I think the theme of this episode speaks for itself, and without great subtlety. Right out of the gate. By the Wednesday following election day we could all breathe a sigh of relief at the thought of seeing a certain president’s back. Two and a half weeks later he’s still throwing a(n increasingly ineffective) tantrum,…
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post-vote limbo groove Well, this episode aired on Wednesday after the 2020 election, which already feels like it was a month ago. As the title suggests, we really didn’t know what was going on. The whole week was just being in limbo. I put the playlist together and mixed the whole thing on Tuesday night,…
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The first episode of the new decade spends 85 minutes looking back. Some of these songs I’ve played on previous episodes, and some of them are songs that I haven’t, but mainly because they don’t fit the format especially well… which is to say that this is an unusually rock-heavy episode. Altin Gün and Hatchie…
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Last week’s episode explored the slower range of club music, the faster end of hip hop, downtempo breaks, dembow swagger, and even a sweet taste of bhangra. Starting things off, Lao’s remix of Fever Ray’s “Mustn’t Hurry” takes the title literally and tames the original’s frenetic pace to a herky deconstructed flow. Two tracks from the…
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Last night’s SttM is in the archives for your listening pleasure, featuring club syncopations and techno bangers from around the world: from Lebanon to Montreal; from Brasil to San Francisco; from DC to Durban, South Africa; from Finland to Bristol, England; and beyond! Janne Hatula – Lo-Fi Life [Polku EP] Eon – Inner Mind [Void…
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