you were sweet and delicious

as the warm desert air. /// music blog! /// he/they, seventeen, always taking recs!

[creaturey]

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why do you treat me this way and why do you try so hard to break my spirit? i think someone was mean to you when you were little that’s what i think i think someone was mean to you. why do you cling to such petty points of contention? and why don’t you allow one or two small victories now and then? i think someone was mean to you when you didn’t deserve it that’s what i think i think someone was mean to you. but i, i am not that guy can you get that straight? i am a completely different person from the one you have in mind. why do you stand by the things you say long after you don’t mean to hurt anybody anymore? i think someone was mean to you for a long, long time, that’s what i think i think someone was mean to you.

[jbthegift]

Jason Isbell Is Tired Of Country’s Love Affair With White Nostalgia

“I think it’s possible to acknowledge that you have benefited from a system that’s unequal without feeling shame or even guilt from it.”

Really loved getting to know more about some of the Black female country singers who opened for him:  Allison Russell, Mickey Guyton, Aida Victoria, Brittney Spencer, Amythyst Kiah, Shemekia Copeland, and Joy Oladokun.  Several I’d heard of, but a couple are totally new.  Looking forward to checking out their music!

From the article:  But this story is only a little bit about Jason Isbell. If Isbell does his job right, it’s not about him at all. It’s about what happens when white men attempt to unhook themselves from the tentacles of nostalgia and engage with the world as it is, not as they’ve been told it is. For the next week at the Ryman, it’s about cultivating a different vision of roots music in all its iterations. The only thing you have to kill is something that never existed in the first place.

[sleepy-bebby]

Num Num Cat TikTok Chain

[bonitv]

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The Moon Song  || KAREN O ft. EZRA KOENIG

There’s things I wish I knew There’s no thing I’d keep from you It’s a dark and shiny place But with you my dear I’m safe and we’re a million miles away.

[fangomusic]

Mitski, Puberty 2 (2016).

[britomartis]

ok i made a uquiz like the little lesbian i am. i intentionally picked artists that didn’t have a lot of monthly listeners on spotify or like, obscure songs if the artist is more popular. the intent is that u take the quiz & look up the songs that call to u (or if u just pick randomly and see what flower u get. the world is your oyster)

[i’ll assign you a desert flower and guess your vibe based on music]

[britomartis]

NOW WITH PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/79nTMohYJ1fOqKzoOfht3K?si=2efdb3d60ed5433e

[musicalmuse]

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[weltenwellen]

I’m goin’ away for a long time

[ewaneneollav]

Finally listened to all music! My favorite song was an untitled file called “ssssddsdrt66677888.ogg” that I found on a flash drive that I found in a landfill in Tunisia

[fuchinobe]

In case anyone is actually into this there are 3 volumes of these:

[en-seta]

Ok so at first I was like “oh haha funny meme” then I was actually impressed by this cellphone music thing??

I looked it up and just listening to the first volume I am blown away like transcended a new level of music creators/Saharan culture blown away guys pLEASe listen to this itissogood

[demonfox38]

[Bandcamp link here!]

[findingfeather]

Humans are REALLY INTO MAKING AND SHARING MUSIC, guys.

[kawuli]

If you like this you might also like

Awesome Tapes from Africa

which is, well, what it says on the tin. Some stuff is free to download, some stuff is available to purchase, some stuff is both.

Just on the first page, we have:

Arthur — Vuvuzela  Dance Remixes Vol. 3 — S’Bamu [South Africa]

Nahawa Doumbia — La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1  [Mali]

Asnakech Worku — Asnakech (featuring Hailu Mergia) [Ethiopia]

Khalifa Gueye — Ruba [Senegal]

The site started as just a guy digitizing music from cassette tapes that you couldn’t find anywhere outside street markets in various African cities, and now it’s an actual record label that works with African musicians… and also a guy digitizing tapes.

It’s amazing cultural anthropology as well as great music.

[iamoutofideas]

there’s also nyege nyege tapes in uganda which holds a festival every year with a lineup of electronic artists from around the continent & the diaspora

then there’s c-drik who runs the syrphe database where he has spent decades working with musicians in africa & asia to give them a presence online & a means of communication with each other & the rest of the world.

