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Nostalgic For A Different Future: Arcade Fire's Will Butler On How His New Solo Album Finds Healing In Community

When Arcade Fire released their very first single, it came with a B-side that hit very close to home to brothers Win and Will Butler: a recording of a song called "My Buddy," credited to their grandfather, Alvino Rey. In fact, several generations of musicians line their family tree. While those historic echoes provide joy and solace for younger brother Will, the world tipping into pandemic and protests over racial injustice reinforced life’s darker cycles. On Butler’s second solo album, Generations (due Sept. 25 via Merge), he explores the ways in which we come together in community both because of and in spite of those ripples.

The video for early single "Surrender" represents that duality perfectly. The clip opens with studio footage of Butler’s band recording the jangly anthem, complete with call-and-response vocals and gospel falsetto. But much like 2020, things devolve quickly, with closed captioning-style subtitles mourning the deaths of Black men and women killed by police, calling for sweeping political change, and insisting on prison reform. Though written long ago, the album holds a special ability to tap into something boundless and timeless while simultaneously feeling entrenched in the tragic pain of the present.

Butler spoke with GRAMMY.com about the album’s similarities to Fyodor Dostoevsky, the ways in which songs take on new meaning over time, how Generations fits in with an upcoming Arcade Fire album and the healing power of community.

Did you have any hesitation about releasing the album in the midst of the pandemic?

I'm sad to not tour it. If I could wait four weeks and then tour the record... but that's not going to happen. It's actually kind of a good time to put out music. It feels morally good! People want music, so let's put out music. I've experienced that, where people put things out and it feels generous.

It truly does. You've compared this album to a novel and your debut before this to a collection of short stories. Is there a particular novelist that you feel would be in tune with your work? Do you take inspiration from fiction in that way?

It's not Dostoevsky. [Laughs.] But it is weirdly more inspired by Dostoevsky than it ought to be. It's the tumult of the 19th century, the next stage of the industrial revolution and the gearing up of socialism and anarchism. It feels related to the pre-revolutionary thing happening in Russia. [Laughs.] It's not a one-to-one comparison by any means, but it’s just the deeply human things happening in a context of the whirlwind.

Was there an experience that led you to the feeling that it was the right time to deliver such a politically driven album?

Partly, I went to grad school for public policy. I explicitly went as an artist wanting to know what's happening and why it's happening. I started the fall of 2016, which was a very bizarre time to be at a policy school. But I had a course with a professor named Leah Wright Rigueur, a young-ish professor, a Black woman, a historian. The course was essentially about race and riot in America. And since it was a policy school, the second-to-last week on the syllabus was talking about Hillary Clinton and the last week was talking about Donald Trump. It was a history class, but in an applied technical school, so it's like, "What are we doing with this history?"

We read the post-riot reports of Chicago in 1919 and the post-riot reports of the '60s, the Kerner Commission and after the Watts riots, and we read the DOJ reports after Ferguson and after Baltimore and Freddie Gray. And then Donald Trump got elected at the end of the semester. This course really trained my eyes at this moment of time, just being in that state of thinking about what's going on and why it's happening.

Right, and the album's title feels like it encapsulates not only the history that you were learning at the time but also your personal and familial ancestry.

Yes, very much so. My mom's a musician, and her parents were musicians. My grandmother grew up in a family band driving across the American West with her parents before there were even roads in the desert. Her dad got arrested a bunch of times for vagrancy or for not paying off loans. There's something very beautiful about being in the tradition of generations of musicians. That's a positive thing in this world. It's no coincidence that I'm a musician. There are, however, many more poisonous things that are also not coincidental that are rooted in both personal and political history. All of political history in America has been geared towards making each generation of my family's life better insofar as they're white men. It's been very good to my family, but that is as much of an undeniable generational heritage as music, which is this beautiful and faultless and glorious thing.

Do you see that musical tradition in your family as storytelling?

It's never been explicitly storytelling, though that is part of it. It's more about building community or building a society through entertainment. Entertainment is almost too light a word. My grandfather and grandmother did all these broadcasts during World War II, and some of it's jingoistic, some of it's incredibly moving, some of it's just dance music for people who don't want to think about the war for a minute. It's all these emotions, but still with this aim of trying to get us all in it together–which in a war context is fraught. But there's that element of always trying to make a family, make a community, learning how to bind us all together.

That reminds me of the call and response vocals you've got throughout the record. It has an especially gospel-y feeling on "Close My Eyes," which is such a clever way to paint a song about surrendering to something bigger than yourself, that communal feeling. What was the impetus for that narrative voice?

Part of it is just rooted in Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. [Laughs.] Years ago, someone mailed us the complete Motown singles on CD, just every single starting from day one. Even though there’s some garbage mixed in there, it just feels so human with those gang vocals and great singers that sometimes they just pulled off the street. You get the sense of humanity. Having backing vocals be so integral instead of just having my voice layered feels like having a community and feels very natural. It's hard for me to not just rely on that every third or fourth song. [Laughs.] It just feels like that's how it should be.

Those multi-part harmonies must be especially potent live in a room. Do you write in a way where you’re already picturing these songs live?

We played almost every one of these songs live before we recorded them. My solo band played "Surrender" live on the Policy tour for years. But even before we went into the studio last summer, I booked a weekend of shows. We did the Merge 30th Anniversary festival just to have us feel it live and have that communication. And then we went down to the basement to try to iron it out.

Speaking of "Surrender," that song took on an entire new life in the video. It starts out with videos of your band in the studio, but then quickly and powerfully gets replaced with messages mourning the deaths of George Floyd and Breanna Taylor and emphasizing the need for prison reform. You never know what life a song will have when you’re writing it.

That song is very nostalgic in a certain way. It’s looking towards the past, but not wishing to be in the past. It's wishing that we were in a different present because we had already chosen a different past. So when I was editing the video, I started it as a "making of" video. But the footage is from January of this year—five, six months old. There's this feeling of nostalgia, but also 2019 was not good enough to look back at. [Laughs.] 2019 was also horrible.

It's not like I want to go back to 2019. I want to play music with people. I want to be having fun with my friends. I want to be making a record. But I don't want it to be 2019. I'm nostalgic for a different future. And as I'm editing the video, there have been six weeks of protests of people trying to build something, and it just felt crazy to not acknowledge that. It was what people were focused on, at least the people around me.

Do you feel like you'll be infusing more overt social and political commentary into your music going ahead?

I think so. It's important that it's organic. It's part of the world I live in, part of my family and my friendships. Before the coronavirus hit, I was very much looking forward to touring and had vague plans to do town hall meetings and discussions. It felt like a rich time to do that around America, and around the world. I'm sad to not get to do that, but I think it will happen someday.

You produced the album yourself in your basement, so were you writing with the production choices already in mind or were you writing while in the studio?

I had the band come down and record for a week. And at the end of that first week, we had seven or eight songs that could be real. Some of them were clear. Some of them are simpler, like "Surrender." Others were trying to figure out where they would go. "I Don't Know What I Don’t Know" was more trial and error, trying something crazy. We'd turn everything off for two days and then come back to it and try something else. You try to be surprised by it.

I love revision. Well, I don't love it. I hate it. [Laughs.] I love the process of editing, of making a version of something and then finding something that's either better or worse. It's fun when you work with an editor that you trust, but when you're just doing it yourself, you drive yourself batty after some time. But I still love versioning it until it makes sense.

It feels like you're not too precious. You just want to service the song at the end of the day.

Yeah. I try to not be precious. I feel like the songs mostly came out with a fresh spirit. I didn't massage any of them too much. I'm very conversational in how I think of the world. Nothing is the final statement. You say something and then someone says something else and then you say something. And you have to finish what you're saying in order to hear what the other person says. So if that means putting it out into the world without rounding everything off, to me that feels right.

The record begins and ends on the same burning synth tone, like history ready to go around the loop again. What does that synth tone represent for you?

Not to get too mystical, but there's something about the bass that is so embodied. There's something about a really powerful bass that is fundamental, something that just gets to the core. I wanted that core to feel a little uneasy. It's not like the hit at the end of "A Day in the Life" where it’s this clear conclusion. It's a little bit gnarly. It's a little bit not in the right key for the song. It’s something disturbing at the very core of everything.

What has writing and producing this record taught you about yourself?

I found that while I still prize quickness and thoughtfulness and conversational life, this record took longer and took more effort than Policy. It was way less casual. It was not casual in a very good way. I realized this shouldn't be a casual undertaking—even though it can have lightness and humor and breezy elements. Even then, the whole undertaking can still be serious and grounded. It can even be quick without being casual. In the past, I've fallen into thinking, "Just do something first before you think about it too hard." But this was a reminder that you can do something more thoroughly.

Were you writing these songs while working on the next Arcade Fire album? Speaking about intention, how do you compartmentalize those two sides of your creativity?

Yeah, Arcade Fire is always very cyclical. We record for a year and a half, we tour for a year and a half, and then we're off for a year and a half. I was very conscious to do this in a moment when I wasn't distracted by something else. I wanted to focus on this.

I'm still figuring it all out. Right now I'm making a video for the song "Close My Eyes." I have children, two-year-old twins and an eight-year-old, so the spring was just complete family time—net positive, but total chaos. [Laughs.]

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✰ PAULA GARCIA STONE Undercurrent cd (Linear Obsessional, UK)

✰ POSSIBLE HUMANS Everybody Split (Trouble In Mind)

✰ WILLIAM HENRY MEUNG cassette FMerror (chemical imbalance., Australia)

✰ LEILA BORDREUIL Headflush (Catch Wave Ltd)

✰ LEIGHTON CRAIG Diamond Eye (Bruit Direct Disques, France)

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✰ HAMA Houmeissa (Sahel Sounds)

✰ YL HOOI Untitled cassette (Altered States Tapes, Australia)

JEANINES Jeanines (Slumberland)

ARTEFACTOS DE DOLOR La Niña double LP (Pain Artifacts)

U-BAHN U-Bahn (Future Folklore, France)

MDOU MOCTAR Ilana: The Creator (Sahel Sounds)

STEFAN CHRISTENSEN The Upcoming Flame (bruit direct disques, France)

TYSHAWN SOREY & MARILYN CRISPELL The Adornment Of Time cd (Pi Recordings)

ALE HOP Apophenia (Buh Records, Peru)

TIM PANARETOS Submergence cd-r (chemical imbalance., Australia) & Opposites End download (self-released, Australia)

KATE CARR City Of Bridges download (Longform Editions, Australia)

WRITHING SQUARES Out Of The Ether (Trouble In Mind)

MY NORTH EYE (My) North Eye (2011) cd-r (Reverb Worship, France)

PINOCCHIO Pinocchio ep (Toxic State)

BRIDGET HAYDEN Soil And Song cassette (Synchronise Witches, UK) [comes with Karen Dalton fanzine!]

The COWBOYS The Bottom Of A Rotten Flower (Feel It Records)

OLUMPUS Caucus & Surplus downloads (both stabbies, etc., New Zealand)

CHUCK CLEAVER Send Aid (Shake It!)

JOSÉ DIAS After Silence, Vol. 1. cd (Clean Feed, Portugal)

KNIFE WIFE Family Party cassette (Sister Polygon)

TRAMPOLINE TEAM Trampoline Team (HoZac)

KATE CARR Heatwave cassette (self-released, UK)

SEBASTIEN STH BISET Islæd cd (Mnóad, Belgium)

PHAROAH CHROMIUM Eros + Massacre (Scum Yr Earth, France)

JOSEPH ALLRED Aspirant cassette (Garden Portal Tapes) & O, Meadowlark (Feeding Tube)

ANDREA BORGHI Tistre cassette (Dinzu Artefacts)

MOPE GROOVES Desire (See My Friends Records)

JOSHUA ABRAMS & NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY Mandatory Reality (Eremite)

SOFIE BIRCH Island Alchemy cassette (Constellation Tatsu)

VOYAGE DATA Voyage Data cassette (Econore, Germany)

JONNY COUCH Mystery Man (Damages Sofa)

FISCHERLE Gmatwacz cassette (Czaszka, UK)

ROCKET 808 Rocket 808 (12XU)

LINDA TRIP Sad Bangers cassette (Superdreamer)

MATTHEW J. ROLIN Matthew J. Rolin (Feeding Tube Records)

STEKKERDOOS Kalendar cassette (No Rent)

IAN HAWGOOD 光 (Home Normal, Japan)

ÀLEX REVIRIEGO • DISCORDIAN STRING ENSEMBLE Incerto For Doublebass And Strings download (Discordian, Spain)

JULIA KENT Temporal cd (The Leaf Label, UK)

NAPS Better To Give cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

TERROR OF THE DEEP The A-Team cassette (Melted Ice Cream, New Zealand)

CLAIRE ROUSAY Friends cassette (Never Anything)

ANNA SUBIRIANA • POL PADRÓS • JOAN ANTONI PICH Brull’s Bet download (Discordian, Spain)

HAKOBUNE A Fan, Strings, and Two Guitars cassette (Patient Sounds)

LORI GOLDSTON Things Opening (Second Editions, Germany)

The RESONARS No Exit (Trouble In Mind)

MARCIA BASSETT • MANUEL MOTA • MARGARIDA GARCIA Here They Rest Immobile (Yew)

URANIUM CLUB The Cosmo Cleaners: The Higher Calling Of Business Provocateurs (Fashionable Idiots/Static Shock, UK)

THE COOL GREENHOUSE “Crap Cardboard Pet” 7” (Hidden Bay Records, France)

ROB NOYES “You Are Tired”/“Nightmare Study” 7” (Market Square Recordings, UK)

TOM LÖNNQVIST Häviävän Pieni Osa (Guggenhavn Archive, Sweden)

GOTOBEDS Debt Begins At 30 (Sub Pop)

GREG KELLEY/ROB NOYES Greg Kelley/Rob Noyes split cassette (self-released)

DEAD SEA APES The Free Territory double LP (Feeding Tube Records)

DRAGGS Draggs cassette (Slime Street, Australia)

SPRAY PAINT Into The Country (12XU)

SPF Paul’s McCartney

2 CHEVRONS No Rules In Outta Space cassette (Albert’s Basement, Australia)

DARK TEA Dark Tea (Fire Talk)

TERRINE Live At Home cassette (Econore, Germany)

The SNAKES The Snakes (Anti Fade, Australia)

LIVE SKULL Saturday Night Massacre (Bronson Recordings, Italy)

ELKHORN Sun Cycle/Elk Jam 2 LP (Feeding Tube)

MESSRS Messrs 12” (Heel Turn Records)

VIRGINIA PLAIN Strange Game (All Hands Electric)

JEN KUTLER Dismbodied (EyeVee)

MOR AIR Life Behind Glass cassette (Genot Centre, Czech Republic)

CIA DEBUTANTE The Landlord (Siltbreeze)

JOSÉ DIAS After Silence, Volume 1 cd (Celan Feed, Portugal)

LAURA LUNA CASTILLO Folksonomies cassette (Cudighi Records)

THE GIRL IN TIMES NEW VIKING The Girl In Times New Viking (The Fah-Q Catalog)

43 ODES 43 Odes cassette (Eiderdown)

OOF Vanity Plate cassette & EGO cassette (both Fuzzy Warbles cassettes)

ORGUE AGNÈS A Une Gorge (three:four, Switzerland; Standard In-Fi - 2018)

