP |
Brock Berrigan - Chapter 10 | instrumental | BC SC SP |
Damu the Fudgemunk - How It Should Sound Vol. 3, 4 & 5 | instrumental hip-hop/funk/soul | BC SP YT |
Funkonami - Simplicity In Perfection | instrumental/trip-hop | BC YT |
Astro Raph - King Solomon | instrumental/funk/trip hop | BC |
Soulchief. - Dandelions | lo-fi, trip-hop | BC |
Nymano - Short Stories | instrumental/jazz/HH | BC SC |
Funky DL - Blackcurrent Jazz Instrumentals | instrumenta/jazz HH | BC SP |
B-Dibe - Youniverse | instrumental | BC SC |
Set 5 - Punk & Related
Sampler & Albums
Screaming Females - Rose Mountain | punk, indie | BC SP |
Leftöver Crack - Constructs of the State | punk, ska | SC SP YT |
G.L.O.S.S. - Girls Living Outside Society’s Shit | hardcore punk | BC SP |
Poor Jeremy - It Could Always Be The Worst | punk, ska | BC SP |
Downtown Boys - Full Communism | punk | BC SC SP YT |
Könsförrädare - End of History | punk, post-punk | SP |
CHILDBIRTH - Women’s Rights | feminist punk | BC SP |
Jeff Rosenstock - We Cool? | punk | SP YT |
Pentimento - I, No Longer | pop-punk, melodic hardcore | BC SP YT |
Set 6 - Metal
Sampler & Albums
VHÖL - Deeper than the Sky | black metal | BC SP |
False - Untitled | atmospheric black metal | BC SP YT |
Horrendous - Anareta | death metal | BC SP |
Melechesh - Enki | black metal, death metal, folk metal | SP |
Dead to a Dying World - Litany | post-metal | BC SC SP |
Obsequiae - Aria of Vernal Tombs | black metal | SP YT |
Krallice - Ygg Huur | black metal | BC SP YT |
Vastum - Hole Below | death metal | BC SC SP |
Leviathan - Scar Sighted | black metal, avant-garde | BC SP YT |
Yellow Eyes - Sick with Bloom | black metal | BC SP YT |
Locrian - Infinite Dissolution | black metal | BC SP |
Elder - Lore | doom/psych metal | BC SP YT |
Weedeater - Goliathan | sludge, stoner metal | BC SP YT |
Goatsnake - Black Age Blues | doom metal | BC SP YT |
Myrkur - M | black metal | BC SP YT |
Abyssal - Antikatastaseis | black metal, atmospheric death metal | BC SP YT |
Cloud Rat - Qliphoth | hardcore, thrashcore | BC SP YT |
Panopticon - Autumn Eternal | atmosphric black metal | BC SP YT |
Nightfell - Darkness Evermore | doom metal, black metal | SP YT |
Bell Witch - Four Phantoms | funeral doom metal | BC SP YT |
Mgla - Exercises in Futility | black metal | BC YT |
Misþyrming - Söngvar elds og óreiðu | black metal | BC YT |
Macabre Omen - Gods of War - At War | pagan black metal | BC YT |
Set 7 - Electronic & Related
Sampler & Albums
CAFUNÉ - Love Songs For Other People | electro pop | BC SC SP |
Hunee - Hunch Music | deep house, disco | BC SC SP YT |
Ark Patrol - Primo | soultronica, future beats | SC SP YT |
Archie Pelago - Off-Peak OST | deep house | BC SP YT |
Kisses - Rest In Paradise | indie/electro-pop, nu-disco | BC SC SP |
Michal Menert & the Pretty Fantastics - 1 | indie rock, electronic pop/rock, jamtronica | BC SC SP |
GGOOLLDD - For The Night | electro pop | SC SP YT |
HNNY - Sunday | deep house | SP YT |
Random Rab - Awoke | deep house, ambient | BC SC SP |
PrototypeRaptor - Decouverte | prog/electro house, dance | BC SP |
GRiZ - Say It Loud | electro hip-hop, funk | SC SP YT |
Fennec - RIP City | electronic, house | BC SP |
MACROSS 82-99 - CHAM! | future funk | BC SP YT |
Emika - DREI | electronic, dubstep, trip-hop | BC SP YT |
Vulpey - Purple EP | dubstep, glitch hop | BC SC SP |
Griff - Unstuck In Time | glitch | SC SP |
Haisuinonasa - Transformation | glitch, post-rock | BC |
Electrocado - Scribble | glitch-hop, house, psytrance | BC SC SP |
Stepcat - The Jitterbug EP | glitch hop, electronic jazz/funk | BC SC SP |
MATRiXXMAN - Homesick | techno, house | BC SC SP YT |
Carpenter Brut - EP III | darksynth, synthwave | BC SP |
Makeup and Vanity Set - Wilderness | darksynth, synthwave | BC SC SP |
Crockett - The Heist | synthwave | BC |
Tennyson - Like What EP | future bass/experimental | BC SC SP |
