New mix – Beverley Knight, Nia Archives, Anz, Amaarae, Angel Olsen, couple good things from Quebec.
New mix, in which I once again float my idea that Taylor Swift’s career trajectory is the same as Weezer’s (a Tumblr post from a decade ago!) and hence only has two “eras,” the Before and After. Also some Polish Christian kid pop that makes me want to drive skewers into my eyeballs, but in a good way. My children adore it.
School’s out for summer (almost), so here’s a summery mix. Teenage Fanclub, Caitlin Rose, YACHT, Turkish pop that led me to Anatolian rock from the 70s, 7-minute Lindstrøm sunshine, music from Ghana and Côte D'Ivoire, and a v long minimal techno thing from Matthew Dear.
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2023 Mix 18: BABY I AM A MACHINE
Lots of A.I. talk but only one song with A.I. in it.
Next mix (number 17), with some familiar faves (Kate NV, Cornelius, Altin Gün, Chemical Brothers) but mostly new to me. I jump aboard a modest hype train for Sweeping Promises, extol the virtues of outcast nerd girls in rap (Bbyafricka), and think about Cameroonian music and where its foundational sense of 6 comes from. Oh, and there’s a completely bonkers synth solo at the end.
New newsletter! Little Dragon, Flume, and Oscar Isaac(!), along with some disco and funk (non-baile) and jazz. And did you know that Fred again.. used to be Brian Eno’s neighbor? (They put out a good album.)
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New newsletter! Kesha talks to God just like I did when I got COVID; the 90s alt saturation point sounds pretty good; lots of cool stuff from North Africa; Miguel seeks fertility.
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New newsletter – seems like the Ice Spice rumor mill was a little overeager, but my joke from five days ago, that it was a Little Mermaid/Ursula situation, stands. Elsewhere: blink-and-you-missed-it My Bloody Valentine vibe in an amapiano song, a very damp brass band, and more.
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2023 Mix 12
Barbie convertible pop – which is to say all good music ever! Listen for some summery vibes ET CETERA.
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2023 Mix 11
New mix – Coi Leray, Big Freedia, ABRA, Miranda!, 70s Indonesian pop, more MC Pipokinha, Bebe Rexha’s second good song ever, the returns of VV Brown and Be Your Own Pet, and a bunch of other stuff!