#music: fantastic negrito

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Fantastic Negrito - I Hope Somebody's Loving You (Official Video)

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Top 10 Songs of 2022!!!!

2022 is over, and that means it's time for year-end list!!! Without further ado, here are the 10 best songs of 2022!

You can find a spotify playlist with each song on it here.

Honorable Mentions: Prester John – Animal Collective Hypothermic – Goodnight, Texas God Is a Circle – Yves Tumor

10. That's Where I Am - Maggie Rogers Genre: Pop, with a hint of Indie rock Vibe: A bright and sunny morning                Maggie Rogers combines a beautiful yearning with an unending hope to make the romance she describes feel almost inevitable. Every time she sings, "It all works out in the end," it starts to sound less like a prediction and more like a manifestation.

9. Curse of the Blackened Eye - Orville Peck Genre: Cowboy Country Vibe: Heartbreak is a warm sensation                To me, a lot of Orville Peck's music has felt like it was more about the idea of a relationship rather than an actual experience. This song, through all his usual flamboyant cowboy aesthetic, feels incredibly personal. The deep melancholy in his voice during lines like, "It ain't the letting go, it's more about the things that you take with" create a poignant sense of self reflection. This makes it his most personal song and also his most universally relatable.

8. Go Slow – Jordana Genre: Bedroom Pop (Though any room with a nice couch will do) Vibe: Chill vibes all the way down 🐢                If self-care was a song. It's as much about avoiding responsibility as it is about realizing the stress-inducing things we're told are vital are so rarely as required as they seem. A deadline missed here or there and a day off now and then won't be the end of the world - but that break may mean the world to you.

7. That's Our Lamp – Mitski Genre: Ethereal Indie Pop Vibe: Happy memories for when it's over                When I first heard The Sound by The 1975, I misheard the following lyrics "I said that I love you / What does it matter if *[I like you too]?" (The actual line is "What does it matter if I lie to you"). I thought this was an interesting lyrical idea to explore: that loving someone and liking someone are different things, and one does not necessarily imply the other. To be honest, I was a little disappointed to learn I had misheard the lyric.                Then Mitski dropped That's Our Lamp, a fantastic, joyful closer to her album full of her usual brand of heartbreak, and in it is this line:

You say you love me, I believe you do But I walk down and up and down And up and down this street 'Cause you just don't like me, Not like you used to

And Mitski uses this idea to its full potential, as a beautiful way to explore an ending relationship.

6. Every Heart Is True - Little Mazarn Genre: Finely Aged Folk Vibe: A warm mug of tea on a cold day                I spent a lot of this year getting into folk music; this was the song convinced me I should stay. Finding this song felt more like uncovering something that had always been there, an ethereal bit of beauty and grace nestled in a patch of freshly fallen autumn leaves 🍃. Each plucked string of the banjo, ringing chime, and ethereal word sung serves to set right the world once more.

Also, if you've never seen live folk music like this, check out a video of their live performances. One of the members plays a hand saw - like, the woodcutting tool - with a violin bow and it sounds like an acoustic theremin. You can hear it clearly at the beginning of this song, and it sounds heavenly.

5. the angel of 8th ave. - Gang of Youths Genre: Dad Alt Rock Vibe: Laying on large rocks, being warmed by the sun                One musical niche I love is the recent works of older rock musicians - I’ve listened to a lot of the new Tears For Fears album and The War On Drug's album from last year recently. I find they bring a richness of wisdom that is often not present with younger musicians. Because of that, I was genuinely surprised to find out that this song was written by someone in their mid-twenties. It draws from a rich well of experience, and that brings it a depth that I rarely find in younger musicians. The song embraces the struggles of relationships between imperfect people in unfamiliar places, but it's thesis is that love is fundamentally stronger than any of that. And that's not an abstract idea - lines like "And when my old man was near to the end / You loved his broken body in the same way that I did" show the how personal and everyday acts of love are far more resilient in this song than the pain that love existed in response to.

4. Don't get the deal – beabadoobee Genre: Alt Rock Vibe: Brightly rekindled old flame                Beabadoobee's effortless meshing of quiet, bedroom pop ballads with all-out alt-rock bangers make this song feel both like a peek inside a personal conversation and a joyful, public celebration. Both the acoustic duet that begins this song and driving rock jam that ends it feel so wholesome that, when she sings "It feels like we'll stop eventually / For now I guess we were meant to be" over either, it's hard to imagine her romance as anything other than meant to be.

