#Subsonic Playlist

[practically-an-x-man]

One prompt I can send is "They heard that sound, and knew something was going wrong"

Thank you!! I think I'm gonna write something for Spider here, I need to start writing more of him :D

____ Dead Air

Word Count: 1.1k Content Warnings: some horror themes, but it's an A Quiet Place fic, so that shouldn't be a surprise

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It wasn't the sound of the meteors falling that worried him.

It frightened him, sure, the same way a thunderstorm or tornado watch would frighten him. Animal fear, sudden danger, bright and immediate. There was a difference between fear and worry. The climber in him always knew that much. Falling was frightening. Thinking about where you would land was worrying. Worry could be rationalized, in some way or another. Fear was an instinct- immutable, unstoppable.

So the meteors frightened him. Watching great chunks of rock rip through the overcast New York skyline and crash into buildings all around him was scary, in the purest simplest sense.

Spider's first thought, like any other rational human being, was to find cover.

His second thought, perhaps less rational, was to reach for his tape recorder. There was an orchestra of devastating noise around him, and he wondered if someday it might be made into a film of its own. Directors went wild for found-footage recordings like that. It could be the most valuable sound in his arsenal, once the disaster itself had passed.

What truly worried him was what came after.

First there was the cacophony. Crunching metal, splintering wood, two-ton impact of rock against rock, shrieking people, blaring sirens, pounding footsteps. Symphony of Destruction became much more than a song on his metal playlist.

Then came stranger noises. Organic, animal sounds, but not from any animal he recognized. Even, dolphin-like clicks amidst prowling, carnivorous footsteps. It sparked random associations in his mind - alligators and their heavy reptilian movements, deep-sea sonar and its echolocation-chatter, chitinous insects' legs and subsonic cetacean rumbling and a thousand other things he couldn't begin to categorize.

It wasn't familiar. It wasn't Earthly. Thousands of tapes, a whole world categorized in sound, and Spider couldn't even begin to place a label to what he heard before him.

He heard that sound, and knew something was going wrong.

This was no ordinary disaster. This was no Katrina, no 9-11, no California wildfire. This was more than a news special and a page in the history books.

Souriya Prakash-Cooper heard those noises, tape recorder held tight in a white-knuckled grip, and he knew his life had met a permanent shift.

He racked his brain for a way to put those sounds in order, a way to label them, a way to make this strange new shape fit amongst the carefully-cultivated shelves that lined his brain. He came up empty.

And even once he peered out from behind the rubble and caught a look at what was producing such a sound, he still couldn't find the words to describe it.

It was indeed animal, though that was as far as he got before his imagination shattered. The creatures roved the buildings like harvestmen over an old garden wall- the same comparison that had earned Spider his nickname in the climbing gym, in fact. Something shivered within him, to see his own movements reflected in something so undeniably alien.

The beasts were four-limbed and gangly, covered in a thick greenish shell. Their heads were armored plates, void of any openings - until he caught a lucky glance and saw one open in flowerlike petals, a pink membrane fluttering inside. It looked like the inside of a speaker.

Or an ear.

The creature let out a fresh series of spent-magazine clicks, angling its head like a radar dish. Spider watched, terrified yet entranced, his hand sweaty around his tape recorder. The creature's open maw swiveled towards him, and he realized he'd fallen back into foley habits. He stood stock-still, knees slightly bent to keep himself grounded, breathing slowly and silently like he'd trained himself to do during those long studio hours.

The pink membrane twitched inside its dark shell. Silence suddenly seemed very, very important. He didn't even dare shut off his recording - the soft click of the button might as well have been the blast of a shotgun.

Something echoed in the alleyway off to his left. The beast's radar ear flashed towards it, and then those petals snapped shut and it went crashing down the street. Spider finally allowed himself to shut off the recording, his heart thundering in his chest.

Though he could hardly bear to look, he forced himself to turn and watch the monster's movements as it sprinted for its prey. It moved wildly, fast and focused and yet somehow blind. It scrabbled not around but over obstacles in its path, indiscriminate of the litter and rubble and crashed vehicles.

Cautiously, Spider lifted his tape recorder to his ear and played back the tape.

Click-click-click-click-click.

The clicks changed pitch and speed, very subtly, and he remembered watching the creature swivel that radar-dish of a head. He remembered that quivering pink membrane on the inside, delicate flesh amid that rock-hard exoskeleton, and then way the shell had snapped shut as soon as it had found its prey.

