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The "Tall Dream Janitor" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

The Cure, Gang of Four, and Father John Misty meet in a room full of new music. This is the "Tall Dream Janitor" mixed-tape style Spotify Playlist.

Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!

PlaylistJoshua B. HoeMarch 6, 2017indie folk, indie rock, freak folk, no wave, experimental rock, chicago indie, preverb, garage rock, post punk, post-punk, uk post-punk, punk, noise rock, alternative rock, lo-fi, nu gaze, shoegaze, Neo-Psychedelic, madchester, new wave, west coast trap, bay area hip hop, chamber psych, garage psych, indie garage rock, permanent wave, new romantic, Father John Misty, Sub Pop Records, Joshua Michael Tillman, Lee Ranaldo, Matador Records, Sonic Youth, NE-HI, Grand Jury Music, Gang of Four, EMI, Suburban Lawns, I.R.S. Records, Women, Jagjaguwar, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Warner Music Group, Sneaks, Merge Records, Eva Moolchan, Downtown Boys, Bas Jan, Sarafina Steer, Echo and the Bunnymen, Tim Darcy, Ought, Froth, Wichita Recordings, The Cure, Elektra, Bronco Bowl, University of North Texas, Cold Beat, Crime on the Moon, Hannah Lew, This Is Radio Clash, The Clash, Captain BeefheartComment

Some Quick Thoughts on Pitchfork Media's Feminist Punk List

I won't lie, I have been kind of angry with Pitchfork Media lately.

But then today they came out with this amazing "The Story of Feminist Punk in 33 Songs" list today.

I have a few small quibbles, but this is a great list! Congrats to the Pitchfork staff!

April Band Roll: What Bands Were on #OPS Playlists In April

I wanted to see how many bands I covered in April on the blog and this is just the bands from my playlists. All the bands, with links to their pages, the playlists they were on, and their record labels.

Not sure I can do this every month (took HOURS) but I will try.

Enjoy!

OpinionJoshua B. HoeMay 10, 2016Spotify Playlist, #Spotify, #SpotifyPlaylist, YouTube, #YouTubePlaylist, #YouTube, A Place To Bury Strangers, Straight Tripping Witch Playlist, Mute Records, Acid Baby Jesus, Ha Magic Tomboy Playlist, Slovenly Recordings, Beastie Boys, The Beastie Boys, Blues Rock Rap Playlist, Def Jam Records, Black Francis, Bad Teeth Island Playlist, Cooking Vinyl, Black Mountaiin, Haunted Faith Attack Playlist, JaJaguwar, Blondie, Chrysalis Records, Buke and Gase, Houdini Trash Rash Playlist, Brassland Records, Cannibal Ox, Definitive Jux, Captain Beefheart, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, A&M Records, Chain and the Gang, Chain & the Gang, K Records, Clorox Girls, Explore This Playllist, Burger Records, Cloud Nothings, Wichita Recordings, Cosmic Psychos, Normal Records, Cypress Hill, Colombia Records, Dalek, Ipecac Recordings, Dead Milkmen, Blog Mischief Playlist, Restless Records, Deposit Man, Deposit Man EP, Destruction Unit, Rock Ain't Dead Playlist, Sacred Bones Records, Downtown Boys, Don Giovani Records, Dread Zeppelin, IRS Records, Drive Like Jehu, Interscope Records, Elvis Presley, RCA Records, Fear Of Men, Kaninie Records, Frankie Cosmos, Double Double Whammy, George Clinton, Parliament, Capital Records, Gleaming Spires, Scotti Brothers Records, Greys, Carpark Records, Guerilla Toss, DFA Records, Hallelujah the Hills, Hallelujah The Hills, Misra Records, Honduras, Black Bell Records, HTRK, Blast First Petite, Hunx and His Punx, Hardly Art, Institute, Jay Reatard, In The Red Records, Julien Casablancas, Atlantic, Kweku Collins, Closed Sessions, L7, Slash Records, La Misma, Toxic State, LCD Soundsystem, Lil' Yachty, Lilys, Manifesto Records, Love and Rockets, Haunted Faith Attack, Makthaverskan, Run For COver Records, Meatbodies, Minor Threat, Dischord Records, Mojo Nixon, No Age, Sub Pop Records, Not On Tour, Diner Junkie, Parquet Courts, Rough Trade Records, Patto, Vertigo Records, Personal and the Pizzas, Personal & The Pizza's, Go! Records, GO! Records, Preoccupations, Viet Cong, Flemish Eye Records, Prince, NPG Records, Public Enemy, Radiohead, XL Recordings, Reverend Horton Heat, Sub Pop, Run DMC, RVIVR, Rumbletowne Records, Sheer Mag, Katorga Works, Sports, Father/Daughter Records, Smashing Pumpkins, Virgin Records, Stars, Soft Revolution, ATO Records, Stepsisters, Palaver Records, Sudakistan, PNKSLM Recordings, Summer Cannibals, Kill Rock Stars, Tacocat, Tenement, Grave Mistake Records, The Autumn Stones, Immediate Records, The Bad Plus, EmArcy Records, The Clash, Epic Records, The Coathangers, Suicide Squeeze Records, The Courtneys, The Darkness, Atlantic Records, The Meanies, Poison City Records, The Rolling Stones, Decca Records, Queen, EMI, The Rentals, Maverick Records, The Saints, Fatal Records, Total Widow, Relapse Records, Wilco, Nonesuch, Wire, Pinkflag Records, Youth Code, Dais RecordsComment

Rock Ain't Dead: #OPSThrowdown Playlist

Every Friday and Saturday I do what I call an #OPSThrowdown.

Basically, I try to create a string of videos around a theme entirely spontaneously. Now that I have a YouTube channel, I am posting them on Google+, YouTube (as a playlist), and linking them here.

Today's theme was "Rock Ain't Dead" + includes videos from Destruction Unit, Greys, La Misma, and Hallelujah The Hills.

Enjoy!

PlaylistJoshua B. HoeApril 15, 2016Google+, YouTube, SHEER MAG, RVIVR, Destruction Unit, Downtown Boys, La Misma, Greys, Youth Code, Fear of Men, Hallelujah The Hills, Guerilla Toss, Rock, Punk RockComment

The One Where I Endorse Most Of Rolling Stone's Modern Punk List (sigh)

I love that Rolling Stone is encouraging people to explore more punk music. I even endorse many of the entries on their recent "10 Modern Punk Bands" list.

Here are links to many of those artists and several more that I recommend you check out too.

As always, Explore, Discover, and Enjoy!

LA Weekly's Punk Rock Fantasy

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Ramones album Ramones and also the rise of punk rock in London. Unfortunately, this has caused the punk rock haters to come out of the woodwork to mock punk rock's ultimate impact on music as a whole.

One of these punk rock "hater" articles was published by LA Weekly, this is my response to that and most of the others.