Kasbo - Umbrella Club EP | future bass/chillout | SC SP |
Set 8 - Jazz, Afrobeat, Funk & Related
Sampler & Albums
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Ba Power | afrobeat | BC SP |
Vula Viel - Good Is Good | afrobeat | BC SP |
Various Artists - Senegal 70 | afrobeat | BC SP |
The Main Squeeze - Mind Your Head | funk, soul | SC SP |
Nigel Hall - Ladies & Gentlemen… Nigel Hall | funk/neo-soul/r&b | SP |
The New Mastersounds - Made for Pleasure | funk | SP |
Leon Bridges - Coming Home | neo-soul/r&b | SP YT |
Magic City Hippies - Hippie Castle EP | indie funk | BC SC SP |
The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Sure Fire Soul Ensemble | funk/soul/jazz | BC SP |
The Soul Surfers - Soul Rock! | deep funk | BC SP |
Superfluous Motor - The Hodgepodge Maneuver | prog funk/jazz | BC SC SP YT |
Mouse on the Keys - The Flowers of Romance | prog/jazz fusion | YT |
The Breathing Effect - Mars Is a Very Bad Place For Love | jazz fusion | BC SC SP |
Donny McCaslin - Fast Future | modern jazz, electronica | BC SP YT |
Kneebody & Daedalus - Kneedelus | acid jazz, electronic | SP |
POWERHOUSE - In An Ambient Way | jazz, hi-fi | SP |
Quintonal - Quintonal | jazz funk/fusion | SC |
Snarky Puppy - Sylva | jazz funk/fusion, orchestral | SP |
James Brandon Lewis - Days of FreeMan | free jazz/funk | SP |
Erik Friedlander - Oscalypso | jazz, cello | BC |
Marike van Dijk - The Stereography Project | jazz | BC |
Fay Hallam - Corona | jazz, bossa nova | SP |
Tigran Hamasyn - Mockroot | jazz | SP YT |
autoisolation - Into the Mist | dark jazz, ambient | BC SC SP |
Mad Professor, Prince Fatty - The Clone Theory | reggae, dub | BC SP |
Set 9 - Chilled
Sampler & Albums
Japanese Wallpaper - Japanese Wallpaper | electro-pop/ambient | BC SC |
WMD - WMD | chillwave/lo-fi | BC |
HVOB - Trialog | minimal/deep house | SC SP |
Edamame - Paper Lanterns | electro hip hop, lo-fi, downtempo | BC |
Kanibeat - Youth | downtempo, hip-hop | BC SC YT |
il:lo - Places EP | trip-hop | BC SC SP |
Neat Beats - Sleep Cycles | trip-hop | BC SP YT |
Eguana - Life Flows | psytrance/trip-hop/fusion | BC SP |
The Digital Connection - Chasing The Midnight Sky | glitch | BC SC SP |
Embryon - Embark | industrial/chillout | BC |
Soular Order - Unearth EP | garage | BC SC SP |
Honeyruin - Echo Mist | garage | BC |
Idlefon - Submarine | ambient, garage | BC |
36 - Sine Dust | ambient | BC |
2814 - ??????? / Birth of a New Day | ambient | BC SP |
Tom Hartney - Seclude EP | ambient/chillout | BC SC |
Set 10 - Americana & Related
Sampler & Albums
Ben Caplan - Birds with Broken Wings | folk | SC SP |
Brown Bird - Axis Mundi | folk | BC SP |
Kitchen Dwellers - Live In Montana, NYE 2014 | newgrass, jam | BC |
Trout Steak Revival - Brighter Every Day | bluegrass, newgrass | SC SP |
Jake Xerxes Fussell - Jake Xerxes Fussell | piedmont blues, folk, rock | SP YT |
Daniel Bachman - River | american primitivism, blues, folk | BC YT |
Dwight Yoakam - Second Hand Heart | country | SP |
Los Texmaniacs - Americano Groove | tejano, tex-mex, rock | SP |
The Word - Soul Food | blues rock/soul | SP |
Chuck Johnson - Blood Moon Boulder | blues, folk | BC SP YT |
Danny Kroha - Angels Watching Over Me | country blues/folk | SP |
The Deslondes - The Deslondes | tejano, rock, alt-country | SP |
Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues | folk-rock | SP |
Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle | bluegrass | SP |
River Whyless - River Whyless EP | indie folk/baroque pop | BC SC SP |
Kyle Fosburgh -- One Night | folk | BC |
John Gill -- Visions | folk | BC |
Tom Brosseau -- Perfect Abandon | folk, country | BC SP |
Dan Flynn and The State of Things -- Preparing for Flight | folk | BC SP |
Set 11 - Rock, Pop, Soul & Blues
Sampler & Albums
Ringo Deathstarr - Pure Mood | shoegaze, alt-rock | SP YT |
Summer Cannibals - Show Us Your Mind | alt rock | BC SP |