Spider remembered a trip he'd taken as a boy. His family had all flown down to Miami one summer, just for a week. He remembered the crust of salt on his skin as he splashed his sisters with seawater, or ducked below the surface to grab them by the ankles and startle them.

He remembered the chorus of strange ocean-noises down there under the water, clicks and pops and creaks from unseen sources. He thought some of them might have come from dolphins, but maybe that was just his mind romanticizing the memory. He wished he could record the noises he heard back then.

He rewound the tape and played it again. He almost had those noises now. Not quite, but... close.

Something fell into place.

It hunted by sound.

It couldn't smell him. It couldn't see him. It might have heard him, if he'd been careless enough to make a sound, but he hadn't.

Spider glanced down at his Chuck Taylors, bright red like his hair but with soft rubber soles. He had a pair of climbing shoes in his bag, even softer. Even quieter.

He looked at the buildings around him, torn and broken but rife with texture- with handholds, footholds, dynamic movement - and the creatures that scuttled over them with their too-long grasping limbs. He glanced at the tape recorder in his hand, the growing almanac of those unworldly, ethereal noises.

He thought of kinetic camouflage, auditory camouflage, a way to blend in not through sight but through sound and movement. He knew sound. He lived on sound. He could hear every echo before it happened, how to magnify and how to dampen and how to move quieter than a secret.

A plan began to fall together in his mind.

He could work with this.

[maibunnie]

when you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish. then, send this to 10 of your favourite followers <3

What a lovely surprise ☺️ thank you for the ask!

Subsonic Eye - Cosmic Realignment

Soft Kill - Trouble

The Marias - Little by Little

Wisp - See you soon

Turnover - People That We Know

P.S. I’ve been enjoying your November playlist that you posted 🫶🏼

[thingsthatbleedfic]

Interference by sound stabs sounds like what I imagine the vocalizations Danny makes as Phantom sound like, especially in the deeper range

Oh my GOD anon. You are speaking my language. YES a million times YES. I LOVE that song so much. I have so many playlists for Danny projects and I LOVE adding songs that have heavy amounts of distortion or subsonic bass 😍😍😍 (tho I technically have this song on my Rex playlist 👀 I should absolutely add it to the TTB playlist)

For those of you curious, here's a link to Interference for ease. Recommended listening with headphones!

[alotofboring]

Playlist # 55: "Тomorrow is spring" vibes

[doomedandstoned]

MR. BUNGLE MELVINS  ☆ SPOTLIGHTS ★ The Showbox, Seattle

  Photo Review by Chris Schanz

One might ask what would bring me out of retirement? Was I retired? What the hell have I been doing for the past three years? All things Doomed and Stoned have been in flux for me. I’ve been focusing on my day job. I’ve been focusing on my family. I’ve been focusing on my garden. All this focusing has left me nearsighted. Blurry. The COVID era left me with a shitty hangover (not long COVID – I’m just trying to forget that shit and move on!). Sure – I’ve shot shows, band portraits, weddings, funerals yadda yadda fucking yadda. I wanted a sign that the universe is ready for my gifts, once again.

Enter Mr. Bungle and The Melvins. The Geek Show Tour, sponsored by Ipecac Records celebrates both the vast accomplishments of Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantomas, Mr. Bungle) and The Melvins – on their 40th anniversary! The perfect lure to get me off my ass and feel like I actually can contribute something to music, art and photography in general without licking the taint of Instagram and an AI-generated algorithmic overlord soon set to devour us, Titans, Gods and all.

The Showbox at the Market is the perfect set. I feel at home there, usually right by the soundboard. So many shows seen there – Sonic Youth, Nudedragons (Soundgarden), Brothers Of the Sonic Cloth, Sleep, Uncle Acid, Bell Witch, Graveyard, Chelsea Wolfe, The Black Angels – on and on, and on and on. It’s by far Seattle’s best concert hall, IMHO.

SPOTLIGHTS

I admit. I wasn’t prepared for Spotlights. A buddy of mine in Denver by way of San Francisco said they’re sweetly DOOMY. I was in. I got three songs to fall in love. Head over heels! Words escape my brain, only memories of sweet, subsonic joy flowing through my chest and brain. I followed up with Sarah Quintenero after the show at the merch booth, loading up on their vinyl. I’m blasting “Tidals” on vinyl while writing this in my cave, but “Alchemy for the Dead” is a MASTERPIECE! I’ve been binging on their Bandcamp all week now. Bold, deep bass fuzz, ethereal vocals and serrated guitar riffs. My new summer soundtrack.

