slug: "music"
lang: en
title: "The Panpipes"
pageCreated: "2020-01-14"
pageUpdated: "2025-01-27"
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.favourite-tracks
h2 the panpipes
br
small (or, my favourite music)
#ft-starter.shown
p Like 99% of the world’s population, i like, nay, love music; though i’ve not released any myself, i’ve always taken a fancy towards the Euterpean arts. Presented here, navigable by the buttons to the right (or on the bottom, if you’re on mobile), are some of my favourite bands, artists, and songs, for your listening pleasure.
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#ft-top-10
p These ten songs are the absolute cream of the crop. Pure emotion given musical form. Starting at number one…
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`gIsnb1TKYjE`)")
figure
img(src="/music/ride.jpg" alt)
figcaption
small Ride, 1992
strong.nomargin #[b #1.] Leave Them All Behind
small Eight minutes of sheer auditory bliss. An experience in itself. I can scarcely believe there was a life before i knew it.
button(onclick="play(`EcSvMFm2ABE`)")
figure
img(src="/music/radiohead.png" alt)
figcaption
small Radiohead, 2000
strong.nomargin #[b #2.] Motion Picture Soundtrack
small This is the only song with the power to drive me to tears instantly. It doesn’t matter when or where: i listen to this song and the waterworks start.
button(onclick="play(`IoiX8ncN8-k`)")
figure
img(src="/music/talkingheads.png" alt)
figcaption
small Talking Heads, 1983
strong.nomargin #[b #3.] This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
small The greatest love song ever written.
button(onclick="play(`FSnAllHtG70`)")
figure
img(src="/music/the1975.png" alt)
figcaption
small The 1975, 2016
strong #[b #4.] The Sound
small The track that got me into music.
button(onclick="play(`hqJ8hFgYwVg`)")
figure
img(src="/music/sigurros.png" alt)
figcaption
small Sigur Rós, 2002
strong #[b #5.]
button(onclick="play(`wSHvT3ZPkqM`)")
figure
img(src="/music/levellers.jpg" alt)
figcaption
small Levellers, 1991
strong #[b #6.] Sell Out
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figure
img(src="/music/gorki.png" alt)
figcaption
small Gorki, 2000
strong(lang="nl") #[b #7.] We zijn zo jong
button(onclick="play(`CWPo5SC3zik`)")
figure
img(src="/music/thebeachboys.png" alt)
figcaption
small The Beach Boys, 1966
strong.nomargin #[b #8.] God Only Knows
small Well, of course.
button(onclick="play(`JnRw8bXVbPI`)")
figure
img(src="/music/theverve.jpg" alt)
figcaption
small The Verve, 1997
strong #[b #9.] Bitter Sweet Symphony
button(onclick="play(`WAifgn2Cvo8`)")
figure
img(src="/music/samfender.png" alt)
figcaption
small Sam Fender, 2021
strong #[b #10.] Seventeen Going Under
small #[i “I see my mother / The #[+sc("DWP")] see a number”]
#ft-the-1975
p
| God, where to begin? The 1975 were the spark who ignited the flame of my love for music. I spent much of my childhood just mindlessly listening to whatever was on Youtube or the radio — but when i first heard “The Sound”, from their extravagantly-titled sophomore album
i I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
| , that flipped the switch in my brain which turned me into a full-on audiophile.
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`FSnAllHtG70`)")
figure
img(src="/music/iliwys.png" alt)
figcaption
strong The Sound
button(onclick="play(`Hu0xlyLwK7Q`)")
figure
img(src="/music/musicforcars.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Me
button(onclick="play(`wjHgiSx0RNQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/debut1975.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Robbers
button(onclick="play(`_QiIwk-dk78`)")
figure
img(src="/music/iliwys.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Lostmyhead
small 🔴 Live — This one takes me back to a concert i went to in early 2020, right before the world shut down. It really was my lifeline during the early pandemic.
button(onclick="play(`tGv7CUutzqU`)")
figure
img(src="/music/bfiafl.png" alt)
figcaption
strong About You
#ft-chvrches
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`BZyzX4c1vIs`)")
figure
img(src="/music/everyopeneye.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Clearest Blue
button(onclick="play(`_mTRvJ9fugM`)")
figure
img(src="/music/bones.png" alt)
figcaption
strong The Mother We Share
button(onclick="play(`0vJUmipx7XQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/bones.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Science / Visions
button(onclick="play(`H8d_AMuTGl4`)")
figure
img(src="/music/bones.png" alt)
figcaption
strong You Caught the Light
button(onclick="play(`7U_LhzgwJ4U`)")
figure
img(src="/music/screenviolence.png" alt)
figcaption
strong How Not to Drown
small
i with Robert Smith of the Cure
button(onclick="play(`Zu993RzBKPM`)")
figure
img(src="/music/screenviolence.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Better If You Don’t
#ft-elbow
p Elbow are my mam’s favourite band, so, as you can imagine, they were tied up in a lot of my nearest and dearest childhood memories. I’ll save you the weepy commentary.
