alternative hip hop

The “Endless Creature Groove” Spotify Playlist

Another Mixed-Tape style playlist, this one featuring GZA, Mr. Lif & Akrobatic, Super Unison, Arcade Fire, Sacred Paws and many others. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!

PlaylistJoshua B. HoeJuly 31, 2017Spotify, Music, Streaming Music, Playlist, entertainment, post punk, punk, lo-fi, alternative hip hop, garageComment

The “Prissy Kombat Face” Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

New Ear candy on the "Prissy Kombat Face" mixed-tape style Spotify playlist including songs from Beach House, The Clash, Cayetana, JJ Doom and many others. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!

The “Killer Fish Guy” Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

New Ear Candy including Vince Staples, The Psychedelic Furs, Young M.A., Wimps, Dolores Haze, Dasher, and many others on this Mixed-Tape style Playlist. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!

The “5am Photobooth” Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

Ear candy from Filter, Sonic Youth, Madonna, Joey Purp, Danny Brown and many others on this Mixed-Tape style playlist. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!

PlaylistJoshua B. HoeMay 15, 2017punk, post-punk, lo-fi, preverb, funk, soul, underground hip hop, underground hip-hop, alternative hip hopComment

The "Sweet Whiteout Moon" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

Ear Candy from Kendrick Lamar, Raekwon, Black Flag, and Guided by Voices on this weeks mixed-tape style playlist. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!

"The D" in Bandcamp: Exploring Detroit-Area Music (I Hate Radio)

Quelle Chris, Joey Pecoraro, and Devious One are the first three artists I am highlighting in my new series exploring the music of Detroit available on Bandcamp.

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"The D" in BandcampJoshua B. HoeMarch 16, 2017On Pirate SatelliteQuelle Chris, Being You Is Great I Wish I Could Be You More, Joey Pecoraro, Tired Boy, Devious Ones, Djarum Summers, Detroit Punk, garage rock, rock detroit, hip hop detroit, alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, electronic, hip hop, electronica detroitComment

The "Lola Want War" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

Devo, Elucid, Girlpool, and LVL UP are just some of the artists on this mixed-tape style playlist but I want to highlight Soviet Soviet since they were deported for trying to perform at SXSW..apologies from the remaining sane Americans to our Italian friends

PlaylistJoshua B. HoeMarch 13, 2017alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, abstract hip hop, hip hop, hardcore hip hop, detroit hip hop, underground rap, preverb, anti-folk, indie punk, indie garage rock, lo-fi, bay area indie, garage psych, nu gaze, chillwave, noise rock, indie rock, deep gothic post-punk, grave wave, punk, australian indie, alt indie rock, deep australian indie, australian alternative rock, disco polo, madchester, new wave, post-punk, uk post-punk, new romantic, experimental rock, alt indie-rock, slow core, Francobollo, Alexandra Savior, DEVO, Columbia Records, Warner Brothers Records, Sleaford Mods, Rough Trade Records, Total Control, Iron Lung Records, Brightness, I Oh You, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Sub Pop, Sub Pop Records, Gold Class, Spunk Records, Aye Nako, Don Giovani Records, Soviet Soviet, Mannequin, LVL UP, Jay Som, Polyvinyl Records, Girlpool, ANTI-records, Elucid, Backwoodz StudiozComment

The "78 Ketamine Girls" Best New Music Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

Johnwayne to Kate Tempest and The Feelies to Rank/Xerox this best new music mixed-tape style Spotify playlist celebrates alternative hip-hop and lo-fi with some sprinkles of darkness. Pull Back the Bolt and Explore, Enjoy and Share Music!

The “Apologies, Dumb Ladyman” Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

Nirvana, Interpol, Sleater-Kinney, Portishead along with many new artists like Stef Chura, Ho99o9, and the Last Artful Dodgr populate this mixtape-style playlist.

This is my weekly playlist for the week of 2/20/2017

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeFebruary 20, 2017On Pirate Satellitealternative hip hop, underground hip hop, portland indie, electronic, trip hop, laboratorio, alternative rock, indie rock, garage rock, post-punk, wonky, punk, escape room, hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, indietronica, chaotic hardcore, indie punk, mathcore, post-hardcore, la indie, post-grunge, riot grrrl, lo-fi, anti-folk, noise rock, deep new americana, australian indie, garage psych, australian alternative rock, preverb, indie garage rock, grunge, permanent wave, rock, classic rock, Quelle Chris, Mello Music Group, The Last Artful Dodgr, Neil Tally, EYRST, Portishead, Polydor, Interpol, Matador Records, Paul White & Danny Brown, R & S Records, Ho99o9, Family Records, Swain, End Hits Records, Silversun Pickups, Dangerbird, Sleater-Kinney, Kill Rock Stars, Ron Gallo, New West Records, Tyrannamen, Cool Death Records, Stef Chura, Urinal Cake Records, Nirvana, DGC Records, The Clash, Captain BeefheartComment

The "Revolution Wriggle" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

A Punk, Post-Punk, and Hip-Hop Spotify playlist including music by Depeche Mode, clipping, Vince Staples, The Pharcyde, Funafu, Priests, Beastie Boys and more.

