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Brooklyn
...with my mind on my money and my money on my mind...

Recent

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    Musical styles come and go, but some songs will always sound great. This collection of upbeat pop and rock songs from the '60s, '70s and '80s is perfect for the workday or the weekend.
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    Awesome songs that have been featured in Apple commercials.
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    Northern Soul is the British label given to a specific sound: the heavy-hitting backbeat and lush production epitomized by Motown's glorious mid '60s heyday. These are the songs energized Northerners would dance to all night long.
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    Dance the night away to the stacked jukebox in a steamy dive bar on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
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    In the '50s and '60s, NYC's Greenwich Village was home to America's folk music revival. With Odetta and Pete Seeger guiding newcomers like Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, the Village proved fertile ground (once again) for seminal bohemian developments.

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My Favorites

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    All your favorite one-hit wonders from the '90s.
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    The ugly truth about what people who work in the music biz listen to at work. #StuffHipstersHate
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    The best local bands from Austin, Texas!
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    Home for punk with soaring vocal harmonies, artists who are political lyricists, and songs that get you to open your mind and pump your fist in the air singing the lyrics at the top of your lungs.
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    We read all the music blogs so you don't have to. Updated weekly, these are the songs that indie music blogs love.
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    For the last decade, Brooklyn has been to hipsters what San Francisco was to hippies. From lo-fi noise to electro-dance to old-school soul to ironically glammed-up rock, Brooklyn has something for everyone.
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    The hit TV show Grey's Anatomy is known for featuring great songs and breaking new artists. These are songs from all seven seasons.
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    I don't even wear fly kicks, but everytime I go into a hip sneaker store, the guy behind the counter is usually some 23 year-old looking Korean guy who spins the dopist stuff. Here's my take.
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    With credible indie bands like Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, and The Black Keys licensing their songs for use on Television, it's not selling out anymore.
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    Sometimes the usual way to get where you need to go just won't do. You need something more, less, faster, slower, better, weirder. These United States made this playlist to get you from Points A to B. For its companion, head to YANP: http://YouAintNoPicasso.com/2011/12/07/mixmas-2011-these-united-states/
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    The Princeton station is customized for the Princeton community, by Princeton students. All really chill songs which best represent Princeton! Add your favorite artists and songs.
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    From his vintage soul arrangements to his obscure rap and rock samples, Mark Ronson has become one of the most versatile figures in pop music. Listen to highlights from his prolific career as a DJ, bandleader, and producer.
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    Songs by all of the indie bands in the SXSW 2011 lineup.
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    Rules of the road: 1. The song should be baller. 2. Most of us shouldn't have heard it before.
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    This four-day festival in Telluride, CO brings together popular and upcoming bluegrass acts as well as some crossover artists. This playlist should prepare you for "acoustic adventures at 8,750 feet," whether you're headed to the Rockies or not.
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    Go deeper into the chilly beauty, imagination and melancholy that's at the heart of Justin Vernon's music. Explore his influences, contemporaries and several of the artists Vernon (aka Bon Iver) has collaborated with.
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    These songs were made famous by other artists, but the original recordings were pretty darn good.

Playlists for Home

Playlists for Work

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    Listen to studio versions of songs performed on La Blogotheque's experimental video series of "Take-Away Shows."