They’re still on tour – and I highly advise you to see them now!

Alchemy For The Dead by Spotlights

Spotlights Setlist

"The Alchemist" (2023’s Alchemy For The Dead)

"Sunset Burial" (2023’s Alchemy For The Dead)

"Algorithmic" (2023’s Alchemy For The Dead)

"False Gods" (2023’s Alchemy For The Dead)

"Part 4" (2020’s We Are All Atomic)

MELVINS

This brings me back to the Melvins. The force that shaped my twenties in Seattle. My band Fuzzbud had a six-degrees-of-Kevin Bacon thing with a Morton, WA / Monteseno, WA, somebody’s cousin played in a band that opened for…whatevs. We tuned to DUH flat and had a good time. BUT…The Melvins were always a mainstay in any of my playlists.

King Buzzo did NOT disappoint! I was singing along from the photo pit. I was kidding beforehand that there should be some sort of SNL skit – a play by play commentary of the photo pit action. Think Howard Cosell announcing each of the photogs falling over each other for the shots. I thought it was funny, anyways. I’m a dork.

ANYWHOO. Buzzo provides! Dale’s a GOD. I got my HEALTHY fix of Houdini, culminating in a THREE BASS OVERLOAD on Night Goat with Sara Qintenero from Spotlights and Trevor Dunn from Mr. Bungle joining Steve McDonald to rumble your bunghole. What did I miss by NOT seeing the tour finale in San Francisco? A reunion of Fantomas (Mike, Buzz and Dave Lombardo)! When these guys get together, (black) magic always happens!

The Bride Screamed Murder by Melvins

Melvins Setlist

"I Can’t Shake It" (1998 split with Cosmic Psychos, Some Girls/I Can’t Shake It)

"Zodiac" (1990’s Bullhead)

"Copache" (1993’s Houdini)

"I Want to Hold Your Hand" (2018’s Pinkus Abortion Technician - Beatles Cover)

"Hammering" (2022’s Bad Mood Rising)

"Never Say You’re Sorry" (2022’s Bad Mood Rising)

"Evil New War God" (2010’s The Bride Screamed Murder)

"Let It All Be" (1999’s The Bootlicker)

"Honey Bucket" (1993’s Houdini)

"Revolve" (1994’s Stoner Witch)

"Night Goat" (1993’s Houdini - with Steve McDonald, Spotlights Sarah Quintero and Mr. Bungle bass Trevor Dunn on basses)

MR. BUNGLE

The main event. I knew they led with the Mr. Rogers theme on most nights. ADORABLE! But to my surprise, and delight! They performed the John Sebastian theme to “Welcome Back Kotter”! FUCK YES. I’m a Sweathog and everyone knows it! We would also be treated to the Pepto Bismol jingle not too far into the set.

I was wanting, wishing for a few more songs from 1991’s Mr. Bungle release, primarily some “Squeeze Me Macaroni” and “Stubb-A-Dub” action. Stubb was my go-to track in our house in college. After many a trip, I believed I was the proverbial “family dog” to our tribe…just elated to be along for the ride scrambling from party to party. Luckily for me, I got some “My Ass Is On Fire” and I was satiated. “Speak Spanish Or Die” brought me right back to my thrash and skating days (Days. Rolled my ankle on the half-pipe and drove the crew to all the spots after that). Van Halen’s Loss of Control? A TOTAL surprise and I was elated! Ear to ear grins and giggles!

I came for the Melvins, Mike Patton and Dave Lombardo, but I left with a deep adoration for Spotlights and a 365-day calendar of “The Many O-Faces of Scott Ian” and that’s more than OK. I’m in love. Thank you, Scott, for fulfilling this schoolboy’s adolescent dreams, 30 years later!

The Night They Came Home by Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle Setlist

"Welcome Back" (John Sebastian cover)

"Bungle Grind"

"Eracist"

"Spreading the Thighs of Death"

"Loss for Words" (Corrosion of Conformity cover)

"Hypocrites"

"Speak English or Die" (Stormtroopers of Death cover) (changed to "Speak Spanish or Die")

"Glutton for Punishment"

"Anarchy Up Your Anus"

"Methematics"

"Hell Awaits" (Slayer cover) (intro)

"True/Cold War/True"

"Raping Your Mind"

"World Up My Ass" (Circle Jerks cover) (with Michael Crain)

"Sudden Death"

Encore: "Loss of Control" (Van Halen cover)

Encore: "My Ass Is on Fire" (with PEP tag)

[norashelley]

Tagged by @jwclapton Thanks, James!

