Brave New Faves

mei semones - rat with wings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-WrvWXS20s super nice bossa nova indie pop, i picked this album up kinda late in September and it's now in my top 10 most listened for the year! for fans of Laufey

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubkrBd3-gg - Boards of Canada "Olson" played on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer – 2:30min – Talk of Boards of Canada in chat reminded me to share this video I found. The song is played through four control panel light bulbs of a 1959 DEC PDP-1 computer using Peter Samson's 1962 Harmony Compiler and 603 bytes of music data. The intro of Peter Samson loading the compiler himself is short but feel free to skip.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtF6jiLxc88 - Party of Your Lifetime - OnLyne - This is a terrible choice but knowing my party community, in order to intrigue I feel like a faux 90s boyband banger with a dash of eldritch horror would do it. I only heard it this year but I think it was 2024.

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Jamie Cullum - Catch the Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE7VruBqr0o An uplifting? song by a British jazz/pop singer with a lovely voice. Feels particularly apropos for the Winter Solstice.

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Harry Mack - Impostoclaus is Coming to Town [4:05]. I know I've gotten Spiral Knights songs played before long ago in BNF history, but there is a version of the town theme for christmas and it's lovely. For thoe unfamiliar, this soundtrack tends to mix orchestral and chiptune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws4WoON7_3Y

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The Mamas & The Papas, California Dreamin'. Here's a deep nostalgia pick from 1965. My parents played this all the time and it just has such a strong vibe to this day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU6uUEwZ8FM

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Let 'em Talk by Rosie & the Riveters || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkWeIVIcXYY || Jazzy, funky, and great vocals. If you slipped it into a Christmas playlist for a bit of a break from the usual, no one would bat an eye.

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TWEN - One Stop Shop (For A Fading Revolution) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acY8HUv-mUM - Keeping up with the Ladies Theme, not from this year but topped my list for times listened. Jangly, driving, and the perfect song to wake me up in the morning, or to keep me going in the back half of a long day.

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AYA - PEACH || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8olgj_5pHHE&list=OLAK5uy_ln1UBcOiuQ2Ow8M-C6M3zoq-7Ax7e0VRU || This song bangs, top of the quietus EOY list, truly awesome electronic stings with a contagious beat

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There Is No Depression in New Zealand - Blam Blam Blam (3:17 - 1981) This was released at the same time as the The Dog Show episode. A little less bucolic view of the whole deal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZAG-8tojNk

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"double luxury" by salute. || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-7xqr9yPJ8 || A few months back this song played on KEXP and I was really caught by how much it grabbed me.

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TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI - What Is Hip? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA8PKx09ao8 - Failing time to rifle through my alt-Chrimbo archives, I'm falling back on my "something familiar with a twist" aux cord maneuver. Tower Of Power's funk classic with a surprise shortly out of the gate and one of the most delightful solo relays.

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Vanishing Game - The Birthday Massacre - New album from this year, #CanCon, and got some queer vibes https://youtu.be/BREzbupm2_Y

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https://youtu.be/jM04FIgoEkI?si=OUjs9xMnLJMnhekz Slice of Heaven - Dave Dobbyn : Surely goes with watching NZ sheep dogs. I've heard many kiwis call this the unofficial NZ anthem, and watching a stereotypically NZ video feels like just the time

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It Feels Like Christmas from The Muppet Christmas Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRtY2sp-hsQ just watched this again tonight, so in the spirit of the season

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Queen King, by Trio of Bloom [8:58] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_uU_3IkUDw - funk-infused contemporary jazz

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Kesha, Slayyyter, Rose Gray - ATTENTION! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVjBfGfG6Es Hear me out, though they're fairly popular artists, this track was pretty underrated and it has yet to not pleasantly surprise anyone I've played it for. Somehow nailed the perfect Kesha to Slayyyter and Rose Gray ratio.

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Snow by Lisa Hannigan - https://youtu.be/7y6a9xzJlPc?si=GJuQ9ApwAuEgnKfn - A lilting song that evokes a walk through a muffled wintry landscape

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4zZZPe5tHU - Steve Vai - Christmas Time is Here. Every year 'round now I use the aux to play the greatest Christmas album of all time, Merry Axemas, led by rock guitar legend Steve Vai and featuring this incredible rendition of the Peanuts classic. I seriously think this is one of the best things Vai ever did.

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Another A Dog's Show ep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6KmbXcjer4

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Dessa || Terry Gross || Medium-newish Dessa. Your relation to the lyrics might show how good of friends we'll be. https://youtu.be/N37RwP_qk3U

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYOKMUTTDdA happy shiny people by REM. it's a proven crowd pleaser and gets everyone dancing xD

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