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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 10 March 2017

March 10, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Tribe Called Quest, Bring Me the Horizon, HUMANS, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Jesus and Mary Chain, Kaptur, Lorde, Marika Hackman, Mediazoic, Playlist, Rag'n'Bone, Temples

This past week was the busiest yet when it comes to sorting through new music. And if I’m honest, I

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 29 July 2016

July 29, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Agnes Obel, Aurora, Charles Bradley, HEAD, Jarek Hardy, Loose Meat, Mediazoic, Primal Scream, Quantic, Two Door Cinema Club, USS, Whyte Horses

This week’s collection of hand-picked songs runs the gamut of sounds and genres. Hey, sometimes you gotta stretch your horizons,

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June 6, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mediazoic, RadioMogul, Streaming Music

[Full disclosure: RadioMogul also runs Mediazoic, the site that hosts my weekly Top 11 playlist. -AC] Music makes every environment

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 13 May 2016

May 13, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andy Black, Band of Horses, David Bazan, Fang Club, Grey Wind, Mean Jeans, Mediazoic, Otherkin, Over, Saint Ansonia, Ten Sleep, The Albatross, Uforia

I’ve once again hand-picked some new tracks to help you start the weekend–and to ease any lingering triskaidekaphobia. Thanks to

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 22 January 2016

January 22, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mediazoic, Playlist

We’re sloooowly starting to see an uptick in new releases for 2016. It always takes about three weeks for things

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 15 January 2016

January 15, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hinds, Mediazoic, Top 11

We’re starting to see more new releases for 2016. Here are some tracks that might gain traction in the coming

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 08 January 2016

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coast Modern, Cult, DIIV, Foals, Julian Taylor Band, MATT dorgan PROJECT, Mediazoic, Playlist, Seether, The 1977, The Cult, Youth Lagoon

Back in the routine yet? No? Maybe this selection of fresh hand-picked tunes will help. Mediazoic takes care of the

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 04 December 2015

December 4, 2015December 4, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mediazoic, Playlist

Here’s what I can offer for a playlist of recommended songs this week. Mediazoic takes care of the hosting. And

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 20 November 2015

November 20, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blood Orange, Colours, Eagles of Death Metal, HXLT, Jamie Campbell, Los Angelics, Mediazoic, Neverending White Lights, Nike and the Dove, Robert Francis, Savages, Tame Impala

Gotta go to both London and Frankfurt over the next couple of days. Think security will be tight? Here’s this

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 02 October 2015

October 2, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments B&Steve, Dirty Ghosts, Eagles of Death Metal, Editors, ForeverAtLast, Francesca Blanchard, Kottonmouth Kings, Mediazoic, Rush, The Most Serene Republic, Wolf Alice, ZZ Ward

Once again, I can offer a little bit of everything when it comes to what’s new and interesting out there.

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 18 September 2015

September 18, 2015September 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mediazoic

It’s been a nutty week for travel but I still found some time to pull together a Top 11 playlist

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