MICHAEL MORLEY Heavens Idleness Awaits 2 LP (Thin Wrist Recordings)

CHRISTINA KUBISCH Schall Und Klang cd (Fragment Factory, Germany)

HUNTED CREATURES Sleep Weed cassette (White Reeves Productions)

UNITED WATERS Coma To Coma (Drawing Room Records)

JULIUS MENARD Hr cassette (Econore, Germany)

GEE TEE Chromo-Zone download (self/released, Australia)

AARON RUSSELL Coral Music cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

9TH HOUSE Planetary EP 12” (Hot Haus, UK)

SCAN Scan 7” ep (Drugfront)

The HECKS My Star (Trouble In Mind)

ALINA PETROVA & KIRA WEINSTEIN Sad Ko cassette (Never Anything)

HIEROPHANTS Spitting Out Moonlight (Anti Fade, Australia)

NOTS 3 (Goner)

P WITS The Desire and Pursuit of The Whole cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)

GOLDEN PELICANS Grinding For Gruel (12XU)

TOPDOWN DIALECTIC Vol. 2 (Peak Oil)

M. SAGE Catch A Blessing (Geographic North)

ECHO OHS Wild Weeds 12” (1:12 Records, New Zealand)

CIVIC Selling, Sucking, Blackmail Bribes 7" (Total Punk)

WENDY EISENBERG & SHANE PARRISH Nervous Systems (Verses)

KNEELING IN PISS Tour De Force cassette (The Fah-Q Catalog)

s.soo Tyman download (New York Haunted, Netherlands)

WSCHÓD Wschód cd (Clean Feed, Portugal)

PREENING Gang Laughter (Digital Regress)

CLARICE JENSEN Drone Studies cassette (Geographic North)

MARBLED EYE Beat Sessions, Vol. 8 cassette (Shout Recordings)

STEVE MOORE Steve Moore 12” (L.I.E.S)

The SELVA Canícula Rosa cd (Clean Feed, Australia)

PROGRAM Show Me 12” (Anti Fade, Australia)

SLUMB PARTY Spending Money (Drunken Sailor, UK)

EUN-JUNG KIM & CHARLIE COLLINS Shining Days cd (Linear Obsessional, UK)

NEON Neon 12” (Square One Again)

CUCINA POVERA Zoom (Night School, Scotland)

PAULA SHOCRON & PABLO DÍAZ with GUILLERMO GREGORIO Díalogos cd (Fundacja Słuchaj, Poland)

MY NORTH EYE / LE GOÛT ACIDE DES CONSERVATOURS MNE • L / G / A / D / C split cassette ([Equilibre Fragile], France)

The WOOLEN MEN Human To Human (Dog’s Table)

PIERCE WARNECKE & LOUIS LAURAIN

Phonotypic Plasticity cassette (Astral Spirits)

BIG QUIET Interesting Times (Unblinking Ear)

SEAN ALI • LEILA BORDREUIL • JOANNA MATTREY I Used to Sing So Lyrical cassette (Astral Spirits)

POWDER Powder In Space cd (Beats In Space)

MUKQS Jaki Crush cassette (No Rent)

DENNIS GONZALEZ & DEREK ROGERS Certain Aspects cd (Marginal Frequency)

PONT-À-MOUSSON Bye Bye Mirello! cassette (ABrecords, France)

AKI ONDA A Method To Its Messiness (Thalamos, Greece)

ALEXANDER Untitled cassette (Garden Portal)

BRANDY “Clown Pain”/“Rent Quest” 7” (Total Punk)

MAJOR STARS Roots Of Confusion, Seeds Of Joy (Drag City)

LORI GOLDSTON & JUDITH HAMANN Alloys cd (Marginal Frequency)

PAINT THINNER The Sea Of Pulp (ŌBLĒK)

JEANS BEAST Unearthly Gardens Of The New Gods cd-r (Econore, Germany) & Attrition cassette (self-releases, Germany)

SKULL PRACTITIONERS Skull Practitioners 12” (In The Red)

UROCHROMES Trope House (Wharf Cat)

LIVINGDOG & MIKE JOHNSON CRO$$ cassette (Constellation Tatsu)

HEADROOM New Heaven 12” (ever/never)

JEFF HENDERSON The Charming Clarinet download (III Records, NewZealand)

GRAHAM DUNNING & EDWARD LUCAS End Of A Cable cassette (tsss tapes, Italy)

VILDE CHAYE Demos cassette (Brainplan)

Heavy Space Records - Anthology Volumes I & II cassettes (Ikuisuus, Finland)

KYLE EYRE CLYD Eggshell cd (Yew)

NEUTRALS Kebab Disco (Emotional Response)

FREDDIE DOUGGIE Freddie Douggie: Live on Juneteenth cassette (International Anthem)

AGUSTÍ FERNÁNDEZ • WILLIAM PARKER • SUSIE IBARRA One Night At The Joan Miró Foundation cd (Fundacja Słuchaj, Poland)

HUGO MASSIEN Dance Trax Vol. 21 (Unknown To The Unknown)

RRILL BELL Vagabond Laws cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

GAMARDAH FUNGUS Natural Storm cd (Hidden Vibes, Ukraine)

WAYNE ROGERS The Air Below (Twisted Village)

UNKNOWN SENDER Unknown Sender (Colonel Records)

BLUES LAWYER Something Different (Mt.St.Mtn)

DURA Reverberation Hymns cassette (Garden Portal)

JODIE LOWTHER The Cat Collects download (self-released)

WOLKOROTS Dan Manialogism cassette (Magma Tones, Finland)

CEREAL KILLER The Beginning And End Of Cereal Killer (Anti Fade, Australia)

COLIN WEBSTER/MARK HOLUB Nadir (Raw Tonk, UK)

The CAVEMEN Lowlife 7” EP (Slovenly)

FRANCISCA GRIFFIN The Spaces Between cd (CocoMuse, New Zealand)

ANDY HUMAN & THE REPTOIDS “Psychic Sidekick” 7” (Total Punk)

SEI A Mode Static 12” (Aus Music, U.K.)

JOHN SAINT PELVYN Improvisation 7.7.18 download (Southern Jukebox Music)

REBEL SCUM The Descent cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia - 2018)

S. ARAW TRIO XIII Activated Clown cassette (NNA Tapes)

FERRAN FAGES & VASCO TRILLA Gestell cd (Raw Tonk, UK)

HUA LUN Wanderlænd + 2 cassette (Katuktu Collective)

VIRVON VARVON Mind Cancer cassette (Girlsville)

PHILIPP OTTERBACH The Rest Is Bliss (Knekelhuis, Netherlands)

EDITRIX Talk To Me download (self-released)

PAVLOV’S PUSS Comfort Food (Melted Ice Cream, New Zealand)

NATHALIE STERN Nerves And Skin cassette (Cruel Nature, UK)

AKI TAKASE Hokusai cd (Intakt, Switzerland)

MOORDDROOM Deep VR Edits bandcamp DL (New York Haunted, Netherlands)

EXEK Some Beautiful Species Left (Digital Regress)

CLAIRE BIRCHALL “Dead Air” bandcamp DL (it, Australia)

JUDY & The JERKS Bone Spur cassette (Earth Girl) & Music For Donuts ep (Thrilling Living)

POWER STEERING Power Steering cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)

RASMUS TIETCHENS HOBOTPAHC cd-r (New York Haunted, Netherlands)

UTINUTIN Black Cat, Anyeurism, And Simian Politics download (no label)

GUY BIRKIN Yemen Data Project cassette (New York Haunted, Netherlands)

LINUS VANDEWOLKEN Het Vlier Een Hommel Op Aarde 10”x 2 (Okraïna, Belgium)

JOHN CHANTLER Tomorrow Is Too Late (Room40, Australia)

JENNIFER VANILLA J.E.N.N.I.F.E.R. EP 12” (Beats In Space)

WOW Come La Notte (Maple Death, Italy)

KATE MOHANTY Disappear Here cassette (Friendship Tapes)

ASTRO SOCIAL CLUB & GRUMBLING FUR Plasma Splice Trifle (vhf)

SANR Kesif cd (Flaming Pines, UK)

ANDREW TASSELMYER & PATRICK SPATZ Interior Currents cassette (Constellation Tatsu)

AHMEDOU AHMED LOWLA Terrouzi cassette (Sahel Sounds)

SKRU Count Zero cassette (Bedouin, UAE)

PUGILIST Blue 06 12” (Whities, UK)

ULAAN KHOL Collapsing Hymns cassette (Worstward)

L.$.D. FUNDRAISER No Peace Without Tranquility (no label, New Zealand)

COCHONNE Cochonne (self released)

LE POUFS À CORDES Le Poufs À Cordes cd (Pagans, France)

FRET! A Vanity Spawned By Fear cassette (Cruel Nature, UK)

UNWAR Other People cd-r (Magma Tones, Finland)

WOJCIECH RUSIN The Funnel (Akashic, Scotland)

SLEEPER AND SNAKE Junction And High (Aarght, Australia)

The OILIES Psychic Dog (Fruits & Flowers)

ELI KESZLER Empire 12” (Shelter Press, France)

HAIDER 10961 12” (Aus Music, UK)

FOSTER CARE El Abuso (Total Punk)

TORN HAWK Time Is A Scam 2x 12” (L.I.E.S.)

The LICE Nancy Spungen download (self-released)

DJ XNX ATX (Get Busy!, Russia)

SHITTY LIFE Vinyls Discography (Lo-Fo Lo-Life, Germany)

GONG GONG GONG 幽靈節奏 = Phantom Rhythm (Wharf Cat)

SARAH LOUISE Nighttime Birds And. Opening Stars (Thrill Jockey)

MYRIAM BLEAU Lumens & Profits (Where To Now?, UK)

TV DUST Forget (MyOwnPrivateRecords / Occult Gang, Italy)

PRIMORJE Reference Path cassette (Thalamos, Greece)

JUNE CHIKUMA Ler Archives LP + 7” (Freedom To Spend)

dMyanche Ergonomie cassette (Indian Redhead, France)

EQUIPMENT POINTED ANKH Live (Sophomore Lounge)

VIV CORRINGHAM Until I Learn The Language Of Mineral Vegetable cassette (Linear Obsessional, UK)

JACOB WICK feel (Thin Wrist)

AMATEUR HOUR Framtiden Tillhör Inte Oss (Happiest Place, Sweden)

The FICTIVE FIVE Anything Is Possible cd (Clean Feed, Portugal)

DANKETSU 9 Towards A Walk In The Sun cd (Patient Sounds (intl))

IVAN THE TOLERABLE Rations 2LP (Stolen Body, UK)

DANA Glowing Auras And Black Money (Heel Turn)

NATE YOUNG Volume 3: Dance Of The Weeping Babe 12” (Lower Floor)

SHOLTO DOBIE & MARK HARWOOD The Blue Horse cd (Penultimate Press, UK)

HEAVY METAL 4 (Statik Age Music, Germany)

WET TUNA Water Weird (Three Lobed Recordings)

CARRAGEENAN Invisible Design cassette (Czaszka, UK)

PRIVATE ANARCHY Central Planning (Round Bale Recordings)

HIDEO NAKASAKO Texture Of Days cassette (Muzan Editions, Japan)

PRANA CRAFTER Bodhi Cheetah’s Choice (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

PATRICK SHIROISHI & NOEL MEEK Break Your Eyes cassette (Sploosh)

ANDY HUMAN & The REPTOIDS Psychic Sidekick (Total Punk)

SLAG QUEENS You Can’t Go Out Like That (Rough Skies Records, Australia)

ALIAS G Natural Love 12” (Unknown To The Unknown, UK)

NIVHEK After Its Own Death / Walking In A Spiral Towards The House cd (W.25th)

GARCIA PEOPLES Natural Facts (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

MARCO SERRATO/FRANCESCO COVARINO Bestemmia cd (Raw Tonk, UK)

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UNITED BIBLE STUDIES Porti Sepolti cassette (Sloow Tapes, Belgium)

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ANNĒE ZĒRO La Coolitude (Indian Redhead, France)

MELENAS “Ya Me No Importa Si Tú Quieres”/“Si Tú Me Quieres” 7” (El Nebula Recordings, Spain)

WHIRLING HALL OF KNIVES Knukke cassette (Cruel Nature, UK)

PROTRUDERS Poison Future (Feel It)

MOTHER JUNO Commit cassette (popnihil)

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IQ+1 Conversaphone Plus (mappa, Slovenia)

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TÔLE FROIDE Tôle Froide (Le Turc Mecanique, France - 2018)

AHMED AG KAEDY Alkaline Kidal (Sahel Sounds)

DUNNING & UNDERWOOD The Blow Vol. 5 cassette (Front & Follow, UK)

TAKAHIRO MUKAI Super Annoying cassette (Fort Evil Fruit, Ireland)

ANTONIO High Voltage! cassette (Altered States Tapes, Australia)

CUBE Decoy (W.25th)

The PLAINS The Plains cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)

KA BAIRD Respires (Rvng Intl.)

GINO & The GOONS Do The Get Around (Drunken Sailor, UK)

VIVIEN LE FAY Ecolalia (Boring Machines, Italy)

DUKE Uingizaji Hewa (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda)

ARIAN SHAFIEE Arabic Voice cassette (unifactor)

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AARON SNOW Instrumentals ‘15-‘19 cassette (Surf Shop)

MELKINGS Movement Music cassette (Regional Bears, UK)

DECIMUS DECIMUS 6 (self-released)

SYLVIE COURVOISIER and MARK FELDMAN Time Gone Out cd (Intakt, Switzerland)

DANIEL HOLT Daniel Holt 12” (L.I.E.S.)

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STEFAN CHRISTENSEN & FRIENDS Unknown Fortune (C/Site)

DIRE WOLVES Grow Towards The Light (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

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Neil Morris, speaking to Alan Lomax in 1959:

“Well, when I was just a small boy, Old Uncle Milt Oldfield…Billy Oldfield, the Congressman from Arkansas for so long, it is his father. He and my father are awfully close friends. And they were discussing music. They were music teachers both of them.

“And uh, and they said, dad did and Uncle Milt sanctioned what he said, that MUSIC HAD NO END. That you could learn all the other guy [or girl] learned, and after you got that done they would then, something else would crop up. That uh, that you, that was the reason why that uh, music advanced. That’s why that you would get a better music in one generation maybe that is, uh, IT WOULD FIT THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED.”

[Lomax: “What about music on the grapevine?”]

“Welllll, they said that MUSIC GREW LIKE THE GRAPEVINE THAT IS NEVER PRUNED. That each year it’d…it’d put on a little bit more. That was what they said, now, about it. Any further questions?”’

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YEAR OF THE BUTTERFLY

previous years: A SONG THAT DEGRADES EACH TIME YOU PLAY IT :: 2018 A CHURCH AND JOHN LENNON’S “IMAGINE” :: 2017 SIKH DEVOTIONAL MUSIC :: 2016 SPOOKY BLACK :: 2015 this year: I’ve spent the past few months working on a book that I’ve always wanted to write but never figured I’d make the time for. At a really basic level, it’s about listening to music with friends. A couple weeks ago, I devoted a few days to reading a stack of books and articles about the emotional experience of music. They were written by philosophers, critics, cognitive scientists, historians. I took from them two overarching questions. First, what does it mean to assign a piece of music a feeling, like “happy” or “sad?” Is the song itself “sad,” or does it just model a kind of sadness proximate to how we feel? What elements of a song do this? The fraying of a voice? Minor keys? Tempo? Is it all a trick of memory? None of the answers really satisfied me, since music is such an intimate thing. A song makes us feel a way for reasons that are often either blindingly obvious or remote and mysterious. An expert can tell you that humans are wired to feel joy when a certain configuration of notes are struck in tandem, but maybe it just reminds you of looking at the front door.

