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Drag City's Singles Mixer 2024

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Drag City

Description:

2024 DC singles! All of our best and brightest, our most exemplary, our most playlistable, appear here as they happen! What it means is that we've got new, newer and newest and more. Our year wrapped up in one playlist!

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June 6, 2024, 10:26 p.m.

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396

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The High Llamas, Six Organs Of Admittance, Laetitia Sadier, Gastr …

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drone folk, pastoral, neo-psychedelic, post-rock, slowcore, experimental percussion, american primitive, …

Emotion and Other

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God?

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Creator:

Drag City

Description:

From the GOD? head himself, Ty Segall - here's a playlist of the best and brightest of the label, with the new music added as it comes!

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Feb. 23, 2024, 1:50 p.m.

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1507

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Axis: Sova, Flat Worms, Oog Bogo, DMBQ, David Novick, The …

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indie garage rock, crank wave, neo-psychedelic, noise pop, japanese psychedelic, …

Emotion and Other

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Sean & Livvy vs. Drag City

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Creator:

Drag City

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Lots of contemporary r'n'b highlights from the Chicago and LA scenes, mixed with a few High Llamas/Sean O'Hagan favorites. Sean and his daughter Livvy, 18, throw down the gauntlet for Drag City and all the rest of you to pick up on!

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Feb. 21, 2024, 6:23 p.m.

Followers:

142

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Sean O'Hagan, The High Llamas, Noname, Smino, Saba, Mac Miller, …

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chamber pop, alternative r&b, chicago rap, hip hop, rap, baroque …

Emotion and Other

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Sean Always Likes to Fade

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Creator:

Drag City

Description:

Sean O’Hagan (High Llamas, Microdisney) updates his playlist for High Llamas' new album, Hey Panda: "This playlist makes me happy. Liv comes to me with total curve balls and I have to find something to match it. these names are new to me, soul...intune..out of tune just as long as …

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Feb. 19, 2024, 7:32 p.m.

Followers:

392

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Top Artists:

The High Llamas, Sean O'Hagan, Hailu Mergia, Nancy Priddy, Basil …

Top Sub Genres:

chamber pop, baroque pop, alternative r&b, bossa nova, indie soul, …

Emotion and Other

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Oren Ambarchi's Shebang All-Stars

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Drag City

Description:

This is a playlist put together by Oren Ambarchi, highlighting the powers of the players that drive Shebang in diverse solo endeavors. Context: recontext. And so: on. Cheers!

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Feb. 19, 2024, 2:52 a.m.

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166

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Oren Ambarchi, BJ Cole, Andreas Werliin, Horaţiu Rădulescu, Jim O'Rourke, …

Top Sub Genres:

australian ambient, australian experimental, experimental guitar, modern electroacoustic, ambient, drone, …

Emotion and Other

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Deep

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2020s

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Stir/Fried

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Creator:

Drag City

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A playlist by Bill MacKay and Katinka Kleijn of their loved tracks and influences for their upcoming album, STIR (out Oct. 11th)

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Feb. 7, 2024, 6:19 a.m.

Followers:

94

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Top Artists:

Bill MacKay, Katinka Kleijn, Milton Nascimento, Bitchin Bajas, Black Sabbath, …

Top Sub Genres:

pastoral, drone folk, alternative rock, rock, classical, melancholia, permanent wave, …

Emotion and Other

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Influences on Keys

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Creator:

Drag City

Description:

Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles take us down musical pathways of their influences, previous collaborations and more - all which lead back to their latest album, Keys!

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Feb. 7, 2024, 6:19 a.m.

Followers:

168

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Top Artists:

Bill MacKay, Nathan Bowles, Henry Grimes, Clark Hutchinson, Abdullah Ibrahim, …

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drone folk, pastoral, alternative americana, modern old-time, avant-garde jazz, free …

Emotion and Other

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We Come in Peacers

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Creator:

Drag City

Description:

On the eve of a definitive new psych-punk-indie-pop/folk rock album (Blexxed Rec, gang!), SF's The Peacers have drawn together a playlist to entertain, edify and express their love - and yours - of other singers and bands and of how music works. God blexx the Peacers and all who travel …

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Feb. 7, 2024, 12:55 a.m.

