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"The Damn Pinhead War" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

New Ear Candy in "The Damn Pinhead War" Mixed-Tape Style Spotify Playlist including music from The National, Oneohtrix Point Never, Arcade Fire, Ho99o9, Trapped Under Ice, Waxahatchee and many more. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!

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 “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 "Sofa King Birdland" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

New Ear candy including Afghan Whicgs, LCD Soundsystem, Perfume Genius, Danger Doom and many others on this 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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The "Gold-Plated Alternative Facts" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

This is my weekly mix-tape style playlist coming to you this time with a POTUS slant.

These are all protest songs that had special resonance to me after a weekend of protests and inaugural events. It includes songs from PE, The Clash, RTJ, Doom, and more.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeJanuary 23, 2017permanent wave, rock, album rock, classic rock, new wave, new romantic, The Police, Ghost In The Machine, funk rock, funk metal, ska punk, ska, Fishbone, The Clash, punk, punk rock, garage rock, alternative rock, Sandinista, hard rock, Ramones, glam rock, protopunk, british invasion, psychedelic rock, The Kinks, Vince Staples, underground hip hop, escape room, rap, hip-hop, trap music, Dead Kennedys, hardcore punk, skate punk, Uniform, mandible, industrial, fluxwork, grave wave, garage psych, indie punk, Pissed Jeans, noise rock, post-hardcore, noise punk, math rock, Rage Against The Machine, nu-metal, post-grunge, Public Enemy, old school hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, Run The Jewels, Lex Records, Run The Jewels Inc., Def Jam Records, Epic Records, Sub Pop, Sub Pop Records, Sacred Bones Records, Alternative Tentacles, Arista Records, Warner Brothers, Colombia Records, A&M RecordsComment

Jagger vs. Trump, An RTJ Protest Playlist, & Arcade Fire - Music News 1/20/2017

Mick Jagger explains Trump's use of his music, links to RTJ's protest music playlist, and Arcade Fire release their new single (with Mavis Staples).

Music News 1/19/2017

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The Flaming Lips, The XX, and a Projection - "I Hate Radio" Music News 1/14/2017

The Flaming Lips, The XX, A Projection, and Uranium Club make up the list of new albums that I have been listening to the most this week.

Friday's are for sharing New Music!

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Best Of 2016 – “The Best of the Rest” Spotify Playlist

Now that the Top Albums of 2016 list is done, all that is left is to rank the Best Of The Rest.

This is my Best is the Rest of 2016 Spotify Playlist highlighting the bands I liked that didn't make the final best albums list.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeDecember 12, 2016Only Child, Shearwater, Jet Plane and Oxbow, Sub Pop Records, Fantasy Boys, BRONCHO, Double Vanity, Dine Alone Music, Size of the Moon, Pinegrove, Cardinal, Run For Cover Records, Mass Gothic, Nice Night, Sub Pop, Heaven and Hell, Desert Mountain Tribe, Either That Or The Moon, Metropolis, Slew, False Heads, 25 Hour Convenience Store Records, All That Heaven Allows, Mercury Girls, Slumberland, Ariana, 333, Against Me, Shape Shift With Me, Total Treble, Pink Coffin, Duchess Says, Sciences Nouvelle, Bonsound, WALL, Cuban Cigars, holding the void, Sp Pitted, neo, Ready for the Magic, Honeyblood, Babes Never Die, fat Cat Records, On The Lips, Frankie Cosmos, Next Thing, Bayonet Records, You Used to be a Good Girl, Beverly, The Blue Swell, Kanine, Kaninie Records, Margaret Glaspy, Emotions & Math, ATO Records, Pimp Hand, Vince Staples, Prima Donna EP, Def Jam Records, Ain't It A Sin, Charles Bradley, Changes, Daptone, Dean's Room, Allison Crutchfield, Merge, Jacuzzi Boys, Ping Pong, Hardly Art, Days, Cool Ghouls, Animal Races, Melodic, melancholia, chamber pop, slow core, austindie, freak folk, stomp and holler, new wierd america, lo-fi, indie rock, ok indie, alternative emo, emo, chicago indie, dreamo, indie punk, pop punk, preverb, psych gaze, alt indie rock, british indie rock, garage rock, sheffield indie, Indie Punk, garage psych, noise pop, folk punk, Against Me!, melodic hardcore, punk, orgcore, skatepunk, electroclash, dance-punk, new rave, brooklyn indie, nu gaze, alt-indie-rock, new americana, folk pop, underground hip hop, hip hop, funk, soul, deep funk, garage pop, bay area indie, indie garage rockComment

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

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