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👊🇺🇸🔥 Right Side B-Sides

An SFTL mixtape.

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I’ve been working hard on a couple of mixtapes simultaneously but unfortunately I wasn’t able to get one fully baked out of the oven in time for May. So instead, I’ve decided to lightly reorganize and packaged/publish my “B-Sides” playlist for The Right Side of History. There were a lot of directions I took on that mix, but ultimately I settled on this cinematic, multiple movement structure that was really fun to see come together. In the process of organizing and reorganizing and listening to it over and over, I had to kill a lot of tracks that I felt really passionate about, and (most of) the rejects ended up in this playlist. I hope it gives you some additional inspiration to rise above this right-wing disgrace that we’re all sentenced to endure. It’s a little rough, but that’s what happens when you spend an afternoon on a mixtape instead of literal months. I promise I’ve got a pretty jaunty one lined up for June (fingers crossed), and hell it’s a stretch but maybe I’ll manage to get two out in a month. In the meantime I hope you all enjoy the weekend.

Lead Belly - "The Bourgeois Blues"

YG - "FDT (feat. Nipsey Hussle)"

Kendrick Lamar - "Alright"

A Tribe Called Quest - "The Space Program"

The Roots - "Here I Come"

Black Thought - "I'm Not Crazy (Outro)"

Gil Scott-Heron - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

Defiance, Ohio - "The New World Order"

Pat The Bunny - "We Don't Get Tired, We Get Even"

Wingnut Dishwashers Union - "F**k Shit Up (Whanana)"

Frank Turner - "I Still Believe"

Parquet Courts - "Normalization"

Bikini Kill - "Rebel Girl"

Lambrini Girls - "Big Dick Energy"

Chat Pile - "Why"

Good Riddance - "Pox Americana"

Propagandhi - "...And We Thought That Nation States Were a Bad Idea"

End It - "New Wage Slavery"

System Of A Down - "Prison Song"

Zulu - "Things Ain't Gonna Change"

Kind Eyes - "F**K a PROUD BOY (feat. UnityTX)"

Prostitute - "All Hail"

Swans - "Power For Power"

Sleaford Mods - "The Wage Don't Fit"

IDLES - "Grounds"

The Chisel - "Retaliation"

NOFX - "Murder the Government"

Black Flag - "Police Story"

Bad Religion - "American Jesus"

Viagra Boys - "Return to Monke"

Jeff Rosenstock - "Powerlessness"

Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"

Open Mike Eagle - "Happy Wasteland Day"

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (for D.H.)"

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wyb?

An SFTL Mixtape.

Apple Music • Spotify

This one has been a long time coming: the fourth entry in my old ‘hip hop diary’ series which I (cringe) originally titled The White Boy’s Beat. When I was seventeen and spending time on this blog every day I was still incredibly green and under-exposed to hip hop, a natural result of where I lived and who I typically hung around at school. It was thanks to this blog (namely, my much more cultured friends who wrote for it) and my incredibly online obsessive gremlin behavior that I began to break out of that sheltered suburbia mold. Early on in this journey I wanted to document snapshots of my taste evolving along the way. The first two entries are still on our Spotify page, and the difference between what I listened to then and what I listen to now is staggering, to say the least. From what I remember of the track list from In The Streets, the forever-lost part 3, I had only just started truly getting up on game with old school nineties acts like Wu-Tang after copying a ton of records off my aunt and uncle’s old iPod. That was fifteen years ago, so when I resolved to make a part 4 I wanted to try and encapsulate my entire journey between then and now. Since then though hip hop has skyrocketed in the rankings to become my favorite genre of music, so it has proven hard to fit all of the different eras of my taste into one mixtape. Heck, I had to completely leave off selections from my ‘trap era’ and from that brief period where I was enthusiastically bumping Rae Sremmurd. Don’t think most would consider that much of a loss, though; at least I don’t. I have worked this thing to death for like five months to get it ready for others to hear, so I hope it hits the way I was going for. I know hip hop mixtapes, whether they’re curated or generated, are a dime a dozen and I appreciate anyone who gives my little two hour project here a chance. While I can’t make any promises I’ll try my best to get the next one out to y’all a little sooner than a decade and a half next time.

Tracklist:

JPEGMAFIA - "Baby I'm Bleeding"

Killer Mike - "Go!"