My playlists are "mixed-tape" style lists (designed to be static)

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Swet Shop Boys + Crystal Fairy - Music News 1/26/2016

Rez MC (The Night Of) & Heems (Das Racist) collectively known as Swet Shop Boys have a cool new video and Crystal Fairies released a new song from their forthcoming album (Feb. 24th IPECAC).

Curated Music News for 1/26/2017 (aka Pirate Radio) Join the music revolution.

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My Best Albums of 2016: The Gold Medals: 10-1

Here it is, 100's of hours of work, and a whole year of listening to albums has led to these final ten albums.

My Top Ten Albums of 2016 (and a special tribute)

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Best Of 2016Joshua B. HoeDecember 8, 2016glam rock, art rock, permanent wave, protopunk, rock, singer-songwriter, mellow gold, new wave, classic rock, dance rock, David Bowie, Blackstar, Columbia Records, straight edge, hardcore, fury, Fury, Paramount, Triple B Records, australian alternative rock, deep australian indie, Camp Cope, Poison City Records, folk-punk, indie-punk, folk punk, alternative emo, Jeff Rosenstock, Worry., The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, preverb, brooklyn indie, Mitski, Puberty 2, Dead Oceans, Your Best American Girl, St. Vincent, Lucy Dacus, No Burden, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Nonagon Infinity, ATO Records, Courtney Barnett, Talking Heads, DEVO, garage psych, post punk, post-punk, Preoccupations, Flemish Eye Records, Jagjaguwar, Joy Division, noise pop, neo-psychedelic, nu gaze, indie rock, dream pop, experimental rock, noise rock, dance punk, Savages, Adore Life, Matador, Matador Records, escape room, alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, detroit hip hop, Danny Brown, Atrocity Exhibition, Kanye West, Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial, Will Toldeo, Spotify, #SpotifyComment

Best Albums Of 2016 Part 2 Spotify Playlist (Albums #20-11)

Spotify Playlist - Selections from my Best of 2016 Albums List #20-11

Click on the playlist or hit play and then scroll down to learn more about the bands, including A Tribe Called Quest, Moon City Boys, Hideous Sun Demon, The Avalanches, Kimo Kimino and many more.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeDecember 7, 2016deep australian indie, australian, australian alternative rock, boston rock, electronic, australian dance trip hop, alternative dance, new rave, indietronica, synthpop, indie pop, chamber pop, stomp and holler, freak folk, indie folk, folk pop, indie rock, lo-fi, anti-folk, noise pop, Neo-Psychedelic, post-punk, post punk, garage psych, preverb, brooklyn indie, noise rock, nu-gaze, experimental rock, dance punk, deep swedish indie pop, hip hop, east coast hip hop, alternative hip hop, rap, Never Be Mine, Angel Olsen, My Woman, Jagjaguwar, Rosy Rudiger, Kino Kimino, Bait Is For Sissies, Have a Heart, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Pretty Years, Sinderlyn, Ghost Ramp, Frankie Sinatra, The Avalanches, Wildflower, Astralwerks, Astonished Man, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, A Man Alive, Ribbon Music, Ego, A Tribe Called Quest, We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service, Epic Records, Carry My Bags, Moon City Boys, I Need More, 8tta_7uor, The Girl With Electronics Inside, Hallelujah the Hills, hallelujah the hills, A Band Is Something To Figure Out, Discrete Pageantry, Bad Girl, Hideous Sun Demon, Corporate Influence LP, Pilerats Records, Warner Brothers Australia, Blood Bath, I'm In the Phone Book I'm on the Planet I'm Dying Slowly, Shut Up And Kiss Me, Whateva Will Be, Epic, This Is Radio Clash, The Clash, Captain Beefheart, Kim Gordon, Girl In A BandComment

My Best Albums of 2016: The Silver Medals: 20-11

The Madness of my Best of 2016 list continues...

Today I am introducing My Best of 2016 Albums #20 - 11 including Angel Olsen, Kino Kimino, Cymbals Eat Guitars, and many others.

