There are a lot of really great artists that go unnoticed, and their music is freely and legally available online. Alternative Airwaves discovers those artists.
Taking a stroll down memory lane, I've started a new project: going through my CD crates one-by-one and thinking about where my life was when I listened to these albums, and listening to them again to see what I think of them.
Playlist:
Emerald Park - We Wasted All Our Memories (https://emeraldpark.bandcamp.com/track/we-wasted-all-our-memories)
Barenaked Ladies - In the Car (https://open.spotify.com/track/2TT0hl6ehYqaCGc6WkoBk8?si=b4b90028c88841dc)
Tizzer/krumpet_love - rebufffering (https://blocsonic.com/releases/various-artists/netbloc-vol-54-goodbye-2020)
Matt Mays - Rough N' Tumble Down (https://open.spotify.com/track/570PVRpFwLJsqLy7YOF7W6?si=8c568ec3da584adb)
Queens of the Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like a Millionaire (https://open.spotify.com/track/68DKrU7sTyDpDA5T3dsOlk?si=b5bccd1c5484421e)
Strange Highways - End of the Road (https://blocsonic.com/releases/various-artists/netbloc-vol-56-keep-unknown)
Of Canada - Memories (https://blocsonic.com/releases/various-artists/netbloc-vol-56-keep-unknown)
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - In the Colors (https://open.spotify.com/track/4sAQApEOLduYpmFMcXeRwo?si=c69e50f394a3458d)
Beck - Scarecrow (https://open.spotify.com/track/1GcdexGpXcR9dZhhRj5zAr?si=7d657bc16a204c7b)
Beck - Elevator Music (https://open.spotify.com/track/41hCgPLiDqXwLG5MN3kGBz?si=6b2b201f21244a47)
Nick Falcon - This Month (https://blocsonic.com/releases/nic-falcon/degenerate-art)
Wooden Cabin - Somethin (https://blocsonic.com/releases/various-artists/netbloc-vol-53-bang-plunk-squelch-thump)
Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - Reading in Bed (https://open.spotify.com/track/4H73CNDBQpE9gp3YTFfC7y?si=5461f3b4b21e4e51)
Sloan - Everybody Wants You (https://open.spotify.com/track/6IfGrAM6nOWRRYmX81V7P7?si=207be1c946e14c9a)
Muddy Belle - I Got Time (https://blocsonic.com/releases/various-artists/netbloc-vol-53-bang-plunk-squelch-thump)
The first crate:
Sloan - A Sides Win (2005)
Sloan - Never Hear the End of It (2006)
Sloan - Pretty Together (2001)
Sloan - Navy Blues (1998)
Hot Hot Heat - Happiness Ltd. (2007)
Hot Hot Heat - Elevator (2005)
Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
Barenaked Ladies - Maroon (2000)
Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone (2003)
Barenaked Ladies Are Me (2006)
Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Self-titled (2005)
Matt Mays - ...When The Angels Make Contact (2006)
Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)
Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun (2006)
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Lifeline (2007)
Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (2011)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf (2002)
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
Metric - Old World Underground Where Are You Now? (2003)
Metric - Live It Out (2006)
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back (2006)
Beck - Guero (2005)
Beck - Guerolito (2005)
Beck - The Information (2006)
Sarah Harmer - I'm a Mountain (2005)
Sarah Harmer - All of our Names (2004)
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14 Jun 2021
#117 –Music for Better Days
Episode Notes
2020 was a tough year and the first 6 months of 2021 haven't been great either, but we always have music. Here are some songs that look forward to some better days. Hopefully, I will get to my goal of revamping the website and podcast to go with it.
Track List:
The Spin Wires - Night Life (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1674219/night-life)
Mercury & The Architects - See the World (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1768731/see-the-world)
Songwriterz - Fell in Love With Summer (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1857622/fell-in-love-with-summer)
Mr & Mrs Smith - Big Jet Wings (https://blocsonic.com/releases/mr-mrs-smith/trophies)
Kinematic - Monday at 8am (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1859928/monday-8am)
Bert Jerred - The Distant Sun (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1756375/the-distant-sun)
D Jay Koi ft. Fil Straughan - House Party (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1833716/house-party-feat-fil-straughan)
Back on Earth ft. Telltale - Brand New Day (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1807869/brand-new-day-feat-telltale)
The Gasoline Brothers - Sleeping Pills & Asteroids (https://www.jamendo.com/track/423906/sleeping-pills-and-asteroids)
Wallcrush - I'm Not a Stalker, Trust Me (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1829163/i-m-not-a-stalker-trust-me)
Anthony Rubery - Overdue (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1771168/overdue)
Mahideveran Rock Band - Ex-Friends (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1809115/mahidevran-ex-friends)
Hot Fiction - All My Love in Vain (https://www.jamendo.com/track/618817/all-my-love-in-vain)
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25 Sept 2020
#116 –Heart's Racing
Anemos Promotions (https://www.aenaos-records.com/artists/thesearch) was kind enough to provide me with a full copy of THE SEARCH's latest album HEART'S RACING and I have a couple of tracks from the album to play, plus a contest! Listen for details.
The Search - Don't Let Yourself Down (https://thesearch.bandcamp.com/)
All Rights Reserved
Birocratic - bob ross goes to hollywood (https://birocratic.bandcamp.com/track/bob-ross-goes-to-hollywood-2)
Some rights reserved - CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)
Emerald Park - Rules Don't Apply (https://emeraldpark.bandcamp.com/album/basement-sessions)
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Michael Ellis - Man in the Window (https://michaelellis.bandcamp.com/)
Some rights reserved - CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)
Forget the Whale - Carry Your Own Weight (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Forget_the_Whale/What_I_Tell_Myself_Vol_2/Forget_the_Whale_-_Carry_Your_Own_Weight)
Some rights reserved - CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
The Problematics - Untitled Love Song (https://problematics.bandcamp.com/album/4-song-ep-the-real-problematics)
Some rights reserved - CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
The Search - Winter (https://thesearch.bandcamp.com/)
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Art of Empathy - Hugging Strangers (https://artofempathy.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-i)
Some rights reserved - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)
Shearer - Martyr (https://shearer.bandcamp.com/track/martyr)
Some rights reserved - CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
The Spin Wires - Girls Like You (https://spinwires.bandcamp.com/)
Some rights reserved - CC BY-NC 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)
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