#music recommendation

[transsexula]

Please please please reblog this and put in the tags your music recommendations. I’m not talking about big artists and bands either— what’s a niche group, band, or artist that you can’t get enough of? What song or album do you enjoy the most? Why?

[animusrox]

11 Essential Synthwave Albums

Kavinsky | OutRun

Starcadian | Midnight Signals

The Midnight | Endless Summer

FM-84 | Atlas

Night Runner | Starfighter

FM Attack | Stellar

Lazerhawk | Redline

Trevor Something | Synthetic Love

Miami Nights 1984 | Turbulence

NINA | Sleepwalking

Timecop1983 | Night Drive

[happy-and-gay-tortoise]

Good punk bands I can think of rn bc I just woke up, have fun. (These are all basic bitch punk bands bc it's fun to be like other girls [/j] when ur lazy)

-Bad brains

-NOFX

-The Interrupters

-Rancid

-Rage Against The Machine

-Pennywise

-Crass

-The Suicide Machines

-Against Me

-Bad Religion

-Violent Femmes

-Bikini Kill

-X-Ray Spex

-Dead Kennedys

-Operation Ivy

-G.L.O.S.S.

-The Clash

-The Ramones

-Black Flag

-Misfits

-Decendents

-The Cramps

-Subhumans

-Minor Threat

-Adolecents

-The Queers

-Agent Orange

-Bad cop, Bad cop

-1876

-Face to Face

-Pleasure venom

-nomeansno

-Out to lunch

-The Bronx

-Sunny Day Real Estate

-Antidiote

-A Global Threat

-Tribe 8

-Big Joanie

-Masked Intruder

<also look up the fun police on spotify they're my parents band and have been around for forever and they're AMAZING (self-promo lmao)>

[vaguegrant]

Inuktitut by Elisapie

I haven't been this excited to discover an album in months.

Inuktitut is Elisapie's fourth album, and it's nominally a cover album. Except for two differences: It's sung entirely in the Inuit language, and these 'covers' are absolutely brilliant rearrangements. Familiar songs are completely transformed, both through genius reorchestration and subtle changes that make each song sound like it was originally written in Inuit—as if no other language could really be suited for those songs.

Elisapie's vocals deserve plenty of credit too, of course. Her voice is rich and enveloping, but with a certain chilly depth that lends even the lightest of pop songs gravitas.

My favorite song is almost certainly Elisapie's entirely brass take on Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", but every single track stands out and stands alone. Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Cyndi Lauper, Led Zeppelin, Blondie—Inuktitut includes and perfectly reappropriates a broad swath of popular music, fearlessly and effortlessly.

I do not know how to recommend this album to you strongly enough. It is a must-listen.

[theplacesaysstuff]

One of the BEST albums I’ve heard in so long. It reminds me of Zelda, animal crossing, and chill music with lots of childish fun and nostalgia

PLEASE LISTEN TO IT I WILL INSURE YOU IT WILL CURE YOUR INNER CHILD

[hellsite-hall-of-fame]

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I just went and created an entire new spotify account, so that I can properly showcase my wonderful music taste to the masses of Tumblr :)

[ramshacklefey]

Every one of you desperately needs to know about the album "This Is How We Get Better" by The Narcissist Cookbook:

Musically it's a gorgeous blend of folk and spoken word. Lyrically it's one of the best and most resonating descriptions of depression and recovery I've ever heard.

I can say with perfect truth that it saved my life last summer.

[greenstudies]

Hello, hi and hello again! I’ve been crawling out of a really bad depression episode caused by severe burnout from finals, but about that later. As I try to revive my remaining braincells, here, have some music from playlists I made:

I decided to change my entire life again and I might shave my head (in progress)

I’m a hobbit dancing in a field of flowers

my mental illness was a gift from my parents

a hobbit once again, but this time we’re sipping tea at home

I need to get work done but I want to feel like a pirate doing it

I’ve definitely been to club before, what are you talking about

you should be grateful you can’t hear me sing any of these

my friends are trapped with me in a car and I’m making them listen to this

warm evening in the summer but you’re not cynical yet

you really hoped there’d be a focus playlist I bet

just a maneskin playlist because your girl is obsessed

you’re thinking about the straight girl, who you can’t have... again 

a good summer playlist can be life changing, right?

when you’re getting ready and you need to feel like a bad bitch for a bit

I know you want to listen to p!nk for 6 hours straight, it’s normal

songs to enjoy before the morning existencial dread sets in

hey remember when panic! at the disco still had good music?

list of my personal memories in the form of a song playlist

in love but in sad way

my favourite czech songs in case you want to try something new

long bus rights in fall or perhaps a coffeshop solo date

seemingly endless list of happy songs

I have more playlists but I haven’t looked at those for a while so perhaps neither should you.