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Best Of 2016Joshua B. HoeDecember 6, 2016The #OPS Best Albums of 2016 List, The Clash, Hideous Sun Demon, The Industry Connections LP, hallelujah the hills, A Band Is Something To Figure Out, The Avalanches, Wildflower, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, A Man Alive, Angel Olsen, My Woman, Lithics, Borrowed Floors, Kino Kimino, Bait Is For Sissies, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Pretty Years, Moon City Boys, I Need MOre, I Need More, A Tribe Called Quest, We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service, Vince Staples, ATCQ, Malik, Phife Dawg, Joe Strummer, Redemption Song, Chris Salewicz, deep australian indie, australian alternative rock, boston rock, electronic, australian dance, trip hop, alternative dance, new rave, indietronica, synthpop, indie pop, chamber pop, stomp and holler, freak folk, indie folk, folk pop, indie rock, lo-fi, anti-folk, noise pop, Neo-Psychedelic, post punk, post-punk, garage psych, preverb, brooklyn indie, noise rock, nu gaze, experimental rock, dance punk, deep swedish indie pop, hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, alternative hip hop, rapComment

The #OPS Best Albums of 2016 List: The Bronze Medals: 40-21

The madness begins, I stayed up until 5 a.m. putting this together Friday night. Every year, doing this almost kills me but every year I love doing it.

Okay, this is the Bronze Medals, the albums ranked 40-21 (and maybe a few bonus albums too). Albums like "Callus" by Gonjasufi, "A Moon Shaped Pool" by Radiohead, "Hooray For Me" by Vomitface and many others.

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Best Of 2016Joshua B. HoeDecember 3, 2016#OPS, Xylouris White, Black Peak, Cretan Luts, Gretan Lute, Tyvek, Origin Of What, Super Unison, Auto, Deathwish Inc., Naked Giants, R.I.P. EP, Miscreant Records, Summer Cannibals, Full Of It, Kill Rock Stars, Tobacco, Sweatbox Dynasty, Ghostly International, Ex-Cult, Negative Growth, In The Red Records, Sneaks, Gymnastics, Merge Records, Eva Moolchan, Chris Shaw, Powell, Sport, Cabaret Voltaire, XL Recordings, Vomitface, Hooray For Me, Help Yourself Records, Big Business, Command Your Weather, Joyful Noise Records, Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool, Violent Soho, Waco, Dine Alone Music, Deerhoof, The Magic, Polyvinyl, Polyvinyl Records, Gonjasufi, Callus, Warp, GOGGS, In The Red, De La Soul, and the Anonymous Nobody..., AOI, Moonface & Siinai, My Best Human Face, Jagjaguwar, Controlled Bleeding, Larva Lumps and Baby Bumps, Artoffact Records, Chvad SB, Paul Lemos, Yak, Alas Salvation, Octopus Electrical, Joey Purp, iii Drops, Xenia Rubinos, Bella Union, drone folk, experimental psych, freak folk, chamber psych, garage pop, punk, post punk, indie punk, Preverb, seattle indie, indie garage rock, indietronica, bay area hip hop, fluxwork, outsider house, Chris and Cosey, Indie Punk, sludge metal, stoner metal, post-doom metal, stoner rock, post-metal, doom metal, drone metal, permanent wave, alternative rock, garage rock, melancholia, indie rock, rock, australian alternative rock, pop-punk, noise rock, bay area indie, noise pop, experimental rock, neo-psychedelic, lo-fi, nu gaze, wonky, bass mucis, hip hop, east coast hip hop, alternative hip hop, hardcore hip hop, industrial, industrial rock, experimental ebm, alt-indie rock, Mothers, When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired, Grand Jury Music, brooklyn indie, lo star, preverb, avantgarde metal, Rip It Up And Start Again, Simon Reynolds, Subrosa, For This We Fought The Battle of the Ages, Daymare Recordings, Big Ups, Before A Million Universes, Exploding In Sound RecordingsComment

The "Magic Time Eraser" Spotify Playlist (#IHateRadio Transmission #32)

Magic Time Eraser could refer to listening to this playlist and losing all track of time or whatever you want it to mean.

Whatever you choose, this playlist includes new Run The Jewels, Japandroids, Slothrust, Aesop Rock, Tyvek and many others.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeNovember 8, 2016#IHateRadio, Magic Time Eraser, I Heart Radio, Clandestine Jagermeister Missile, Kicker, Alex G., Beach Music, Something I Can Never Have, Vitamin String Quartet, String Quartet Tribute To Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine, Every Time, Fury, Grey Erasure, True Widow, Avvolgere, Ready for the Magic, Honeyblood, Babes Never Die, Tip to Tail, Tyvek, Origin of What, Near to the Wild Heart of Life, Japandroids, My Belly, Aesop Rock, Run The Jewels, RTJ 3, Ya Ya, Naked Giants, R.I.P. EP, Trial and Error, Slothrust, Everyone Else, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Radiohead, Kid A, preverb, indie garage rock, bow pop, string quartet, straight edge, hardcore, nu gaze, shoegaze, garage psych, alt-indie-rock, garage pop, noise popo, noise pop, neo psychedelic, neo-psychedelic, noise rock, vancouver indie, indie rock, lo-fi, freak folk, experimental rock, dance punk, abstract hip hop, alternative hip hop, hip hop, underground hip hop, indie punk, seattle indie, brooklyn indie, permanent wave, alternative rock, melancholia, rockComment