https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F67X70csnFE
One of my friends in Prague played this constantly. Every time I hear it, I think of sitting around his coffee table, drinking beer and doing puzzles.
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(3 votes, average: 7.33 out of 10)Loading... Okay, here we go (finally). Like last year, we're going to have to play a little catch-up, but we'll get there.
Out of the volunteers, Algonad, CarterHayes, Daneekas Ghost, MagUidhir, Rhubarb_Runner, Twayn, and Zack all make the cut as they did not DJ last year.
Out of the remaining, I am removing Zee German (sorry, bro) as he is the only of last year's DJs to have gone two years in a row. So, there are 6 volunteers left for four spots.
Per usual, handles will be placed in alphabetical order, and a random sequence of numbers will be generated and that order will be matched to the alphabetical list of names. Numbers 1-4 are in, and 5 and 6 will have to wait until next year:
A similar method* was used to decide the order, and here are you 2020 Guest DJs!
February 24 - March 21: MagUidhir
March 16-22: Zack
April 6-12: Algonad
April 20-26: Beau
May 11-17: nibbish
June 15-21: CarterHayes
July 13-19: davidwatts
August 10-16: Rhubarb_Runner
September 14-20: Twayn
October 12-18: Daneekas Ghost
November 16-22: Philosofer
December: Best of 2020
*The random sequence for the months was run continuously until Rhu_Ru got the August spot, per his request
Oh, and drop your lists.
We live in an online world that's controlled by algorithms. There's not much I can do to stop it, I mostly just roll my eyes at what these algorithms think I like. A flying vacuum? Sign me up for 5! 26 hour a day all Christmas music station? Hook it straight into my veins!
But, every once in a while these algorithms get it right. "Love Starvation" popped into my YouTube recommended videos and since it was Nick Low I gave it a click. I loved this song five seconds into it. Instantly bought the Love Starvation/Trombone EP and played it about 500 times. Here is a live performance of that song. I hope you enjoy!
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I find LDR's live performances hard to watch and her recent videos only OK. I think it's that her voice sells so much irony that her face doesn't convey.
But her record is fantastic, so here's a fan video (despite the "official" in the video title). Song selection driven in part by wanting to keep it clean.
(5 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... More often than not, Hozier hits the sweet spot for me.
(3 votes, average: 7.33 out of 10)Loading... Angélique Kidjo‘s Celia, a contemplation of Celia Cruz’s African roots, might be my favorite album of the year. Maybe I should’ve chosen a video of her singing “La Vida es un Carnaval” or “Bemba Colorá” or “Sahara” for this, but I wanted to showcase Kidjo’s interaction with her audience at her BBC Proms debut this year. I can’t help but smile every time I watch it. This music, this kind of performance draws hearts together. In the weeks to come, I think we could all use a good reason to smile together.
(6 votes, average: 8.83 out of 10)Loading... I’m pretty glad that 2019 is finally coming to an end. I don’t feel like recapping in here (gotta save some material for Festivus eh?), but I will say that the events of the year made it really hard for me to really connect to a lot of music.
Music has been a huge part of my life for 25 years. The last few years, I can easily think of 50 albums I enjoyed. This year it’s honestly hard for me to identify 10 things I listened to that were new. I desperately needed normalcy and spent a lot of time revisiting the same things over and over, mostly albums I loved from a dozen years ago and that last Lil Peep album.
Anyway, the new Nots record, 3, was the closest to that kind of thing out of new stuff I heard this year. I love this kind of raw, urgent, punk. I liked the other Nots records but this one really sank its hooks into me. Given how damn hard that was this year, it says a lot about this record.
Also, I’m going to cheat and add a second, totally unrelated, song here. I couldn’t find a live video of it (which is super unfortunate, I saw her last year and she was incredible!), but it’s my favorite song of the year so you’re welcome.
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The first time I heard this song I knew it was going to feature in a prime spot on my summer list. Sure enough.
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