Music Listening Night

Some friends, Dane, and I get together every once in a while to drink, nibble cheese, talk, and play "new to us" music at one another. This is a thing I've been doing for at least 20+ years. One of my best friends, Thad, used to be a professional DJ, and I'm certain that this is a factor. Each of us loves music and each of us has favorite genres we like to explore. There's a great deal of wonderful music out there. And there's no way any of us will hear it all. But we can try. :) Anyway, over the years it's evolved into kind of a game. Each of us brings a selection of songs--usually 20-40, knowing perfectly well that we won't play them all. These songs are either new favorites recently discovered, or old favorites we want to revisit via Thad's Monster Sound System From Hell™. Understand, we've no idea what the others will bring. (Dane hides his list from me and I, mine, from him.) Everyone takes a turn playing a song off their list. The trick is to respond to the previous song by matching it either tonally or rhythmically kind of like a DJ would. If you can stump Thad (that is, bring a song and/or introduce him to a group he's never heard of before) you get bonus points as is were. (His music library is VAST.) You "win" the evening. Sometimes, you get stuck and you've nothing that matches the previous selection. That's when we playfully curse and play something totally different. Thus, starting the chain over. It's a lot of fun. And none of it is done with a malicious attitude. This is honestly about sharing our favorite kinds of music with one another. (Much the same way one would do with books.) Every time we introduce someone new to the "game" they're justifiably nervous. It can be a bit intimidating. But inevitably they have a great time because...well...we know a lot of amazing people. That said, here's most of Friday's track list behind the cut. (We went from 8pm-3:45am.) Enjoy!

​B - Ben
D - Dane
K - Katie
S - Stina
T - Thad

T - Darkside - Guitar Voodoo
B - Silversun Pickups - It's Nice To Know You Work Alone
K - Findlay - Junk Food
D - Ume - Too Big World
S - Metric - Gold Guns Girls
T - Azealia Banks - 212
B - Disclosure - Magnets
K - Tei Shi - Basically
D - Sofi Tukker - Drinkee
S - The Duke Spirit - The Step And The Walk
T - FKA Twigs - Two Weeks
B - Placebo - Running Up That Hill
K - Half Waif - Turn Me Around
D - The National - The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness
S - Mesh - It Scares Me
T - The Eden House - Ours Again (Resisted Version)
B - Sigma - Find Me
K - The Kills - Doing It To Death
D - All Them Witches - Open Passageways
S - Cigarettes After Sex - Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby
T - Kitten - Church
B - Huntington - Secret
K - Chet Faker - Gold
D - Kaleo - Way Down We Go
S - DJ Shadow - Six Days
T - Alabama 3 - Hypo Full Of Love (12 Step Plan)
B - Twenty One PIlots - Heathens
K - Bahari - Altar Of The Sun
D - Flor - Warm Blood
S - Jidenna - Long Live The Chief
T - Coph Nia - Credo V
B - Rihanna - Sledgehammer
K - Raury - Devil's Whisper
D - Halsey - Castle
S - The Glitch Mob - Becoming Harmonious
T - Scorn - Shake Hands
B - Lamb - Gorecki
K - BigKids - Drum In Your Chest (Eyes Are Mosaics Remix)
D - WagakkiBand - Akasuki No Ito
S - Caveboy - Home Is Where
T - DJ Cheb I Sabbah - Kese Kese (Beast Of Asia Remix)
B - Yohann Grignou / Nicolas Romieu - Headway
K - Valravn - Kroppar
D - Gwenno - Patriarchaeth
S - The Knife - Heartbeats
T - Chvrches - Clearest Blue
B - Phantogram - You Don’t Get Me High Anymore
K - Grinderman - Hyper Worm Tamer (Unkle Remix)
D - Seratones - Necromancer
S - The Duke Spirit - This Ship Was Built To Last
T - Gorillaz - Stylo
B - Siccor Sisters - Let's Have A Kiki
K - Juma - Smells Like Walking Away
D - T. Hardy Morris And the Hardknocks - My Me
S - Massive Attack - Black Melt
T - Recoil - Want (Renegade Of Noise 808 Remix)
B - Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away
K - Black Tiger Sex Machine - Funeral March
D - Petite Noir - La Vie Est Belle
S - Bat For Lashes -Laura
T - Crystal Castles - Not In Love
B - Book Of Love - Tubular Bells (7" 1988)
K - The Creatures - Killing Time
D - Birthh - Chlorine
S - Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (Gabriel And Dresden Chillout Mix)
T - Oceanlab - Breaking Ties (Flow Mix)
B - London Grammar - Hey Now
K - Crooked Colours - Flow
D - The Crookes - I Wanna Waste My Time On You

-- Cover round
S - Xorcist - 1999
T - Revolting Cocks - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
B - Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
K - Buddy - Milkshake
D - Chris Cornell - One (U2 Music with Metallica Lyrics)
S - Flunk - Blue Monday
T - R.E.M. - Crazy
B - Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
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K - Kosha Dillz - Dodging Bullets
D - Ninet - Child
S - Parliament - Flash Light
T - Daniel Amos - William Blake