3. The Loneliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen ft. Rufus Wainwright Genre: Pop For The Pop Connoisseur Vibe: Light rain romance                It's no secret I'm a big fan of Carly Rae Jepsen, but it took me a while to realize how much I loved this song (and I won't lie, a good part of that was the TikTok where she sings the "I'm coming back for you baby!" part to her cat over facetime). But this song is just infectious. The impeccable duet, The swooning string section, and groovy hooks at every turn!

               If you haven't listened to Carly Rae Jepsen since Call Me Maybe took over the world in 2011, this is an excellent showcase of why she's so beloved amongst pop connoisseurs. Like all her music, it has some of the best songwriting and production you can find in pop music. But what I love most about this song is how incredibly endearing it is. Her and Rufus Wainwright each reminisce about their half of a relationship, each incomplete without the other. Through her charming rose-colored perspective, all the loneliness of the past few years was like reaching the moon - just a bit too soon. But that loneliness ends with each other, and not even lunar distances could separate them. And as the song ends the dance beat fades, it leaves only their voices nestled together amongst the strings. It sounds like a Californian beach sunset, captured in a song.

2. Venomous Dogma - Fantastic Negrito Genre: Blues. Gospel. Rock. And all of them done better than most artists can do one. Vibe: Righteous anger, Righteous release                This song starts and album about the singer's seven-greats grandparents, a white indentured servant and an enslaved Black man during the 1750s in what would become the United States of America. He uses their story of love to discuss the history of racism in America and the various systems of racial and economic oppression that have plagued the country since. It is one of the most optimistic albums of the year. If his grandparents' love was stronger than racist laws and slavery itself, then there may be hope for us yet.               As the start of that journey, this song showcases America caught between racial crisis and reconciliation. What I really love about this song is how varied it is - it opens with an excellent Gospel section, then transitions seamlessly into a gruff blues section, yelling in anger. Each of these sections has a deep, tangible respect from the genres they draw from. The histories of these genres is intertwined with America's struggle with racism, and this song's traditional-but-forward-looking take on them sets a powerful musical precedent on how the country can start to reconcile - only with both a knowledge of history and a willingness to move past it. It's easily the most immaculately crafted song of the year.

1. When You Know You Know - The Beths Genre: Indie Rock Vibe: Pure joy distilled into a love song                At first look, this is the year's most effortless love song. A closer look reveals that this song focuses on the daily work required for a healthy relationship - apologies, comforting, and care - that only seem effortless in couples with both partners willing to commit themselves fully to each other. The "meant to be" this song describes isn't some destiny, it's what each person is going to repeatedly work for until it happens. It's a beautiful, mutual effort, and every bit of that - the toil and the joy - is so apparent in every part of this song.

Thanks for reading and here's to a great 2023!

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I hope somebody's loving you💜

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I just realized I never posted any festival shots of musicians and stuff from the Joshua Tree Music Festival. Here are a few shots I snapped, including some really dope ones of Fantastic Negrito. He put on an incredible show that evening and it alone was worth the ticket.

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Episode 768: Originally Aired on Mad Wasp Radio, 11.10.24

WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves.

The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo, Lady Attercop and Emmett Davenport. Our theme music is made especially for us by Kyle O’Door.

This episode aired on Mad Wasp Radio, 11.10.24.

New episodes air on Mad Wasp Radio on Sundays @ 12pm GMT! Listen at www.madwaspradio.com or via TuneIn radio app!

Playlist:

David J. & Jill Tracy – Bela Lugosi’s Dead (Undead Is Forever)

Nicki Jaine – One More Show

Opera Chaotique – The Phantom of the Opera Is Dead

Bosko Baker – It’s Only Two Dollars

Bitter Pill – When We’re All Dead

Yes Ma’am – G Burns

The Resonant Rogues – Misery Is My Company

Arroyo Deathmatch – Apex Tragedy

Ghost Number – The Unknown

Black Pumas – Tomorrow

Fantastic Negrito – Goddamn Biscuit

Ibeyi – Rise Up Wise Up Eyes Up

Khruangbin – Hold Me Up (Thank You)

Leyla McCalla – Take Me Away

Orville Peck – The Curse of the Blackened Eye

Nicky Egan – Changes

Alanna Royale – Can We Go Back? (One-Take)

Arima Ederra – Loverman

Big Joanie – Insecure

Special Interest & Mykki Blanco – Midnight Legend

The Brat – Just Another Day

X-Ray Spex – I Am a Poseur

Grinderman – Mickey Mouse And The Goodbye Man

Beastie Boys – The Sounds Of Science

Check out this episode!

