I haven’t paid attention to this site for a long while now. WordPress, the Podpress plugin, and the mp3 locations all fell out of sync; I’ll see if I can nudge it forward a bit.
Category Archives: Uncategorized
New Mefi Music Podcast!
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2015-11-15
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Greenish has launched a podcast covering Metafilter Music. Check it out!
My favorite SXSW tracks
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2014-01-27
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The SXSW music festival features music from hundreds of artists, and I check it all out. If you like this podcast – currently on break – you might like my favorite songs from them, via a Spotify playlist (still in progress), like the one I made last year.
L’Etoile by malocchio
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on 2014-01-23
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L’Etoile is a beautifully mellow and ethereal song, with non-verbal vocals.
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Nova Dolphin by CarrotAdventure
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on 2014-01-22
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Nova Dolphin is happy synthpop, with a propulsive backbeat.
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Meteors by CarrotAdventure
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on 2014-01-21
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Meteors is a happy dancy synthpop song.
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You Are Somewhere Around Here by jtron
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on 2014-01-20
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You Are Somewhere Around Here is a remix of a song by the Maybenauts, and it’s largely timestretched: the song is slowed down, which lends the guitars a very heavy sound, like distorted shoegazer guitars.
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Duet by Cantdosleepy
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on 2014-01-17
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Duet is a happy poppy electronic song, not unlike something The Postal Service would do.
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The Kids Aren’t Coming by l2p
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on 2014-01-16
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The Kids Aren’t Coming is a cool punkish song, repetitive but I like the guitar.
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Ballad of Steven Slater by cortex
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on 2014-01-15
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Ballad of Steven Slater is a fun rock song with a subject ripped from the headlines! It’s about a flight attendant who got fed up, walked off the job dramatically, and became a folk hero. A year later, he gave an interview to the Huffington Post, he was in better shape, and avoiding media. Good luck!
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This Was Hardly A Moment by cortex
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2014-01-13
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Romantic comedies have tropes like meet-cutes, and sparks found in a moment of connection. This Was Hardly A Moment is a rock song that takes a look at those tropes and says, “uh, no.” There are songs about love at first sight, and this is like an anti-love song.
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After the Summer Has Gone by Karlos the Jackal
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2014-01-09
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After the Summer Has Gone is a chamber pop song – think Magnetic Fields, with autoharp and marxophone. It was also part of the “summer song” Music Challenge, but it’s more about how the summer in the past tense.
Edit: The feed isn’t updating. I’m checking it out.
Edit: Something’s up on the server – perhaps there are too many songs? I’ve updated software, plugins, and the server type, and it’s working again. I’m leaving this as the song for tomorrow too.
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Viral by Babblesort
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2014-01-08
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Viral is some relatively spare electronica, with a synth line and percussion; it works as background music, or a soundtrack. It sort of rolls along.
It samples a speech from “The Matrix” and a commentary for “Brazil.”
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Listen to Your Heart by dacre
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2014-01-07
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Listen to Your Heart is a clubby dance song, with pulsing synths, autotuned vocals, and a piano outdo. It’s like a muscular and relentless steamroller. It’s fun and ridiculous.
The original version, by Roxette, is a pop ballad. It’s really sedate by comparison.
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Summer’s Calling (remix) by unSane
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2014-01-06
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Summer’s Calling (remix) is cheerful garage pop rock. It was part of a Music Challenge about summer songs.
Coming up on the podcast this July: Christmas songs!
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Waltz #2 by chococat
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2014-01-03
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Waltz #2 is a pretty if downbeat acoustic ballad, with lovely harmonizing.
It’s a cover of a Elliott Smith tune. The lyrics, and the biographical details behind them, are dark.
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Sin and Vice Vice by l2p
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2014-01-01
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Sin and Vice Vice is a lovely bit of garage rock with a 60’s vibe. It’s l2p’s first time on the podcast.
Happy New Year!
Edit: Whoops, I put down 2013. This will be tomorrow’s song too!
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Happy Bunny by ageispolis
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-31
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Happy Bunny is a fun dance song, with a few layers – a staccato synthetic gamelan, a cosmic boing, and other synths galore. I like its metronomic rhythm.
Airy by dunkadunc
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-30
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Airy is an instrumental synthpop song, with cold and somewhat piercing synths.
Lean Back by dunkadunc
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-27
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Lean Back is a lovely, dreamy, layered and instrumental track, with fuzzy synths.
Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom by cortex
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-26
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Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom is a dumb, fun, and short punk rock song. Oh, and it’s catchy, too.
The title’s inspired by a weird news item.
Nightlights by dunkadunc
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-25
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Nightlights is a sorta synth poppy song. It reminds me of the soundtrack to Drive, with colder synths.
Edit: This is weird: this song isn’t showing up in iTunes for me. I’ll try to dig into the problem later!
Edit: It’s working now.
Bad Romance by ZsigE
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-24
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Bad Romance is a one-man indie pop ukelele and synth cover of the Lady Gaga song, which I now recognize prefigures a couple of elements of Miley Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball video – namely, some nudity and the crying close-ups. Is this a stretch? Sure it is, but I felt like linking the Chatroulette version of the video. It’s like an early Christmas gift!
A Nighttime Song by malocchio
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-23
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A Nighttime Song is a dreamy pop song, with a bit of a dark side to it. The background “pipe organ” makes me think of a carousel in a nightmare.
It’s malocchio’s first time on the podcast, with their first song!
Republic by Cantdosleepy
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-20
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Republic is a charming, weightless, and wordless electronic piece.
This is Cantdosleepy’s first posted song, and also song #750 on the podcast!
No No No (The Ballad of Gina and Bobby) by uncleozzy
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-19
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No No No (The Ballad of Gina and Bobby) is a fun punk rock song. I love the guitars!
(Nothing But) Flowers by askmeaboutLOOM
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-18
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(Nothing But) Flowers is a relatively straight cover of the Talking Heads tune, with nice world music instrumentation. It’s about, well, someone who finds themselves in a bucolic and pastoral setting, and misses technology. “If this is paradise, I wish I had a lawnmower.”
Today by willc
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-17
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Today is a goofy little, slightly disjointed, sorta-college rock song, with absurdist (and not entirely work-safe) lyrics, and music including a ukelele and drum machine. And, I think, a bass guitar groove.
It’s willc’s first time on the podcast, with the latest song he’s posted.
bitquake 2 by loquacious
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-16
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bitquake 2 is a lofi electronic song, with rumbly bass and glitch sounds and a nice instrumental flow. Ooh, and metronomic pacing, which I’m pretty fond of.
Caerse Muerto (cyan mix) by sleepy pete
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-13
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Caerse Muerto (cyan mix) is like a world music soundtrack to an action movie, with much asskicking. It has throat singing, stabbing strings, drums, and a lush and layered atmosphere with other fun instruments.
“Caerse Muerto” means “drop dead.”
womankind by edlundart
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-12
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womankind is a slow and sincere ballad to the awesomeness of women. It’s acoustic; melodica, piano, and the lap steel that I love.
HighSchoolSweethearts by CarrotAdventure
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-11
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HighSchoolSweethearts is a happy bouncy synthpop song.
Follow Alexandria by multivalent
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-10
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Follow Alexandria is a cool and acoustic “indie folk” song, with guitar and ukelele. This band hails from Glasgow.
Cold Dip by Corduroy
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-12-09
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Cold Dip is a cool folksy acoustic song, with harmonizing. I find it pleasantly relaxing.