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FIRST MIX OF 2025 FAVES!

Mapping out a field of indie pop, art pop, and folk-leaning tracks that foreground melody, lyricism, and songcraft. Music of beauty and immediacy.

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#bestof2025 #indiefolk #indiepop #artrock

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Artists include Neil Halstead, Iron&Wine, Vetiver, Wilco, J Cale, José González, Kings Of Convenience, Magnetic Fields, Annie Hayden, EBTG, Little Scream, Mt Goats, Bill Callahan, AdamMcChane&PamelaMartin, Spiritualized, Eno, El Perro Del Mar, Jenny Owen Youngs, Bowerbirds, Fruit Bats, Jens Lekman.

As June is Pride month, it is a good time to share the mix. And the mix now also feels like a response to the current human suffering on so many fronts, and an expression of hope for relief.

BEAUTIFUL “NEW” INDIE FOLK MIX

Melancholy but hopeful mix I made in 2013 inspired by a song on an “It Gets Better” video a friend produced.

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I'm Hip - Remastered 2023 Blossom Dearie · Discover Who I Am: Blossom Dearie In London (The Fontana Years: 1966-1970) · Song · 2023

#FridayNightJam From Blossom Dearie's 1966 album "Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's" (which is a club in London). Written by Dave Frishberg, a great songwriter and writer of several Schoolhouse Rock songs -- and Blossom also sang some of those!

#music #blossomdearie #davefrishberg #schoolhouserock

NEW MUSIC MIX!

A warm and immersive, decades-spanning, melodic, multinational indie mix.

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Seems like they are letting themselves be used. They didn’t have to go to the speech, much less position themselves behind him on stage. His supporters are so deluded.

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

Can we talk about this in a per-month metric? I think it might be easier for folks to internalize.

It's like having a new $316 bill every single month.

That's a lot of groceries.

This is a real exchange I just had:

You Got To Find Me Michael Hurley · Long Journey · Song · 1976

Friday night jam!

R.I.P. Michael Hurley, the charming sometimes called “Godfather of freak folk” who died, appropriately enough, on April Fools’ Day in Portland, Oregon.

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#music #michaelhurley #freakfolk

‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.

NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.

This is what actual campus censorship looks like.

Artists include Flying, Paul McCartney, Arthur & Yu, The Dodos, Fruit Bats, The OhSees, Mary Timony, Children's Hour, Daisuke Tobari, Alastair Galbraith, Robert Wyatt, Tenniscoats, Albert Ayler, Sonic Youth, Letters Letters, Shugo Tokumaru, Asper, Under Byen, and My Morning Jacket.

Ghost Trails: A Psychedelic Indie Mix One From The Archives! This is a mix I made in 2008 of (mostly) psychedelic indie music (indie folk, indie pop...). It has a mellow and melodic, but distinctly "off-kilter," vibe. Artists include F...

A mix I made in 2008 of (mostly) psychedelic indie music, newly up on Mixcloud. It has a mellow and melodic, but distinctly "off-kilter," vibe.

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#music #musicmixes #psychedelicmusic #indiemusic #indiefolk #indiepop #psychedelicpop #psychedelic #psychedelicfolk

One has to be a tool to buy a cybertruck — they are the Hummers of today — but the thing I fault this guy for the most is being queer person with Ukrainian connections who STILL apparently supports Trump and Musk. Buying the car is mockworthy but his continued support for them is truly deplorable.

Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back Researchers spot orange Maori octopus clinging to back of large shark off coast of New Zealand in December 2023

I see a future in which the oceans are patrolled by shark-riding octopuses…

#octopus #shark #sharktopus

Seen in San Francisco today. Good call on the bumper sticker!

2) Among other things, the mix has the best indie pop song about soccer (about U.S. goalie Kasey Keller); one of the few indie pop songs to name check my hometown Detroit; an obscure cover of my favorite Thompson Twins song; great Spanish indie pop and German indietronica; the best New Order B-side…

Glide (early 2000s indie pop, mostly) This is the second in a series of indie pop compilations that I have made around the time of my birthday since 2002. This has always been one of my favorites. It features indie pop from the early 20...

1) The present depressing national moment is a great time to check out this indie pop mix I made in 2003 (and recently re-shared on Mixcloud). It has a mellow, pleasant disposition; it’s a nostalgic soothing balm.

More about the mix in the first comment…

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Al Elnim Hamlet Minassian · Armenian Pop Music · Song · 1980

#fridaynightjam

Hamlet Minassian was an Iranian musician of Armenian descent. This track is from an an album released in 1980, recorded in Iran during the last moments before the 1979 revolution. It’s fun and unique cheesy synth pop music.

#music #armenianpop #armenia

Why don’t you think they have a vision for the constitutional order? If you listen to Ezra Klein’s podcast, he’s quite clear on that. Frankly, the constitutional order was pretty clear before Trump took office, so seems like there’s not a lot of debate on the proper vision of that on the left.

No Agreement (Edit) Fela Kuti, Afrika 70 · No Agreement (Edit) · Song · 2021

#fridaynightjam Not how it went down today, but in this 1977 track Fela Kuti counsels against political compromises that hurt the vulnerable:
"I no go agree make my brother hungry ...
I no go agree make my brother homeless ...
No agreement today, no agreement tomorrow.” #music #felakuti #resist

In a world of Matts, be a Derek.

Goin' Back Nils Lofgren · Nils Lofgren · Song · 1975

#fridaynightjam Nils Lofgren, founder of the band Grin, sometimes player for Crazy Horse, and longtime guitarist for the E Street Band. This song, off Lofgren’s 1975 first solo record, was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King in 1966 and also recorded by Dusty Springfield and The Byrds. #music

Thank you very much for this! What are your thoughts on Kavanaugh joining the dissent? You said you would “get to it in a moment,” but I don’t think you did (unless I missed it).

Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

Disappointed at the lack of fiery anti-authoritarianism at the Oscars.

The dual speeches for No Other Land were great. I appreciated Adrien Brody’s comments, but it’s unfortunate they came at the end of such a mess of a speech. I liked Conan’s “standing up to a powerful Russian” line.

Tryin' Times Roberta Flack · First Take · Song · 1969

#FridayNightJam Roberta Flack died on Monday, R.I.P. She was a pianist and vocalist of uncommon expressiveness.

This lyrically direct track from her 1969 debut is appropriate, in this moment of transparent moral failures dressed up in false complexity.

#music #robertaflack