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"Mo Soul" Player Playlist 30 November

Kokoroko - Age of Ascent

Ezra Collective Feat. Kojey Radical - No Confusion

Cory Wong - Let's Go!

Fantastic Negrito - Lost In A Crowd

Rival Sons - Electric Man

Kaelin Ellis Feat. Max Oakley & Lulu V - Trippin'

Vulfpeck - New Guru

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Cold As Weiss

MonoNeon - Invisible

Daniel Villarreal - In/On

Brian Jackson - Little Orphan Boy

Butcher Brown - Lawd Why

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - El Cambio Es Necesario

STR4TA - Turn Me Around

Magic City Hippies Feat. Maye - Queen

If you really want to enjoy music and help musicians and bands, buy their lp’s or cd’s and don’t download mp3 formats. There is nothing like good quality sound!!!

(Angel Lo Verde / Mo Soul)

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On Repeat Spotify Playlist Tag Game

I was tagged by @waitmyturtles. The name of the game is to put your On Repeat playlist on Spotify on shuffle and listen to the first 10 songs. Mine were:

Chaconne in sol maggoire: variazione 9, Lazar Berman

Which is funny cause I am not sure I’ve ever actually heard this one. It’s fully a left over from when I used Spotify for piano and or cello music to help me fall asleep at night

2. Gut Punch//Don’t Meet Your Idols by Everybody’s Worried About Owen

This song fucking slaps. I am obsessed with it, and we can just pretend like I didn’t listen to this on extensive repeat before I got on depression meds…haha, oops.

3. Dead Mom from Beetlejuice the Musical sung by Anne Caruso

Is my Mom dead? No, thankfully. Does screaming the line “a no one sees me” at the top of my lungs in the car help me when I’m in a mood? You fucking bet it does.

4. Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in B Flat, Emma Czaplica

It is at this point I debate cheating on this game and skipping the classical songs cause they are my falling asleep music. But maybe this makes me seem more cultured than I am so 🤷🏻

5. I Deserve to Bleed by Sushi Soucy

I’m a very happy go lucky person. Pay no attention to the mental illness songs behind the curtain.

6. I Really F**ked It Up by girli

7. I’m Not Boring, You’re Just Bored by The Tilly Birds

Do I understand the lyrics? No! Does that matter? No! This song is GREAT and I love it

8. Bad Guy Necessity by Little Negrito

A friend of mine made a Vegas Theerapanyakul playlist and I put this song on it, it gets stuck in my head quite often. It’s very good and I feel like very in character for that fucked up character whom I love dearly.

9. Pacific by Chase Petra

Alright maybe I should start cheating on this game…I’m sorry that angsty songs are good, okay?! I have no excuse.

10. The Red Means I Love You by Mads Buckley

Another one from the Vegas playlist. Mads Buckley also sings Brother which I absolutely love even if it’s about an anime character I don’t know from a show I’ve literally never seen.

tagging @twig-tea, @respectthepetty, and @ranchthoughts

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SUNDAY MUSIC VIDEO MATINEE “Tuskegee Prayer Band” by Robin Mackey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S919ZRJSKtk Robin was inspired to write this celebratory song after her close friend, Jessie M. Raymond, told Robin stories about growing up in Tuskegee AL and being part of a prayer band with her mother (shown at the end of the video). Prayer bands were a group of people that would walk from house to house on Friday nights to sing, pray for, and check in on the housebound in the community. They’d also visit people in prisons. It was a sacred service and a form of spiritual and social outreach. Prayer bands prevailed until the 1950s, but a tiny handful remain today. This song/video raises awareness of the African American tradition of prayer bands and sacred music which predates gospel, blues, and jazz (read more on Robin’s video notes).