Rules: Shuffle a playlist and write down the first ten songs without skipping. I don't really do playlists so this is from the 3727 songs on my mp3 player. Year (of you) - Queenadreena Mirage - BAND-MAID Subsonic - Younha kareni mamotte hoshii 10 no koto - Ueda Marie A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy Snow Hug - Nichika If you only knew - Olvia Lufkin Annie - Emilie Simon Tonight - Emi Maria Northern Lights - Gaelwynd

tagging @folksingers @valancystirling48 @chantalstacys @joanleslies @grusinskayas @filminghere @ritahayworrth @maureenoharra only if you feel like doing of course, and if i didn't tag you & if you want to do it please do and say i tagged you, i'd love to see it! and I'm sorry if you already did this I haven't been online the past 2 weeks so I'm sure I missed a lot.

[24-guy]

hi im gonna send you techo/house/bass house music bc i have been so high energy all afternoon listening to it. most of it is bass heavy bc the deep rumbles scratches my brain

Love VIP - Subsonic

Chaos in the Confines - Ruvlo, AFTERMYFALL

Gas Tank VIP - Monxx, Bassboy

GOT REAL - JOYRYDE, Mika Means

I 1000% understand if you hate these bc its kinda just loud noise but i am in a loud noise music mood today thumbs up emoji

,,probably from the caffeine i had,,,

Ooo. :0000

I will add them to a different playlist. But I'll definitely listen to them at some point. :]]]]

[thesinglesjukebox]

BRAINFREEZE - "DEBUT"

Michael takes us from IRL to URL with this Chinese internet collective...

[6.27]

Michael Hong: The last few years have been difficult for physical connection in China; it's only logical that groups like the collective Shopping Mood and the four-piece BRAINFREEZE have formed from the Internet. Their debut EP attempts to crib the stylings of what they believe to be "hyperpop," a term that has become a sort of catch-all in the country -- as evidenced by "idol" artist Deng Dian, whose label, Sony Music China, cites hyperpop influences on one of his last projects, despite it being only a bit uptempo. But "Debut" is too clean to completely fall within the lineage of hyperpop. It's pretty girl music, music you put on in the background as you shit-talk and sweet-talk with your friends on a Friday night. BRAINFREEZE points the swirling lyric "trust this dream" at one another as if in promise of connection, whether that's physical or something more, and deepen it with a final tossed-out "baby, please don't feel like you are useless." Over pretty synths, each member is painted golden. Something's endearing about their broken English; they reject outside voices, but the syrupiness of the song makes their middle-finger salutes lack any bite. And they tie themselves together with the promise of jumping off the roof, a sweet sentiment for how it's so non-adventurous. A lot of my favourite songs this year -- María José Llergo's "Tencontrao," Subsonic Eye's "Yearning," Leah Dou's "Monday," Pasocom Music Club & Mei Takahashi's "Day After Day" -- take a circular phrase, verse, melody, or even just a motif and twist it into a spiral. Llergo's "look at me and tell me you love me" on its own is impactful, but it's the repetition, the demand for reassurance, that feels like love. "Day After Day" reframes the circular movement of its undercurrent with one line, "but I realized / those small, boring moments / can also shine / so bright that it melts my heart," as if regarding each passing flicker of the sun and moon with a contented sigh. I get a similar feeling from the hook of "Debut." That pitch-shifted "trust this dream" is woven in a graceful circle, as if in realization that this is not a dream but reality, and also in understanding that there's more beautiful work to come. It's no accident that the music video for "Debut" starts with BRAINFREEZE in a physical embrace. The song is the corporeal manifestation of their digital bond, a helpless spiral into a deeper affection. [9]

Taylor Alatorre: The title of "DEBUT," as well as the "trust this dream" refrain and the synthetic twee motifs, suggest a hopeful yet halting first step in the direction of new encounters. This perhaps explains why its most palpable signs of urgency and its willingness to risk offending the listener are shunted off to the final 30 seconds, by which point an ambivalent first impression has already been made. Never mind the dream for now -- the song doesn't seem to trust itself. [5]

John S. Quinn-Puerta: It's frenetic without being completely overstuffed, stimulating if not a tad bit unintelligible. I think I trust it. Maybe. [6]

