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Song of the Week 08/15/2025

Nick León - R.I.P. Current

Melancholy Miami beats for these sweaty summer nights

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Song of the Week 08/08/2025

Gordi - Peripheral Lover

Gordi usually makes wounded, digitally-smeared, post-Bon Iver folk-tronica (terrible genre name), but now she's getting dancey!

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Song of the Week 08/01/2025

Burial - Comafields

Burial is back, in full night-drive bliss-out mode.

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Song of the Week 07/25/2025

Black Sabbath - Never Say Die

RIP to the dark prince, godfather of metal, legend among legends.

Everyone always talks about the first 4-6 Sabbath albums, and obviously those records are phenomenal but, maybe because it was my first, I've always been partial to Never Say Die! and the title track in particular. It kind of sounds like the band's take on punk, which is a fun thing to think about. Ozzy was cranking out bangers on albums he didn't even care about, he just couldn't help himself.

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Song of the Week 07/18/2025

Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Bliss

Cassandra Jenkins doing massage-parlor ambient piano reworks of songs from her last album? Yes please!

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Song of the Week 07/11/2025

Poor Creature - Hicks' Farewell

Irish folk played like doom metal.

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Song of the Week 07/04/2025

Illuminati Hotties - Pool Hopping

I don't remember the last time I was in a pool, but this song always sounds like a perfect cannonball at the height of summer, so I'm living vicariously through it.

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Song of the Week 06/27/2025

Deep Purple - Fire in the Basement

I've been in a nostalgic mood lately, revisiting a bunch of albums from my childhood, so here's a deep cut from Deep Purple's 1990 album Slaves and Masters. The Purp were well past their prime at this point, but I didn't know that as a kid, and anyway, this song rips.

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Song of the Week 06/20/2025

mewithoutYou - Lilac Queen

Inspired by Keegan Bradford's fantastic 10th anniversary piece for Stereogum, a deep cut from my favorite mewithoutYou album.

I was born of a thought of mine...

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Song of the Week 06/13/2025

The Beach Boys - All Summer Long

RIP Brian Wilson, hope you're having fun at the endless summer in the sky

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Song of the Week 06/06/2025

Hayden Pedigo - Smoked

Guitar music for a rainy, humid Saturday morning

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Song of the Week 05/30/2025

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - Search for the Feeling (On and On)

DJ Sabrina is back with another track that sounds like you fell asleep while watching VH1 in the late 90s and it all started bleeding together in your dreams. Late post this week but just know that this song went off at my daughter's first birthday party this weekend. A perfect soundtrack to bliss.

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Song of the Week 05/23/2025

Laura Stevenson - Honey

Indie legend Laura Stevenson is back with a vocal performance that has more peaks and valleys than a roller coaster

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Song of the Week 05/16/2025

Djrum - Out of Dust

How can a track be tranquil and hammering at the same time? A mesmerizing mix of idyllic synth, contemplative piano, wistful cello, and absolute machine-gun beats emptying a full clip over everything.

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Song of the Week 05/09/2025

PinkPantheress - Nice to Know You

I never really got into PinkPantheress before, but this sounds like Burial making straight-up pop music

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Song of the Week 05/03/2025

Aesop Rock - Send Help

"I'm picky, I only open books that glow"