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End On End

Buffalo, NY // UX Designer/Business Analyst // Partner at Relic Scout // Interests: comics, music, Nintendo Switch, hockey, buddhism, Apple, cooking, and photography. He/him.

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    One thing I’ve been doing this year, that I absolutely love, is adding one song to a playlist every day. We’ve listened on a few road trips and it sparks so many good memories. It’s pretty amazing. Follow along if you are interested!

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    Two new favorite recent releases: the self-titled album by Plosivs (Listen) (ex Pinback, Drive Like Jehu, and Against Me) and sore thumb by Oso Oso (Listen).

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    Early album of the year contenders - early March edition

    Two of my favorite releases from 2022 (so far) have been released in the past couple weeks. The albums are so opposite in style and substance – and I’ve been flipping back and forth – it’s keeping me sane in many ways.

    Painless by Nilüfer Yanya

    Some of the most unique indie songwriting I’ve heard in a while. Every song is good. Her last full length, Miss Universe, was a very good album – this is otherworldly. And, hey, Pitchfork agrees.

    Your Neighbors are Failures by Bitter Branches

    Featuring members of hardcore bands Deadguy, Kiss it Goodbye, No Escape, Lifetime, Paint it Black, Walleye, and others. It’s everything you’d expect from that group and more. It’s everything I need to get through the insanity that is our world right now.

    I am a lonely one
But not a sad one
I am a broken one
But not a lacking one
I am proud one
And I know

I’m not the only one

Let’s be broken together
Let’s be ugly together
Let’s not talk of weather
Or speak of things mundane
Let’s celebrate
Being
Insane

Let’s take pride
In finding your lane
Let’s build some regrets
And wear them like tattoos

Let’s find
Some fears
Carry them like weights

    “Show Me Yours” by Bitter Branches

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    I went a little crazy with the 1992 playlist in preparation for the next issue of One Last Wish. So many good albums came out that year. 91 songs so far and I don’t think I got everything!

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    Without saying your age, post 4 albums that came out when your were 14.

    4 albums at 14
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    $5 gigs, not $10m deals: the story of US punk label Dischord Records | Music - The Guardian →

    My all-time favorite record label.

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    File this in the “surprised I didn’t pay more attention to this band” category: Small Brown Bike

    So good.

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    Follow Your Nose -- a choose your own musical adventure

    I love this idea from Merlin Mann and Do By Friday: the “Follow Your Nose” playlist…

    1. Pick a song you love and start a playlist
    2. Go to the artist’s page and view the Related Artists/Fans Also Like section – then pick a group you aren’t familiar with…
    3. Go to their page and start listening to their top songs & add one you like to your playlist.
    4. Repeat 2 and 3 from that artist page, building out your playlist until you are bored or hit an artist where you can’t do #2.

    Almost like a choose your own music musical adventure. So much fun!

    Here’s my first attempt:

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