Nortey Dowuona: I think it's kinda telling all the lyrics are in English. They think we're a damn lick. They're right. [8]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: Exactly the kind of clumsy single that I'll always be charmed by. All the voices, and all the ideas they're clamoring to express, spill out of "Debut" with such a feverish glee that I can forgive the slight feeling that there's about a minute too much song. It helps that the core vocals-and-synth hook is sturdy enough to withstand the chaos that gradually envelops the track. [7]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: A bit too Spotify Playlist-core for me, but any modishness on display is offset by how easy it all goes down. [6]

Ian Mathers: This is a lot more chill than I expected from a band called BRAINFREEZE: a perverse statement on multiple levels. Not least because I like the floatiest bits the best. [6]

Crystal Leww: BRAINFREEZE's EP is like a sampler through what "hyperpop" has evolved into in the last 24 or so months, in sometimes horrifying ways, but "Debut" gets it right by letting the girls set the tone so that the boys can be soft and pretty, too. I want to bury myself in the chest of the "get away, get away, get away...", which seems to drift off into a tucked-away dimension. By the time that the track snaps into something more harsh in the final section, I'm already in the clouds. [7]

Will Adams: It's got that Porter Robinson vibe: hyperpop swaddled in gauze and delivered with a face-holding-back-tears-emoji smile. "Debut" is pretty to listen to, ephemeral once it ends. [6]

Katherine St Asaph: Finally, hyperpop gets its own Owl City. [4]

Micha Cavaseno: Listening to stuff like this makes me think that PM Dawn were perhaps too many decades too early (and too many levels un-Good) to be able to achieve their dreams. "Debut" is a perfect slight of disposable sugarfeather. I couldn't tell you what any of the vocalists do or try that's worth mentioning, and the production is a nice crochet of nostalgic pastels that isn't strong enough to support the weight of scrutiny. Oh well, perhaps next time! [5]

[Read, comment and vote on The Singles Jukebox ]

[top23of23]

23. feeble little horse - "Paces"

Photo: Khan Tran

22. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "That Life"

Photo: Kmeron-2440

21. Oddisee - "How Far"

Photo: Oddisee

20. Frog - "So Twisted Fate"

Photo: Matt Street

19. Sea Lemon - "Vaporized"

Photo: Sea Lemon

18. Thy Slaughter ft. A.G. Cook & EASYFUN - "Sentence"

Photo: Thy Slaughter

17. DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - "Brave"

Photo: DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ

16. Subsonic Eye - "J-O-B"

Photo: Jesryn D'Souza

15. Far Caspian - "The Last Remaining Light"

Photo: Marily Pizano

14. Romy - "She's On My Mind"

Photo: Matt Forsythe

13. Samia ft. papa mbye - "Mad At Me"

Photo: Erika Lyijynen

12. Priya Ragu - "School Me Like That"

Photo: Ben McQuaide

11. Babyfxce E - "See The Vision (Outro)"

Photo: Travis Ricketts

10. Uly - "peugeot baby"

Photo: Evan Cahill

9. Fred again.. ft. Jozzy - "ten"

Photo: Ed Vargas

8. Youth Lagoon - "Prizefighter"

Photo: Youth Lagoon

7. Superviolet - "Wave Back"

Photo: Mike Maguire

6. Wishy - "Blank Time"

Photo: Kelly Krauter

5. Kevin Abstract - "Real 2 Me"

Photo: Lily Grace

4. 41 - "Function"

Photo: @shotbydny

3. glaive - "the good the bad the olga"

Photo: @erinnspics

2. Jam City ft. Empress Of - "Wild n Sweet"

Photo: Patrick Gunning

1. Sofia Kourtesis - "Vajkoczy"

Photo: Roman Sobus

- Full Spotify Playlist -

[blacktopmemories]

Playlist for Saturday, October 14, 2023

Subsonic Eye - "Everything" Teenage Fanclub - "Tired of Being Alone" Claud - "Paul Rudd" Ratboys - "The Window" Kevin Devine - "The Longer That I'm Out Here" Good Old War - "My Own Sinking Ship" The Frights - "Kicking Cans" Julien Baker - "Something" Slowdive - "Shanty" The Brook and the Bluff - "Tangerine" Slow Pulp - "Doubt" Portugal. The Man - "Champ" Snail Mail - "Stick" Colour and City - "Take Care" Fatherson - "I Like Not Knowing" Teenage Wrist - "Sprawled" Krooked Kings - "Close Tonight" Speedy Ortiz - "Kitty" Shannon and the Clams - "Do I Wanna Stay" Kings of Leon - "The Face" Minus the Bear - "Thanks for the Killer Game of Crisco Twister" The Strokes - "Under Control" Sarah Coolidge - "Greasers" Sleepy Gonzalez - "Freaking Out" Truth Club - "Exit Cycle" Paper Lions - "Ghostwriters" Arctic Monkeys - "I Want it All"

xo - b. To download or stream the show, click here!

