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noviembre 2020

50 songs from some of the best artists I've discovered on SoundCloud

50 Amazing Finds

2021 (3)

Clash DJ Mix Series

Indo Warehouse lynchpin Kunal Merchant hits the decks for Clash ahead of the collective's North American tour.

TRACKLIST -> https://www.clashmusic.com/features/clash-dj-mix-kunal-merchant/

Clash DJ Mix: Kunal Merchant

Roche Musique guru Kartell goes in the mix for CLASH ahead of new album 'EVERYTHING IS HERE'.

TRACKLIST -> https://www.clashmusic.com/features/clash-dj-mix-kartell/

CLASH DJ Mix - Kartell

Walker & Royce deliver some sizzling house music.

TRACKLIST -> https://www.clashmusic.com/features/clash-dj-mix-walker-royce/

CLASH DJ Mix - Walker & Royce

Italian production brothers get ravey in this exclusive mix for CLASH...

TRACKLIST -> https://www.clashmusic.com/features/clash-dj-mix-parisi/

CLASH DJ Mix - PARISI

Norsicaa sifts through the crates - a love letter to 80s and 90s electronic music from South-East Asia, where local genres and languages started blending with synthesisers, drum machines and vocoders.

CLASH DJ Mix - Norsicaa

Debut album by Millie Manders and The Shutup takes the listener on a journey of heartbreak, depression, world views, anxiety, following dreams and observational thoughts.  

While punk to its core, they have blended ska, hiphop, pop and metal flawlessly throughout this aural rollercoaster collection of songs.

Glitter Mix

Call Me On Your Telephone

The Weight of the Worry

'Mean Rock n Roller' is the 2020 single by MeMe Detroit

"Mean Rock N Roller is a riotous, 3 and a half minutes of energy and fun that shouts to the rooftops “Follow your heart, follow your dreams and never conform to what society dictates you should do. It’s your life this life, and no one else’s. So enjoy it and sure you live it that way. Be your own Mean Rock N Roller”

The track was put together during lockdown using pre-production recordings and home recordings.
Recorded by George Riavez at studios.
Extra guitars and synths recorded by MeMe Detroit
Mixed by Thomas Mitchener of Broadfield studios.
Mastered by Ste Kerry

Written by MeMe Detroit
Guitars, Vox, Synths & BVs by MeMe Detroit
Drums and BVs by Kallum McEwen
Bass by Stephen Hildebrand

Unauthorised broadcasting, sharing, downloading, copying prohibited.

LYRICS:
I'm a Mean Rock N Roller in a band
and I'll do my best to help you understand
You see this isn't 'cos it's cool or benile.
It's a calling, it's a deep lifestyle.

And I tried so fucking hard to toe the line
But then it felt so very empty all the time
'Cos I'm a Mean Rock N Roller,
A Mean Rock N Roller in a band

When I was just a kid some said to me
Settle down work hard, No time for chasing dreams
(But) You see it's not their fault, they're led to believe
to work the grind when really there's no need

So I tried so fucking hard to toe the line
then it felt so very empty all the time
'Cos I'm a Mean Rock N Roller,
A Mean Rock N Roller in a band
In a band

Ooh Ooh Woo Ooh Oh
Ooh Oh Woo Oh ooh
Ooh oh Woo oh ooo woah..

I'm a Mean Rock N Roller in a band
And I'll do my best to help you understand
I'm a Mean Rock N Roller in a Band
It's a Meaning it's a deep liefstyle
It's a meaning, it's a deep lifestyle
It's a Meaning it's a deep liefstyle
It's a meaning, it's a deep lifestyle


And I tried so fucking hard to toe the line
but then it felt so fucking empty all the time

ohh hoa woah Ohh Hoa ohh
Ooh Hoa Woah oh woah
Ohh Hoa woah Ooooh woah
Ohh Hoa Woah Oh woah

 I'm a Mean Rock N Roller,
Mean Rock N Roller
Mean Rock N Roller
Mean Rock N Roller
Mean Rock N Roller
Mean Rock N Roller
Mean Rock N Roller In a band
In a band
In a band
In a band

Mean Rock N Roller

Party Time

Swine Tax - Relax (2020)

Written & performed by Swine Tax
Produced by Barry Hyde
Engineered and mixed by Jonny Burgess
Mastered by Jason Mitchell
Artwork by Oli Heffernan

Swine Tax - Relax

Eulogy For AMB

Helping Hand

Pictures of you: those lips and those big blue eyes
Falling asleep with a smile that can't be disguised

Boxed memories that I stored away to hide, from myself
Tracing all the dots we never placed in our time and space

Even if it's only in my dreams
You've still got me smiling in sleep
Even if it's only in my dreams
You've still got me smiling in sleep

Back when I was young, I may have seemed one way
But I would always fumble all the words that I tried to say
Trying to play it cool in front of you
That's all I ever really seemed to do
Trying to play it cool in front of you
That's all I ever really seemed to do


Even if it's only in my dreams
You've still got me smiling in sleep
Even if it's only in my dreams
You've still got me smiling in sleep

A decade and a half since we were teens
And you've still got me smiling in my sleep

Words & Music by Sean Parsons © 2020

Smiling in my Sleep

This is a story of a totally real worm dude named Vasiliy. Learn from his tale.

