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The Parade at Bobbleton by nthdegx

The Parade at Bobbleton is surprisingly rousing for such cheesy synths.

sippin’ on some severus by kimyo

sippin’ on some severus is sultry & geeky trip-hop.

unhiphop [ar 2] by C.Batt

unhiphop [ar 2] is electronica, with layers of chill and noodling synths, head-bobbing percussion, & glitch.

ripples by advil

ripples has synths that remind me of a Vangelis soundtrack. It starts with calm synths, builds a nice momentum, then mellows out again.

That wraps up the coverage from the first Music Challenge.

When You’re Feeling Thirsty by spacedog

When You’re Feeling Thirsty is a charmingly goofy little paean to water.

Storm by MvE

Storm is a quiet instrumental piece, set during a rainstorm in the desert.

While the Gittin’ is Good by mccreath

While the Gittin’ is Good is surf rock, with the guitar thrown through a punkish distortion pedal.

sailing on right by by kimyo

sailing on right by is dreamy, lush trip-hop, with lovely layers.

I Like Hat by ageispolis

I Like Hat is a catchy song, with beatboxing, synths, and fembot vocals reciting absurd lyrics.

Nested Sorrow by Chocomog

Nested Sorrow is an instrumental piece, featuring a dissonant ukelele.

underwater caves by saulgoodman

underwater caves is a pretty, mellow, and atmospheric song.

Edit: We’re past the first birthday of Mefi Music, and entering the second year now.

Sinaloan Milk Snake Song by escabeche

Sinaloan Milk Snake Song is a cover of a Mountain Goats song, with a different feel entirely – it’s faster, with more instrumentation than the original.

Don’t Let Jessamyn Pick the Themes by micayetoca

Don’t Let Jessamyn Pick the Themes is an instrumental acoustic song, with seagulls. It’s another take on the first Music Challenge, water.

Aquamarine by grubi

Aquamarine is some nice, crunchy powerpop, from grubi, who I’ve featured a couple of times, including some hip-hop just a couple of days ago.

This is the very first song from the very first Metafilter Music Challenge, water.

Fincha cha cha Remixed by PuGZ

Fincha cha cha Remixed is a dancy little song, based around a dorky sample.

Manifesto by grubi

Manifesto is geeky, intelligent rap. I like the rapper’s flow, the chorus, & the background music.

get the door by RobertFrost

get the door soothes me, with a looped acoustic guitar, bells, and circuit bent background noises.

I’ve liked a couple of RobertFrost’s previous songs – bent+acoustic also used circuit bending to good effect.

spanish cakes by nicolin

spanish cakes is a mellow, improvised acoustic guitar piece.

Threnody by milquetoast

Threnody is a punchy, short – three minutes long – rock song.

Owl Creek by danb

Owl Creek manages to convey moods with its acoustic guitar.

Not Anymore by markulus

Not Anymore is a poppy rock song.

American Dreams by ageispolis

American Dreams mixes Rage Against the Machine, Interpol, and Super Mario music, into a dance / hip-hop song.

Happy Fourth of July!

Hopeful Hopeful by tmcw

Hopeful Hopeful uses a loop pedal to make a fugue, so that the guitar’s playing both in the foreground and background.

Tower Song by inoculatedcities

Tower Song is a cover of a Townes Van Zandt song, pretty and sad.

Requiem for the Living by goodnewsfortheinsane

Requiem for the Living is an angsty rock song. The end leads into Get Out of My Songs (previously).

Ten Thousand Waves by ldandersen

Ten Thousand Waves is an atmospheric electronica song.

A Song for Dolphins by OverlappingElvis

A Song for Dolphins is an odd, eclectic song.

Insert your own “so long and thanks for all the fish” joke here.

Requiem for blink by goodnewsfortheinsane

Requiem for <blink> is a tongue-in-cheek ode to the <blink> tag. (This was originally posted in the first version of Metafilter Music.)

Elfrita the Landlord by ageispolis

Elfrita the Landlord is an awesomely bouncy house song.

Hide and Seek by The White Hat

Hide and Seek is a pretty acoustic guitar cover of an Imogen Heap song. The White Hat and I were both introduced to the song by the Dear Sister meme in the previous month, spawned by a The Lonely Island / Saturday Night Live short.

Dreaming of the Sitar by lancer1966

Dreaming of the Sitar uses a flute, piano, & sitar to make a simple, pretty composition.

Tsunami by jlowen

Tsunami is a disorderly, drunken, & catchy song including a banjo, a cheesy synth, an accordion, and a kazoo.

Synthoholics Anonymous by ozomatli

Synthoholics Anonymous is a sometimes cheesy, sometimes pretty chiptune romp.

Sanitarium Sound System v2.0 by deusdiabolus

Sanitarium Sound System v2.0 has an awesome rolling bassline.

Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out by cortex

Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out is a Great Depression-era folk song by Woody Guthrie.

old french song by nicolin

old french song is a choir singing a traditional song in the Occitan language, recorded by nicolin in a small church in the south of France. It reminds me of the eerie, hair-raising music from Ghost in the Shell.

I just noticed: Last Friday marked the hundredth song posted here!

All The Things You Are by adrian_h

All The Things You Are is an solo acoustic guitar take on a jazz classic. It’s a lovely song, which you might recognize from Charlie Parker and from Ella Fitzgerald.

C & D’d by 31d1

C & D’d is a mellow, upbeat instrumental song. That twangy sound is a (fake) berimbau, a percussive string instrument.

The Biggie Blues by ageispolis

The Biggie Blues is fun hip-hop, remixing Notorious B.I.G. with glitchy samples.

Save the Fattest Girl for Me by markulus

Save the Fattest Girl for Me is a catchy & funny pop/rock ode to women who aren’t skinny.