Kendrick Lamar - "Backseat Freestyle"

Doechii - "NISSAN ALTIMA"

JID - "Crack Sandwich"

Megan Thee Stallion - "Roc Steady (feat. Flo Milli)"

Vince Staples - "Norf Norf"

A$AP Rocky - "Excuse Me"

Denzel Curry - "Walkin (Cold Blooded Soul Version)"

ScHoolboy Q - "There He Go"

Danger Mouse & Black Thought - "Because (feat. Joey Bada$$, Russ, And Dylan Cartlidge)"

Danny Brown - "Tell Me What I Don't Know"

Lupe Fiasco - "Mumble Rap"

Joey Bada$$ - "Waves"

Das Racist & Heems - "Rainbow in the Dark"

Jean Grae - "The Jam"

Rapsody - "3:AM (feat. Erykah Badu)"

billy woods & Kenny Segal - "Houthi"

Hemlock Ernst & Kenny Segal - "North To South"

Noname - "Reality Check (feat. Eryn Allen Kane & Akenya)"

R.A.P. Ferreira - "NONCIPHER"

Little Simz - "Selfish (feat. Cleo Sol)"

Anderson .Paak - "The Waters (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid)"

The Roots - "Rising Up (feat. Wale & Chrisette Michele)"

A Tribe Called Quest - "Buggin' Out"

GZA - "Stringplay (Like This, Like That) [feat. Method Man]"

CZARFACE & MF DOOM - "Break in the Action"

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - "Thuggin’"

The Notorious B.I.G. - "Kick In the Door"

Sophie Hunter - "Cvnt"

clipping. - "Keep Pushing"

Logic - "Deja Vu (feat. DJ Drama)"

Tyler, The Creator - "Who Dat Boy (feat. A$AP Rocky)"

Malibu Ken, Aesop Rock & TOBACCO - "Suicide Big Gulp"

Paris Texas - "El Camino"

Injury Reserve - "Jailbreak the Tesla (feat. Aminé)"

Ghais Guevara - "Kidnap Mark Cuban Then Hide Away In Cuba"

Death Grips - "The Fever (Aye Aye)"

Joey Valence & Brae - "WATCH YO STEP"

Soul Glo - "Driponomics (feat. Mother Maryrose)"

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The Right Side of History

An SFTL mixtape.

Spotify • Apple Music

Hey we made you a mixtape. Remember those? I’ve been dabbling as of late and after the beginning of the end started in November last year I have found myself leaning more and more on music to cope with the state of the world. COVID really radicalized my worldview, and it seems like every successive year since 2020 has just been a big fat dump of kerosene onto the fire of revolution that burns in my heart. Heck, the other title for this when it was a wee 20-track work-in-progress was “A Soundtrack for Destroying Private Property.” When you explore the movements and diversions of this varied track list I think it will be all-too-obvious that those thoughts and some even darker urges were on my mind. I’m not going to pretend that my two-hour mixtape is going to end the threat of fascism and free us from this capitalist hellscape but I do hope that at least some of these incredible artists’ words inspire some of you to do more to stand up to the evils that liberalism is clearly ill-equipped to address. In these increasingly dark times, all we have is each other. That, and music.

Genres: Folk/Americana, Punk, Hardcore, Metal, Hip Hop, Riot Grrrrl, Folk-Punk

Track list:

Rolando Alarcon - "No Pasarán"

Woody Guthrie - "Tear the Fascists Down"

The Cigarettes - "They're Back Again, Here They Come"

Minutemen - "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing"

The Clash - "Spanish Bombs"

Poison Girls - "Statement"

Frank Turner - "1933"

Killer Mike - "Reagan"

IDLES - "Danny Nedelko"

Propagandhi - "The Only Good Fascist Is a Very Dead Fascist"

Anti-Flag - "Kill the Rich"

Against Me! - "Transgender Dysphoria Blues"

Chat Pile - "Funny Man"

Lambrini Girls - "God's Country"

Rage Against the Machine - "Killing In the Name"

Black Flag - "Rise Above"

Dead Kennedys - "Nazi Punks F**k Off"

Stray from the Path - "Goodnight Alt-Right"

D.R.I. - "Tear It Down"

God's Hate - "Finish the Job"

Kind Eyes - "Lady Liberty"

System Of A Down - "B.Y.O.B."

Soul Glo - "31"

G.L.O.S.S. - "Lined Lips and Spiked Bats"

black midi - "Near DT, MI"

Zulu - "Now They Are Through With Me"

Gil Scott-Heron - "Whitey on the Moon"

Public Enemy - "Prophets of Rage"

Run-DMC - "Down With the King (feat. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth)"

The Coup - "5 Million Ways to Kill a C.E.O."

N.W.A - "F**k tha Police"

A Tribe Called Quest - "We the People...."