Emma Bale - My World Untouched | pop | SP YT |
Fantastic Negrito - Fantastic Negrito Deluxe EP | rock, rnb, soul | BC SC SP |
Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds - The Weather Below | rock, soul, rnb | BC SC SP |
The Revivalists - Men Amongst Mountains | rock, funk, soul | SP |
The Sheepdogs - Future Nostalgia | rock, blues | SP |
Slow Hands - I'll Find Me | dark pop | SC SP |
Frances - Let It Out | indie pop | SP |
Westkust - Last Forever | shoegaze, indie rock, noise pop | BC SC SP YT |
Yumi Zouma - EP II | dream pop, indie pop | SC SP YT |
Hibbity Dibbity - Tinctures, Potions & Elixirs | blues-rock | BC SP |
Boogarins - MANUAL | psych rock | SC* SP YT |
Barrence Whitfield & the Savages - Under the Savage Sky | rock n’ roll | BC SP |
Blackfoot Gypsies - Handle It | rock, blues, garage | SP |
Wolf ft. Scott Metzger - Wolf! | surf, swing, rock | SP |
Edit 2 - All right, elitists, the great Crowbar Debacle has been taken care of and order has been restored to the hall.
Edit - Just a reminder, it's a big help if you can include a link to a track or a band page if you're recommending other groups in the comments!
"Sludge is harsh doom metal with hardcore punk and/or noise rock elements."
I'd like to thank the grim as fuck /u/VonWolfhaus, /u/CosmicDruid, and other kind moderators of /r/sludge for putting this together. Stop by and check out their community when you get a chance! I'll start off with a couple of my own picks that made me want to further explore the genre and subscribe over there myself, some time ago:
Bison B.C. - "Primal Emptiness of Outer Space", I've posted this here before, so apologies for the repeat, but I like it so damn much.
The Secret - "Bell of Urgency" (Wait for it!)
If you have picks that you feel should also be on a must-listen list for the genre, please post them in the comments below
Early Sludge:
Melvins - Night Goat, Melvins are often cited to be the creators of sludge; their first releases in 1986 & 87 circulated around the southern metal scenes which helped grow the genre.
Melvins - The Bit, Melvins’ style has fluctuated around many subgenres genres, mostly rock, but this remains a sludge fan favorite, often used in their setlists
Grief - Hate Grows Stronger, Early 90s Boston sludge that really raised the bar for aggression in the genre
Iron Monkey - Bad Year, Old school English Sludge band. One of the major influences in the subgenre.
Down - Temptation's Wings, Phil Anselmo from Pantera fame, along with members of Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity, and Goatwhore round out this southern NOLA sludge staple.
Acid Bath - Jezebel, Never gained much popularity but were essential in creating the hardcore dirty sound straight from NOLA.
Buzz*ven - Don't Bring Me Down, Oldschool grinding, groaning, and overall disturbing NC sludge.
Eyehategod - Ruptured Heart Theory | Alternate YT link, Southern US scenes were integral in popularizing and spreading sludge.
Eyehategod - Revelation/Revolution | Alternate YT link.
Crowbar - Planets Collide, Formed in 1989 and pioneered a slow, heavy sound.
Crowbar - Repulsive in its Splendid Beauty
Editor's aside: This was my first exposure to Crowbar as a wee lad
Later/Contemporary:
Thou - Smoke Pigs, Thou are well-known in the community and inspired a lot of darker and harsher sludge bands in the early/mid 2000s
Thou - Rats and Mice and Swarms of Lice
Mastodon - March of the Fire Ants, Innovators of progressive sludge; arguably the most famous of Georgia’s “sludge trinity” which have all moved into different styles later in their discographies
Mastodon - Blood and Thunder, Their most popular work, but listen to their remastered demo ‘Call of the Mastodon’ and compare the styles
Editor's aside: Mastodon - "Cut You With a Lineoleum Knife", from ATHF: Movie Film for Theaters. Now back to the regularly scheduled program!