[thanksforthedinosaur]

october 2023

rosie tucker - hellraiser

somoh - anything

sydney sprague - nobody knows anything

silvie - the zoo

sawyer - support group

brye - nothing!

hannah jadagu - lose

slow pulp - mud

katy kirby - cubic zirconia

tilly louise - own worst critic

stevie bill - hahaha

etta marcus - nosebleed

sundial - grass is greener

charli adams - cry over everything

evangeline - camera shop

speedy ortiz - emergency & me

sarah crean - solitaire in apt. 7

isabel dumaa - quarter life crisis

kate teague - actor

corook - alien

vagabon - anti-fuck

helena deland - spring bug

rachel sermanni - big desire

madilyn mei - slippers

sun june - mixed bag

mitski - i don't like my mind

soccer mommy - losing my religion

lighthearted - from here on out

sea lemon - vaporized

kitba - tell me what i am

allegra krieger - terribly free

salem ilese - ketchup

kate davis - yoyo

june henry - baby teeth

sushi soucy - missing hell

field medic - you deserve attention

sufjan stevens - will anybody ever love me?

pollyanna - the cold

olive klug - faking it

into it. over it. - can i buy a v_wel?

thank you, i'm sorry - parking lots

subsonic eye - tender

lacuna - red thread

brand new legs - bloom

del paxton - chart reader

runaway brother - my friends

sincere engineer - landline

boys life - worn thin

flooding - monolith girl

chase petra - reliable narrator

proper. - earn

jeff rosenstock - future is dumb

blink-182 - more than you know

hawthorne heights - we were never lost

towa bird - wild heart

fazerdaze - bigger

nightosphere - two heads

virga - portal

computerwife - lexapro

lies - knife

cafuné - unchained memory

adoy - avenue

lany - alonica

allie - ambient playlist

boyish - split up

s. carey - new meaning

sonny zero - dew

a beacon school - alone

cherry glazerr - shattered

tanny ng - my, my, my

leebada - sleep

fieh - full time (part time allthetime)

berryblue - selfish

tiffi - bored

dounia - coolest girl in california

olivia rodrigo - all-american bitch

juliana chahayed - strawberry town

devon again - deep

easha - manic pixie dream girl

may-a - lola

charlie houston - all night

eliza mclamb - glitter

luna aura - blind

jessica andrea - sage

gatlin - paris

sad alex - jupiter

yeule - cyber meat

lolo zouaï - vvvip

mothica - sirens (feat. sophie powers)

ūla - scandal

madison beer - sweet relief

kim petras - problématique

slayyyter - girl like me

ebony loren - tongue tied

dacey - getaway (feat. kimmortal)

cleo sol - self

living legends - lettermen

meltycanon - out of body

phora - stay beside me

doja cat - balut

astrus* - throwaway tantrum

take van - bad behavior

fifi zhang - so beautiful so lonely

tomcbumpz - c u never

layzi - idk

troye sivan - got me started

pinkpantheress - mosquito

meltycanon - ghost in the shell

tinashe - tightrope

alex sloane - nuclear

[asolle]

Click the link to stream or download Music Music Music spring 2023 episode 3: https://app.box.com/s/rx334tngiiamq81l7sy96hvl5tiniw13

Playlist:

SZA - Kill Bill MSTRKRFT - So Deep The Troggs - Wild Thing Myd - Let You Speak Hot Hot Heat - Bandages Aesop Rock and Blockhead - Pumpkin Seeds Leon Bridges - Better Man/Motorbike Little Simz - X Subsonic Eye - Aquarius Kepi and Friends - Since You're Gone Montell Jordan - This is How We Do It Metronomy x Panic Shack - It's Good to Be Back Metronomy x Katy J Pearson - Love Factory Vampire Weekend - A-Punk Tricky - Ponderosa Scott McMicken and the EVER-EXPANDING - What About Now/Another One Dr. Dog - Keep a Friend MGMT - Time to Pretend/Electric Feel MIA - Paper Planes Radiohead - Bodysnatchers Sia - The Girl You Lost to Cocaine The White Stripes - I'm Slowly Turning Into You Modest Mouse - Dashboard Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights Thao and the Get Down Stay Down - Beat (Health, Life and Fire) The Shins - Australia Interpol - No I in Threesome The Good, the Bad, and the Queen - Herculean