The music track was superbly produced by “Irish soul man” and keyboardist Eomann Flynn (of The Commitments + sideman for other notables). The studio band was comprised of Bay Area A-listers from the musician pool of Fantastic Negrito and Narada Michael Walden. I made the video with Cottonbro Studio. Enjoy—feedback welcome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S919ZRJSKtk

#robinmackey #prayerband #tuskegee #alabama #service #spirit #prayer #africanamerican #gospel #blues #jazz #eomannflynn #jacksonallen #shamilahivory #scottkeller #camperridge #angelinesaras #glidememorial #joelbehrman #danielcasares #johnnyjblair #cottonbrostudio

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unless I was hallucinating I think @flownwrong tagged me to do a music meme and I am here for music so, let's go -- I think it was:

Name five songs you're into right now and tag five people.

Dirty Mattresses by Mama's Broke

Open Passageways by All Them Witches

In The Pines (Oakland) by Fantastic Negrito

Don't Owe You a Thang by Gary Clark Jr

As the Crow Flies by Tony Joe White

and uh who even does this kind of thing anymore? Let's take some shots in the dark: @lovetheirloves @missroserose @phynali @cowboyified @balefully

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🎧 For your Hunter c:

Playlist for Herne Theodor Bastard - Volchok Fantastic Negrito - When Everything Went Wrong Imagine Dragons (feat. JID) - Enemy JT Music - Never Wake Again Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty For Me Domowe Melodie - Wilkiem Mother Mother - Oh Ana Imagine Dragons - Bones AURORA - Cure For Me

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Music Mondays!

Plastic Hamburgers - Fantastic Negrito

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My music taste has been plagued by the Arcane soundtrack.

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I was tagged by @rcarx to post 5 songs on repeat

Beasts by Attack in Black - Attack in Black is one of my fav bands of all time and yet no one that I talk to ever seems to have heard of them. Their sound varies from album to album (there are only a few LPs and a few EPs, and some songs that only have live versions). This song in particular is from my favorite album (Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)) and contains my favorite lyric of all time: "I will welcome sadness as I welcome innocent wonder." I listen to this album when I'm feeling retrospective or I just want to get lost in the music.

Push Back by Fantastic Negrito - This is the artist that got me into blues (though to call his music just blues wouldn't be accurate) as I had never listened to it much before. I'm not going to say my phone is now totally packed with blues music, but there's much, much more there now than the handful of blues songs I had before. I know a new album came out this year, and it's awesome, but I decided to go with an old favorite.

Emotional Champ by New Buffalo - I first heard this song in the movie Gardens of the Night. The movie was amazing and horrifying all at the same time and I had to take a long walk afterwards to just absorb it all and while I walked I listened to this song on repeat the whole time. It's haunting in the most beautiful way possible. I don't know how I would feel about it if I heard it for the first time outside of the movie, but I would probably still listen to it the same amount.

Talk over Me by Summer Cannibals - This song gets me riled up into a kind of righteous fury that is uncaring of what anyone else thinks. If you're a woman who has been pissed off by a man, this is a good song for that feeling.

King Arthur's Seat by Slothrust - Something about the "Ooooooo" of the chorus of this song kind of hypnotizes me in a way that I can't really explain or make sense of. I just really like the song, even though it's a sad mood song that makes me a little sadder, and maybe cry sometimes.

Bonus: Curse Me Good by The Heavy - This song just puts me in a good mood. It's a good reminder to not care too much what other people think.

I'm tagging @syrupie and @myownlost

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And here it is my friends, Radio Free California Episode 2443. New music this week from Swansea Sound, The Belair Lip Bonbs, Nicolay, Sleater-Kinney, Lot's Wife, Kylie Minogue, MC5, Jerry Cantrell, Garfunkel & Garfunkel, Fantastic Negrito, David Gilmour with his daughter Romany and Alt-J, CATBEAR and much more. Enjoy!