The song itself has a funny creation story. At my Birthday Zoom party (2020 special), an old friend of mine insisted that I sing my "Little Worm Vasiliy" song, which I never even heard of, let alone have written. So I made it up on the spot. Then, realizing it was actually good, rushed to write down whatever I remembered, polished off, and... here we go. Three cheers for Vasiliy. 

I'm not even sure how to describe the style. Pop punk? A bit of an Offspring or Green Day inspiration. It just sounds fun.

Lyrics:

Little Worm Vasiliy

Em C G D

In a one-bedroom flat, somewhere in Philly,
Lived a nice little worm by the name Vasiliy.
His apartment was nice: not too hot, not too chilly.
On a cobblestone street, somewhat flat, somewhat hilly.

Little worm Vasiliy’s life was pretty good.
Worked hard when he should; partied hard when he could.
Hanging out with him put us all in a good mood.
The most popular crawler in the neighborhood. 

Refrain:	О oh ooh oh, little worm Vasiliy
О oh ooh oh, we really loved you silly.
О oh ooh oh, little worm Vasiliy
О oh ooh oh, we won’t forget you, will we?

One day he got bored of staring at a screen,
Went to visit his friends in Apartment 19.
Vasiliy didn’t hear about the quarantine.
So they loved him, but still didn’t let him in.

Now Vasiliy, rejected, went downstairs,
Where people didn’t socially distance, I guess.
Didn’t wear masks; didn’t wash hands.
And infected Vasiliy with their COVID breath.

Refrain.

Long story short, he was sick for a while.
Vasiliy hurt from the virus but didn’t die.
Went inside a cocoon that was lilly-white
And emerged as a gold-winged butterfly.

Now Vasiliy is flying, and fast at that.
Goes 0 to 6 in 5 seconds flat.
Flying higher and higher, look at him jet.
And becoming the breakfast of a Wuhan bat.


Refrain.

Little Worm Vasiliy

Saint James

The Sunshine State - Cliff Drive

Working Stiff

LYRICS

Violence 
My Way
I Live
To Set Me Free

I Let
Violence 
(In) My Way
To Set Me Free

Oh Oh
I Don’t Wanna Know 
No 
No 

Oh Oh
I Don’t Wanna Know 
No 
No

...

Will You Die For Me?

It’s All In The Game :)

In My Apocalypse

empirical laws are probably right
id hope were not predictable like that
but if we are
Id know if we are
And id feel helpless like a little kid
I get a sentimental feeling
but remembering is just believing in something
Make up the past to fill in the gaps
Between where you know and what you forget
And that is that: a memory
 
When I look at the stars
I dont see who we are
I just feel helpless like a little kid
But when I lay and look with you
It feels like more than just us two
It feels like forever on a bed
I feel your warmth             
I feel your lungs too
Rising and falling in sync with mine
And as the planes fly above
And the ocean waves crash
We make sense in those moments like they do

I can watch you perceive me
that’s when we step out of our bodies
And see that youre alive
And im alive 
And if we’re not
The who gives a fuck
Cause I am here. And I know that           

If I freak out tonight well I want you by my side
And If I pass out tonight I still want you by my side

I dont mind these bits of you
The one you left with me
The one you took with you

And you dont mind these bits of me
The one I left with you
the one i took with me

empirical laws

circles

"Good To Be Back Again"       

You gave up what you wanted 
You act like you don't see          
You're standing on the edge               
And looking where you'd be               
Somedays you can't make it          
Still you hold the key              
I know we'll find our way back home   
Cos you make me believe                 

And you know
It's good to be back again             
It's good to be back again             
And I hope you know                    
We'll make it right again

I wish that you would tell me         
What you've come to see                  
And is our situation                    
Another broken dream?                  
Sold you what you needed           
But it's no place to be                 
I know we'll find our way back home     
Cos you make me believe                  

And you know
It's good to be back again
It's good to be back again
And I hope you know 
We'll make it right again

It's good to be back again
It's good to be back again
And I hope you know we'll make it right
I hope you know we'll make it right
I hope you know
We'll make it right again

© 2020 Ryan Charles

Produced by Modern Dolls
Demo Release Date: December 7, 2020
Release Date: December 28, 2020

Good To Be Back Again

Super Fried

JUST FRIENDS

I work better on writing individual songs if I'm working toward a larger specific concept. I don't think you could categorize this as a "concept album," per se, but there is a theme that connects all the pieces.

Something I've realized over time is that *the* concept - as vague as it may be - is almost always rooted in a single piece that acts like a key for the larger work. This always feels like a petite breakthrough moment, in a way - having a song that's the embodiment of a direction you want to go. 

For this album, this song is the key. I wanted to work in shifting tempos and time signatures, and to have lyrics that could almost turn back and evaluate themselves...something that balanced my normal cynicism with an openness to the world outside my own experience and understanding.

Snag, if you wish:
https://mayorofdonutville.bandcamp.com/album/perpendicularism

Working Stiff

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