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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Jun 3, 2024 15:27:13 GMT -5
Well that was a fun 2.5 weeks of lighter music from current year. To awkwardly close out my week, more self-loathing angst and misery, alongside the best V-Tuber cover of 2024 somehow making it over to streaming. Also one of those weeks that were on the longer side in terms of song length.
Weekend of June 3, 2024 - Official Adds:
* Lost Dog Street Band - "Hubbardville Store" (A song covering Jim Ringer's version, and the original coming from Larry Murray.) * Louis The Child & Madeon - "Believe It" (Tested Pick) * Magdalena Bay - "Death & Romance" * Pearl Jam - "Wreckage" * Purple Disco Machine & Benjamin Ingrosso (ft. Shenseea & Nile Rodgers) - "Honey Boy" * Roca Rourin (Idol EN) - "The Pretender" (Yes, a Foo Fighters cover) * Sundy Best - "Bad Imagination" (CW: Self-gaslighting / Extreme levels of hopelessness)
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jun 4, 2024 3:05:27 GMT -5
If Pearl Jam returns to #1 on Alt. It should be with "Wreckage". It has their signature melodies, but a little less Grunge and a little more AAA.
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Jun 10, 2024 5:22:25 GMT -5
Now this is more standard for 2024. Lighter physical load (though only slightly), but heavier emotional load.
Yep, just another one of those weeks, as has progressively become more of the standard throughout the year.
Weekend of June 10, 2024 - Official Adds:
* Eden Brent - "Getaway Blues" * PREP (ft. Eddie Chacon) - "Call It" * RAYE - "Genesis, pt. ii" (CW: You Get The Idea...)
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Jun 17, 2024 3:01:42 GMT -5
Goodbye Conner Smith and Jelly Roll (also that one BMTH song).
Welcome back Black Pumas and SG Lewis...and also your regularly-scheduled angst that makes the more fun tracks seem out of place, as usual.
Week of June 17, 2024 - Official Adds:
* Black Pumas - "Mrs. Postman" * bôa - "Worry" * Denitia - "Back to You" * Katie Pruitt - "Self Sabotage" * Tove Lo & SG Lewis - "HEAT" * The Decemberists - "Oh No!"
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Jun 24, 2024 15:15:09 GMT -5
I'll be honest, I could've blanked this week, but in the end I did find a couple of songs to add. Still doesn't make up for the net loss that the mock station saw this month...thanks again, Hololive.
Week of June 24, 2024 - Official Adds: * Dyes Iwasaki (Fake Type.) & Toko Inui (Nijisanji JP) - "傾奇浄瑠璃 (Kabuki Joruri)" (First off, not the original with the vocaloid. Second, refer back to my notice back in February about Toko being one of two exceptions that I'd stick with from the JP branch, for attachment reasons.)* Lake Street Dive - "Dance With a Stranger"
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Jul 1, 2024 1:30:30 GMT -5
Be glad I added Cimafunk and Rapsody, and not the boring lead single from a privileged Coldplay (Moon Music, more like Melatonin Music, HA!).
Weekend of July 1, 2024 - Official Adds:
* Cimafunk (ft. Michael Brun & Keyon Harrold) - "Playa Noche" * Mustafa - "Gaza is Calling" (TESTED PICK) * Rapsody (ft. Erykah Badu) - "3:AM"
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Jul 8, 2024 3:56:03 GMT -5
(*drinking root beer in misery, pretending that it's straight alcohol*)
I'm glad I was able to cobble something together last minute, yet I still feel disappointed from an otherwise tiresome weekend.
Weekend of July 8th, 2024 - Official Adds:
* American Aquarium - "Messy As A Magnolia" * Fabiana Palladino - "Shoulda" * Rhiannon Giddens - "Hen in the Foxhouse"
Throwback Adds (not for currents):
* Chic - "Good Times" (1979) * Hanson - "MMMBop" (1997)
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Jul 14, 2024 4:15:00 GMT -5
UPDATE on Monday the 15th's add report:
There will not be one. I won't even bother adding throwbacks into the mock station's library.
Self-sabotage / self-hate tendencies have not improved outside of moments, and in light of Saturday's shitshow and a half (if you know, you know...don't mention it here) it wouldn't feel right to do anything. Also this new music round was really disappointing, which is even sadder having everything from last week added at the 11th hour, because my brain conked out after being uninspired that weekend.