Baroness - Tower Falls, Second of the georgia three, fully transitioned to rock over the course of their career but maintain quality songwriting throughout
Kylesa - Where the Horizon Unfolds, Last of georgia’s big three, Kylesa use varying amounts of psychedelia in their sludge, more and more in their latest work
Neurosis - The Doorway, Neurosis are the innovators of post-metal, a more atmospheric form of sludge intended to provide a wider range of intensity and emotion
North - Old Blood, Post-metal veterans
Northless - Flesh & Ghost, Not to be confused with the above band; Heavy with a very original riff-writing style
Yob - Atma, Modern sludge/doom with a lot of psychedelic elements in their songwriting
Yob - Burning the Altar, (10:12 slays)
Snailking - In the Wake, Some describe them as a grittier Swedish Yob
Dark Castle - Awake In Sleep, Prog/Psych Sludge band who often use foreign scales
Dark Castle - Seeing Through Time
High on Fire - Serums of Liao, Pummeling side-project of Matt Pike from famous stoner/doom band Sleep
Sadgiqacea - False Segments, Philly’s own “Black DMT Sludge” (Inactive)
Fórn - Dweller on the Threshold, Boston’s own trippy doomsday conjurers, massive stuff
Fórn - Gates of the Astral Plane
Phantom Glue - Perils Weird & Fun but still heavy Boston sludge project
Coffinworm - High on the Reek of your Burning Remains, Indiana, some black and death elements
Coffinworm - Instant Death Syndrome
Primitive Man - Antietam, Brutal, modern blackened sludge
Bongripper - Descent, Bassy doom from Chicago
Bongripper - Reefer Sutherland
Corrupted - Loss, Japan’s heaviest export, been around for a long time
Auric - Husks, Newer Arkansas band, really reviving prog-sludge with some originality
Pyres - Atlas Cast No Shadow, another psych/prog sludge band that takes influence from the Georgia scene
Old Man Gloom - Promise, Ambient/noise merged with sludge to form their signature sound
Torche - King Beef, Staple of the Miami scene, usually with a much more fun take on sludge, but these two tracks are no cakewalk
Torche - Barrier Hammer, This track uses some ‘bomb strings’ (super low ‘flab-tuned’ notes), pioneered by Steve Brooks’ other doom band Floor
Shroud Eater - Sudden Plague, Another big name in Miami, Jean Saiz’s got one mean voice
Shroud Eater - High John The Conqueror
Senior Fellows - ATROCITIES EXPLODE THE DELUSION OF TOLERANCE (#24), Fresh anger from Tulsa, LP2 out soon
Senior Fellows - GOD ENDORSED SLAVERY (#2)
Bison B.C. - Fear Cave, Beefy canadian stoner sludge
Bison B.C. - One Thousand Needles
Conan - Foehammer, … Become a caveman
Sea of Bones - The Stone, The Slave and The Architect, Bleak, unforgiving
Sea of Bones - Failure of Light
Buried at Sea - Migration Track 1, Similar to the above
Graves at Sea - Betting on Black, Groovy & Dirty
The Body - A Curse, Monstrous riffs topped with fearful, paranoid vocals and noise elements
The Body - An Altar or A Grave, They often collaborate with Connecticut choirs/string players, and don’t forget to check out their collaborations with Thou
Downfall of Gaia - Carved into Shadows, Uses black metal passages & post-metal elements
Downfall of Gaia - In The Rivers Bleak
Amenra - The Pain. It is Shapeless, More on the post-metal side of things with a little black/post-hardcore
Amenra - Silver Needle, Golden Nail
Love Sex Machine - Warstrike Takes The Piss, These guys have some ‘core’ elements in their riffs, similar to Admiral Angry and Black Sheep Wall; this track is much more sludge though
Beast in the Field - Wakan Tanka, Rifftastic instrumental 2-piece
The Christpunchers - Tread of the Iron Legion, Instrumental heaviness
The Christpunchers - Black Lung in the Age of Crime
Weedeater - God Luck and Good Speed, Super stoner/sludgy metal; very blues/groovy
Harvey Milk - Jim's Polish, More dirty, slow, and trudging sludge metal. You’ll note some aspects of stoner and doom metal in their approach.
