The Recommendation Project – Update 1

A couple of days ago, I started an experiment using Rdio.  I wanted to see how well an open public playlist could be crowdsourced.

The theme of this playlist was “the song that has grabbed you the most so far this summer.”  And I gotta say that it worked quite well.  Out of the 21 songs on the playlist, the vast majority of them were brand new to me–and, I expect, to other contributors/followers as well.

Here it is:

1

California

EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints

2

Two Against One (feat. Jack White)

Danger Mouse – Rome

 

3

Holdin on to Black Metal

My Morning Jacket – Circuital

 

4

Circulation

Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts

 

5

Hallelujah Goat

Volbeat – Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood

 

6

Living In Colour

Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks

 

7

Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo)

Battles – Gloss Drop

 

8

Totem

Liquid Stranger – The Arcane Terrain

9

You’re the One

The Coppertone – Hymns for the Hollow

10

Zero Orchestra

Matthew Good – Lights of Endangered Species

 

11

Friends & Traitors

Raised Fist – Veil Of Ignorance

 

12

The Longest Road (Downtempo Mix)

Morgan Page – Elevate

 

13

Hartley Salter’s Kite

The Midway State – Paris or India

 

14

All My Friends

LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver

15

Content

The Features – Wilderness

 

16

Aeroplane

Zeus – Hot Under The Collar / Aeroplane

17

Experience The Jewel

Wintersleep – New Inheritors

18

In The Company Of Wolves

Incubus – If Not Now, When?

 

19

Time Won’t Tell

El-P – Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3

 

20

Lose It

Austra – Feel It Break

 

21

Breaking Walls

Chief – Modern Rituals

It’s time to move on to Part 2, but I’ll leave Part 1 open to anyone who still wants to contribute.

(By the way, I’m not shilling for Rdio.  I have a normal, everyday subscription.  I could have chosen any other music service but I like this one the best.  So far.)