The other question was whether music itself facilitates any unique emotional possibilities--a mode of feeling that we can’t get anywhere else. Music doesn’t mimic the real world, it doesn’t make arguments. One writer suggested that the thrill of music was its capacity to remind you, foremost, that music can thrill you. In essence, each time we hear something new and feel something, we are being reminded of all the times we’ve felt this way before. We’re living in the echo of a former enchantment. Maybe you’ll hear it again, process it, assign it a genre or context, and the mystique evaporates. But music is one of those things that doesn’t happen on our time. We don’t stand in front of it and train our gaze on this quadrant or that. We don’t flip back to make sure we didn’t miss something. You can’t slow it down as it is happening, you merely let it happen.

In the spring, the Museum of Chinese in America in Manhattan showed “The Moon Represents My Heart,” an exhibition I worked on with MOCA’s curators, Herb and Andrew. The basic idea was to look at all the ways music had enriched immigrant life, from early opera troupes touring America’s Chinatowns to karaoke bars, church choirs, and after-school violin lessons, fifties doo-wop trios to garage punks and self-taught dance music producers. There’s no legible tradition of Chinese American music so we just wanted to present it as a textured and everyday thing--the experience of the fan could be as legitimate as that of a Mando-pop superstar. While working on the show, people would often ask me for a playlist, but I didn’t really have any to share. It wasn’t really about the music itself, which could sound derivative or amateur to some. It was about the fact that they sought to express themselves through music, in contexts that made them outliers and oddballs. I came to love all the music in our show because of that second-hand thrill--that sense that these moments had been deeply meaningful to everyone in the room.

You can hear it in the voice of Stephen Cheng, who ended up being the show’s most memorable star. He put out a rocksteady gem in the sixties and then spent the next decade in New York trying to get the Dragon Seeds, his Chinese “folk-rock” band, off the ground. Cheng died years ago, but Andrew found his children, who brought some reels of unreleased music to the museum. I remember staring at them, wondering what was on them. It was a kind of anticipation and wonder that I often miss, when the operative feeling I associate with music-listening on the internet is the frenzy of opening and closing windows, clicking links, proving my humanity to a captcha.

Stephen’s singing wasn’t great, but it was perfect. His version of “Yesterday,” all warbly and over-the-top, has now supplanted the original for me. Somehow, we played some of Stephen’s songs on the radio, including one about butterflies and love. Somehow, one of the people listening was a butterfly expert, and he was about to marry another butterfly expert. Who knew such a song was possible, the groom-to-be told me. Stephen was too obscure to be properly forgotten. Or maybe his song was just dormant all these years. It awaited just the right listener, and now, over forty years later, he would get his propers, sandwiched somewhere between the vows and Kool and the Gang, a couple minutes of people scratching their heads, searching for the right smile, saying Can you believe this? to one another.

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Warren Defever/His Name is Alive, All the Mirrors in the House

EXCELLENT USE OF “P.S.K.” Kindness feat. Robyn, “Warning” EXCELLENT USE OF A TELEPHONE Mavi, “Guernica” TECHNICALLY 2018, BUT TAIWAN’S ANSWER TO COIL, JOY DIVISION, ETC SEN, “The Cicada” SAME (2018) BUT TAIWANESE DREAMBOAT VIBES Linion, “Can’t Find” ANOTHER, KINDA BILLY BRAGG-Y Wayne’s So Sad, “Wanderer’s Guide to Taipei” SUMMER IN TAIWAN, AND SO I BOUGHT A LOT OF CDs, INCLUDING THE LIMITED EDITION SIGNED 9M88 DEBUT 9m88, “Love Rain” THEY ARE VERY INTO THE “FUTURE SOUL” THING Andrea, “You Better Kiss Me” THIS GUY HAS THE SAME NAME AS MY COUSIN Yo Lee demos LOTS OF BACKPACKS Hsien, Lately AMAZED TO SEE LIM GIONG REISSUES THERE, THIS IS THE DANCE ALBUM HE RECORDED IN 1994 IN THE UK BEFORE BRINGING RAVE CULTURE BACK TO TAIWAN Lim Giong, Entertainment World (IF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH LIM GIONG, THIS IS THE GREATEST SONG EVER Lim Giong, “A Pure Person) AND HERE’S 9m88 COVERING “PLASTIC LOVE” 9m88, “Plastic Love” AIR SUPPLYERS Oso Leone, Gallery Love Sunset Rollercoaster, Vanilla Villa I ENJOYED THIS WHEN IT CAME OUT BUT HONESTLY FORGOT IT CAME OUT THIS YEAR, OR THAT I ENJOYED, BUT FOR THE LONGEST TIME MY “2019″ EMAIL DRAFT JUST READ “CHIEF KEEF HNIA KAIL MALONE (sic)” Chief Keef and Zaytoven, GloToven

ANOTHER DEVASTATING DUO Pink Siifu and Akai Solo, Black Sand

MYSTIC CHORDS OF MEMORY Kali Malone, The Sacrificial Code Clarice Jensen, Drone Studies I AM A SLOW WALKER, BUT I NEVER WALK BACKWARDS Michael Vincent Waller, Moments ana roxane - ~~~ A THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT Caleb Giles, Under the Shade Medhane, Own Pace WE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR Angel Bat Dawid, The Oracle Art Ensemble of Chicago, We are on the Edge READ JOSEPH JARMAN Joseph Jarman, Black Case I and II RESPECT YOURSELF Helado Negro, This is How You Smile Deb Never, “Swimming” LET’S DO IT AGAIN Tommy Holohan & Casper Hastings- RVE001 Eris Drew, Raving Disco Breaks LET’S DO IT AGAIN AGAIN, BUT SMEARED Burial, Tunes 2011-2019 OR PERHAPS YOU WERE THERE Callisto, Guidance is Eternal, Part I PERHAPS YOU WERE THERE FOR MICROHOUSE AND PEAK MEGO AND BLOGS Barker, Debiasing AT A WAREHOUSE PARTY, ABLE TO HEAR TOO MANY FLOORS, ROOMS, SOUNDS AT ONCE, IN A GOOD WAY Dies Smely, “Neptune Rises” AT A WAREHOUSE PARTY, BUT THINKING ABOUT PLUNDER, THE TRAIL OF TEARS, THE SANCTITY OF EARTH Kelman Duran, 13 Month A KIND OF BLUE Steve Hiett, Down on the Road by the Beach POSSIBLY MY MOST PLAYED ALBUM, 2019 Galcher Lustwerk, Information R.I.P. PRINCE, FOREVER AND ALWAYS Serpente, Parada Moodymann, Sinner Nelson Bandela, Purprain THE OPPOSITE OF “I AM A GOD” Nelson Bandela - “i'm mortal” YOU GOT ME Shane Eagle feat. Santi and Bas, “Vanya” HARD TO BELIEVE JAZMINE SULLIVAN REMAINS SO OVERLOOKED Kindness feat Jazmine Sullivan, “Hard to Believe” WATCH FOR THE HOOK Quando Rondo, “Gun Powder”

ANTE UP Polo G feat Lil Tjay, “Pop Out” “PANTS GON BE SAGGIN TIL I’M FORTY” Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, “Thuggin”

“WHY THEY LET THE TERMINATOR WIN THE ELECTION?” Sault, “Why Why Why Why Why”

HOLLOW BONES Showbiz and Milano, “Guillotine” LADI LUV, “GOOD TO THE LAST DUB” City Girls, “Act Up” MONEY BOSS PLAYERS Benny the Butcher feat 38 Spesh and Jadakiss, “Sunday School” Roc Marciano, “Richard Gear” WARP 30 (1989-2019) Droop-E, “The Droop-E Way” INTERSTELLAR SPACE, PROBABLY KILLER LIVE Blacks’ Myths, Blacks Myths II ALICE NEVER WENT ANYWHERE Sam Wilkes, “Sivaya” Alice Coltrane, Live at the Berkeley Community Theater 1972 RIYL: LYRICHORD, EFFECTS PEDALS Seungmin Cha, Nuunmuun RIYL: EFFICIENCY, INTERLUDES Solange, “Binz” “WHO HERE IS STILL LISTENING TO JOHNNY MAY CASH’S “DRUGS” IN 2019?” Playboi Carti, “Molly” “MOLLY” CZ Wang and Neo Image, “Just Off Wave”

YOU’VE SUBSCRIBED TO “UK STREETSOUL YOUTUBE PLAYLIST” Apiento feat Harriet Brown, “Down That Road” WHERE WERE U IN 2092? Jai Paul, “He”

LIL B, INNIT Voldy Moyo, Paper World SCREAMADELICA Vampire Weekend, “Harmony Hall” Humeysha, Nusrat on the Beach FOLKTRONICA Aldous Harding, “The Barrel” TOO PURE Springfields, Singles 1986-1991 MY AQUARIUM Rod Modell, Captagon ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE Vagabon, Vagabon 4-TRACK TWEE BEDROOM COVERS OF BLINK-182′S DUDE RANCH Colleen Green, Blink-182′s “Dude Ranch” as Played by Colleen Green

KINDA AS THOUGH A PART OF MY 2016-19 LP PURCHASES FORMED THEIR OWN BANDS Anunaku, Whities 024 75 Dollar Bill, I Was Real Joshua Abrams and Natural Information Society, Mandatory Reality

JUST 30 OR SO GECS Cool Fang, Sparring I’M A DEADHEAD BUT FOR STANDING ON THE CORNER SOTC Art Ensemble, SOTC Double Bass Ensemble * Merciful Allah Black Hole Theater * 4/24/19 SOTC Art Ensemble, Variation 9 * Merciful Allah Black Hole Theater * 4/27/19

SONG OF THE SPRING, SUMMER, WINTER, YEAR, STILL UNDEFEATED

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Be Inspired by Great Nature Writers

Nature writing can transport us to new place, inform us of the world around us and open our eyes to the magic and beauty right in front of us. Here are some ebooks currently available through the UCF Libraries to get you started.

The Essential Naturalist edited by Michael H. Graham, Joan Parker and Paul K. Dayton.

“The Essential Naturalist offers … a wide-ranging, eclectic collection of writings from more than eight centuries of observations of the natural world, from Leeuwenhoek to E. O. Wilson, from von Humboldt to Rachel Carson. Featuring commentaries by practicing scientists that offer personal accounts of the importance of the long tradition of natural history writing to their current research, the volume serves simultaneously as an overview of the field’s long history and as an inspirational starting point for new explorations, for trained scientists and amateur enthusiasts alike.”

Readings in Wood by John Leland

“Award-winning nature writer John Leland offers a collection of twenty-seven short, poetic essays that marry science and the humanities as the author seeks meaning in trees. Readings in Wood is an investigation of trees and forests and also of wood as a material that people have found essential in the creation of society and culture. Leland views with wit and erudition the natural world and the curious place of human beings as saviors and destroyers of this world.

Readings in Wood is a hybrid testament of science, faith, superstition, and disbelief learned from sitting on tree trunks and peering at leaves and fungi. Leland hopes others will join him in nature’s classroom.”

Where’s the Moon?: A Memoir of the Space Coast and the Florida Dream by Ann McCutchan

“In this coming-of-age memoir, McCutchan, a writer and musician, returns to Florida to reconcile with the life she had there [growing up]. Reconnecting with old friends and long-forgotten places, she confronts the transformation of wetland real estate she knew as a child into south Florida suburbs and the booming Space Coast… She … comes to a deeper understanding of the meaning of the cultural shifts she experienced in the sixties, and achieves a new appreciation of the history and aspirations of the two people who meant the most to her.”

The Great Clod: Notes and Memoirs on Nature and History in East Asia by Gary Snyder

“Over the course of his singular career, the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, essayist, environmental activist, and Beat icon Gary Snyder has derived wisdom and inspiration from his study of Eastern philosophies, cultures, and art. Now, with this collection of eight essays, Snyder offers “a deceptively small book enfolding a lifetime’s worth of study” (Kirkus Reviews). The Great Clod is the culmination of a project that Snyder began in 1969 with the essay ‘Summer in Hokkaido,’first published in Coevolution Quarterly. In it and the subsequent entries… Snyder weaves together elements of travel memoir and poetic insight with scholarly meditations on civilization’s relationship to the environment.”

At Home in Nature: A Life of Unknown Mountains and Deep Wilderness by Rob Wood

“The compelling story of one family’s life among the rugged landscapes of British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, converting youthful ideals, raw land and a passion for the outdoors into a practical off-grid homestead.

Settling on Maurelle Island, he and his wife built an off-the-grid homestead and focused on alternative communities and developing a small house-design practice specializing in organic and wholesome building techniques. At Home in Nature is a gentle and philosophical memoir that focuses on living a life deeply rooted in the natural world, where citizens are connected to the planet and individuals work together to help, enhance and make the world a better …place.”

Want to explore more? Check out the titles related to nature available from Ebsco Ebooks

Learn New Outdoor Skills

Expanding your skills is a sure-fire way to appreciate nature more deeply. Want to know why the mocking bird in your neighborhood sings so many different tunes..including imitating your car alarm? How about knowing what to look for to find water out in nature? Want to be able to identify the plants and animals you encounter? There are a wealth of authoritative educational opportunities available online that you can use to build skills. Here are some of our favorites:

Cornell Ornithology Lab Open Lectures

Here you will find free lectures given by world renowned experts in the field of ornithology. This site also links to free learning games and instructional videos as well as the Lab’s online course offerings (for a fee).

Great Courses through Kanopy

Fundamentals of Sustainable Living “Become a more thoughtful consumer, save money, and reduce your ecological footprint with this course that teaches you how integrate sustainable practices into your everyday life. By learning specific knowledge and techniques on how to work more efficiently with the energy, water, and food you consume, you can live a more balanced and sustainable lifestyle that also positively impacts the world around you.”

The Science of Gardening “When scientists examine home gardens and landscapes, one fact stands out: The leading cause of landscape failure is not disease and it’s not pests – it’s our own gardening practices. Create a beautiful and sustainable home garden guided by the newest information from applied plant physiology, biology, soils science, climatology, hydrology, chemistry, and ecology.”

Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany“If you look around right now, chances are you’ll see a plant. It could be a succulent in a pot on your desk, grasses or shrubs just outside your door, or trees in a park across the way. Proximity to plants tends to make us happy, even if we don’t notice, offering unique pleasures and satisfactions. Open your eyes to the phenomenal and exciting world of botany!”

Our Night Sky “For thousands of years, the star-filled sky has been a source of wonder, discovery, and entertainment. All you need to feel at home in its limitless expanse is Our Night Sky, a richly illustrated 12-episode course that gives you an unrivaled tour around the sky–all while teaching you about the science, technology, and pure pleasure of stargazing.”

Add to the Scientific Study of Nature

Want to conduct some research? Right now? Even in your own backyard? Join a citizen science initiative! There are hundreds of projects actively seeking data from interested observers just like you. Check out the projects listed on these resources and find one that’s right for you!