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162

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Top Artists:

The Peacers, Bozmo, Brewer & Shipley, Colin Blunstone, David Crosby, …

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singer-songwriter, psychedelic rock, lo-fi, classic rock, folk rock, rock, art …

Emotion and Other

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Deep

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2010s

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Rock

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Bill Nace's Mix for DC 2022

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Creator:

Drag City

Description:

Crank up your Nace face! Our Bill's cobbed together a playlist of tracks he's CONVINCED are bumpin' - Aaron Dilloway, The Haters, Jon Hassell - and they are just that. The kind of thing to make your ears SING!

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Feb. 6, 2024, 1:53 a.m.

Followers:

245

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Top Artists:

Aaron Dilloway, Black Flag, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Cabaret Voltaire, …

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post-punk, experimental rock, noise, alternative rock, singer-songwriter, experimental, hardcore punk, …

Emotion and Other

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2000s

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Switchin Bajas (Ra Ra Ra)

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Creator:

Drag City

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With "Switched On Ra", Bitchin Bajas celebrate the one and only Sun Ra, framed in the style of Wendy Carlos' visionary synth explorations. Shuffling Bajas' Ra covers with classic Moog mood records tesseracts the distance between these stars of our universe

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Feb. 6, 2024, 1:08 a.m.

Followers:

97

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Bitchin Bajas, Gershon Kingsley & Leonid Hambro, Ruth White, Charles …

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abstractro, pastoral, moog, laboratorio, contemporary post-bop, jazz, jazz funk, jazz …

Emotion and Other

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2020s

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Distant

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Creator:

Drag City

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Let’s get distant

Added:

Feb. 5, 2024, 12:47 p.m.

Followers:

168

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Top Artists:

48 Chairs, Der Plan, A.C. Marias, Ata Kak, Bert Weedon, …

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uk post-punk, zolo, experimental rock, lo-fi, art pop, no wave, …

Emotion and Other

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Songs From the Den

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Creator:

Drag City

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With claws retracting and fur shed at dawn, our daytime superwolves paw at the keys to draw up a savage assemblage of moon-fed musings from across the galaxies of music. Like a sybil from the ashes, you can now rave and roil with Matt Sweeney and the Bonnie 'Prince'. Get …

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Feb. 3, 2024, 12:42 a.m.

Followers:

1062

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Top Artists:

Bonnie Prince Billy, Matt Sweeney, Empire, Boy Boy, B.T. Express, …

Top Sub Genres:

alternative country, soul, chamber pop, melancholia, p funk, country, funk, …

Emotion and Other

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SONGS FROM HOME

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Creator:

Drag City

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Family Music | A Playlist Curated by Will Oldham

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Feb. 1, 2024, 4:56 p.m.

Followers:

1495

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Top Artists:

Carly Simon, Cat Power, Charles Aznavour, Dave Rich, Demis Roussos, …

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singer-songwriter, folk, folk rock, classic rock, mellow gold, heartland rock, …

Emotion and Other

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Fanny's Playlist

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Creator:

Drag City

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It's Fanny dog's playlist - songs she knows like the back of her paw! Dig some Segall house rock n rollers and mainstays....

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Feb. 1, 2024, 6:51 a.m.

Followers:

2214

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Top Artists:

Miles Davis, Ty Segall, Colosseum, Alice Coltrane, Amon Düül II, …

Top Sub Genres:

funk, zolo, soul, art rock, experimental rock, post-punk, progressive rock, …

Emotion and Other

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1970s

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Sean O'Hagan

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Creator:

Drag City

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The Travellers Rest. This is a journey from Microdisney to The High Llamas to Stereolab to Gruff Rhys and more. These tunes are either written by or with Sean O'Hagan or scored and arranged by Sean right through to the lively Lazenby by Sondre.

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Jan. 27, 2024, 9:51 p.m.

Followers:

171

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Top Artists:

The High Llamas, Sean O'Hagan, Stereolab, Microdisney, Bonnie Prince Billy, …

Top Sub Genres:

chamber pop, baroque pop, solo wave, c86, sophisti-pop, alternative rock, …

Emotion and Other

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Stateless Influences - Tashi Dorji's picks

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Drag City

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Sounds of new and old, sounds of friends and people that I love and have inspired me. We look forward and strong - Tashi Dorji

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Nov. 12, 2023, 5:41 a.m.