[lovestereo]

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[inthetags]

reblog and put in the tags the very first line of one of your favorite albums

[romannroy-deactivated20210901]

there are really people who just don’t listen to black people’s music

[romannroy-deactivated20210901]

here are some black artists you should definitely try listening to:

kari faux (alternative hip hop & rnb)

kyle dion (alternative hip hop, rnb, soul)

leon bridges (rnb, neo-soul)

duckwrth (alternative rnb, electronic, hip hop)

hope tala (alternative rnb, soul)

UMI (rnb & neo-soul)

orion sun (indie pop)

lucky daye (rnb)

jorja smith (rnb)

celeste (jazz, neo-soul, british soul)

nina simone (rnb, jazz, blues)

RIMON (alternative rnb)

vanjess (rnb, soul)

arlo parks (indie, rnb)

adeline (funk rnb)

giveon (neo soul, rnb)

billie holiday (jazz)

bree runway (pop, hip hop & rnb)

solange (funk rnb, soul, pop)

blood orange (indie rock, rnb)

flo milli (hip hop, trap)

denzel curry (hip hop, trap, punk rap)

kid cudi (alternative rock & hip hop, neo-psychedelia)

willow (alternative rnb, pop punk, experimental pop)

victoria monét (pop, rnb)

brittany howard (americana, roots rock, rnb)

kennyhoopla (pop punk, alternative, indie)

jazmine sullivan (rnb, hip hop, pop)

if there are any that i didn’t include but you think should be included, pls feel free to add!

[reverendrowdy]

thundercat and anderson .paak

[romannroy-deactivated20210901]

yes!! thank you!! link 1 & link 2

[ordinarycore]

pure hell (widely known as the first superstar famous all-black punk band!!)

ho99o9 (heavy industrial punk)

the muslims (punk)

bad brains (punk)

link to a spotify playlist entitled "PUNK IS BLACK"

[emi--rose]

FUCK YES NEW PUNK MUSIC

[louisegluckpdf]

in all seriousness though the thing about john darnielle that makes me so angry is his output. he is one of (if not the) most talented lyricists i can think of and the man is simply non-stop. the mountain goats put 3 original albums out in a one-year span and absolutely all of them hit. this guy wrote the words “say your prayers to whoever you call out to in the night / keep the chains tight / make it through this year if it kills us outright” AND “even the proud, even the very proud / probably die on their knees” AND “will you be ready when your moment comes? / will your hands be steady when you reach down for your guns? / did you leave your house in order when you came for me? / is this really where you meant to be?” in the span of one year. u ever just grind your teeth in envy.

[kittypath]

STOP the fucking song and back it up to the start we didn't think about the right thing at the right time our head music video is all messed up what the fuck guys come on

[richardhkirk-deactivated2022072]

Sir that’s my emotional support album that nobody else cares about

[richardhkirk-deactivated2022072]

Goes for this one too

[kubo]

can you guys stop lumping mitski with shit like mother mother and other mediocre artists that will never even come close to being as good as her like literally stop trying

[chirugali-deactivated20211020]

need to listen to new music that I already know & love

[romannroy-deactivated20210901]

there are really people who just don’t listen to black people’s music

[romannroy-deactivated20210901]

here are some black artists you should definitely try listening to:

kari faux (alternative hip hop & rnb)

kyle dion (alternative hip hop, rnb, soul)

leon bridges (rnb, neo-soul)

duckwrth (alternative rnb, electronic, hip hop)

hope tala (alternative rnb, soul)

UMI (rnb & neo-soul)

orion sun (indie pop)

lucky daye (rnb)

jorja smith (rnb)

celeste (jazz, neo-soul, british soul)

nina simone (rnb, jazz, blues)

RIMON (alternative rnb)

vanjess (rnb, soul)

arlo parks (indie, rnb)

adeline (funk rnb)

giveon (neo soul, rnb)

billie holiday (jazz)

bree runway (pop, hip hop & rnb)

solange (funk rnb, soul, pop)

blood orange (indie rock, rnb)

flo milli (hip hop, trap)

denzel curry (hip hop, trap, punk rap)

kid cudi (alternative rock & hip hop, neo-psychedelia)

willow (alternative rnb, pop punk, experimental pop)

victoria monét (pop, rnb)

brittany howard (americana, roots rock, rnb)

kennyhoopla (pop punk, alternative, indie)

jazmine sullivan (rnb, hip hop, pop)

if there are any that i didn’t include but you think should be included, pls feel free to add!

[mod2amaryllis]

ooh i’m gonna add some w/ my fave songs by them!

labi siffre (soul, funk, jazz, soft rock/pop; black gay activist who started singing/songwriting in the 70s and is still goin!! fave song “Love Oh Love Oh Love”)

jennah bell (indie folk, soul, r&b; her sound has such an awesome variety of influences. fave song “Arboretum Lights”)

tank and the bangas (r&b/soul, rap; “Smoke.Netflix.Chill” also linking their tiny desk cuz it’s my favorite live performance of all time: tiny desk concert)

michael kiwanuka (r&b/soul; “Cold Little Heart” live version cuz i love every live performance of this song so much)