CitizenScience.gov

National Geographic Citizen Science Projects

SciStarter.org

Don’t worry if you don’t have a background in science, there are projects available at all skill levels!

Virtually Explore Our World

Want to walk the Kalahari? Climb to the top of a mountain? How about swim at the bottom of the sea? UCF Libraries has hours of streaming video to inspire your love of nature!

BBC Landmark Collection

Check out some of the best nature documentaries of the last decade with this collection from Alexander Street Press. Titles include Planet Earth I & II, Spy in the Wild, Big Cats and so much more.

The Swamp

Explore the history of the Everglades and the unintended consequences of man’s quest to control it.

Forces of Nature

This four-part series from PBS delves into the powers and motivators which influence our natural world. Find out answers to such questions as “Why is water blue? How can a shape defy gravity? Why do bees make hexagonal honeycombs? And how do these things affect our own lives?”

Commit to One New Sustainable Practice

It can feel overwhelming trying to figure out the best way you can limit your negative impact on our planet, but don’t worry, it is not an all or nothing proposition. Even small changes in your actions can have lasting impact. I challenge each of us to commit to making one change in honor of the 50th Anniversary this Earth Day. Here are some ideas to get you started:

Choose one item you use regularly that comes in single use plastic and switch to more sustainable option. Bonus: choose a zero-waste option.

Reduce energy consumption by raising the temperature on your thermostat. You can start small with one degree and transition over time.

Commit to only drinking from reusable bottles or cups for one week.

Eat plant-based meals one day a week, or three meals throughout the week.

Switch one cleaning product you use to an environmentally friendly option.

Want more information? Check out our Naturally UCF Guide and our Anthropocene Reading List

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NIGHTWISH Announces 'Human. :II: Nature. (Tour Edition)'

NIGHTWISH will release "Human. :II: Nature. (Tour Edition)" on November 18 via Nuclear Blast. It will be made available as a luxurious 2CD plus Blu-ray digipak and include the band's latest album alongside NIGHTWISH's two interactive experiences in May 2021 when the group performed in a tavern called "The Islanders Arms" built in a virtual world. On both nights, the fans experienced a one-and-a-half-hour performance, hearing songs live off "Human. :II: Nature." for the first time ever. Each of the two nights had its own slightly different setlist. Originally available just as a DVD release and on Blu-ray in Japan, this new edition is the ultimate version to re-experience this unique and magical show NIGHTWISH created after their world tour had to be canceled.

Half a year in preparation and premiered on May 28 and May 29, 2021, "An Evening With Nighwish In A Virtual World" was not just a regular streaming show. It was an exceptionally ambitious production, allowing fans to follow the band playing live in an astonishing 3D world, designed according to the band's vision, while interacting with each other.

NIGHTWISH's two interactive experiences drew 150,000 viewers, setting the record for the largest paid virtual concert in Finland's history. Most of the viewers came from Europe and North America, but the performance was a truly global event, with fans in 108 countries purchasing tickets to the show and the box office gross exceeding one million euro.

"This is definitely one of the coolest things NIGHTWISH has ever done," the band comments. "Entwining visual elements, technology and music in such an extraordinary way offers a unique experience to us all."

About 30 people from seven different countries, many of them longtime fans, put everything they had into the game to craft a high-quality virtual concert featuring a NIGHTWISH-themed tavern, elaborate animations and 3D models that provided an atmospheric and inimitable stage for the group's 100-minute-long, stellar career-spanning set brilliantly mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox.

Celebrating the announcement, NIGHTWISH has released a video for "Noise", taken from "An Evening With Nightwish In A Virtual World".

"Human. :II: Nature. (Tour Edition)" track listing:

CD 1: Human. :II: Nature.

01. Music 02. Noise 03. Shoemaker 04. Harvest 05. Pan 06. How's The Heart? 07. Procession 08. Tribal 09. Endlessness

CD 2: All the Works of Nature Which Adorn the World

01. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Vista 02. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - The Blue 03. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - The Green 04. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Moors 05. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Aurorae 06. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Quiet As The Snow 07. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Anthropocene (incl. "Hurrian Hymn To Nikkal") 08. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Ad Astra

Blu-ray: Virtual Live Show From The Islanders Arms 2021

01. Intro 02. Noise 03. Planet Hell 04. Alpenglow 05. Élan 06. Storytime 07. How's The Heart? 08. Harvest 09. Dark Chest Of Wonders 10. I Want My Tears Back 11. Ever Dream 12. Nemo 13. Sleeping Sun 14. Pan 15. Last Ride Of The Day 16. Ghost Love Score 17. The Greatest Show On Earth 18. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World: VIII. Ad Astra

NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen recently spoke to Rauta about what fans can expect from the band's upcoming follow-up to "Human. :II: Nature.". He said: "I feel it's gonna be the third part of a trilogy started by 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' [2015] followed by 'Human. :II: Nature.' and then finished by this upcoming album."

According to Tuomas, NIGHTWISH's next LP will cover previously uncharted ground while continuing in the more cinematic style that has characterized some of the band's recent efforts.

"There's always something new," he explained. "It's important for my own mental health, when it comes to writing music, that you need to search for some new territories and try not to repeat yourself. And that can be heard on the upcoming album, for sure, already on the demo that we've done."

Asked if NIGHTWISH's upcoming LP will once again be an exploration of evolutionary science, as was the case with the previous two releases, Tuomas said: "Yes and no. It sails on the same waters, but there's some new surprises there as well."

Holopainen went on to say that NIGHTWISH fans will have to wait a while before hearing new music from the band. "We'll enter the studio next year and the album is gonna come out maybe early 2024," he said.

In August, Holopainen told Knotfest that he and his bandmates had spent "the past few weeks" listening to a demo of the next NIGHTWISH album. "Because of COVID, lots of free time, I decided to use that well, so I wrote all the songs for the next album, demoed it, wrote the lyrics, and now we have been brainstorming over it with these guys," he said, referring to drummer Kai Hahto and the rest of NIGHTWISH.

Added Kai: "Yeah, it's been great. The six of us, in the same room, listening to fresh demos for the upcoming album, checking the lyrics and the vocal parts and stuff like that. So it's been wonderful. This man [Tuomas] has been really productive."

Earlier in the month, Tuomas told Rock Sverige that he spent "about a year" working on the music and lyrics for the next NIGHTWISH album, "and then we finished the demos about two months ago. We're hitting the studio next summer, so in about a year from now," he revealed. "Like I said, might as well use the time for something."

Asked if he got any kind of inspiration from the pandemic, Tuomas said: "Yeah, lyrically there's a couple of things that reflects the pandemic, but not in the way you would expect."

"Human. :II: Nature." was released in April 2020. The follow-up to 2015's "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" was a double album containing nine tracks on the main CD and one long track, divided into eight chapters, on CD 2.

In August, NIGHTWISH announced the addition of bassist Jukka Koskinen (WINTERSUN) as an official member of the band. Koskinen, who made his live debut with NIGHTWISH at the band's two interactive experiences, had spent the last year touring with NIGHTWISH as a session musician.

#Nightwish #Human. :II: Nature. (Tour Edition)#2022 news

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I can’t believe a year has passed since we first fell head over heels for Wallows, a Los Angeles band whose members also include actor Dylan Minnette, best known for his role as Clay on 13 Reasons Why. In the months after our first Wallows post, we managed to dash out and see the very first show of their very first tour in San Francisco and were floored by their performance. Subsequently, I was fortunate enough to catch them again at SXSW 2018, where I actually spoke to Minnette for a few minutes (swoon). Over the course of 2018, their star shone brighter and brighter as more and more people picked up on how good they are at rock music. And now, just as SXSW 2019 comes knocking at our door (next month), Wallows has made a huge announcement. Debut album Nothing Happens is going to be available on March 22nd via Atlantic Records. The album sees them reuniting with Grammy-winning producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Alvvays, Future Islands), and it captures the band’s journey towards adulthood through its 11 introspective tracks. Wallows affords us a first glimpse at the full length with lead single and video, ‘Are You Bored Yet?’ which features Boston bedroom pop phenomenon Clairo as a guest. Yes, you read that right. Wallows and Clairo, together, on one delectable tune! ‘Are You Bored Yet?’ even kicks off with the synth peppy draw of a Future Islands track before it segues into an easy shimmy and a wistful synthpop meets indie rock glide. We know full well from our past experiences with Wallows how versatile this band is with their sound. Nothing Happens will surely be quite the menagerie of sonic treats. The trippy video for Wallows’ and Clairo’s new song was directed by Drew Kirsch. It feature Wallows in a retro karaoke bar surrounded by friends and familiar places, including a special appearance by actor Noah Centineo, Brian Jones (Vampire Weekend, Human Natural), and Nina Ljeti (1980s horror film II music video director), among others. Pre-order Wallows’ album Nothing Happens, here. Assorted physical bundles and limited edition goodies are available, here.

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[ Nazis burn the library of Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin, 1933.]

“Hirschfeld was a pivotal figure in the political history of sexuality and gender. Born in Prussia in 1868, he earned a degree in medicine at the University of Berlin in 1892. His most important theoretical contribution to the study of gender and sexuality was his concept of “sexual intermediaries,” the idea that every human being represented a unique combination of sex characteristics, secondary sex-linked traits, erotic preferences, psychological inclinations, and culturally acquired habits and practices. In 1897, he cofounded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, usually regarded as the first organization in the world to effectively devote itself to social reform on behalf of sexual minorities. Like Ulrichs and Kertbeny before him, Hirschfeld thought that variations in human sexuality and gender were rooted in biology, and that a just society was one that recognized the natural order of things. Hirschfeld edited the first scientific journal on “sexual variants,” the Yearbook for Sexual Intermediaries, published between 1899 and 1923, and was a founding member of Sigmund Freud’s Vienna Psychoanalytic Society in 1908 (which he broke with in 1911). In 1919, he founded the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin—a combination of library, archive, lecture hall, and medical clinic, where he amassed an unprecedented collection of historical documents, ethnographies, case studies, and literary works detailing the diversity of sexuality and gender around the world. In 1928, he became the founding president of the World League for Sexual Reform.

Hirschfeld was a pioneering advocate for transgender people. As early as 1910 he had written The Transvestites, the first book-length treatment of transgender phenomena. He worked with the Berlin police department to end the harassment and targeting for arrest of transgender people. Transgender people worked on the staff of the Institute for Sexual Science (albeit as receptionists and maids), and some were part of Hirschfeld’s social circle as well, including Dora Richter. Richter underwent the first documented male-to-female genital transformation surgery in 1931, arranged on her behalf by Hirschfeld himself. Hirschfeld was the linchpin, and his institute the hub, of the international network of transgender people and progressive medical experts who set the stage for the post-World War II transgender movement. His colleagues included Eugen Steinach, the Austrian endocrinologist who first identified the morphological effects of the so-called “sex hormones,” testosterone and estrogen, in the 1910s, as well as young Harry Benjamin, the German-born doctor who moved to the United States in 1913 and became the leading medical authority on transsexuality in the 1950s.

Hirschfeld’s work came to an abrupt and tragically premature end in the 1930s. The World League for Sexual Reform splintered between liberal and radical factions (some members favoring the reform politics of Western democratic capitalism, and others favoring Soviet-style Marxist revolution) and had to cancel planned conferences because of the rise of Stalinism and fascism in Europe. Adolf Hitler personally denounced Hirschfeld, who was a socialist as well as a homosexual, as “the most dangerous Jew in Germany.” Fearing for his life if he remained in the country, Hirschfeld turned a planned visit to the United States into an around-the-world lecture tour. Between 1930 and 1933 he visited New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Honolulu, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, China, Egypt, and Palestine, preaching his vision of politically progressive sexual science. In 1933, fascist vigilantes ransacked and destroyed Hirschfeld’s Institute in Berlin—the most familiar photo of Nazi book burning, in fact, depicts Hirschfeld’s library of materials on sexual diversity going up in flames, a bust of Hirschfeld himself clearly visible in the bonfire. Unable to return to Germany, Magnus Hirschfeld settled in Nice, on the French Riviera, where he died on his sixtyseventh birthday, in 1935.” - Stryker, Susan. (2008). Transgender History.

#Susan Stryker #trans history #lgbt history #fascism #nazism #antisemitism #homophobia #transphobia

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Album: “Madonna” (1983)

Lucky Star

Borderline

Burning Up

I Know It

Holiday

Think Of Me

Physical Attraction

Everybody

Album: “Like A Virgin” (1984)

Material Girl

Angel

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Over And Over

Love Don’t Live Here Anymore

Dress You Up

Shoo-Bee-Doo

Pretender

Stay

Album: “Pre-Madonna” (1986)

Laugh To Keep From Crying

Crimes Of Passion

Ain’t No Big Deal (’97 Edit)

Everybody (’97 And ’81)

Burning Up

Ain’t No Big Deal (’81 And ’97 Extended)

Stay (’81)

Don’t You Know?

Album: “True Blue” (1986)

Papa Don’t Preach

Open Your Heart

White Heat

Live To Tell

Where’s The Party

True Blue

La Isla Bonita

Jimmy Jimmy

Love Makes The World Go Round

Soundtrack: “Who’s That Girl” (1987)

Who’s That Girl

Causing A Commotion

The Look Of Love

Can’t Stop

Album: “Like A Prayer” (1989)

Like A Prayer

Express Yourself

Love Song

Till Death Do Us Part

Promise To Try

Cherish

Dear Jessie

Oh Father

Keep It Together

Spanish Eyes

Act Of Contrition

Album: “I’m Breathless” (1990)

He’s A Man

Sooner Or Later

Hanky Panky

I’m Going Bananas

Cry Baby

Something To Remember

Back In Business

What Can You Lose

Now I’m Following You (Part I)

Now I’m Following You (Part II)

Vogue

Album: “Erotica” (1992)

Erotica

Fever

Bye Bye Baby

Deeper And Deeper

Where Life Begins

Bad Girl

Waiting

Thief Of Hearts

Words

Rain

Why’s It So Hard

In This Life

Did You Do It?