[live105fm]

Subsonic Playlist: 07.29.2017

10 PM

Wilkinson – “We Will Be” Jauz & CrankDat – “I Hold Still” Vicetone – “I Hear You” Seven Lions – “Silent Skies” Martin Garrix & Brooks – “Byte” marshmello – “Alone” (MRVLZ Remix) Foster The People – “Pumped Up Kicks” (Polaris At Noon Remix) Robotaki & Manila Killa – “I Want You” HIGHSOCIETY – “New Drug” (Feat. Anna M’Queen) Zeds Dead & Illenium – “Where The Wild Things Are” Two Friends –…

[dreamwavekuci]

EP30 / February 7, 2019

tune in this thurs for some love songsssss <3 stay groovy

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artist — track — album **indicates a new release personal favorites

subsonic eye - come around - dive into hala - sorry - single** sobs - girl - catflap hate drugs - lover boy - tsunami soul 1 wallows, clairo - are you bored yet - single** strfkr - golden light - miracle mile thesecondsex - changin' - II. bierut - when i die - gallipoli** soccer mommy - blossom - single** neon indian - the glitzy hive - vega intl. night school tennis - marathon - cape dory frankie cosmos - outside with the cuties - next thing homeshake - another thing - single** tennis - south carolina - cape dory strfkr - rawnald gregory erickson the second - starfucker girlpool - pretty - what chaos is imaginary** hala - more than anything - single** slenderbodies - better like that - soraya shag rock - fuzzy connection - single babes - atmo - babes washed out - feel it all around - life of leisure cosmo pyke - after school club - just cosmo melanie faye - eternally 12 - single the aquadolls - hollywood - the dream and the deception wolf alice - don't delete the kisses - visions of a life pond - paint me silver - the weather omar apollo - trouble - single** parcels - tape - parcels toro y moi - laws of the universe - outer peace**

[iseesound]

𝐈 𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃! 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨, 𝓒𝓻𝓾𝓮𝓵 𝓦𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻༄

Aired 02.02.23

Featuring music from American Football, Mitski, Panchiko, Alex G and more!

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From the beginning of quarantine to my trip to New York in 2021, I went through a time in my life that felt like a perpetual winter I would never get out of. Countless nights spent on Minecraft with my friends from California and London, to the endless drives to nowhere with my friends here in Chicago. “Cruel Winter,” encapsulates the music I was listening to during that time. A digitally infused indie soundscape.

The name comes partly from a screenplay I wrote for a screenwriting class I took, and from a playlist I made with my friend Raymond, (who I met in the screenwriting class). It encapsulated this specific sound, a grey and brown with a stark baby blue between the two. 

Starting of with “Brian is The Most Beautiful Boy,” the droning at the beginning takes me straight back to the beginning of the pandemic, mostly in my room playing Minecraft with my friends Jas, Ray and Alfie. I had just gotten my license as well, and sometimes I would take longer coming back from picking the lunches the school gave out for free, just to clear my mind.

“My Friends Don’t Know (I Know They Hate Me)” by dandelion hands was so popular on TikTok during this time. I loved this song and I would listen to the album “It’s All in Your Head,” over and over. It was around then the “Cruel Winter” began to settle in.

The first run of the show is called “Raymond’s Run,” I met Ray in that online screenwriting class, we became pretty good friends after the class ended, spending hours on Minecraft and Discord. He got me a cracked version of FL Studio and introduced me to a word of music I had never listened to. I can still remember the day I listened to “Deathmetal” and gushing about it to Raymond the next day. Or when Raymond showed me the cassette he wanted to buy from Subsonic Eye’s bandcamp. “Cabin Fever” reminds me of the screenplay I wrote, and the runs I would take in the mornings. Raymond is an incredibly talented guitar player, he could learn a song so quickly. I remember he learned “Beautiful Boy,” by John Lennon, on a call with me and our friend Jas, with a quick glance at the chords. He was working on a folk album around that time and he shared Nick Drake as one of his inspirations for the album. “Parasite” stuck with me.

