Music

I like some of Das Racist's stuff, but I can see why people would dislike them

My favorite recent hip-hop acts are probably El-P and Killer Mike:

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I don't know as much about hip-hop as I'd like to, though, honestly

And yeah I agree that Pitchfork is probably responsible for the proliferation of a lot of overrated stuff

I like Digable Planets a lot

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if there's one thing that can unite everyone in this thread it is undoubtedly a love of digable planets

I thought the Get Lucky/Le Freak/Another Star medley was cool, though Stevie is sounding a little rough these days.

Also Daft Hug is heartwarming

To be honest I don't know enough about drum machines to get excited about the AIRA, though it has generated quite a bit of hype

Fuck the grammys, Pete Seeger is dead.

Hahaha those pitch-shifted vocals

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I'm not a huge Who fan but I really like this

I don't often post vg music but

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Dang, that first song is amazing.

PL posted this on his tumblr and i was not aware of it's existence

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It's quite enjoyable, but it's apparently not in-game. Absolutely hate it when good songs go unused on vgs

Prepare for maximum-overrustle/eargasm then; it happens often.

I like Brazillian stuff a lot!

To be honest though what I'm really digging is that first Krapulax (what a name) track


In other news a bunch of George Duke's 70s albums are on Spotify now wooooooooooooooo

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Holy crap George Duke/Hermeto Pascoal/Cal Tjader collab

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Yeah, I know, trap music, gross, but I love the melodic synth on this track

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Supes, thoughts?

Because there's very little old music that A) I think you'd like but B) you haven't already heard about

anyway listen to this

is güd

I'd heard of Kavinsky from the Drive soundtrack, but I'd never really listened to his stuff before. I like it! And you're right, he definitely has a more distinctive melodic style than Todd Terje.

I've been getting into Kate Bush lately. Hounds of Love is a great album:

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Like Bjork, I didn't really like her voice at first but it's grown on me

Kate Bush is one of my favorite artists, even though I only managed to discover she existed a couple short years ago. Listening to her stuff never gets old.

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Kate Bush is one of my favorite artists, even though I only managed to discover she existed a couple short years ago. Listening to her stuff never gets old.

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Fun fact: the machine in the Cloudbusting video was designed by H.R. Giger

I think it's cool that Kate Bush was so involved in every aspect of her music (writing, production, music videos and live stage direction, etc.). And that she stood up to a major label at age nineteen. I'm almost 21 and what the hell have I done

edit: she was also apparently the first female artist to have a self-written #1 Billboard hit, which I didn't know!

oh man super

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For one day only, De La Soul is giving their entire back catalog (minus The Grind Date) away for free.

So Squarepusher's doing a weird new project with a guitar-playing robot:

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Not sure if I like it or not. I feel like the best parts are parts that he could've played on physical instruments - the "impossible" breakdown in the middle is just self-indulgent.

Still, it's an interesting project, and I'm curious for the album. Squarepusher's output might be uneven but you can't criticize the dude for being repetitive or unadventurous.

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That last track!

I like all those, especially that Belgian (?!) track!

In unrelated news the new St. Vincent is excellent

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I've realised that the wiggles songs I heard when I was six probably explain why I recognised morningtown ride 13 years later without being able to figure out why

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