Secret Garden

Album: “Bedtime Stories” (1994)

Survival

Secret

I’d Rather Be Your Lover

Don’t Stop

Inside Of Me

Human Nature

Forbidden Love

Love Tried To Welcome Me

Sanctuary

Bedtime Story

Take A Bow

Album: “Something To Remember” (1995)

I Want You

I’ll Remember

You’ll See

This Used To Be My Playground

One More Chance

Soundtrack: “Evita” (1996)

A Cinema In Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952

Requiem For Evita

Oh What A Circus

On This Night Of A Thousand Stars

Eva And Magaldi / Eva Beware Of The City

Buenos Aires

Another Suitcase In Another Hall

Goodnight And Thank You

The Lady’s Got Potential

Charity Concert / The Art Of The Possible

I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You

Hello And Goodbye

Peron’s Latest Flame

A New Argentina

On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada 1

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada 2

High Flying, Adored

Rainbow High

Rainbow Tour

The Actress Hasn’t Learned The Lines (You’d Like To Hear)

And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)

Partido Feminista

She Is A Diamond

Santa Evita

Waltz For Eva And Che

Your Little Body’s Slowly Breaking Down

You Must Love Me

Eva’s Final Broadcast

Latin Chant

Lament

Album: “Ray Of Light” (1998)

Drowned World / Substitute For Love

Swim

Ray Of Light

Candy Perfume Girl

Skin

Nothing Really Matters

Sky Fits Heaven

Shanti / Ashtangi

Frozen

The Power Of Good-Bye

To Have And Not To Hold

Little Star

Mer Girl

Has To Be

Album: “Music” (2000)

Music

Impressive Instant

Runaway Lover

I Deserve It

Amazing

Nobody’s Perfect

Don’t Tell Me

What It feels Like For A Girl

Paradise (Not For Me)

Gone

Cyberraga

Album: “American Life” (2003)

American Life

Hollywood

I’m So Stupid

Love Profusion

Nobody Knows Me

Nothing Fails

Intervention

X-Static Process

Mother And Father

Die Another Day

Easy Ride

Remixed & Revisited” (2003)

Nothing Fails (Nevins Mix)

Love Profusion (Headcleaner Rock Mix)

Nobody Knows Me (Mount Sims Old School Mix)

American Life (Headcleaner Rock Mix)

Like A Virgin / Hollywood Medley (2003 MTV VMA Performance)

Into The Hollywood Groove (The Passengerz Mix)

Your Honesty

Album: “Confessions On A Dance Floor” (2005)

Hung Up

Get Together

Sorry

Future Lovers

I Love New York

Let It Will Be

Forbidden Love

Jump

How High

Isaac

Push

Like It Or Not

Fighting Spirit (CD Deluxe Edition bonus track)

Album: “Hard Candy” (2008)

Candy Shop

4 Minutes

Give It 2 Me

Heartbeat

Miles Away

She’s Not Me

Incredible

Beat Goes On

Dance 2night

Spanish Lesson

Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You

Voices

Ring My Bell

Album: “MDNA” (2012)

Girl Gone Wild

Gang Bang

I’m Addicted

Turn Up The Radio

Give Me All Your Luvin’

Some Girls

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Love Spent

Masterpiece

Falling Free

Beautiful Killer

I Fvcked Up

B-Day Song

Best Friend

Give Me All Your Luvin’ (Party Rock Remix)

Album: “Rebel Heart” (2015)

Living For Love

Devil Pray

Ghosttown

Unapologetic Bitch

Illuminati

Bitch I’m Madonna

Hold Tight

Joan Of Arc

Iconic

HeartBreakCity

Body Shop

Holy Water

Inside Out

Wash All Over Me

Best Night

Veni Vedi Vici

S.E.X.

Messiah

Rebel Heart

Beautiful Scars (Super Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Borrowed Time (Super Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Addicted

Graffiti Heart (Super Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Auto-Tune Baby (Media Markt Bonus Track)

Other songs

Across The Sky

Addicted / The One That Got Away

American Life (American Dream Remix)

American Pie

Animal

Arioso

Be Careful With My Heart

Beautiful Stranger

Broken (I’m Sorry)

Celebration (from “Celebration” greatest hits album)

Crazy For You

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Miami Spanglish Mix)

Erotic

Freedom

Gambler

Get Up

GHV2 Megamix

Goodbye To Innocence

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Guilty By Association

Hey You

History

If You Forget Me

Into The Groove (from “Celebration” greatest hits album)

It’s So Cool (from “Celebration” greatest hits album)

Just A Dream

Justify My Love (from “The Immaculate Collection” greatest hits album)

Justify My Love (The Beast Within Mix)

Keep The Trance

Latte

Let Down Your Guard (Rough Mix Edit)

Lies In Your Eyes

Like A Flower

Like A Prayer (from “Hope for Haiti Now” compilation)

Little Boy Lost

Love On The Run

Me Against The Music

Miss You

No Substitute For Love

On The Ground

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Rescue Me (from “The Immaculate Collection” greatest hits album)

Revolution

Revolver (from “Celebration” greatest hits album)

Santa Baby

Scheherazade

Set The Right

Shine A Light

Sidewalk Talk (Extended Dance Mix)

Spotlight (from “You Can Dance” album)

Super Pop

Supernatural (Original Arms House Mix)

Triggering

Veras (You’ll See)

You Thrill Me

Biography

Madonna Louise Ciccone, who became Ciccone Ritchie in 2000, was born in Bay City into a many children family of an Italian immigrant and an American woman of French-Canadian descent. According to the genealogical tree of the family, Madonna is a remote relative of Camilla Parker Bowls, the Duchess of Cornwall. Madonna's mother died in 1963, and widowed father married again. The second marriage resulted in two more children, bringing their total number to eight. In such surroundings in the suburbs of Detroit the childhood of the future star passed. However, the girl knew how to amuse herself – she attended ballet classes, got only A-marks at school and was a member of the local cheerleader team. Having finished the high school, Madonna entered the dance department of the University Of Michigan, but quit her studies in 1977. The reason for such a risky decision was her will to become a ballet-dancer. Flying on a plane for the first time in her life, Madonna headed to New York. The city met the girl without anticipation.

She had to work as a model and in cafes in order to pay for her living. With the show of dancer Patrick Hernandez Madonna moved to Paris, where she met musician Dan Gilroy. This meeting was of great significance for the girl, as she and Gilroy formed the band called Breakfast Club, in which Madonna started singing. She left that group for the Emmy collective in 1980. Her recordings came to the hands of DJ and producer Mike Kamins, and finally, in 1982, the promising vocalist was signed to the Sire Records. The rest has become a legend long time ago. The very first artist's album Madonna was sold out in huge amounts, making her a youth icon. Fishnet stockings, platinum blonde hair, heavy make up – all the things that contributed to Madonna's sexual image became the essentials of that time fashion. In 1984, the singer's popularity got so huge after the Like A Virgin disc with the eponymous lead single that the press did not manage to hesitate the audience's love for Madonna even printing her naked photos, shot in the period of her modeling. In 1985 Madonna debuted in cinema, playing the leading part in the picture titled Desperately Seeking Susan.

Since that she played in many films, including the main part in the Evita musical, though she failed to get a desired Oscar for acting. One of her film partners, actor Sean Penn, was Madonna's husband from 1985 to 1989. Then the singer preferred lesbian relations and short romances for a long time. After one of such affections she gave birth to her daughter Lourdes. By that moment Madonna was absolutely deservedly nicknamed the Queen Of Pop. She supported that nickname with the extremely stylish album Ray Of Light, adding an electronica edge to the sound. In two years she astonished everyone again with the forceful disc Music, making the majority of the tracks with the danceable house influence and decorating the ballad Gone and the hit Don't Tell Me with folk guitars. In 2000, Madonna gave birth to her son Rocco. His father was Guy Ritchie, whom Madonna married at the end of the same year. The singer moved to England and started writing books for children, though still singing. The American Life album, written about the other side of the American dream, got attention with singles American Life and Hollywood. In 2005, Madonna reminded of her previous hits with the Grammy-winning Confessions On The Dance Floor disc. In 2006, the press was outrageous of her adopting boy David Banda from Malawi. In 2007, she released the live record The Confessions Tour, which proved to be an extremely fascinating report about her controversial tour of the same name. As soon as The Confession Tour came to an end, the incredibly energetic and creative singer again went to the studio to work on her subsequent album. It was delivered to the stores in 2008 under the title Hard Candy. This beautifully executed record appeared another precious item in Madonna’s astonishing discography.

As soon as in a year, the tireless singer presented her subsequent release. Called Celebration, it was another collection of her most famous hits that arrived in the second half of 2009.

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Songs' arrangements hold the second position on Hard Candy, naturally after Madonna's performance whose vocals still remain the most recognizable of all, and due to great pop melodies practically each track is a ready hit

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Anyone who thought Madonna might have abdicated as the Queen of Pop can kneel at her throne once more. On Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna returns unapologetically to her roots. It is an hour of pure electronic dance/pop heaven

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Image courtesy of the Hammer Museum.

PLAN ForYourArt: May 17–23

Thursday, May 17

Westwood Openings and Events

READINGS: Poetry: Jennifer Moxley, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

DMA M.F.A. FINAL EXHIBITION, UCLA (Westwood), 5pm.

Century City Openings and Events

Iris Nights: The Restless Genius of Garry Winogrand: A Conversation with Geoff Dyer and Sasha Waters Freyer, Annenberg Space for Photography (Century City), 7pm.

West Hollywood Openings and Events

ART DE RUE, 5Art Gallery (West Hollywood), 6–9pm.

Alain Laboile: Quotidian and Deborah Anderson: Women of the White Buffalo, Leica Gallery (West Hollywood), 6–9pm.

Openings and Events on West Adams

Americus: The Past Speaks To The Present, William Grant Still Arts Center (West Adams).

Hollywood Openings and Events

LAND IS MOVING SALE, LAND (Hollywood), 2–8pm. Performance, 8pm.

Pippa Garner: Autonomy n' Stuff (Garnerhea), Redling Fine Art (Hollywood), 6–8pm.

Downtown Openings and Events

MOCA Music: THE MARIAS, Jarina De Marco, Sister Mantos, and Chulita Vinyl Club, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Downtown), 6:30–9:30pm.

Screening and Panel: Far Out Black, California African American Museum (Downtown), 7–9pm.

Between a rock and a hard place, werkartz (Downtown), 7–10pm.

The Broad and X-TRA present Lynne Tillman + Kerry Tribe in Conversation, The first in a series of talks addressing the legacy of Joseph Beuys, The Broad (Downtown), 7:30pm. $15.

Nataki Garrett & Andrea LeBlanc: The Carolyn Bryant Project, REDCAT (Downtown), 8:30pm.

Chinatown Openings and Events

SUSAN SIMPSON: MACHINE FOR LIVING, Automata (Chinatown).

Openings and Events in Leimert Park

In Conversation: Taisha Paggett & Ashley Hunt, Art + Practice (Leimert Park), 7pm.

Openings and Events in Pasadena

Dibner Lecture - The Search for Perfection in an Imperfect World, The Huntington (San Marino), 7:30pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

AAMD Art Museum Day, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 11am–9pm.

Book Signing with Michael Imperioli and Colin Gardner, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 5:30–7pm.

Arts for Inclusion: BEST BUDDIES 5TH ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 6–8:30pm.

Third Thursday Studio | Digital Sculpture, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 6pm.

Andy Coolquitt: …i need a hole in my head, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 6–8pm.

Factory Line with the Coachella Valley Art Scene, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 6:30–8pm.

Film Night: Dr. Strangelove, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 7pm.

Friday, May 18

Openings and Events in Westwood

INSIGHT WACD SENIOR PROJECTS FESTIVAL 2018, UCLA (Westwood), 8pm. Continues May 19.

Miracle Mile Openings and Events

Film: Free Screening: American Animals, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 7:30pm.

Openings and Events in Hollywood

Kimiyo Mishima: Paintings and Shomei Tomatsu: Plastics, Nonaka-Hill (Hollywood), 7–9pm.

Openings and Events in Los Feliz

Odd Nights, Autry Museum of the American West (Los Feliz), 6–11pm.

Downtown Openings and Events

Movie Nights at the Museum: William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe, Los Angeles Poverty Department (Downtown), 7pm.

THE PEOPLE’S HOME | Winston Street 1974, THESE DAYS (Downtown), 7–10pm.

Cal State LA Community Impact Media Documentaries Premiere, Hauser & Wirth (Downtown), 7:30pm.

Openings and Events in Chinatown

Susan Simpson: A Machine for Living, Automata (Chinatown), 8pm. $15–20.

Openings and Events in MacArthur Park

Lawrence Jordan's Three Ring Circus, Bob Baker Marionette Theater (MacArthur Park), 8pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Rehearsal: The Bevy, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 7pm. $175.

Nour Mobarak & Bana Haffar: YOU ARE THE AUDIENCE, POTTS (Alhambra), 9pm.

Saturday, May 19

Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades

Drawing from Antiquity: Birds, Getty Villa (Pacific Palisades), 11am–12:30pm.

Plato in America: Edward Hopper, Mark Rothko, Mike Kelley, Getty Villa (Pacific Palisades), 2pm.

Openings and Events in West L.A.

Joanne Greenbaum: Things We Said Today, Otis College of Art and Design (West L.A.), 4–6pm.

Openings and Events in Westwood

URBAN HUMANITIES ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM, UCLA (Westwood), 12pm.

Openings and Events in Venice

Frame Rate: We Eat Art Live Podcast Taping, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center (Venice), 1–2:30pm.

Chasing Ansel Adams, Arcane Space (Venice), 2–6pm.

La pérdida / perdido, DXIX (Venice), 3–6pm.

Openings and Events in Santa Monica

Pico Block Party: Empowering Youth Voices!, 18th Street Arts Center (Santa Monica), 3–6pm.

Openings and Events in Brentwood

Off the 405: Allah-Las, Getty Center (Brentwood), 6pm.

Openings and Events in Culver City

Sister Corita Kent's "International Signal Code Alphabet" Book Launch and Discussion, Arcana: Books on the Arts (Culver City), 4–6pm.

Michael Dopp: Shining Desert and Tragedy Plus Time, Roberts Projects (Culver City), 6–8pm.

Jamison Carter: Hallelujah Anyway, Klowden Mann (Culver City), 6–8pm.

Openings and Events in Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Gardens (Beverly Hills). Continues May 20.

Miracle Mile Openings and Events

Talk: Exhibition Tour: A Universal History of Infamy—Those of This America, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 1:30pm.

Carole Garland: Streaming Color, Tom Wheeler - Painted Light in Western Landscapes, Isabelle Hope Grahm - My Color Garden, TAG Gallery (Miracle Mile), 5–8pm.

CAMERON PLATTER: Teen Non_Fiction, 1301PE (Miracle Mile), 6–8pm.

Families: Teen Night: Middle School, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 7:30pm.

Openings and Events in Mid-City

Carla Issue 12 Launch Party, Karma International (Mid-City), 6–9pm.

Openings and Events in Koreatown

Yarn Bomb Gabba Arts District!, Gabba Gallery (Koreatown), 10am–5pm.

Middle Voice walkthrough, Visitor Welcome Center (Koreatown), 2–4pm.

Openings and Events in MacArthur Park

Express Yourself/ William Grant Still Birthday Celebration, William Grant Still Arts Center (West Adams).

Openings and Events in Atwater Village

Metafork, Thank You For Coming (Atwater Village), 11am–3pm.

Openings and Events in Frogtown

Plant Communication & Radical Communion: Spring Flower Essence Making, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 11am–1:30pm. $20–25.

Openings and Events in West Hollywood

In the Name of the Place by the GALA Committee, West Hollywood Public Library (West Hollywood), 3–5pm.

Nathaniel Mary Quinn: Soundtrack, M+B (West Hollywood), 6–8pm.

Openings and Events in Hollywood

Fay Ray in conversation, Shulamit Nazarian (Hollywood), 4pm.

Marilyn Minter, Regen Projects (Hollywood), 6–8pm.

Julie Curtiss: Altered States, Various Small Fires (Hollywood), 6–8pm.

Double Vision, Steve Turner (Hollywood), 6–8pm.

Patrick Braden Woody: Cloth Mother, Wire Mother, there-there (Hollywood), 7–9pm.

Openings and Events in MacArthur Park

Bailey Scieszka: Soul Dolphin, Park View (MacArthur Park), 6–8pm.

Downtown Openings and Events

Bug Fair, Natural History Museum (Downtown), 9:30am–5pm. Continues May 20.

Artist Talk: Matthew Day Jackson in Conversation with Hamza Walker, Hauser & Wirth (Downtown), 2pm.