[lowkeyrobin]

MCYT ; songs from the 60s-90s they remind me of

includes ; tommyinnit, badlinu, tubbo, ranboo, billzo, aimsey, quackity, slimecicle, nihachu, and jack manifold

warnings ; none

lmk if I should remove Jack, Billzo & Aimsey bc ik they don't like x readers/fanfiction but this is just some random blurb idrk

masterlist

TOMMYINNIT

kiss from a rose ; seal

rooms on fire ; stevie nicks

just like heaven ; the cure

call me ; blondie

heroes ; david bowie

you make loving fun ; fleetwood mac

the boys of summer ; don henley

someday ; sugar ray

land of confusion ; genesis

renegade ; styx

linger ; the cranberries

TUBBO

dreams ; fleetwood mac

silver springs ; fleetwood mac

all the small things ; blink-182

jessies girl ; rick springfield

edge of seventeen ; stevie nicks

don't look back in anger ; oasis

bye bye love ; the cars

shout ; tears for fears

starman ; david bowie

sunday ; the cranberries

RANBOO

queer ; garbage

only happy when it rains ; garbage

celebrity skin ; hole

dedicated to the one i love ; the mamas & the papas

take me home tonight ; eddie money & ronnie spector

cruel summer ; bananarama

stranger in my own house ; foreigner

we are not alone ; karla devito

looks that kill ; motley crue

don't you (forget about me) ; simple minds

rhiannon ; fleetwood mac

tainted love ; soft cell

FREDDIE BADLINU

every little thing she does is magic ; the police

all the small things ; blink-182

atomic ; blondie

take on me ; a-ha

another brick in the wall, pt2 ; pink floyd

californiacation ; red hot chili peppers

girls on film ; duran duran

head over heels ; tears for fears

nobodys daughter ; hole

everybody here wants you ; jeff buckley

the boys are back in town ; thin lizzy

BILLZO

just like heaven ; the cure

the perfect girl ; the cure

stupid girl ; garbage

godzilla ; blue oyster cult

the struggle within ; metallica

all apologies ; nirvana

something in the way ; nirvana

nothing else matters ; metallica

shout at the devil ; motley crue

fight for your right ; beastie boys

the stroke ; billy squier

AIMSEY

i just shot john lennon - paris demo ; the cranberries

stars ; the cranberries

monday morning ; fleetwood mac

cherry bomb ; the runaways

every rose has its thorn ; poison

barracuda ; heart

vienna ; billy joel

fade into you ; mazzy star

go your own way (cover) ; the cranberries

only happy when it rains - early demo mix ; garbage

QUACKITY

dreaming my dreams ; the cranberries

linger ; the cranberries

about a girl ; nirvana

brass monkey ; beastie boys

are you gonna be my girl ; jet

the boys of summer ; don henley

something in the way ; nirvana

atomic ; blondie

heart of glass ; blondie

the chain ; fleetwood mac

NIKI NIHACHU

queer ; garbage

stupid girl ; garbage

malibu ; hole

(don't fear) the reaper ; blue oyster cult

friday im in love ; the cure

all i think about now ; pixies

bye bye love ; the cars

after the glitter fades ; stevie nicks

rooms on fire ; stevie nicks

jessies girl ; rick springfield

stars ; the cranberries

JACK MANIFOLD

that's all ; genesis

land of confusion ; genesis

call me ; blondie

uptown girl ; billy joel

bust a move ; young mc

sunglasses at night ; corey hart

i still believe ; tim cappello

sabotage ; beastie boys

don't you (forget about me) ; simple minds

don't bring me down ; electric light orchestra

aliens exist ; blink-182 (memeulous watchers get this one)

CHARLIE SLIMECICLE

fox on the run ; sweet

call me ; blondie

semi-charmed life ; third eye blind

pink cadillac ; natalie cole

take me home tonight ; eddie money & ronnie spector

shadow dancing ; andy gibb

i love rock n roll ; joan jett & the blackhearts

the boys are back in town ; thin lizzy

gloria ; them & van morrison

every little thing she does is magic ; the police

[declanlikesmusic]

never got into vaporwave probably, what projects should i listen to for an introduction??

