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the urban outfitters website used to archive playlists where I discovered some of my favorite music growing up. they ditched that part of the site but have them archived on discogs.com
Sep 22, 2024
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I just remembered that this is how me and my sisters would discover some new rock and indie music in the early 2010s (or I used my little sister privileges and simply got the music from them who's to say?). I just found out that not only is it still around, you still get monthly playlists that you can download songs from (or you can use the playlists that were made for your preferred streaming service) and the playlists are also still a great way to discover new rock and indie music if you enjoy those genres. I am still partial to the Best of 2014 playlist, what a snapshot of the times.
Sep 25, 2024
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NTS and Do You Radio are two of my daily listens — NTS has a tracklist function too + a huge archive of mixes.
Searching a favourite track on YouTube and then filtering by playlist is also really fun. Takes a little scrolling.
Discogs and bandcamp are both marketplaces I often dip into for some discovery. Both have user-made lists. Discogs you can go down great rabbit holes by digging into a particular artist/musician/producer’s entire body of work. Bandcamp good for new grassroots music.
Soulseek if you don’t mind a little piracy is also great. You can browse people’s entire music libraries. Some are really thoughtfully organised. There’s something oddly endearing about getting an impression for who someone is simply going off how they’ve organised their music and what they have.
Apr 29, 2024
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he wasn’t right about everything but this playlist is a tome. when wading through nonsense spotify algorithmlically-generated playlists, it’s nice to go back to see what the human tastemakers of the era before are reccing. i do this with a few other writers.
Jan 30, 2024
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Sep 21, 2024
Apparently if you go to bed even one minute after midnight, it is impossible to reach full REM potential so lately I have been going to bed at least one minute before midnight and let me tell you the scientist doctors are right!
Sep 22, 2024
facetiming your roommate a wall away is so silly and fun. debriefing the morning after a fun night out is made easier if you're too *tired to walk fifteen feet
Sep 22, 2024