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This Week on coldplaysucks — May 18-24
Read more . . . →28 tracks went up last week and the queue decided this was Indie Electronic Week. 7 of them. MRD had a one-man remix festival (4 entries). And out of nowhere, a Syrian dabke track snuck in and ate the whole thing. Track of the Week Omar Souleyman - Allishiryan This is the surprise. Nobody opens an electronic music blog expecting Syrian dabke and that is exactly why it is the pick. Omar Souleyman has been doing this for forty years and “Allishiryan” still hits like he just discovered the genre yesterday. Listen → The Breakdown Indie electronic (7 posts). It...
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This Week on coldplaysucks — March 23-29
Read more . . . →188 tracks posted this week. That’s not a typo. Drum and bass absolutely ate — Logistics dropped a full album, Brookes Brothers reminded everyone they still exist, and What So Not decided to make DnB for some reason. It worked. Trance showed up strong at 26 posts and hardstyle kept doing hardstyle things. Let’s get into it. Track of the Week Leftfield feat. John Lydon - Open Up Johnny Rotten screaming over Leftfield. 1995. Still harder than 99% of what came out this week. The original blurb said it best — you only get to discover this one once. 36...