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How to Find New Music
Finding new music has become so much easier in this technological age. There are even services dedicated solely to helping people with this and since my show (2k indie) is dedicated to sharing the newest of indie music, I thought I’d share some ways I’ve learned to find good new music fast.
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Spotify – I have to say (#notsponsored) that Spotify has been a huge tool of mine for finding new music. Because of the algorithms that it uses, the more you use the service and save music the more you’ll get suggested music tailored to your liking. Since I started DJing my music library has grown A LOT and I’ve noticed that this has helped Spotify in suggesting artists that sound similar to the ones I have liked before. Now it’s as simple as going to a favorite artists of mine and clicking ‘Fans Also Like’ and bam, I have a lot of new artists to start looking into.
2. Blogs – Thanks to the power of google it’s pretty easy to find music based blogs. There are blogs that list out good artists, albums, songs and some even review them for you (which is super helpful). Someone has already gone through the work to find and listen to the music, so this is a good secondary way to find music.
3. Indieshuffle.com – This website has been incredibly useful to me as well, there might be others like it but this one is definitely worth checking out. You can sort the music by genre, popularity and even go random. It gives you new music and tells you what the artist sounds like, tags related to the piece, and a short description along with a sample of the music. This is a quick and really organized way to find new tunes, and it’s definitely worth trying out. They range from really known artists to smaller artists, so there’s a pretty diverse range of music available.
4. Youtube – This one kind of goes with the blogs. You can find plenty of album reviews and channels dedicated to new music, and there’s also a lot of playlists for this too. Album Review TV (ARTV) is a nice channel to start with. There’s also TheLazylazyme who posts a lot of random new tracks. (and I’m sure there’s plenty more)
5. Your Favorite Artists – This is a fun way to find music you like, since you’re favorite artists likely listen to music you would like too. Some artists these days have Spotify’s or other accounts where they make playlists of their favorite stuff, and since it’s likely you have similar taste in music, it’s a good place to look.
6. Pay Attention When You’re Out – This is one of my absolute favorite ways to stumble on a new good song. Music is large in our world and can heard in so many different places, and if you hear something you like it’s now as easy as pulling out your phone and asking siri or Bixby or whatever what’s playing, and bam you have a new track on your list.
7. Listen to WKNC – Of course I had to save the best for last, make sure to tune in to the best in college radio for some new music too. With the new HD 1 and HD 2 you have a lot of options, we play different genres depending on the time of day on each. You can check it out at wknc.org/listen or through the Radio FX app. We have Spotify playlists too.
So how do you find new music?
– DJ Psyched
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Tracking Time With Music
Right before I came to NC State my older sister (who went here as well) told me that college would be a time I would want to remember, and that I should find some ways to track my memories. I used to keep a small box of things and I also took a lot of pictures that I posted on Instagram meant to document my college experience. But I never really kept up with the box and although I do use the pictures still, I found another way to document this journey. With music.
One day during my first week at state it just dawned on me that my music taste would likely change a lot in college (I wanted to get more into the local music scene and smaller artists) so I decided that I would make a playlist every semester so I could see this change. And I’m so glad I did. Sometimes it’s funny to look back (especially at the first one I made) and see just how fitting some of the music is to the time when I was listening to it. For instance, you can tell when I had a crush versus when I was crushed (some semesters playlists are much happier than others). But it’s kind of cool to track where my mind was in a certain semester based on what kind of music I was listening to the most at the time.
The best part of all of this is that whenever I want to get into a nostalgic mood I just go back to an old playlist and let myself get swept away. We’ve all had those songs that remind of a certain time/place/person and I definitely see images and memories in my mind whenever I go back to these old playlists. I still make these playlists every semester and It’s something I plan to continue after college because it’s just been such a cool thing and it really keeps me searching for new music and changing up my style/ trying to find new and different things. I would definitely recommend tracking time with music to anyone who also has an obsession with making playlists.