ARTIST WALKTHROUGH with Folkert de Jong and Nathan Redwood, DENK Gallery (Downtown), 2–3pm.

Bounty, Grice Bench (Downtown), 6–9pm.

Undisrememberable Curios, PØST (Downtown), 7–10pm.

Soft Bytes Feminist Animation Festival, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles (Downtown), 7:30pm.

Anne Guro: Rule of a High Priest Vol. I, JACE (Downtown), 8–11pm.

Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights

Workshop: The Dancing Spine: Freedom, Power & Pain Relief with the Alexander Technique with Sharon Jakubecy Klehm, Pieter (Lincoln Heights), 1–3pm.

Openings and Events in Glendale

ONE-DAY NEON ART IMMERSIVE WITH DAVID SVENSON, Museum of Neon Art (Glendale), 10am–4pm.

Openings and Events in Pasadena

Taste of Art: English Tea Time, The Huntington (San Marino), 9am.

Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens, The Huntington (San Marino).

SkillShare: Veterans & Immigrants Oral History Recording, Side Street Projects (Pasadena), 1–4pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 11am–7pm.

MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Part II, CTSA Gallery (Irvine), 2–5pm.

Mona Kuhn: Selected Works, Porch Gallery (Ojai), 5–7pm.

2018 Old Bags & Baubles Luncheon, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach).

Sunday, May 20

Openings and Events in Venice

Venice Art Walk, Google (Venice), 12–6pm.

Openings and Events in Santa Monica

8th Annual Beyond Baroque Awards Dinner, The Church in Ocean Park (Santa Monica), 6–9:30pm.

Openings and Events in Mar Vista

George Stoll: Spirograph Drawings (1995–2017), c.nichols project (Mar Vista), 5–8pm.

Openings and Events in Westwood

2018 K.A.M.P., Hammer Museum (Westwood), 10am–2pm. $100–150.

Openings and Events in Culver City

Promote-Tolerate-Ban: Art and Culture of Cold War Hungary and Socialist Flower Power: Soviet Hippie Culture, Wende Museum (Culver City), 12–5pm.

Miracle Mile Openings and Events

Talk: Gallery Course: European Art, 1750–1850—Neoclassicism and the Barbizon School, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 8:30am.

Mark Grotjahn: 50 Kitchens and Decoding Mimbres Painting: Ancient Ceramics of the American Southwest, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 10am–7pm.

Seeing Stars: A Bamboo Sculpture Workshop with Akio Hizume, Craft and Folk Art Museum (Miracle Mile), 1–3pm. $40–50.

Downtown Openings and Events

On The Wall! Street Art Youth Workshop, 356 Mission (Downtown), 1–4pm.

Place It Workshop with James Rojas, California African American Museum (Downtown), 1–3pm.

Listening Session #2 with Noah Copelin, MOCA Grand Avenue (Downtown), 3pm.

The World Is My Home, THE SPACE by ADVOCARTSY (Downtown), 4–7pm.

Openings and Events in Frogtown

Feminist Manifesto Writing Workshop, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 2–6pm. $12–15.

Openings and Events in Echo Park

Luca Francesconi: Eternal Digestion, 67 Steps (Echo Park), 7–9pm.

Openings and Events in MacArthur Park

The Circus, Bob Baker Marionette Theater (MacArthur Park), 5:30pm.

Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights

Orgasmic Yoga: Dr. Victoria Reuveni, Pieter (Lincoln Heights), 6–10pm. $30–40.

Openings and Events in Highland Park

Miller Robinson: Of this body; of this earth, Southwest Museum (Highland Park), 1–3pm.

Openings and Events in Pasadena

In Conversation with Susan Whitfield and Peter Sellars, The Huntington (San Marino), 2pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Nam June Paik: TV Clock, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara).

Artist talk: Scott Froschauer: Echo Enigma closing, Ark Gallery and Studios (Altadena), 3–5pm.

Rehearsal: The Harvest, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 6pm.

Monday, May 21

Openings and Events in Santa Monica

A Conversation with L.A. Artists Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Charles Gaines, Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center (Santa Monica), 6:30pm. $35.

Openings and Events in Westwood

BRETT STEELE, UCLA (Westwood), 6:30pm.

Openings and Events in Pasadena

Carnegie Astronomy Lecture - Astronomical Alchemy: The Origin of the Elements, The Huntington (San Marino), 7pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Families: On-Site: North Hollywood—Comic-inspired Art Series, North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library (North Hollywood), 2pm.

High Desert Test Kitchen: may ingredient: cholla, Copper Mountain Mesa Community Center (Joshua Tree), 7pm

Tuesday, May 22

Openings and Events in Westwood

INA CONRADI + MARK CHAVEZ: MEDIA ART NEXUS NTU SINGAPORE, UCLA (Westwood), 6pm.

CONVERSATIONS: The Sex Ed with Liz Goldwyn, Nina Hartley, and Dita Von Teese, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Openings and Events in Brentwood

In Focus: Expressions, Getty Center (Brentwood), 10am–5:30pm.

Miracle Mile Openings and Events

Film: The Magician, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 1pm.

Downtown Openings and Events

Youth Now, California African American Museum (Downtown), 12–3pm.

Wednesday, May 23

Openings and Events in Westwood

FOWLER OUT LOUD: JOHNNIE YAJ, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 6pm.

Openings and Events in Brentwood

India and the World: A History in Nine Stories, Getty Center (Brentwood), 7pm.

Openings and Events in Mid-City

Back to the 80s, The Loft at Liz’s (Mid-City), 7–9pm.

Openings and Events Downtown

wasteLAnd premieres Wolfgang v. Schweinitz’s Cantata, or You are the star in God’s eye, REDCAT (Downtown), 8:30pm. $10–20.

Openings and Events in Pasadena

Curator Tour: Radiant Beauty, The Huntington (San Marino), 5pm.

Crotty Lecture - Remembering the Reformation, The Huntington (San Marino), 7:30pm.

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Valve has leaked player counts

Before Valve was able to plug the hole these numbers escaped:

The following table represents a small selection of the top games with Achievements on Steam, as ranked by number of total unique players (i.e. the number of Steam users who have played the game at least once) as of July 1, 2018 and as collected by Steam Spy's Sergey Galyonkin. The data was extrapolated from the Achievement percentage data provided by Steam's API, so games that do not have developer-set Achievements are not represented. Please see the description on the previous page for important caveats about usage of this data, and download this CSV file for player data from over 13,000 Steam games.