Run The Jewels - "Ju$t (Ft. Pharrell Williams and Zach De La Rocha)"

Ghais Guevara - "Prison Riot"

Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"

Dicks - "No Nazi's Friend"

Petrol Girls - "Preachers"

Amyl and The Sniffers - "Capital"

Sleater-Kinney - "Combat Rock"

Downtown Boys - "Violent Complicity"

Defiance, Ohio - "The Condition"

AJJ - "Normalization Blues"

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "GREY RUBBLE – GREEN SHOOTS"

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Look, I’m as surprised as you are that I’m bumping some Beastie-Boys-ass, 90s throwback hip hop in the year of our lord 2024. But I mean, can you blame me? Just listen to that fucking beat and hook, man. Joey and Brae ooze personality and attitude in every bar, and their “throwback” style and schtick feels both smart and fresh, probably because their lyrics read as simultaneously authentic and hilarious—just like the Boys back in the day. It all just works, and I can’t get enough of it and am stoked to hear what they cook up next. Given the current pace of their output I doubt we’ll be waiting too long.

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Chat Pile has been a revelation to me as of late; maybe blame it on the state of things now (which the band has stated they are a direct response) or just my never-ending quest for more and more “hardcore shit,” but I cannot get enough of this band’s sound. There’s something comforting in the lyrics, which are often explicitly political and other times more evocative of horrific imagery as a suggestion of the political, amidst the never-ending grind of their guitars and blaring drums. Sludge is back in a big way, and in these dark times it fits right in. Sometimes you’ve just gotta stare into the abyss in order to overcome it.

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While not as visceral and cutting as 2021’s “let me do one more,” Sarah Tudzin’s third illuminati hotties record POWER continues to deliver on the self-described ‘tenderpunk’ sound that she’s made a name for herself with since 2018. Folks who like to lean back to punk and garage-rock-adjacent jams from the likes of Jeff Rosenstock, Cheekface, and Sleater Kinney will feel right at home here.

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Following a year that may sit side by side with 1988, 1994, 1996, and 2000 as one of the greatest in rap, it’s fitting that we see an album like Anderson .Paak’s Malibu in the first few weeks of 2016. Don’t get me wrong: Paak’s voice and sound is his own on this record, but everything about it plays like it is the first in presumably a litany of albums that I would label as post-Butterfly. Even Kanye pushed his album back after hearing Kendrick’s, and it sounds like the rest of the game is either reacting to or consuming its influence in this moment. Malibu is evidence of this sea change in commercial rap and if this is how 2016 is opening I can only have high hopes for the year ahead.

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I’m pretty upset with myself that I didn’t spend more time with No No No when it first came out a few months ago. Beirut (Zach Condon) is always so in tune with his horns and miscellaneous instruments and effortlessly constructs beautiful orchestral movements.

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Nothing like new music by a legend to kick off the year. Change is still the only constant for David Bowie on Blackstar, which is a moody, occasionally challenging but thoroughly enjoyable listen. 

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Baroness has been dropping tracks from their new album for weeks now, and Purple is finally out via Abraxan Hymns. It’s tremendous.

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My ten favorite albums of 2015. May not be the best to some, but for me they’re what I listened to and loved the most.

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Behind all the distorted guitars and fuzzy vocals is the brutally honest and quirky Will Toledo. I love how unusual, but instantly catchy all of the pop rock tunes are on Teens of Style.

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How is Julien Baker only 20 years old? Her songs may be sparse but thanks to her voice, they hit like a punch in the gut. Her debut album Sprained Ankle, out now on 6131 Records, is perfect for the approaching winter.

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Missy Elliott has been out of the cultural spotlight for a long time due to a self-imposed hiatus and the ravages of Grave’s disease, and hip-hop has suffered for her absence. This new song is a much-needed corrective to that situation. The music video – featuring sharp, timeless choreography, Missy in a mirrored, blinged-up sweatsuit, Missy majestic on a hoverboard, Pharrell in puppet form and more – is visually stunning in a way only a Missy Elliott video could be. Long live Missy, truly.

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Hi everyone! I’m Karen and this is my first contribution to Something For The Ladies. Thought I’d kick off with the song that has been playing on repeat in my head this whole week – the new Grimes track “Flesh Without Blood,” which reminds me of The Veronicas and makes me want to dance off into the sunset. The corrupted-first-draft-of-Final-Fantasy video also feels apt for the Halloweekend.

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Brutal.

Just one simple word to describe Savages and their vicious new single. The rhythm section is back with their hard-hitting backbone and Jehnny Beth is back on the mic with her punk attitude. Their new album, Adore Life, is available January 22, 2016 via Matador Records.

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One of the most refreshing records of the year is Feels Like by Nashville newcomers Bully. All of the “90s throwback to grunge” descriptions are right, but leader Alicia Bognanno has a distinctly millennial attitude that makes the band unique and hard-hitting in their own right.