The last listentothis genre appreciation thread was for folk-punk. This time, I thought I'd bring out something a little bit more driven by electricity and...insanity.
What is breakcore? I dialed up the ages-old resource for obscure subgenres of electronic music over at Ishkur's Guide (not always spot-on, but I don't care, it's a hilarious time-sink), and was surprised to see it not listed there. So that forces me to make up my own definition, which would be "breakbeat, drum and bass, and hardcore techno all having a methed-out orgy in a hell whose temporal functions keep losing control of themselves and random movies with pop culture references loop in the background." Or we could go with wikipedia: a style of electronic dance music largely influenced by hardcore, jungle, digital hardcore and industrial music[3][4] that is characterized by its use of heavy kick drums, breaks and a wide palette of sampling sources, played at high tempos.
I've long been a fan of some of the best-known names in the genre, like Enduser and Venetian Snares, but I reached out to the kind souls and scholars in /r/breakcore for the master class in this style. Someone rightfully pointed out that perhaps the track best known to a wider audience that has significant components of breakcore could be Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy (warning: fucking terrifying). Without further ado, here is your master-list. If you have a breakcore track you think should be here, post it in a top-level comment and it'll get picked up by the playlister.
playlist of media in this thread | mobile
Note: some of these videos may contain potentially NSFW content. Due to the volume of songs/videos posted, I have not watched all of them all the way through, but I have seen one that has a questionable still image on the youtube video.
Venetian Snares - Pwntendo. Venetian snares is the ultimate entry drug to breakcore.
Venetian Snares - Choprite. [possibly NSFW image]
Venetian snares - Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die
Venetian Snares - Hajnal
A relatively relaxed track compared to the previous suggestions. Classical, jazz and breaks, what's not to love?
Igorrr - Pavor Nocturnus
Probably the most "relaxed" track of this bunch. Featuring the vocals of öxxö xööx/Laurent Lunoir
Foxdye - MDMA booty bang Meshcore
Amboss - Mad Tuesday Ragacore at it's finest
These (next two) songs showcase how Breakcore can be beautiful and evoke emotion:
Dr. Lefty - Ah Shwe Bah (Raggacore See: 2:00)
Kola Kid - Spaceman (Chipbreak)
Doormouse - "War Pigs" (yes, that "War Pigs*)
Enduser - I Come from Cincinnati. Interesting vocal manipulations and a driving energy
Hecate - "Philosophy in the Bedroom". An overall sinister sound that's delightfully wicked.
Graz - Magic Rug Cutter Graz is the absolute master of mashcore, structuring his music upon crazy chords and intricately constructed mashups. The "Everytime We Touch" drop in the middle here is to die for.
goreshit - welcome to high life!//mimic goreshit brings a lot of idm and 90's rave influences into dancecore and makes some of the most intricately made dancecore out there with beautiful chord progressions and fresh sound design that wonderfully evokes 90's era happy hardcore. This is a two-parter remix of MOSAIC.WAV's mimic me
YZYK - Gravity Distortion Highspeed breakcore on an overclocked Game Boy Color? Yes please! YZYK doesn't just master the Game Boy he throws all the rules of chiptune out the window for intricately woven and technically astounding breakcore and metalcore.
Error - "Nothing's Working" - straddling the line between digital hardcore and breakcore, with vocals by Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato
Aaron Spectre - Look Out Fi Liar
Emotional Joystick - I got the hits and the party jams Vol 35
Istari Lasterfahrer - ce qui reste de ce qui va
Toecutter - The Sugar Before Bedtime Polka
The Flashbulb - Lucid Bass III
Ruby My Dear - The Dreaming Tree
Asfast - I Thought I Cought A Bird
I Broke My Robot - Not So Fast You're Hurting Me
Kettel - Why Aren't We Talking?
Rioteer - Branded
One of my favourite breakcore tunes containing samples from the Big Lebowski, a 60's western series
Servants of the Apocalyptic Goatrave - Blood of Three Virgins
Collaboration of Sickboy & Bong-Ra based on (Hammer) horror-samples, rave and gabber
Killselector - Agoraphobic Breaks
Short but sweet. Found an edit on a compilation, really liked the sound of it.
Otto von Shirach - "When Dinosaurs Rule the Earth"
Otto von Schirach - Pussy Pump
The Blood of Heroes - "Breakaway"
Dev/Null - Fuck anyone who wasn't into the stuff i'm into before i was
Terminal 11 - "Phoenix" - Textures!
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