I always love this question. Finding the best primers to the whole of the vaporwave landscape and introducing new people to them is one of the many things with this genre that I just find so fun. I'm going to try to be as succinct as I can, but I am going to shoutout a lot, specifically twelve, so go ahead and take your time with these.

Macintosh Plus – Floral Shoppe (2011)

The biggest vaporwave album of all time. I will tell you now that this album is by no means perfect, it has quite a mixed reputation among fans & outsiders of the genre, but this is the album to single-handedly define the genre's core ethos in such a highly-concentrated way. If nothing else, this should give you a taste of what inspires and influences the genre most.

Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 (2010)

By all accounts, this is the very first vaporwave album and to this day, nothing sounds quite like it. A classic array of disorienting, hazy & psychedelic loops of old popular songs that still sound fresh and wholly enveloping.

猫 シ Corp. – HIRAETH (2014)

This one here is to help people gain a better understanding of what your typical standard vaporwave album often sounds like. It's quite varied in a number of subtly different styles & approaches to traditional vaporwave with some ambiance sprinkled in as well.

SAINT PEPSI – Hit Vibes (2013)

Now we're getting into the individual subgenres of vaporwave and while there's a few traditional vaporwave tunes sprinkled in here for variety, this album birthed & defined the genre of future funk with some of the best dance bangers you'll find in the scene. Lots of classy tunes on here, it's an absolute jam.

Blank Banshee – Blank Banshee 0 (2012)

Up to this point, every album I've shared has been intensely sample-based. This album still carries some samples, but it has original beats & synths to establish another subgenre known as vaportrap. It's a great beat tape with some classic tunes and I also recommend its sequel too, which is my favourite vapor album of all time.

ESPRIT 空想 – virtua.zip (2014)

Carrying on from the last album, this one almost doesn't use samples at all and when it does, it's usually an extra sound or instrument at most. I'm putting this here to establish that even basic vaporwave can be crafted from original compositions and the results are short but great.

t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 – 現実を超えて (2014)

What makes vaporwave the way it is and not like any other genre adjacent to it is its intensely heavy focuses on atmosphere more than anything else. So naturally, you're going to see a lot of bridges to ambient music. This first example is the subgenre of slushwave, which crafts the same excellent vaporwave tunes, but additionally filters them through such a wash of effects that transform them into psychedelic & blissful dreamscapes.

식료품groceries – 슈퍼마켓Yes! We're Open (2014)

The next subgenre in this vein is mallsoft, which answers the question of vaporwave being set in the tall & wide spaces of shopping centres by placing relaxing tunes in pools of reverb and letting them sprawl from the loudspeakers of the area's corners. This album is the first big one to establish that with a unique setting and gorgeous sample choices.

2814 – 新しい日の誕生 (2015)

The last of these ambient subgenres is dreampunk, which is a lot like vaportrap in that it heavily relies on its own compositions with very few samples while still retaining the genre's focus on nostalgia, this time set in the melancholic & rainy nights of the urban city through what is at least the second biggest album in the entire genre.

death's dynamic shroud – I'll Try Living Like This (2015)

I'm gonna end this list with a few of the genre's weirdest corners. Vaporwave is constantly wide open to new & unique ways of experimentation and this album stands as the best example of that. Wholly unique aesthetic choices, completely innovative sampling techniques and an overall opus of incredibly strange, surreal & psydchedelic soundscapes.

Infinity Frequencies – Computer Death (2013)

After that, I'll close this list with two examples of an abstract subgenre known by two names. They're synonymous to the greater community & world of music, but I see them as two different approaches. They're both defined by the creation of intensely haunting, isolated & loops of mysterious soundbites extracted from the likes of television & radio. Signalwave is what I use to describe the more accessible & musical end of that sound and this start of a trilogy is the best example for it.