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Cobwebs And Strange Radio Show #380

Cobwebs And Strange Radio Show  Mondays 12 noon EST , 5pm BST , 9am PDT bombshellradio.com Archival Shows: bombshellradiopodcasts.com COBWEBS AND STRANGE #380 - Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes (All The Young Dudes, 1973) - The Cult - (She Sells) Sanctuary (Love, 1985) - KEELEY - A Doorway to Another World (Beautiful Mysterious, 2024)* keeleyband.bandcamp.com - Electronic - Forbidden City (Raise The Pressure, 1995) - clipping. - Run It (single, 2024)* clppng.bandcamp.com - The KLF -  Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent) (Solid State Logik 1: KLF Communications 7” Hit Singles 1988-1991, 2021) - T. Rex - Jeepster (Electric Warrior, 1971) - Johnny Thunders - You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory (So Alone, 1978) - The Blasters -  So Long Baby Goodbye (The Blasters, 1981) - Rudi - When I Was Dead (Big Time: The Singles 1978-1982, 2021) - Jim Trainor - Better Than You Do (single, 2024)* jimtrainor.bandcamp.com - Thee Strawberry Mynde - Reflections (single, 2024)* theestrawberrymynde.bandcamp.com - Porter & Hello Seahorse! - Cora (single, 2024)* - Fantastic Negrito - Son Of A Broken Man (Son Of A Broken Man, 2024)* fantasticnegritomusic.bandcamp.com - Thee Sacred Souls - One And The Same (Got A Story To Tell, 2024)* theesacredsouls.bandcamp.com - Ambar Lucid - Get Lost In The Music (Get Lost In The Music EP, 2021) - The Stranglers - Genetix (The Raven, 1979) - HENGE - Ascending (Journey to Voltus B, 2025)* - A Place To Bury Strangers - Plastic Future (Synthesiser, 2024) - The Golden Cups - This Bad Girl (single, 1968) - Flu Flu - Volveras (Furia, 2024)* shorediverecords.bandcamp.com - Father John Misty - She Cleans Up (Mahashmashana, 2024)* - Gut Health - Uh Oh (Stiletto, 2024)* guthealthband.bandcamp.com - Panda Bear - Defence (Sinister Grift, 2025)* pandabearmusic.bandcamp.com - The Armoires - Green Hellfire At The 7-11 (Octoberland, 2024)* bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com - 20/20 - Back To California (single, 2024)* bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com - The Jack Rubies - Phantom (single, 2024)* bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com - Halsey - Lonely Is The Muse (The Great Impersonator, 2024)* - The Howl & The Hum - Same Mistake Twice (Same Mistake Twice, 2024)* - Tilli -  Dreamy (single, 2024)* tilli.bandcamp.com - Stick In The Wheel - Can’t Stop (A Thousand Pokes, 2024)* stickinthewheel.bandcamp.com - Blodwyn Pig - It’s Only Love (Ahead Rings Out, 1969) - Whitey - DON'T BE A CAN'T (ALL YOUR LIFE) (MENTAL RADIO, 2024)* musicglue.com/whitey - Goat - Goatbrain (Goat, 2024)* goat.bandcamp.com - Ed Ryan - Fine Art To Letting It Go (Along For The Ride, 2024)* edryan.bandcamp.com - Ex Norwegian (as X-Dirty Norwegians) - Talk Dirty (Sing Wistle Tunes, 2024)* shop.exnorwegian.com - Aursjoen - Nytår (Strand, 2024)* aursjoen.bandcamp.com - Nymphs - Sad And Damned (Nymphs, 1990)  Inger Lorre (born Lori Ann Wening) - Liam Payne - Strip That Down (Acoustic) (single, 2017) - Mitzi Gaynor - Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (South Pacific, 1958) - Ka - Bread Wine Body Blood (The Thief Next To Jesus, 2024)* - Miss Mary Jane - Thriller (single, 2024)* Read the full article

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"Mo Soul" Player Playlist 5 December

Kokoroko - Age of Ascent

Ezra Collective Feat. Kojey Radical - No Confusion

Cory Wong - Let's Go!

Fantastic Negrito - Lost In A Crowd

Rival Sons - Electric Man

Kaelin Ellis Feat. Max Oakley & Lulu V - Trippin'

Vulfpeck - New Guru

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Cold As Weiss

MonoNeon - Invisible

Daniel Villarreal - In/On

Brian Jackson - Little Orphan Boy

Butcher Brown - Lawd Why

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - El Cambio Es Necesario

STR4TA - Turn Me Around

Magic City Hippies Feat. Maye - Queen

If you really want to enjoy music and help musicians and bands, buy their lp’s or cd’s and don’t download mp3 formats. There is nothing like good quality sound!!!

(Angel Lo Verde / Mo Soul)