Title Player Estimate Steam App ID Team Fortress 2 50,191,347 440 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 46,305,966 730 PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 36,604,134 578080 Unturned 27,381,399 304930 Left 4 Dead 2 23,143,723 550 PAYDAY 2 18,643,807 218620 Garry's Mod 18,576,379 4000 Warframe 16,332,217 230410 Counter-Strike: Source 15,001,876 240 Paladins 14,371,946 444090 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 13,235,488 72850 Terraria 13,132,545 105600 Portal 2 13,062,700 620 Sid Meier's Civilization V 12,701,498 8930 Grand Theft Auto V 12,604,123 271590 Borderlands 2 11,218,936 49520 Robocraft 10,145,493 301520 Rocket League 10,110,342 252950 Portal 9,971,481 400 War Thunder 9,536,732 236390 Rust 9,147,240 252490 ARK: Survival Evolved 9,103,947 346110 Half-Life 2 8,877,286 220 Brawlhalla 8,646,824 291550 Chivalry: Medieval Warfare 8,260,157 219640 Trove 7,700,319 304050 Path of Exile 7,634,137 238960 Killing Floor 7,395,545 1250 The Binding of Isaac 7,172,818 113200 No More Room in Hell 7,144,320 224260 Alien Swarm 6,667,813 630 Warface 6,656,284 291480 Fallout 4 6,601,188 377160 Arma 3 6,404,450 107410 Cities: Skylines 6,132,366 255710 Insurgency 6,007,744 222880 Euro Truck Simulator 2 5,982,548 227300 APB Reloaded 5,874,946 113400 Age of Empires II HD 5,824,316 221380 Dirty Bomb 5,760,753 333930 Dead by Daylight 5,757,369 381210 SMITE 5,751,466 386360 Castle Crashers 5,555,066 204360 The Forest 5,552,274 242760 Tomb Raider 5,495,033 203160 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5,479,626 292030 Wallpaper Engine 5,279,723 431960 Saints Row IV 5,275,914 206420 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 5,267,226 10180 Spiral Knights 5,226,655 99900 Loadout 5,224,448 208090 Black Squad 5,223,468 550650 Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies 5,222,958 273110 Fallout: New Vegas 5,222,533 22380 Saints Row: The Third 5,143,189 55230 Magicka 4,976,290 42910 Torchlight II 4,963,949 200710 PAYDAY The Heist 4,944,712 24240 Stardew Valley 4,913,541 413150 Evolve Stage 2 4,826,928 273350 Company of Heroes 2 4,654,955 231430 Left 4 Dead 4,604,963 500 The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition 4,585,616 20920 BioShock Infinite 4,563,627 8870 Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead 4,514,397 33930 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor 4,468,234 241930 ORION: Prelude 4,419,554 104900 Day of Defeat: Source 4,419,447 300 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition 4,398,897 489830 Clicker Heroes 4,338,397 363970 Starbound 4,309,358 211820 Blacklight: Retribution 4,268,464 209870 Mount & Blade: Warband 4,219,791 48700 Space Engineers 4,204,751 244850 7 Days to Die 4,184,553 251570 Dead Island 4,182,465 91310 Just Cause 2 4,161,156 8190 Magic Duels 4,109,602 316010 Borderlands 4,079,485 8980 Goat Simulator 4,065,978 265930 Life is Strange - Episode 1 4,017,852 319630 Killing Floor 2 3,980,635 232090 theHunter Classic 3,979,429 253710 Half-Life 2: Episode One 3,917,529 380 Infestation: The New Z 3,888,922 555570 AdVenture Capitalist 3,759,378 346900 Call of Duty: Black Ops 3,759,377 42700 Realm of the Mad God 3,757,613 200210 Dishonored 3,700,352 205100 Sid Meierâ€™s Civilization VI 3,680,328 289070 BattleBlock Theater 3,605,148 238460 Undertale 3,581,310 391540 Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm 3,501,161 35450 Just Survive 3,491,666 295110 Empire: Total War 3,491,439 10500 Dying Light 3,467,531 239140 Fallout Shelter 3,371,793 588430 Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition 3,350,407 214950 DARK SOULS III 3,294,533 374320 DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition 3,289,250 211420 Half-Life 2: Episode Two 3,281,382 420 LIMBO 3,207,480 48000 DOOM 3,197,626 379720 Crusader Kings II 3,170,312 203770 Human: Fall Flat 3,097,845 477160 Call of Duty: Black Ops III 3,021,623 311210 America's Army 3 3,014,457 13140 Call of Duty: Black Ops II 2,998,561 202970 Gotham City Impostors Free to Play 2,982,059 206210 Fistful of Frags 2,973,385 265630 Super Meat Boy 2,970,487 40800 Sniper Elite V2 2,946,959 63380 A.V.A. Alliance of Valiant Arms 2,876,701 102700 Subnautica 2,866,791 264710 DC Universe Online 2,863,993 24200 Prison Architect 2,856,218 233450 The Walking Dead 2,846,244 207610 This War of Mine 2,817,954 282070 Outlast 2,813,619 238320 Hitman: Absolution 2,805,822 203140 Trine 2: Complete Story 2,791,654 35720 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 2,756,509 250900 SpeedRunners 2,753,552 207140 Ace of Spades: Battle Builder 2,699,933 224540 Dungeon Defenders II 2,642,504 236110 Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Mod 2,625,503 259080 Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2,609,222 57300 Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth 2,606,575 65980 Deceit 2,604,178 466240 Sanctum 2 2,602,292 210770 Hotline Miami 2,584,720 219150 Bastion 2,577,876 107100 Zombie Panic! Source 2,573,292 17500 South Park: The Stick of Truth 2,533,584 213670 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II 2,492,053 15620 Rise of the Tomb Raider 2,491,210 391220 Dustforce DX 2,490,746 65300 Dungeon Defenders 2,483,252 65800 Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition 2,467,996 200260 Block N Load 2,434,754 299360 Guns of Icarus Online 2,424,726 209080 Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior 2,418,851 255520 Toribash 2,371,160 248570 World of Guns: Gun Disassembly 2,367,076 262410 Dino D-Day 2,364,083 70000 Just Cause 3 2,345,094 225540 Survarium 2,337,644 355840 Mafia II 2,312,872 50130 Papers, Please 2,306,775 239030 Dead Island Riptide 2,299,047 216250 Tabletop Simulator 2,297,649 286160 ARK: Survival Of The Fittest 2,284,297 407530 Golf With Your Friends 2,271,522 431240 Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition 2,240,464 35140 XCOM 2 2,222,475 268500 Darkest Dungeon 2,214,527 262060 Napoleon: Total War 2,178,916 34030 Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel 2,176,285 261640 Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine 2,153,213 113020 How to Survive 2 2,150,505 360170 Banished 2,147,445 242920 Fallen Earth Free2Play 2,139,999 113420 Sanctum 2,088,528 91600 Total War: WARHAMMER 2,085,605 364360 Transformice 2,070,157 335240 Codename CURE 2,044,268 355180 Serious Sam 3: BFE 2,029,621 41070 Metro 2033 Redux 2,025,648 286690 Stick Fight: The Game 2,007,237 674940 Plague Inc: Evolved 2,002,770 246620 Tropico 4 2,000,449 57690 Natural Selection 2 1,993,899 4920 Europa Universalis IV 1,983,657 236850 Stellaris 1,967,015 281990 Star Conflict 1,960,641 212070 Gear Up 1,922,501 214420 POSTAL 2 1,911,217 223470 GunZ 2: The Second Duel 1,895,812 242720 ArcheBlade 1,886,025 207230 Surgeon Simulator 1,879,150 233720 The Long Dark 1,875,963 305620 Broforce 1,863,667 274190 Depth 1,853,782 274940 Line of Sight 1,853,533 436520 Source Filmmaker 1,852,569 1840 Batman: Arkham Origins 1,851,868 209000 Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide 1,843,514 235540 Risk of Rain 1,825,993 248820 AirMech Strike 1,823,483 206500 America's Army: Proving Grounds 1,823,295 203290 Wolfenstein: The New Order 1,819,928 201810 Sniper Elite 3 1,810,081 238090 Alan Wake 1,804,210 108710 Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop 1,788,990 563560 Mad Max 1,775,140 234140 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN 1,750,593 287700 Max Payne 3 1,740,909 204100 Cuphead 1,735,419 268910 Worms Revolution 1,730,275 200170 Crossout 1,727,005 386180 Tropico 5 1,718,552 245620 Factorio 1,706,659 427520 BRINK 1,700,604 22350 Game Dev Tycoon 1,696,896 239820 Champions Online 1,691,316 9880 Gang Beasts 1,689,567 285900 Emily is Away 1,689,541 417860 Divinity: Original Sin 2 1,688,895 435150 Darksiders 1,683,431 50620 Planet Coaster 1,682,734 493340 Shadow Warrior 1,648,323 233130 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition 1,647,028 3590 Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 1,631,855 320300 Skullgirls 1,621,794 245170 Contagion 1,616,994 238430 Assassinâ€™s Creed IV Black Flag 1,616,095 242050 Trine Enchanted Edition 1,604,101 35700 Squad 1,602,466 393380 L.A. Noire 1,596,369 110800 AudioSurf 1,561,882 12900 Mark of the Ninja 1,559,947 214560 BioShock 2 1,558,279 8850 Endless Space - Collection 1,549,005 208140 HITMAN 1,534,824 236870 ShellShock Live 1,529,238 326460 STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords 1,529,038 208580 Endless Legend 1,516,227 289130 SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics 1,514,485 34270 How to Survive 1,514,177 250400 Hero Siege 1,502,327 269210 Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition 1,501,547 373420 GRID 2 1,498,449 44350 Metro: Last Light Redux 1,492,907 287390 Fractured Space 1,489,602 310380 SNOW 1,487,372 244930 Rogue Legacy 1,479,581 241600 Grim Dawn 1,464,229 219990 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 1,461,356 601510 Business Tour - Online Multiplayer Board Game 1,457,596 397900 Mortal Kombat X 1,455,905 307780 DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin 1,453,157 335300 Quake Live 1,444,119 282440 Sleeping Dogs 1,432,733 202170 Call of Duty: Ghosts 1,424,741 209160 Black Desert Online 1,413,060 582660 Bloons TD Battles 1,410,438 444640 Batman: Arkham Knight 1,396,715 208650 No Man's Sky 1,396,577 275850 SPINTIRES 1,392,564 263280 Age of Mythology: Extended Edition 1,369,504 266840 Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut 1,358,070 238010 Hearts of Iron IV 1,352,834 394360 Total War: ATTILA 1,331,963 325610 Transistor 1,329,184 237930 Altitude 1,321,782 41300 Geometry Dash 1,317,156 322170 Resident Evil 6 / Biohazard 6 1,317,100 221040 Thief 1,313,521 239160 Ultra Street Fighter IV 1,306,698 45760 Who's Your Daddy 1,305,248 427730 The Escapists 1,296,849 298630 Scribblenauts Unlimited 1,296,525 218680 Double Action: Boogaloo 1,293,392 317360 BioShock Remastered 1,289,273 409710 Worms Reloaded 1,289,109 22600 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising 1,285,276 20570 Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition 1,279,176 242700 FEZ 1,276,275 224760 Pillars of Eternity 1,275,530 291650 DARK SOULS II 1,266,678 236430 Warhammer: Vermintide 2 1,252,257 552500 Brutal Legend 1,235,714 225260 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection 1,232,451 212480 Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword 1,231,509 48720 Aliens vs. Predator 1,231,126 10680 Slime Rancher 1,216,760 433340 Yet Another Zombie Defense 1,208,380 270550 Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) 1,208,170 230230 Psychonauts 1,207,186 3830 Layers of Fear 1,203,631 391720 Hand Simulator 1,199,631 657200 Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition 1,186,829 237110 Duck Game 1,183,631 312530 Homefront 1,182,312 55100 NieR:Automata 1,175,123 524220 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 1,155,405 337000 Iron Snout 1,154,435 424280 Stranded Deep 1,154,025 313120 Verdun 1,149,077 242860 Quake Champions 1,146,284 611500 The Darkness II 1,145,131 67370 Enter the Gungeon 1,144,928 311690 Conan Exiles 1,140,205 440900 Interstellar Marines 1,140,120 236370 FINAL FANTASY VII 1,136,100 39140 Dishonored 2 1,127,089 403640 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition 1,123,642 209650 Miscreated 1,123,426 299740 Crypt of the NecroDancer 1,122,748 247080 Slay the Spire 1,122,489 646570 Kingdom: Classic 1,120,501 368230 Orcs Must Die! Unchained 1,115,355 427270 Planetary Annihilation 1,108,262 233250 Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West 1,107,457 42120 Orcs Must Die! 1,105,153 102600 PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+ 1,102,937 236450 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 1,099,682 55150 Everlasting Summer 1,097,391 331470 F.E.A.R. 3 1,096,875 21100 Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion 1,092,043 204880 Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 1,089,080 34870 To the Moon 1,086,773 206440 State of Decay 1,083,514 241540 Dungeon of the Endless 1,080,885 249050 Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II 1,077,057 17570 DiRT Rally 1,073,123 310560 Frozen Synapse 1,065,406 98200 Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons 1,056,557 225080 The Walking Dead: Season 2 1,054,661 261030 Day of Infamy 1,052,510 447820 Supreme Commander 2 1,048,307 40100 Super Hexagon 1,045,138 221640 Titan Quest Anniversary Edition 1,041,965 475150 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 1,037,686 274170 WAKFU 1,036,289 215080 Assassin's Creed Origins 1,030,581 582160 Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter 1,025,064 41000 F1 2015 1,022,816 286570 Jotun: Valhalla Edition 1,022,556 323580 Men of War: Assault Squad 2 1,019,383 244450 World of Warships 1,015,572 552990 Braid 1,012,406 26800 The Wolf Among Us 1,011,210 250320 Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition 1,010,775 20500 Resident Evil 5/ Biohazard 5 1,005,089 21690 Gauntlet Slayer Edition 999,905 258970 Hollow Knight 999,648 367520 Ori and the Blind Forest 997,767 261570 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 991,243 249130 DmC: Devil May Cry 987,543 220440 World of Goo 986,510 22000 Ryse: Son of Rome 984,278 302510 Project CARS 974,136 234630 SCP: Secret Laboratory 973,512 700330 HELLDIVERS 972,013 394510 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen 970,603 367500 NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4 965,482 349040 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning 963,308 102500 Firewatch 959,053 383870 Hammerwatch 957,659 239070 Total War: WARHAMMER II 955,731 594570 Football Manager 2018 955,508 624090 Move or Die 952,680 323850 Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 952,431 418460 Poker Night at the Inventory 952,378 31280 Middle-earth: Shadow of War 952,284 356190 Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy 948,332 240720 Magic 2014 â€" Duels of the Planeswalkers 945,492 213850 Dust: An Elysian Tail 943,681 236090 Mount Your Friends 942,809 296470 Zombie Army Trilogy 939,676 301640 8BitMMO 934,749 250420 Sniper: Ghost Warrior 934,745 34830 Zula Europe 931,624 513650 Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 930,591 307690 The Talos Principle 927,932 257510 Farming Simulator 15 916,206 313160 Portal Knights 914,016 374040 Spelunky 906,689 239350 Unreal Tournament 3 Black 902,895 13210 Reus 897,320 222730 Call of Duty: WWII 891,381 476600 METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES 890,926 311340 Duke Nukem Forever 886,514 57900 Strife 884,685 339280 Relic Hunters Zero 884,002 382490 Nation Red 877,968 39800 Hacknet 877,129 365450 Dragons and Titans 870,310 263500 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare 869,560 292730 Lost Castle 864,412 434650 BRAIN / OUT 860,262 578310 Rise of Nations: Extended Edition 859,562 287450 Magicka 2 857,543 238370 WildStar 857,109 376570 HuniePop 855,769 339800 Mafia III 855,604 360430 Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 849,053 1200 Town of Salem 847,565 334230 The Culling 843,301 437220 SUPERHOT 842,122 322500 Blood and Bacon 842,105 434570 Cortex Command 841,552 209670 Worms Clan Wars 840,770 233840 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes 836,026 341800 Dead Cells 834,231 588650 Stronghold Crusader 2 828,019 232890 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 827,988 379430 Time Clickers 826,505 385770 Assetto Corsa 826,288 244210 DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 824,682 323470 theHunter: Call of the Wild 815,169 518790 Raft 810,826 648800 We Were Here 810,432 582500 Poly Bridge 806,360 367450 BeamNG.drive 804,022 284160 Farming Simulator 17 796,543 447020 Deadlight 795,749 211400 Zero Gear 795,021 18820 Nidhogg 787,983 94400 Northgard 787,294 466560 MechWarrior Online Solaris 7 787,170 342200 Red Faction: Armageddon 785,298 55110 School of Dragons 781,378 332070 CS2D 780,433 666220 MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY 777,318 536930 BrainBread 2 774,021 346330 Ultimate Chicken Horse 770,483 386940 E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy 768,052 91700 Valkyria Chronicles 767,675 294860 Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition 764,826 387290 Age of Wonders III 764,290 226840 VVVVVV 763,558 70300 Legend of Grimrock 762,137 207170 They Are Billions 755,147 644930 Defy Gravity Extended 754,043 96100 Space Pirates and Zombies 753,148 107200 LEGO Worlds 752,946 332310 Universe Sandbox 752,402 72200 Endless Space 2 750,761 392110 The Banner Saga 747,734 237990 Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition 745,407 228280 Deponia 743,347 214340 Lords Of The Fallen 742,534 265300 SUNLESS SEA 740,790 304650 The Evil Within 740,543 268050 Primal Carnage 731,052 215470 EVGA Precision XOC 730,012 268850 Homeworld Remastered Collection 728,091 244160 The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 726,646 215530 Bendy and the Ink Machine 721,168 622650 Dwarfs - F2P 720,104 213650 Sniper Elite 4 715,583 312660 Youtubers Life 714,623 428690 Lethal League 714,007 261180 Risen 2: Dark Waters 713,807 40390 DEFCON 708,655 1520 Monday Night Combat 708,500 63200 Atlas Reactor 707,718 402570 FINAL FANTASY XIII 707,712 292120 resident evil 4 / biohazard 4 704,953 254700 Prey 704,179 480490 Two Worlds II HD 703,263 7520 Gunpoint 702,654 206190 Viscera Cleanup Detail 701,439 246900 METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 691,324 235460 Fallout: New Vegas 690,496 22490 Democracy 3 688,243 245470 Card Hunter 688,214 293260 SpaceChem 682,706 92800 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III 680,572 285190 Frostpunk 679,334 323190 LawBreakers 674,335 350280 One Finger Death Punch 673,342 264200 NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 Full Burst HD 671,888 234670 Poker Night 2 671,540 234710 Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat 670,347 346120 INSIDE 669,904 304430 The Red Solstice 668,962 265590 RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard / BIOHAZARD 7 resident evil 668,829 418370 Steel Ocean 661,286 390670 Stories: The Path of Destinies 660,285 439190 Resident Evil Revelations 2 / Biohazard Revelations 2 658,030 287290 Minion Masters 656,913 489520 METAL SLUG 3 651,482 250180 Sonic Generations Collection 647,871 71340 BIT.TRIP RUNNER 647,721 63710 Outland 646,962 305050 Nuclear Dawn 640,448 17710 Dungeon Siege III 638,566 39160 Rock of Ages 636,120 22230 The Descendant 633,209 351940 Friday the 13th: The Game 629,644 438740 Dead Rising 2 627,795 45740 Wasteland 2: Director's Cut 626,811 240760 Painkiller Hell & Damnation 625,428 214870 Transmissions: Element 120 625,220 365300 Hand of Fate 624,982 266510 Wargame: European Escalation 621,393 58610 Pixel Piracy 618,061 264140 Race The Sun 615,654 253030 Only If 614,140 298260 Blade Symphony 610,347 225600 Machinarium 609,675 40700 Doom 3: BFG Edition 604,250 208200 FORCED: Slightly Better Edition 603,718 249990 Woodle Tree Adventures 603,408 299460 Beat Hazard 601,573 49600 Talisman: Digital Edition 601,352 247000 Homefront: The Revolution 600,976 223100 Wolfenstein: The Old Blood 600,610 350080 Overcooked 600,140 448510 Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series 598,965 330840 Lucius 596,725 218640 Darksiders Warmastered Edition 596,551 462780 Black Mesa 595,780 362890 Eador. Masters of the Broken World 595,663 232050 Hyper Light Drifter 595,090 257850 Modern Combat Versus 594,344 723780 Satellite Reign 592,993 268870 Tales from the Borderlands 592,856 330830 Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition 591,573 297000 Farming Simulator 2013 Titanium Edition 590,518 220260 Cave Story+ 590,104 200900 FaceRig 589,693 274920 Viridi 587,504 375950 Remember Me 587,213 228300 Guns and Robots 587,059 293540 Starpoint Gemini 2 586,707 236150 Dungeons 2 584,679 262280 Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove 583,872 250760 GRID Autosport 583,602 255220 Fable Anniversary 582,271 288470 LEGO The Lord of the Rings 582,228 214510 Thomas Was Alone 581,719 220780 FINAL FANTASY VIII 581,505 39150 Octodad: Dadliest Catch 581,181 224480 I am Bread 579,156 327890 60 Seconds! 