– DJ Psyched
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Afterhours Charts 9/24
Artist Record Label
1 TORO Y MOI Outer Peace Carpark
2 LONE “Abraxas” [Single] Ancient Astronauts
3 KAYTRANADA Nothin Like U/Chances [EP] RCA
4 TOURIST Everyday Monday
5 GEORGE CLANTON Slide 100% Electronica
6 DORIAN CONCEPT The Nature Of Imitation Brainfeeder
7 KEDR LIVANSKIY Your Need 2MR
8 CHANNEL TRES Black Moses [EP] Godmode
9 LAURENCE GUY Making Music Is Bad For Your Self Esteeem [EP] Studio Barnhus
10 HOUSE OF FEELINGS New Lows Joyful Noise
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Daytime Charts 9/24
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1 CEREMONY In The Spirit World Now Relapse
2 OH ROSE While My Father Sleeps Park The Van
3 BODYWASH Comforter Luminelle
4 CHK CHK CHK (!!!) Wallop Warp
5 ROYAL CANOE Waver Paper Bag
6 (SANDY) ALEX G House Of Sugar Domino
7 ROYAL TRUX Pink Stuff [EP] Fat Possum
8 GRINGO STAR Controlled Burn Baby Robot
9 OH SEES Face Stabber Castle Face
10 HARMALEIGHS, THE She Won’t Make Sense Nettwerk
11 METZ Covers [EP] Sub Pop
12 FLORIST Emily Alone Double Double Whammy
13 JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD Magick Songs Dine Alone
14 CRUMB Jinx Self-Released
15 BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT At The Party With My Brown Friends Saddle Creek
16 ADA LEA What We Say In Private Saddle Creek
17 FRENCH VANILLA How Am I Not Myself? Danger Collective
18 CHRISTELLE BOFALE Swim Team [EP] Father/Daughter
19 PART TIME Spell #6 Burger
20 STRANGE RANGER Remembering The Rockets Tiny Engines
21 TEEN BODY Dreamo Broken Circles
22 SLOW PULP Big Day [EP] Self-Released
23 MARIKA HACKMAN Any Human Friend Sub Pop
24 MOLLY BURCH First Flower Captured Tracks
25 PHANTASTIC FERNITURE Phantastic Ferniture Polyvinyl
26 INFINITY CRUSH Virtual Heaven Joy Void
27 LOMELDA M For Empathy DDW
28 MISS JUNE Bad Luck Party Frenchkiss
29 JULIA SHAPIRO Perfect Version Hardly Art
30 FRANKIE COSMOS Close It Quietly Sub Pop
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Underground Charts 9/24
Artist Record Label
1 BROCKHAMPTON Ginger Question Everything/RCA
2 DON TOLIVER “No Idea” [Single] Cactus Jack/Atlantic
3 TIERRA WHACK “Clones” [Single] Self-Released
4 RICO NASTY “Sandy” [Single] Self-Released
5 SK, THE NOVELIST Baggage Self-Released
6 FLYING LOTUS Flamagra Warp
7 TYLER THE CREATOR Igor Columbia
8 KIDS SEE GHOSTS Kids See Ghosts GOOD, Def Jam
9 NONAME Room 25 Self-Released
10 BUDDY Harlan & Alondra Star Trak Entertainment, I Am Other, RCA, Interscope
BEST TRACKS: Real’s Not Real, This Thing
FCC violations: Plastic Boogie, The Cruel Millennial,
Feeling ants in your pants? Feeling like if you don’t get up and dance immediately that you’ll burst into a million colorful pieces of confetti? Not to worry, there are plenty of boogies to be had throughout this album.
This 7-member ensemble from Melbourne, Australia shows no fear of exploring different genres. Their first two albums 12 Bar Bruise and Eyes Like the Sky were energetic blends of surf and garage rock. Over the next six years, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizards continued to expand their sound, releasing several albums that included psychedelic rock, soul, folk, jazz, and heavy mental themes. King Gizzard has something for everybody.
Fishing for Fishies, released in April of 2019, is King Gizzard’s 14th album, and is a bizarre culmination of unique talents and creativity. Fishing for Fishes was a highly anticipated album. After all, if the band could release 5 stunning albums in one year, who knew what would happen when they took a whole year off? Well, the result was a true gem that sounds a little like blues rock in the age of robot. The drums are crisp and tight. The vocals are heavily filtered and electronic. The guitar is fluid and upbeat yet maintains a beautifully forlorn bluegrass feel.
Several quirky messages are sprinkled into this album such as ‘don’t kill fish’ in the title track Fishing for Fishies and ‘we all have a false sense of reality because of corrupt media’ in the sixth track Real’s Not Real.
Though I think King Gizzard’s earlier surf and garage rock phase was their best era, I can tell the boys had tons of fun making this album.
Similar sounding artists are Aphrodite’s Child and Mahivishnu Orchestra. If you love Doctor Who or are empathetic to fish, then I recommend giving this album a spin.
-Safia Rizwan
It’s time to talk local. It’s time to talk classics. It’s time to talk local classics. Basically, it’s time to talk Pie Face Girls, Raleigh legends. The trio has pumped out newer tracks and continues to absolutely crush the game, but this is a retro review after all, so we’re gonna get as retro as we can with these local celebrities. 2014.
The geniuses of PFG gifted us with First in early 2014. Hard to believe this album is almost 6 years old, and even harder to believe that these lovely folks have stuck around oak city for all that time! We’ve been riding this rollercoaster of jams ever since this initial release, and although the group just keeps getting better, their debut is nothing to stick your nose up at.
First screams Pie Face Girls. It’s just so them. The cover is essentially looking at you and asking you what you’re staring at. It’s not anything other than what Pie Face Girls really is. We get the message without any frill. If you check out this album online, you’ll also see that it contains four songs, none of which are child friendly per se. Three out of the four titles could not be spoken in full on air and I’m pretty sure all of them violate FCC regulations – but what a perfect illustration of PFG this is. They rock and they know it. Each of these sweet tunes has the essentials: Klay, Dani, and Tiffany rocking our worlds with earth shattering beats and perfectly yelled vocals telling us what we need to hear. The shortest track, F*** You I’m Pretty…? Sheesh what a tune. First of all, gold star for that title. We love to see it. Second of all, hello perfectly performed grungy drum moments. Hi scary bass riffs that prepare me for battle. NICE TO MEET ALL OF YOU. This song makes you wanna jump up and down in ugly pants and fight to destroy oppressors. Same goes for the whole album, honestly. This energy is what Pie Face Girls does best. They kill it every time and this first album is no exception. LONG LIVE PFG!!!
xoxo
your trusty music librarian
The Local Beat: Goddamn Wolves
Dj Beowvlf sits down with Goddamn Wolves as they play songs off their latest album, talk about their music journey and more! tune in for a great edition of The Local Beat.
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