A 1997 compilation CD from Much Music given to me by my mother. Featuring a mix of bands definitive of the era like Prodigy & Blur. Most of it isn’t what I’d reach for today, but it was a stepping stone towards forming my own taste and tracks like Bran Van 3000’s “Drinking In LA“ still give me a blissful hit of nostalgia every time. I used to play this one repeatedly on my little blue disc-man.
May 19, 2025
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As a kid I was already into music in a way, but nothing felt like it was my own taste. My parents gave me a love for pre-1980s rock— Beatles, Stones, Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, ect.
For my 13th(?) birthday my older sister gave me three CDs that I burned onto my iPod. They were:
The Suburbs — Arcade Fire
Oracular Spectacular — MGMT
Vampire Weekend— Vampire Weekend
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May 3, 2024
I was blessed to come of age at a time in which both physical media and streaming were prevalent. One of my friends/neighbors got sent away to a boarding school run by monks in alaska and gave me his crate of CD‘s for safekeeping. this led to a lot of classic hipster /mu albums like in the aeroplane over the sea, oracular spectacular, hospice, gorillaz/demon days/plastic beach (i got rise of the ogre from the library and asked my mom what cunt meant bc it was in the book), the suburbs, the reminder, and bands like TMBG, james blake, eels, sleighbells, etc. I also was one of the only people in my school who loved lana del ray, even after her SNL performance. I had a good friend who i bonded with over born to die and after her death, i further deepened my relationship with lana’s music. She also really liked WHY? and alopecia was a big grief album for me.
I also listened to a lot of rap like the first odd future album, XXX, down from the 36 chambers, ex military (found takyon on youtube and it changed something in me) and most of all good kid MAAD city which i had on CD and blasted in the minivan on the drive to school daily.
The most cringe aspects were my deep love of ska punk and folk punk like defiance ohio, AJJ, reel big fish, but especially streetlight manifesto, who I quoted in my senior yearbook. I don’t listen to ska anymore so that’s why I consider it cringe, it’s so far from who I am now, but if i hear a streetlight song i’ll still know all the words.
Mix CD’s also had a huge impact on my music taste. The cool older hipster kids (these are all people who were unimaginably tumblr famous, especially being from a small town) who got together and created the Royal Mixtape Society. It only happened once, but we all created a mix CD and got a copy of everyone else’s in return. This lead to a lot of incredible discoveries, most of all the “Butts“ mixtape which has been the soundtrack to core memories of me and my best friends.
May 26, 2025
Recommending 'SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND' to start your day off with. Didn't catch it when it was still new (I wasn't able to form memories yet in the year 2002) but recently discovered and have been really enjoying it. Putting it here for you to (re)discover.
Sep 11, 2024
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May 15, 2025
Staying up all night connecting dots with the fervent passion of an unhinged genius - like a mad scientist. Notes and references strewn about the living room floor. Making art and making a huge mess.
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