578,493 368360 NEKOPARA Vol. 1 578,066 333600 ABZU 577,340 384190 Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 577,105 227100 TOXIKK 575,390 324810 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS 569,681 386070 FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster 568,989 359870 Fortified 568,944 334210 Anomaly: Warzone Earth 567,765 91200 Armello 565,864 290340 NEKOPARA Vol. 0 565,127 385800 Kingdoms and Castles 563,737 569480 Tyranny 562,631 362960 The Flame in the Flood 561,716 318600 Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition 560,050 388410 Defense Grid: The Awakening 558,114 18500 Pinball Arcade 555,716 238260 Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage 555,426 265210 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs 554,955 239200 Dungeons of Dredmor 554,550 98800 BlackShot: Mercenary Warfare FPS 553,384 433350 Soldier Front 2 552,866 239660 Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light 550,882 35130 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus 549,457 612880 Door Kickers 549,148 248610 Mini Metro 547,876 287980 Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition 546,981 261110 Blackwake 546,456 420290 TEKKEN 7 541,238 389730 Punch Club 541,121 394310 Duelyst 538,747 291410 Gone Home 538,219 232430 Guacamelee! Gold Edition 538,061 214770 NBA 2K18 537,845 577800 Golf It! 537,751 571740 Saints Row: Gat out of Hell 536,513 301910 Crush Crush 535,661 459820 DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 535,273 454650 Turbo Pug DX 534,698 513780 Life is Feudal: Your Own 534,443 290080 Jet Set Radio 533,153 205950 Dungeon Fighter Online 531,876 495910 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut 530,607 300550 You Have to Win the Game 530,340 286100 Ace Combat Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition 527,228 228400 Out There Somewhere 521,927 263980 Alan Wake's American Nightmare 521,355 202750 Grim Fandango Remastered 516,584 316790 3DMark 515,275 223850 Murdered: Soul Suspect 514,458 233290 Craft The World 509,631 248390 Kingdom: New Lands 509,466 496300 Bold New World 505,953 581620 Resident Evil Revelations / Biohazard Revelations 503,330 222480 Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade 502,562 375230 NBA 2K17 501,303 385760 Offworld Trading Company 499,550 271240 Blockstorm 499,027 263060 100% Orange Juice 498,987 282800 Soda Dungeon 497,334 564710 Learn to Fly 3 496,965 589870 Reigns 496,869 474750 The Witness 494,237 210970 Nuclear Throne 492,848 242680 Battleborn 492,052 394230 Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 491,057 645630 SOMA 490,677 282140 TerraTech 489,971 285920 FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION 489,872 637650 The Escapists 2 489,056 641990 Of Guards And Thieves 488,098 302590 Worms Ultimate Mayhem 486,841 70600 Realm Grinder 486,185 610080 Styx: Master of Shadows 485,922 242640 Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 485,909 247910 The Swapper 484,015 231160 Forts 483,174 410900 X3: Terran Conflict 482,728 2820 Jurassic World Evolution 481,240 648350 Governor of Poker 3 479,096 436150 Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge 476,787 34900 Galactic Civilizations III 476,035 226860 NBA 2K16 469,791 370240 Puzzle Pirates 469,196 99910 RUNNING WITH RIFLES 468,632 270150 Life is Strange: Before the Storm 467,572 554620 Pixel Puzzles Ultimate 461,488 351030 Mirror 456,954 644560 Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection 456,851 49540 THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION 456,361 222940 GUNS UP! 455,442 446150 Victor Vran ARPG 453,908 345180 Teleglitch: Die More Edition 453,247 234390 Turmoil 452,658 361280 Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 452,484 97330 CastleMiner Z 451,422 253430 Cities in Motion 2 451,407 225420 Prismata 451,302 490220 Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days 448,371 28000 UnEpic 446,738 233980 ibb & obb 446,523 95400 Batla 445,267 338180 DRAGON BALL FighterZ 444,795 678950 Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP 439,828 204060 ICEY 437,615 553640 Call to Arms 436,655 302670 Ball 3D: Soccer Online 434,225 485610 A Story About My Uncle 433,874 278360 Terra Incognita ~ Chapter One: The Descendant 433,639 347560 Written in the Sky 433,025 416130 Evoland 431,669 233470 Piercing Blow 428,413 382850 DLC Quest 425,947 230050 Bayonetta 424,901 460790 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 422,733 414340 Murder Miners 421,780 274900 Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle 420,843 795100 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition 420,031 257350 Broken Age 419,666 232790 My Summer Car 416,575 516750 Construction Simulator 2015 416,518 289950 Sonic Adventure 2 416,375 213610 Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit 415,904 205230 Resident Evil / biohazard HD REMASTER 415,885 304240 Heaven Island - VR MMO 413,860 400250 Osmos 413,551 29180 Jamestown 413,206 94200 Loading Screen Simulator 412,731 652980 Freebie 411,391 487220 Dystopia 410,346 17580 Tales of Zestiria 410,109 351970 Men of War: Assault Squad 409,681 64000 Turn Around 407,501 595340 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun 405,980 418240 Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 / è¶...æ¬¡æ¬¡å...ƒã‚²ã‚¤ãƒ ãƒãƒ—ãƒ†ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ãƒŒRe;Birth1 / è¶...æ¬¡æ¬¡å...ƒéŠæˆ²æˆ°æ©Ÿå°'å¥³é‡ç"Ÿ1 405,416 282900 Sol Survivor 405,082 45000 Nexuiz 404,730 96800 Skyforge 404,721 414530 State of Decay: YOSE 403,911 329430 Time of Dragons 402,752 353130 Turbo Dismount 402,549 263760 Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad 401,903 359050 Salt and Sanctuary 400,674 283640 LEGO The Hobbit 400,545 285160 Savage Lands 399,316 307880 Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball 396,373 270450 The Culling Of The Cows 396,159 297020 Back to Bed 394,370 308040 Tower Wars 393,962 214360 Invisible, Inc. 393,703 243970 Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power 392,900 319910 Polarity 392,114 315430 SAMOLIOTIK 388,554 449680 Outlast 2 387,821 414700 Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist 387,663 409160 RWBY: Grimm Eclipse 387,405 418340 F1 2017 386,242 515220 Cook, Serve, Delicious! 384,598 247020 DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round: Core Fighters 383,476 311730 Hide and Shriek 382,313 480430 Bloody Trapland 380,476 257750 Crusaders of the Lost Idols 379,611 402840 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 379,237 258520 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow â€" Ultimate Edition 379,043 234080 Rebel Galaxy 378,307 290300 Cogs 377,806 26500 Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 377,401 49470 This Is the Police 376,582 443810 Genital Jousting 375,882 469820 Mountain 375,718 313340 Nomad 371,579 378370 Revolution Ace 371,346 274560 AI War: Fleet Command 371,287 40400 Streets of Rogue 371,171 512900 Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) 370,263 295790 Death Rally 370,163 108700 Long Live The Queen 369,384 251990 Planet Explorers 369,351 237870 Clustertruck 368,787 397950 RPG MO 368,618 372800 Party Hard 367,745 356570 SteamWorld Dig 367,286 252410 Princess.Loot.Pixel.Again 365,728 414290 Grey Goo 364,090 290790 DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition / çœŸãƒ»ä¸‰åœ‹ç„¡åŒï¼— with çŒ›å°†ä¼ 363,817 278080 NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM Revolution 363,459 272510 F1 2012 363,358 208500 War for the Overworld 363,113 230190 Galactic Junk League 362,859 562590 Planetbase 361,192 403190 Cossacks 3 360,956 333420 No Time To Explain Remastered 360,564 368730 Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers 360,126 205910 Organ Trail: Director's Cut 359,935 233740 Kingdom Wars 359,640 227180 The Last Hope 359,502 522570 VEGA Conflict 359,362 339600 BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien 358,624 218060 Windward 355,878 326410 Really Big Sky 355,611 201570 Anarchy Arcade 355,332 266430 Slender: The Arrival 354,224 252330 Bloons TD 5 354,027 306020 Halo: Spartan Assault 352,861 277430 Timberman 352,371 398710 Toki Tori 352,195 38700 House Flipper 351,645 613100 Sniper Fury 351,470 591740 Titan Souls 350,359 297130 Morphopolis 349,778 314020 Catch a Falling Star 349,290 451880 DARK SOULS: REMASTERED 348,944 570940 King Arthur's Gold 348,064 219830 Nioh: Complete Edition / ä»çŽ‹ Complete Edition 347,803 485510 Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series 346,763 376870 Guild Quest 346,627 547680 The Banner Saga: Factions 346,032 219340 One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 345,720 331600 LEGO Jurassic World 343,167 352400 X Rebirth 343,046 2870 Risen 3 - Titan Lords 342,772 249230 The Tower Of Elements 342,253 377310 Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition 342,008 231740 Costume Quest 341,308 115100 DETOUR 341,194 92100 Revenge of the Titans 340,794 93200 State of Anarchy 340,127 463210 Solar 2 339,780 97000 Battle Islands 338,532 305260 Transport Fever 337,931 446800 SAS: Zombie Assault 4 337,896 678800 Damned 337,285 251170 Space Beret 337,145 547960 The LEGO Movie - Videogame 336,631 267530 Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams 335,909 223220 Dead Island Definitive Edition 335,791 383150 Hard Reset Extended Edition 335,265 98400 Pony Island 334,799 405640 FINAL FANTASY IX 333,922 377840 Mordheim: City of the Damned 332,983 276810 AX:EL - Air XenoDawn 332,904 319830 Epigenesis 332,826 244590 Dead Realm 331,065 352460 Botanicula 330,330 207690 Grow Home 330,240 323320 Motorsport Manager 330,158 415200 LEGO Batman3: Beyond Gotham 330,037 313690 Squishy the Suicidal Pig 328,982 318430 Data Hacker: Reboot 328,357 331790 The Room 327,417 288160 Simply Chess 327,332 312280 MANDAGON 326,618 461560 Escape This 326,346 467370 Planets Under Attack 325,744 218510 Supraball 325,150 321400 Eternal Card Game 324,938 531640 Dead Maze 324,662 667890 Audiosurf 2 324,405 235800 Ratz Instagib 324,272 338170 And Yet It Moves 324,236 18700 Trashville 323,864 589390 Invasion: Brain Craving 323,181 423710 God Mode 322,132 227480 Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 321,637 363680 The Bridge 320,817 204240 The Hat Man: Shadow Ward 320,602 291010 Zeno Clash 320,458 22200 South Park: The Fractured But Whole 320,160 488790 HunieCam Studio 320,028 426000 The Jackbox Party Pack 3 319,411 434170 Gems of War - Puzzle RPG 319,394 329110 Spintires: MudRunner 319,213 675010 F1 2016 318,467 391040 NEKOPARA Vol. 2 318,426 420110 Elements: Soul of Fire 318,054 340650 Mortal Online 316,391 287920 Atom Zombie Smasher 316,352 55040 Rec Room 316,036 471710 One Way Heroics 315,869 266210 SimplePlanes 314,932 397340 LUFTRAUSERS 314,885 233150 Pool Nation FX Lite 314,286 314000 Tricky Towers 314,191 437920 Shank 312,665 6120 Star Chronicles: Delta Quadrant 311,967 383330 Atonement: Scourge of Time 310,592 385070 Yellow: The Yellow Artifact 310,339 486820 Project Starship 310,160 454890 Insanity Clicker 310,042 393530 Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy 309,617 214830 Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes 309,591 61700 Abyss Odyssey 308,646 255070 Dungeon of Zolthan 307,976 463220 MX vs. ATV Reflex 307,610 55140 Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition 307,315 218820 The Jackbox Party Pack 307,175 331670 Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator 306,906 654880 Make it indie! 306,739 357900 Binary Domain 306,463 203750 Blackguards 305,941 249650 Her Story 305,686 368370 METRO CONFLICT: THE ORIGIN 304,620 662320 Magic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers 303,768 255420 Viking: Battle for Asgard 300,593 211160 Tooth and Tail 300,539 286000 City of Chains 300,130 412170 Stronghold 2: Steam Edition 300,020 40960 Kingdom Rush 299,922 246420 The Jackbox Party Pack 2 299,913 397460 Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition 299,184 329050 Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta) 298,645 564310 LYNE 298,463 266010 LISA 297,947 335670 Renegade Ops 297,463 99300 The District 296,190 357770 Star Saviors 295,982 314450 Pit People 295,630 291860 Dark and Light 295,606 529180 Bejeweled 3 295,211 78000 Ticket to Ride 295,151 108200 There's Poop In My Soup 294,984 449540 Blood Bowl 2 294,476 236690 Elements II: Hearts of Light 293,115 448640 STRIDER / ã‚¹ãƒˆãƒ©ã‚¤ãƒ€ãƒ¼é£›ç«œ 292,888 235210 Sonic Adventure DX 291,205 71250 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 290,658 447530 EVERSPACE 290,326 396750 Street Warriors Online 290,227 417910 BATTLETECH 289,619 637090 Tricolour Lovestory 289,264 668630 Montaro 288,782 495890 Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuckâ€™s Revenge 288,297 32460 Aragami 287,729 280160 Downwell 287,413 360740 Outrage 287,010 457820 Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken 286,849 215510 Worms W.M.D 286,591 327030 Drayt Empire 286,567 502140 Rivals of Aether 286,514 383980 For The King 285,696 527230 Space Farmers 285,436 271570 Turbo Pug 3D 285,208 528510 Tales of Berseria 284,444 429660 Missing Translation 284,121 395520 Fall of Civilization 283,367 467010 Hatoful Boyfriend 283,021 310080 Half Dead 282,077 434730 Dungetris 281,912 462200 Incitement 3 281,562 391660 Madballs in Babo:Invasion 281,079 25700 Oxenfree 280,771 388880 Retro City Rampage DX 280,667 204630 Little Nightmares 280,612 424840 HellAngel 280,536 524340 Stigmat 280,103 403570 LOST PLANET 3 279,675 226720 PIGMENTUM 279,593 582280 Pid 278,689 218740 Shadow Warrior Classic Redux 278,226 225160 The Walking Dead: A New Frontier 278,042 536220 Atonement 2: Ruptured by Despair 277,061 533820 Domina 276,003 535230 Guardians of Orion 275,847 407840 Omerta - City of Gangsters 275,454 208520 Castle Story 275,014 227860 Trouble In The Manor 274,955 338530 Nuclear Contingency 274,316 540900 Rise of the Triad 272,986 217140 CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS 272,887 384300 Batman - The Telltale Series 272,720 498240 Cat Goes Platform 272,633 567250 Game of Thrones 272,599 208730 The Cave 271,663 221810 DiRT 4 270,550 421020 Trolley Gold 270,525 498320 Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder 270,427 434460 Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition 268,438 346940 Orbital Gear 267,763 298520 Desolate Wastes: Vendor Chronicles 267,723 563120 Germ Wars 267,647 557680 hack_me 267,561 526740 BIT.TRIP BEAT 267,116 63700 Home Behind 267,054 467960 METAL SLUG DEFENSE 266,981 356310 Divinity: Dragon Commander 265,816 243950 Fluffy Creatures VS The World 265,237 619400 Day of the Tentacle Remastered 265,169 388210 Project CARS 2 264,945 378860 Camera Obscura 264,412 341500 Take Thy Throne 264,026 491260 Road Madness 263,944 457710 Tabletopia 263,899 402560 Dead Rising 2: Off the Record 263,656 45770 Bit Blaster XL 263,361 433950 Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones 261,792 329380 Unalive 261,546 574640 Wizard of Legend 261,463 445980 Next Day: Survival 260,661 519190 Legend of Grimrock 2 260,443 251730 Deep Space Dash 260,100 493650 OLDTV 259,813 643270 Grind Zones 259,441 327680 Labyronia RPG 259,225 391260 POSTAL 258,861 232770 Hyper color ball 258,593 515470 Age of Conquest IV 257,484 314970 Rampage Knights 257,372 314410 Battle Royale Trainer 257,046 772540 Final Quest II 256,959 540020 Greyfox RPG 256,746 341310 The Four Kings Casino and Slots 256,424 260430 PixARK 256,179 593600 DuckTales: Remastered 255,766 237630 Pool Nation 255,171 254440 Shatter 255,073 20820 The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II 254,601 272470 ELEX 254,457 411300 Legend of Mysteria RPG 254,231 407230 The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 254,152 251150 Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition 253,538 216890 Grand Pigeon's Duty 253,400 449530 Deadfall Adventures 252,514 231330 Owlboy 251,798 115800 Pixel Puzzles: Japan 250,430 284950 Streamline 249,845 252850 Chaos on Deponia 249,600 220740 My Time At Portia 249,441 666140 Spikit 248,909 509110 Run Away 248,496 629280 Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition 248,308 40980 SOS 248,224 619080 RUSH 248,133 38720 Stacking 248,039 115110 Prominence Poker 247,520 384180 Bridge Constructor 247,455 250460 Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms 247,248 627690 Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight 246,833 428550 The Basement Collection 246,622 214790 Project Highrise 246,461 423580 Drop Alive 246,280 513450 Capsized 246,235 95300 LEGO STAR WARS: The Force Awakens 245,948 438640 FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 244,770 292140 Detention 244,747 555220 RADical ROACH Remastered 244,616 301750 The Land of Dasthir 244,539 545700 Reset 1-1 244,440 491650 The Typing of The Dead: Overkill 244,364 246580 Under Zero 243,413 454930 Master of Orion 243,222 298050 GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst 243,065 438490 Sleeping Valley 243,018 538590 Warriors of Vilvatikta 242,938 515690 ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West Premium Edition 242,618 245280 Ziggurat 242,342 308420 Minimum 242,221 214190 Iron Sky: Invasion 241,819 224900 Gunscape 241,759 342480 Crawl 241,677 293780 Sonic CD 241,011 200940 Royal Quest 240,272 295550 Hatred 240,088 341940 Shelter 2 239,901 275100 Shake Your Money Simulator 2016 239,823 448660 Data Hacker: Initiation 239,817 311860 HOARD 239,813 63000 Jazzpunk: Director's Cut 239,119 250260 Energy Cycle 238,706 415960 Mad Hunter 238,654 558610 Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter 238,249 385270 Cities in Motion 237,970 73010 SolForge 237,212 232450

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