Followers:

76

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Top Artists:

Tashi Dorji, Susie Ibarra, Body Void, Chepang, Deaf Kids, Elizabeth …

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drone metal, american primitive, bhutanese pop, gaian doom, post-doom metal, …

Emotion and Other

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2010s

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Romancing Alone

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Creator:

Drag City

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You blew it, sister-brother-other! Now it's time to face the wall, or the monitor, or who knows, maybe even yourself? Hate-lick those love-wounds - you'll feel better in the morning, right?

Added:

Nov. 5, 2023, 7:29 p.m.

Followers:

56

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Top Artists:

Alice Cooper, Axis: Sova, Bonnie Prince Billy, Buzzcocks, Cate Le …

Top Sub Genres:

alternative rock, alternative country, chamber pop, post-punk, madchester, singer-songwriter, detroit …

Emotion and Other

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Deep

Release Decade:

1970s

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Disinfecting Wipes

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Creator:

Drag City

Description:

Love in the time of COVID-19! A space-and-time-sharing playlist, designed to address your fears and fantasies and wipe clean the slate, giving you not only a few hours of distraction today, but also an impetus to rise again tomorrow.

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Oct. 31, 2023, 1:17 a.m.

Followers:

256

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Top Artists:

Bachelorette, White Fence, Cave, Mayo Thompson, Six Organs Of Admittance, …

Top Sub Genres:

drone folk, alternative country, lo-fi, garage pop, noise pop, alternative …

Emotion and Other

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Deep

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Dope Buddies - Dope Body & Friends

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Creator:

Drag City

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A mix of sounds from which we, as individuals and as a band, have drawn inspiration: some of our own stuff, some from our close friends, heroes etc. Our style as a band has shifted a bit since 2008; we hope that the eclectic nature of this playlist lends insight …

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Oct. 31, 2023, 1:17 a.m.

Followers:

94

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Top Artists:

Dope Body, Filmmaker, Christiane F., Arab On Radar, Ariel Pink, …

Top Sub Genres:

noise rock, post-punk, experimental rock, no wave, noise punk, experimental, …

Emotion and Other

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Deep

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2020s

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miraculous irruption of an absolute beginning

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Creator:

Drag City

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Playlist by Laetitia Sadier

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Oct. 5, 2023, 8:33 a.m.

Followers:

264

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Top Artists:

Jeff Parker, Bombino, Bill Callahan, Julien Gasc, Cate Le Bon, …

Top Sub Genres:

art pop, chamber pop, slowcore, jazz guitar, pastoral, afropop, electra, …

Emotion and Other

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Simulated Mummy Throats for 2020

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Creator:

Drag City

Description:

Elisa Ambrogio of Magik Markers sent us a playlist of and by and for the times - those being 2020, to speak the unspeakable! Beyond the morbid claustorphobia of this current annum you'll find songs from other years that also served as inspiration for their upcoming album, also called 2020!

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Oct. 4, 2023, 11:27 p.m.

Followers:

281

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Top Artists:

A.R. & Machines, Angélica Negrón, Arto Lindsay, Ben Bertrand, Bill …

Top Sub Genres:

krautrock, experimental, new weird america, drone folk, no wave, afropop, …

Emotion and Other

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Welcome to the DC 80s-90s

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Creator:

Drag City

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If you remember the 80s + 90s the way we remember them, this might rock ya - but if you weren't there, beware the false positive - we're no fans of the nostalgia drug, but this lot is sounding pretty damn vital! 89 tracks to outline the salad years of …

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Sept. 24, 2023, 12:20 p.m.

Followers:

279

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Top Artists:

The Red Krayola, Silver Jews, Gastr Del Sol, King Kong, …

Top Sub Genres:

alternative rock, experimental rock, post-punk, no wave, gbvfi, post-hardcore, slowcore, …

Emotion and Other

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Deep

Release Decade:

1990s

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The Prince's Picks: Bonnie "Prince" Billy

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Creator:

Drag City

Description:

Each song was handpicked by Will Oldham himself - Some of his favorite tracks across his catalog and multiple monikers. - DC Staff [painting by Therese Nguyen]

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May 7, 2023, 3:43 a.m.

Followers:

1789

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Top Artists:

Bonnie Prince Billy, Matt Sweeney, Palace Music, Marquis de Tren, …

Top Sub Genres:

alternative country, chamber pop, melancholia, lo-fi, gbvfi, slowcore

Emotion and Other

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Deep

Release Decade:

1990s

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Quiet

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Rock

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