That is all, unless I feel like making a bigger update...but even then, major decisions with big feelings behind them are going over like a never-ending hamster wheel. It's frustrating when that's been your default mode from the start, and even moreso as a dead man walking for most of your internet existence.
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Jul 22, 2024 3:48:32 GMT -5
...still not feeling great outside of moments (when has that NOT been the case, asshole?), but it still results in one of the most productive weeks in recent memory. At the 11th hour, of course.
Anyway, even if I wasn't trying to burn the planet last week, I still would've likely overlooked the new salute single and the Zach Bryan pick. That has now been rectified...I'm sorry.
Weekend of July 22, 2024 - Official Adds:
* Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - "Volunteer" * Kesha - "JOYRIDE" * Lucie, Too - "Daydreaming" (Talk Of The Charts pick) * salute & Disclosure - "lift off!" * Zach Bryan - "Oak Island"
Throwback Adds (not for currents - shoutout to the one guy in the Music City Discord server for the inspiration and even discoveries):
* After The Fire - "Der Kommissar" (1982 / Falco Cover) * Asia - "Heat Of The Moment" (1982) * Journey - "Girl Can't Help It (Live)" (1986...fine, you get one song from this band...) * Mr. Mister - "Kyrie" (1985) * The Cars - "Tonight She Comes" (1985) * The Romantics - "What I Like About You" (1980) / "Talking In Your Sleep" (1983) * Two Door Cinema Club - "What You Know" / "This Is the Life" (2010) * Van Halen - "Dance The Night Away" (1979)
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Jul 29, 2024 13:58:28 GMT -5
No matter how much of a shitshow this July was, it could be worse. At least my pet project isn't the IOC & the Paris Olympics.
Weekend of July 29, 2024 - Official Adds:
* King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - "Hog Calling Contest" * Mirai Kodai Orchestra (ft. Lucia) - "醒めない夢の微睡みの (A Long Drowse, An Endless Dream)" (V-Tuber discovery) * Sir Woman - "Never Gonna Give Me Up"
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Aug 5, 2024 0:51:49 GMT -5
When I was almost better off blanking for the 2nd time in a month, but something happened in the music world. I would by angry for yet another slow week, but at least I was productive elsewhere (2023 Videos).
Weekend of August 5, 2024 - Official Adds:
* Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - "Into the Wild"
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Aug 11, 2024 22:45:30 GMT -5
Tomorrow's add report may or may not be delayed, because Part 1 of the 2023 Best List will finally be premiering on YouTube tomorrow @ 7 PM Central.
Part 2 will get underway...eventually.
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Aug 12, 2024 4:28:34 GMT -5
Yeah, not delaying while I'm still up. (Don't forget to watch today's video, though!)
Weekend of August 12, 2024 - Official Adds:
* Amythyst Kiah (ft. S.G. Goodman) - "Play God And Destroy The World" * Billie Eilish - "THE GREATEST" * Leon Bridges - "Peaceful Place"
NOTE: "THE GREATEST" is the stand-in add for "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" (as radio and the general public are flocking...heh...towards the latter).
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Aug 19, 2024 4:13:22 GMT -5
Josh Tillman's mock station debut, damage control by switching Romy singles, me being late to the party with more AAA fanfare, and an album bomb make for one of the busiest add weeks of the year (unless you count the week I added several throwback entries). 7 songs straight in, 8 if you include Jack White.
Weekend of August 19, 2024 - Official Adds:
* Father John Misty - "I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All" * Jack White - "That's How I'm Feeling" (TESTED PICK) * Jessie Ware & Romy - "Lift You Up" * Jessie Ware - "Shake The Bottle" * Nanoray - "Foley? OK!" / "KAMA6" / "Morning Anime Block" (ALBUM BOMB) * The Last Dinner Party - "The Feminine Urge"
(Again, if you haven't checked out the 2023 Honorable Mentions video, please do!)
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Aug 26, 2024 4:10:36 GMT -5
So we go from personally one of the busiest add weeks of the year to...near-crickets...again. Please don't let this one week high turn into yet another mirage. 😟
Weekend of August 26, 2024 - Official Adds:
* Foster The People - "Lost In Space" * Noeline Hoffman - "Lightning In July (Prairie Fire)" (TESTED PICK)
(Yes, I know I'm super duper late to an add after it peaked, for the second week in a row. Don't @ Me.)
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