░▒▓新しいデラックスライフ▓▒░ – ▣世界から解放され▣ (2012)

On the other hand, I will leave you with what I consider to be the most divisive vaporwave record of all time. This album defines what is more commonly known as broken transmission and it is much more obtuse, glitchy, dark & surreal to listen to depending on the album. You're going to listen to this and either love it, hate it or sit inbetween. People have taken it as a joke while others view it as a work of art. Approach this one at your own discretion.

That's it! Those are the first 12 vaporwave albums that I will almost always recommend every single one of you to check out first. The greater landscape of vaporwave doesn't start & end with these albums, but instead, they give you the best surface level primer to help dip your toes in to such an amazing genre of music.

[queercorewhore]

hey lovers of music that's good because it's bad

I need more recommendations for this playlist. the weirder, the more niche, the worse the editing the better. I love music that sucks but is good. send me songs that kind of suck.

ONE song per artist please.

[grimeybones]

Media you should consume if you liked Saltburn !

1. Call me by your name - novel

If you haven’t read the book you have too it’s more fucked than the movie the writing is delicious and makes you uncomfortable in some parts but the story is so rich and heartbreaking and weird.

2. The Favourite - film

A period film with a queen who is mentally ill with two servants fighting for her affection, it’s gay, erotic, heartbreaking, fucked up and bleak.

3. Diary of an oxygen thief - novel

A first person recounting of a sex freak who hates women and seemingly wins at life until one event. Honestly the less you know the better it’s a story with a horrible protagonist who you don’t root for and you desperately want him to loose. There are 2 other books that go along with this one.

4. Opulence and Envy - video essays by Contrapoints

I mean if u haven’t seen these yet what are you doing. I think the topics Natalie discusses are extremely relevant to the film. Just get some popcorn and watch these for a couple hours.

5. Perfume: the story of a murder - classic novel

Amazing writing, the main character again is grotesque and depraved. He has an amazing sense of smell and uses that to create perfumes in 18th century paris. There is already a movie about this film but it’s so bad it’s gets so much wrong. I feel like someone should make another movie with this but better, the best man for the job would odviously be Barry Keoghan.

6. Portrait of Dorian grey - play / novel

It’s a classic, the plot is simple but devolves into something quite sinister and sad. Just read it already.

Put more suggestions in the comments or reblog !

[animusrox]

11 Essential Synthwave Albums Part Deux

The Midnight | Nocturnal

NINA | Synthian

Confrontational | The Burning Dawn

Roosevelt | Young Romance

Chromatics | Night Drive

Perturbator | The Uncanny Valley

FM Attack | New World

Ollie Wride | Thanks in Advance

LazerHawk | Skull and Shark

Carpenter Brut | Trilogy

Robert Parker | End of The Night

[album-a-day-project]

2/20/24

Yeat

2093

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This is my first time listening to Yeat at length. I've come to the realization that I don't need 22 tracks from artists like this anymore. He seems to use the same exact flows as Travis Scott, without the same level of entertainment value, maintaining a monotone voice throughout every single track.

Upon reviewing the credits, I noticed numerous writers listed for each track, as well as various 'TikTok Producers', which initially surprised me. It appears that we're witnessing the full evolution of Soundcloud rap into TikTok rap, with the first successful artists garnering substantial industry hype and financial backing. This is likely how Yeat managed to feature Future on the track 'Stand On It', which falls flat.

There's undoubtedly a place for this type of music, and Yeat appears to be leading the charge in the zone of TikTok rap. However, the repetitive and uninspired lyrics fail to drive the overall industry forward. By the end of this album, I find myself thoroughly exhausted. Thankfully, it's finally over.

5/10

[music-catalogue]

[crowely-632]

You collect the right amount of notes very quickly. I am surprised and very glad that you like it. Therefore, here is the fourth part with the Genos.

And most likely I will soon do another part with Rimuru (there is a new chapter out there).

Let's probably collect 35 notes now and then I'll start doing the fifth part with the Genos.