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The Best September 2015 Playlist This Month

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September has always had that schizophrenic nature of being placed in the middle of the year, yet it’s the month that represents the beginning of many new things in our culture.  September is the month that a new school year begins, it’s the month when TV shows begin their new season and new TV shows debut, and it’s the beginning of the award season for Golden Globes, Oscars and Grammys. It’s also the time of the year when record labels begin releasing their biggest albums of the year, gearing up for the holiday season.  There are more new album releases in the first two weeks of September than in July and August combined.  (I just made that up but it sounds accurate.)  To kick off this new start as we head into the end of the year, I’ve concocted a playlist for such a time.  I’ve chosen a wide variety of music from old artists, new artists, rock to hip-hop to dance and everything in between.  Some of these are new songs to debut this month, others are from albums that will be released in the coming weeks.  Sit back, enjoy, while watching the new NFL season.

The Best September 2015 Playlist This Month:

  1. The Arcs – Outta Of My Mind
  2. New Order – Restless
  3. Neon Indian – Annie
  4. Disclosure – Willing & Able
  5. The Weeknd – In The Night
  6. Small Black – No One Wants It To Happen To You
  7. Big Grams – Fell In The Sun
  8. The Libertines – Gunga Din
  9. The Dead Weather – I Feel Love
  10. Silversun Pickups – Nightlight
  11. Chris Cornell – Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart
  12. Metric – The Shade
  13. Empress Of – How Do You Do It
  14. Baio – The Names
  15. CHVRCHES – Leave A Trace
  16. Mac Miller – 100 Grandkids
  17. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Downtown
  18. Craig Finn – Maggie I’ve Been Searching For Our Son
  19. HONNE – No Place Like Home
  20. Lana Del Rey – High By The Beach
  21. Glen Hansard – Lonely Deserter

 

 

 

The 11 Best B-Sides By Soundgarden

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A couple weeks ago, I did a comprehensive break down of Wilco’s b-side collection and what were the best tracks from the package.  Like Wilco, Soundgarden has released a collection pulling all their b-side and rare tracks from their epic career.  Also like Wilco, 90% of these tracks were all  previously released and have been readily available on CD singles, soundtracks, and compilations. So here’s a look at the best of the extra songs that Soundgarden has to offer that never made it to a proper album.

Here are the 11 Best B-Sides By Soundgarden:

  1. Birth Ritual (Singles)
  2. Bleed Together (Burden In My Hand)
  3. Cold Bitch (Spoonman)
  4. Into The Void (Somms)
  5. Heretic (Louder Than Love)
  6. She Likes Surprises (International Track)
  7. Fresh Deadly Flowers (Loud Love)
  8. Kyle Petty, Son Of Richard (Fell On Black Days)
  9. Girl U Want (Somms)
  10. Karaoke (Burden In My Hand)
  11. I Don’t Care About You (Outshined)

Buy Soundgarden’s new B-Sides album, Echo of Miles…now!!!

 

 

The 11 Worst Genre Changes By Musical Artists

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The new Snoop Dogg album…ahem, I mean Snoop Lion finds him changing musical genres and attempting to make a reggae album.  Snoop is not the first artist who has changed genres.  Many have tried…many have failed.  By the massive amount of weed Snoop has smoked over the past 20 years…reggae isn’t a far stretch from what he’s capable of.  Others have not been as fortunate with their drastic musical changes and probably regret them to this day.

Here are the 11 Worst Genre Changes by Musicians:

  1. Chris Cornell:  Grunge Rock to Pop
  2. Garth Brooks’ Chris Gaines: Country to Alt Rock
  3. Dee Dee King:  Punk Rock to Hip-Hop
  4. Jewel: indie rock to country
  5. Norah Jones’ El Madmo: light jazz to artrock punk
  6. Beastie Boys to Country: Hip-Hop to Country
  7. Kid Cudi to WZRD: Hip-Hop to Rock
  8. Lil Wayne Rebirth: Hip-hop to Rock
  9. Darius Rucker: alt rock to country
  10. Katy Hudson to Katy Perry:  Contemporary Christian to mainstream pop
  11. Ryan Adams’ Werewolph, Orion, DJ Reggie: rock to death metal, electronic, and hip-hop
Buy Snoop Lion’s new album, Reincarnated…now!!

The 11 Best Solo Songs By Chris Cornell

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Last week, I went to the Sonic Youth/Pavement show.  There was something comforting about listening to 2 1/2 hours of fuzzy guitars and warped lyrics while pounding an Estrella Damm Inedit (best beer in the world).  Then a strange realization hit me.  Pavement’s been around almost 20 years.  While Sonic Youth is pushing 30.  These two indie niche bands have surpassed many of their hitmaking contemporaries, not only in the dust, but in obscurity.  Why did they survive while all the mainstream marvels crashed and burned?

 This past week Soundgarden released their greatest hits package, which many are touting as their first comprehensive compilation (did everyone forget about A-Sides?).  Soundgarden hasn’t been around in over a decade.  They completely missed the 00s.  But they are coming back with a bang. Once last week’s sales numbers are official, Soundgarden, will have a platinum album and the number 1 album in country.  An accomplishment…no one has done in a long time.

 What Soundgarden did was brilliant.  They are attaching their new album with every copy of the new Guitar Hero game.  For every video game sold, they sell one album.  How did they do so far?  They sold 1 million copies on the first day.  Take that Nsync.

 Here are the 11 Best Chris Cornell solo songs:

 1.  You Know My Name (Carry On)

2.  Sunshower (Great Expectations sdtk)

3.  Can’t Change Me (Euphoria Morning)

4.  Seasons (Singles sdtk)

5.  Billie Jean (Carry On)

6.  Flutter Girl (Euphoria Morning)

7.  Time (Scream)

8.  No Such Thing (Carry On)

9.  Moonchild (Euphoria Morning)

10.  Enemy (Scream)

11.  Never Far Away Rock Version (Scream) 

 Buy Soundgarden’s Greatest Hits Telephantasm now!!