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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 12h

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Day 23 / 50

Black Hole - Emma-Jean Thackray ft. Reggie Watts (2024)

Wah-wah P-funky track about about the power of music to elevate mood.

"I'm in a black hole of despair - only the beat can pull me out".

youtu.be/c6Ak75xR6l4?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 1d

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Day 22 / 50

All Comes Down to This - A Certain Ratio (2024, UK)

I've studiously avoided artists from the previous century but this is wonderful with a totally irresistible groove and a lot of squelchy noises. As The Quietus said - their best work since 1982.

youtu.be/r9XI0es77iw?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 2d

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Day 21 / 50

I Was Gonna Fight Fascism - Soccer96 ft Alabaster DePlume (2020, UK)

A droll send-up of excuses for not taking action set to a brilliant psychedelic motorik beat.

youtu.be/ijZbNyVvTmY?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 3d

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Day 20 / 50

The Ick - Panic Shack (2022, UK)

A gang of Welsh girls playing punk-pop with their tongues firmly in their cheeks.

youtu.be/3SoDdD4xAd8?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 4d

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Day 19 / 50

Dollar Bill Bar - Sierra Ferrell (2024, US)

Storytelling country with blue grass influences but really this is an pop song with infectious melodies and clever lyrics, playful and catchy.

youtu.be/e3FQpE99zCo?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 5d

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Day 18 / 50

Lawn - Aldous Harding (2022, NZ)

More indie-folk but much more left-field, almost abstract. Wonderful and compelling. About getting free of a relationship that was only B-sides.

youtu.be/9ylzXnxFpYQ?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 6d

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Day 17 / 50

Crop Circles - Odie Leigh (2022, US)

Warm and gentle indie-folk about a desire for personal change, breaking out of cyclical thoughts and behaviors that my children turned me on to. Apparently it was big on Tik Tok.

youtu.be/i5jTp7j5BTg?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 7d

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Day 16 / 50

dickhead blues - Kara Jackson (2023, US)

Bluesy-folk singer-songwriter with a track that is part doleful affirmation and part embittered diss of asshole lovers, that no longer amuse her.

youtu.be/r7QnY3RVwHE?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 8d

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Day 15 / 50

Mindful Solutionism - Aesop Rock (2023, US)

A wordy rap about the dangers of technology. An earworm of a track.

youtu.be/T7jH-5YQLcE?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 9d

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Day 14 / 50

Y.A.A.M. - Soulwax Version - Marie Davidson (2024, Canada)

Electronic art-pop with a banging remix - she wants your ass on the floor. From City of Clowns, her concept album about the ethical failings of big tech.

youtu.be/W_87lKpUlyY?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 10d

After a dozen doubly compliant picks this is my my first singly compliant one.

Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 10d

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Day 13 / 50

No Calories In Cocaine - The Howl & The Hum (2024, UK)

Confessional indie-rock about the health benefits of drug-fueled benders and walks of shame.

youtu.be/hNwZDaJ_v9U?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 11d

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Day 12 / 50

Funk This Up - Jessica Winter (2022)

Pumping, 80s-inflected, exuberant and theatrical synth-pop banger with falsetto vocals and ghostly backing vocals.

youtu.be/ZtQYV3Uu5G8?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 12d

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Day 11 / 50

Emptiness Follows - Aoife Nessa Frances (2022, Ireland)

Lush and utterly gorgeous song about intimate small moments of friendship with a wonderful arrangement with harp and brass and a lovely vocal high in the mix, up-front and vulnerable.

youtu.be/LcJO4zR8qks?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 13d

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Day 10 / 50

Tiny Garden - Jamila Woods (2023, US)

Nourishing and uplifting love song. Starts with a subtle shuffle and blooms into something more.

youtu.be/t6G9eEZtpxY?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 14d

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Day 9 / 50

Lonsdale Slipons - The Bug Club (2024)

Cool riff and groove and packed full of vocal hooks: Indoor voices ... uh-huh ... these drugs are tasty as hell

youtu.be/n6ckxeEAvSQ?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 14d

Pleasantly surprised to see this. Mighty Vertebrate is my favorite album of 2024.

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 14d

It was me that nommed it for PPP (bonus). It's going to miss my list but definitely get an HM.

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 14d

This will be my Sofia pick as well. I'm considering an HM for one of the others too. Don't think vote splitting is going to be too damaging.

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 15d

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Day 8 / 50

Sharevari - Aidan Noell ft. Nancy Whang (2022, US)

Retro electro dark synth pop, a contemporary reimagination of an 80s early Detroit techno track.

youtu.be/i69USAPXfEo?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 16d

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Day 7 / 50

Cheater - Wilma Archer ft. Sudan Archives (2020, UK/US)

Unique instrumentation arrangement with marching beat and sudden stabs with a lovely soulful vocal.

youtu.be/GpjK57J3WLY?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 16d

Awesome!

Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 16d

Happy birthday. Hope you get a great present ... of NO entries today by white men with guitars who have been recording for 40 years.

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 17d

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Day 6 / 50

Agreeing For Two - Rozi Plain (2022, UK)

Gentle, delicate and comforting. Breathy and floaty with perfectly complimentary Alabaster DePlume saxophone.

youtu.be/NhFxzf7bHOk?...

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Stuart Young @drstuey.bsky.social · 18d

Missed my list but likely I will HM

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