"Comme si" by Christine and the Queens

Song: Comme si
Artist: Christine and the Queens
Album: Chris (2018)
Commentary: A fine album. Electropop with European sensibilities. Queer, feminist. Cool stuff. A French and an English-language version.

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"reindeer games" by oso oso

Song: reindeer games
Artist: oso oso
Album: the yunahon mixtape (2017)
Also try:  any quality 2000s-2010s emo? 2019's Get up Kids release?
Commentary: Definitely digging the 2019 album, but the yunahon mixtape took me, surprisingly, back to emo, hahah.

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"Really Doe" by Danny Brown

Song: Really Doe (ft. Kendrick, Earl, Ab-soul)
Artist: Danny Brown
Album: Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
Commentary: There's some folk out there pushing boundaries of hip hop and Danny Brown is doing it well. This song makes good use of Earl & Kendrick. I love Danny Brown's rapping too.

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"Communion" by 박지하 (Park Jiha)

Song: Communion
Artist: 박지하 (Park Jiha)
Album: Communion (2018)
Commentary: I loved this album and, delightfully, when I was posting this, I found out she had a new one this year. Just nice sounds.

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"Wake Up" by clipping.

Song: Wake Up
Artist: clipping.
Album: Splendor & Misery (2016)
Commentary: Daveed can really spit 'em. Still trying to get into this year's album. I feel like Clipping is pretty uneven, every album. There's cool production on a lot (most?) songs and they just don't showcase Daveed Diggs' skills enough.

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"For Mayor in Splitsville" by La Dispute

Song: For Mayor in Splitsville
Artist: La Dispute
Album: Rooms of the House (2014)
Also try:  mewithoutYou, Cloud Nothings, Fucked Up, Slint
Commentary: Honestly, filling in some gaps on this blog. I have been keen on this album for years and now I'm grooving on Wildlife (2011), Panorama (2019), & Somewhere... (2008).

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"Tony Tone" by A$AP Rocky

Song: Tony Tone
Artist: A$AP Rocky
Album: Testing
Commentary: Caught up in the catchy rhymes XD

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"Sundays" by Lucinda Williams

Song: Sundays (Live at KCRW)
Artist: Lucinda Williams
Album: Lucinda Williams (Deluxe Edition)
Also try:  Liz Phair, Richard Buckner
Commentary: HOW HAVE I NOT POSTED LUCINDA WILLIAMS HERE BEFORE. What even is this blog? It's kind of hard to narrow down to a song, because I appreciate her at an album level, but this one -- the live version specifically -- was an earworm.

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"I Don't Love You Anymore" by Tyler, the Creator

Song: I don't love you anymore"
Artist: Tyler, the Creator
Album: Igor
Commentary: Wow no Tyler on here yet -- only 8 years of listening to him... This isn't my favorite song of his, but the album's fresh.

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"Heart of Gold" by Neil Young

Song: Heart of Gold
Artist: Neil Young
Album: Harvest
Commentary: I guess I never gave Neil Young a chance before? And a pretty well-known one? Sorry if you come here and only want to see deep cuts. Or maybe just sorry if you come here

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"I Can Fvcking Tell" by SAINt JHN

Song: I Can Fvcking Tell
Artist: SAINt JHN
Album: Ghetto Lenny's Love Songs
Commentary: Wowwww. Did not expect to love this album. Very 2019.

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"DO YOU DOUBT ME TRAITOR" by Lingua Ignota

Song: DO YOU DOUBT ME TRAITOR
Artist: Lingua Ignota
Album: Caligula
Commentary: Whoa. Lingua Ignota brings some harsh, dark music. I like it.

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"you are holy," by printing shed

Song: you are holy,
Artist: printing shed
Album: i was baptized here
Commentary: quiet, intimate, beautiful. You know you don't listen to enough trans musicians, right?

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"Jawbreaker" by Injury Reserve

Song: Jawbreaker
Artist: Injury Reserve feat. Rico Nasty & Pro Teens
Album: Injury Reserve
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Version: Cool album, a little left-of-the-dial hip hop.

"Dublin City Sky" by Fontaines D.C.

Song: Dublin City Sky
Artist: Fontaines DC
Album: Dogrel
Commentary: Okay, this song is the odd one out on a dope album. It's the least punk and I love the rest of the songs, but it's just nice.

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"Tarhatazed" by Mdou Moctar

Song: Tarhatazed
Artist: Mdou Moctar
Album: Ilana (the Creator)
Also try:  Tinariwen, Bombino, other desert blues
Commentary: Mdou Moctar is a Tamashek guitarist that plays those "desert blues" I love from the Saharan West African region. He's not my favorite of the group and he had a heavy auto-tune phaze that I was not a fan of, but he still rocks. IN FACT, he came to Kentucky, 10 minutes from where I live, to play. So he's the first of the genre to be anywhere near me and it was awwwweeesssommmme.

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"Cash Machine" by Dram

Song: Cash Machine
Artist: DRAM
Album: Big Baby Dram
Commentary: Love Dram's smile in this video #BlackBoyJoy

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"Watercolours" by Philip Lewin

Song: Watercolours
Artist: Philip Lewin
Album: Am I Really Here All Alone? (1975)
Also try: 
Commentary: Just heard of loner folk and that's a promising genre. Heard this song at the end credits of Skin (2019).

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