Searching for New Music session #9

Last time, I found a whopping 22 songs which I added to my library. Let's see if I can find more than that. Or more likely, how less of that, lol.

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[b]Song: "Crawling Kingsnake"
Artist: The Black Keys
Album: Delta Kream[/b][/center]

I'm tempted to add this without even listening to it because I love The Black Keys that much. But if I have to be fair about listening to bands I already dislike, I have to be fair about bands I do like.

And of course, I love it! They're The Black Keys!

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[b]Song: "Seize The Day (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
Artist: Paul McCartney
Album: McCartney III Imagined[/b][/center]
In session #3, I talked about how I don't care for remixes when another song from this album came up. That song didn't make the cut, but because it's Paul McCartney I'll give another song a chance.

Good enough, I suppose. Consider this an extremely rare example of a remix getting an add.

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[b]Song: "Inversion"
Artist: Quicksand
Album: Inversion - Single[/b][/center]
It's okay. Not bad, but doesn't hook me enough to get an add.

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[b]Song: "Heart to Heart"
Artist: Fiddlehead
Album: Between The Richness[/b][/center]
Another that's not bad, but just doesn't draw me in enough. Oh well.

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[b]Song: "I'd Rather Die"
Artist: TRAMP STAMPS
Album: I'd Rather Die - Single[/b][/center]
I love the lyrics, lol. But the song itself, doesn't quite cut it. I want to add it, but not good enough.

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[b]Song: "Bankrupt"
Artist: Silverstein
Album: Bankrupt - Single[/b][/center]
It has its moments, but mostly meh.

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[b]Song: "Two Generation Stand"
Artist: The Living
Album: 1982[/b][/center]
From what I gather, this is a punk band formed by Duff McKagan during his teen years that recorded seven songs in 1982 but this is them just now being released.

Very interesting... It's a shame this group of McKagan's never got recognized before, it sounds good to me!

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[b]Song: "Can't Keep Waiting"
Artist: MxPx
Album: Can't Keep Waiting - Single[/b][/center]
Yawn.

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[b]Song: "Renegades"
Artist: ONE OK ROCK
Album: Renegades - Single[/b][/center]
Definitely not! 🤢

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[b]Song: "Silence Is Golden"
Artist: Trash Boat
Album: Silence is Golden - Single[/b][/center]
It's okayish. Meaning on the verge of okay. Not sure why I'm saying that, but either way...

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[b]Song: "Oblivion (feat. Vicente Amigo)"
Artist: Rodrigo y Gabriela
Album: Oblivion - Single[/b][/center]
😕

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[b]Song: "Automatic (feat. Mark Morton)"
Artist: Reach NYC
Album: Back from the Dead - EP[/b][/center]
This sucks.

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[b]Song: "Trailer Trash"
Artist: carolesdaughter
Album: Trailer Trash - Single[/b][/center]
Not bad, but too lacking in originality.

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[b]Song: "Hot & Heavy"
Artist: Lucy Dacus
Album: Home Video[/b][/center]
It was leaning towards "okay", but it got better as the song went on. It gets an add.

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[b]Song: "hailey beebs"
Artist: almost monday
Album: hailey beebs - Single[/b][/center]
Meh.

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[b]Song: "Go Down Together"
Artist: Foxing
Album: Go Down Together - Single[/b][/center]
It has its moments but not quite enough.

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[b]Song: "Lavender"
Artist: Biig Piig
Album: The Sky Is Bleeding - EP[/b][/center]
Kinda boring.

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[b]Song: "Nightmares"
Artist: Two Feet
Album: Max Maco Is Dead Right?[/b][/center]
Just okay, but I hear room for improvement. I'll try another.

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[b]Song: "Think I'm Crazy"
Artist: Two Feet
Album: Max Maco Is Dead Right?[/b][/center]
Much better! This gets an add.

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[b]Song: "DIM"
Artist: SYML
Album: DIM - EP[/b][/center]
😴

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[b]Song: "Cross Yourself"
Artist: IDER
Album: Cross Yourself - Single[/b][/center]
Not bad, but just okay.

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[b]Song: "If I Didn't Have You"
Artist: BANNERS
Album: If I Didn't Have You - Single[/b][/center]
Lame and predictable.

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[b]Song: "You"
Artist: Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae
Album: You - Single[/b][/center]
A bit on the fence with this one... But after thinking about it, I guess I'm leaning more towards an add.

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[b]Song: "shots in the dark (feat. Trippe Redd)"
Artist: iann dior
Album: Still Here - Single[/b][/center]
Yuck! I could barely listen to 30 minutes of that generic auto-tuned singing before I had to stop it. I don't care if the rest of the song was good, I'm not getting past that cookie-cutter crap.

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[b]Song: "Love Is Weird"
Artist: Julia Michaels
Album: Not in Chronological Order[/b][/center]
I could really use a pick-me-up after that last awful song, lol. But this isn't it. It's boring.

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[b]Song: "Y"
Artist: Citizen Queen
Album: Y - Single[/b][/center]
Not bad, but not enough hooks.

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[b]Song: "Sabotage"
Artist: Bebe Rexha
Album: Better Mistakes[/b][/center]
Generic as hell. And is it just me or have these last three songs kinda sounded a little too similar? I suppose that's typical in popular music...

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[b]Song: "Gone Are The Days (James Gillespie)"
Artist: Kygo
Album: Gone Are The Days - Single[/b][/center]
This one's okay. Comes close to an add, but not close enough.

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[b]Song: "Aire"
Artist: Steve Aoki & Farruko
Album: Aire - Single[/b][/center]
Esto esta bien, pero no agregare.

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[b]Song: "Chosen Family"
Artist: Rina Sawayama & Elton John
Album: Chosen Family - Single[/b][/center]
Tempting to add considering the talent involved, but it's awfully cliché. Regrettably...

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[b]Song: "Liars and Fakes"
Artist: Mila Smith
Album: Liars and Fakes - Single[/b][/center]
Meh.

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[b]Song: "Send Me"
Artist: Tirzah
Album: Send Me - Single[/b][/center]
Yawn.

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[b]Song: "Visions"
Artist: José González
Album: Local Valley[/b][/center]
Another yawn.

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[b]Song: "CRAZY EXPENSIVE"
Artist: Basside & SOPHIE
Album: FUСK IT UP - EP[/b][/center]
Obnoxious

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[b]Song: "Little Deer"
Artist: Spellling
Album: The Turning Wheel[/b][/center]
I waited patiently for the first whole minute of repetitious chords and was not rewarded with a decent song.

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[b]Song: "Trip Sitter"
Artist: Jeffrey Silverstein
Album: Torii Gates - EP[/b][/center]
It's okay. Better than the mediocrity that I've been running into with this session. But not good enough, I'm afraid.

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[b]Song: "bless your name"
Artist: jess joy
Album: PATREEARCHY[/b][/center]
Meh. Maybe I'm just desperate for an add by this point, but I'll try another.

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[b]Song: "bless your name"
Artist: jess joy
Album: PATREEARCHY[/b][/center]
Her style is weird and eccentric. But I kinda like it... At least there's that, but it's not enough for an add. 🤣 Hey, at least I found a better track than the last.

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Right, that's enough for one session. 8 songs were added and 28 were rejected. So much for hoping I could surpass the adds from the last session, lol. As sorry of a sessions as this was, I still enjoyed it. If you've been following along, I hope you found more songs you enjoyed than I did, lol.

Thanks for joining me.