My friend Sasha and Maya would frequently host creative zoom sessions, where we would just spend time working on whatever we wanted.

I would mostly draw, and sometimes write. While they wrote. Sasha introduced me to Car Seat Headrest around that time, and “Twin Fantasy” became an obsession. “Stop Smoking We Love You” transitions well into “Thoroughfare” by Ethel Cain, one of three songs in this set that I didn’t listen to during the pandemic. Though the lyricism encapsulates my mindset during the time. I had a desire to run to California and leave everything behind. I considered not going to college and just running to the west. 

That desire was ignited by the screenwriting class I took through Academy of Arts University. There was something special about that class. Where as most zoom classes I had during the time was filled with shut off cameras. Most of the students had their cameras open and were eager to participate. We all had an instagram group chat where we would check in on each other throughout the year. I had met Raymond there and Jas through the class. Just a few weeks after the class ended we played on a Minecraft server Jas had made almost every single night. I met so many people on the server, we would talk and play for hours. I even met my friend Alfie, who’s from London, with them on a Minecraft parkour map.

Mr. Q, the teacher of the screenwriting class read a screenplay I wrote months after the class ended. (Which I plan to film later this year.) He recommended me Holy Hive sometime later. “Cynthia’s Celebration” has these beautiful drums that are just so rich and beautiful. It reminds me of the feeling I had while taking his class and those nights playing Minecraft. (Brown and a hint of orange).

“Lens” by Frank Ocean is my favorite song from Frank. I would play this song non-stop. It was my most listened song that year. It reminds me of the directionless drives I would take with my friends. Nate’s car was our go to vehicle. While me and Alonso would control the aux. 

I watched “We’re All Going to The World’s Fair” with Jas and Ray.

We hated it. But the music stuck with me. Sasha had already introduced Alex G to me but his music never clicked with me until I watched this movie. “End Song” reminds me of this feeling I had in the lit of my stomach throughout the pandemic. It still hasn’t quite went away.

I had many movie nights during the pandemic. Some with my friend Sarah, others with my childhood best friend B, and others with Ixmati, Annie and Celeste. Sometimes it was spent trying not to fall asleep, and others spent trying not to wake my parents.  

“Two Weeks In December” by Skull Crusher and “Secret” by Waveform* have this specific sound, like the haze that seemed to cover everything during the first few months of the quarantine.

I never really got into Mitski, but “A Pearl” had been on heavy rotation throughout the year and well into the beginning of the quarantine. 

“It’s just that I fell in love with a war,

Nobody told me it ended,

and it left a pearl in my head,

and I roll it every night

just to watch it glow.”

I hate to admit I romanticized the first few months of quarantine and I often find myself looking back. I can’t help to smile. Even though it felt like the world was ending, I didn’t feel alone.

My “Cruel Winter” felt like it was nearing it’s end when I listened to “A Lot’s Going To Change” by Weyes Blood. I was graduating high school. I so badly wanted to go back to how it had been before. I was so afraid of what came after. It was during this time where the pandemic was in limbo. The cases had spiked again and everything was in limbo. 

American Football was a band I listened to throughout my dive into the lesser known indie artists, at least from my perspective. The perpetual winter ended at the end of summer ‘21. Right before a solo trip to New York with my friends Alonso and Dario. (Or so I thought).

The final run of the set is made up of three songs. “Wintertime” by Brockhampton, “4sure” by Louke Man, and “Thank You Song” by FKA Twigs

“Wintertime” is an unreleased song that was leaked along with the Technical Difficulties tracks Brockhampton did over the quarantine. The songs were on heavy rotation when I would drive. “Wintertime” was the inspiration for my screenplay I wrote during that online class. It was a big idea condensed into a 7 page script if I remember correctly. A fitting metaphor to the big ideas I had during the pandemic but with little outlet to do them.

The last two songs serve as a thank you, to all those friends that helped me get through my “Cruel Winter”, and even though it came back not long after my trip to New York. These people helped me get through it.

Special thanks to Aaron, Alfie, Alonso, Anna, B, Celeste, Daisy., Dario, Erin, Iris, Ixmati, Jas, Marcus, Maya, Mr. Q, Nate, Raymond, Sarah, Sasha, The Screenwriting Guild, and TJ. Even though I couldn’t mention everyone and everything we did together, I am grateful for the memories we made together.

[shawnfreki]

Listening to Portal - Vexovoid.