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`Sq10PhUG9VQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/tssk.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Mirrorball
small
| 🔴 Live with the
span.all-sc BBC
| Concert Orchestra
button(onclick="play(`Xoadvm-oMnQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/tssk.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Grounds for Divorce
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`hqsF_-rTdhI`)")
figure
img(src="/music/tssk.png" alt)
figcaption
strong One Day Like This
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`f0k4_x6IhOE`)")
figure
img(src="/music/thebirds.png" alt)
figcaption
strong The Birds
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`NItwaz0nLJA`)")
figure
img(src="/music/thebirds.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Lippy Kids
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`SUn9THst2sU`)")
figure
img(src="/music/ttoaloe.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Charge
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`XQl5KYiiFDI`)")
figure
img(src="/music/littlefictions.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Magnificent (She Says)
#ft-sam-fender
p It’s a rare thing, really, to see a Geordie not named Ant or Dec to make it big in entertainment. But Sam Fender has, against all odds, managed it, even with a sound more reminiscent of ’70s Bruce Springsteen than anything on the charts today. Howay the lads!
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`WAifgn2Cvo8`)")
figure
img(src="/music/17gu.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Seventeen Going Under
small This inexplicably became a №1 hit one day, and i can’t think of a more deserving song. It’s easily the best thing to grace the charts in bloody years!
button(onclick="play(`CDsFKOrLWhU`,24)")
figure
img(src="/music/hypersonic.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Hypersonic Missiles
button(onclick="play(`j2EKkWl7K1A`,25)")
figure
img(src="/music/hypersonic.png" alt)
figcaption
strong The Borders
button(onclick="play(`FcO8uV2n3Ys`,2)")
figure
img(src="/music/hypersonic.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Dead Boys
button(onclick="play(`-Aj40y0DazA`)")
figure
img(src="/music/hypersonic.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Poundshop Kardashians
button(onclick="play(`o5p8dGHELOc`)")
figure
img(src="/music/17gu.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Aye
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figure
img(src="/music/17gu.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Spit of You
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figure
img(src="/music/17gu.png" alt)
figcaption
strong The Dying Light
#ft-radiohead
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`XFkzRNyygfk`)")
figure
img(src="/music/pablohoney.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Creep
small
| I will defend
i Pablo Honey
| until my dying breath.
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figure
img(src="/music/pablohoney.png" alt)
figcaption
strong I Can’t
button(onclick="play(`RjQZd8p-eBM`,3649)")
figure
img(src="/music/pablohoney.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Blow Out
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`KkCgUI_g2oo`)")
figure
img(src="/music/thebends.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was
button(onclick="play(`LCJblaUkkfc`,7)")
figure
img(src="/music/thebends.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Street Spirit (Fade Out)
button(onclick="play(`NzPtr_n-m8A`)")
figure
img(src="/music/okcomputer.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Paranoid Android
small 🔴 Live — Fucking hell, narrowing this album down to just a few tracks is difficult.
button(onclick="play(`A0FavvK7La8`,6)")
figure
img(src="/music/okcomputer.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Exit Music (for a Film)
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`AsiScbpfOqk`)")
figure
img(src="/music/okcomputer.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Let Down
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`mrYTsLgCidQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/okcomputer.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Palo Alto
small Despite being planned as the album’s title track, the band have never played this song live. This is because they’re evil.
button(onclick="play(`2vsZdFd4sTY`)")
figure
img(src="/music/okcomputer.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Lift (Studio Mix #1)
small It’s their best song and it only exists on hacked minidiscs. This is because they’re evil.
button(onclick="play(`onRk0sjSgFU`)")
figure
img(src="/music/kida.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Everything in Its Right Place
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figure
img(src="/music/kida.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Idioteque
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`EcSvMFm2ABE`)")
figure
img(src="/music/kida.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Motion Picture Soundtrack
small This is the only song with the power to drive me to tears instantly. It doesn’t matter when or where: i listen to this song and the waterworks start.
button(onclick="play(`aSA0l5VtD7Q`,7)")
figure
img(src="/music/httt.png" alt)
figcaption
strong 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm)
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`pyTY6Z-Fqzw`)")
figure
img(src="/music/httt.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Where I End and You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In)
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`slH3r1sHSZQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/inrainbows.png" alt)
figcaption
strong All I Need
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`1hgXZAHonLs`,1966)")
figure
img(src="/music/inrainbows.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Videotape
small 🔴 Live at Bonnaroo
button(onclick="play(`hI5YMDioDBY`,1196)")
figure
img(src="/music/tkol.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Codex
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`hI5YMDioDBY`,1519)")
figure
img(src="/music/tkol.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Separator
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`hI5YMDioDBY`,3311)")
figure
img(src="/music/tkol.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Supercollider
small
| 🔴 Live — The best
i King of Limbs
| song isn’t even on the album.
button(onclick="play(`yI2oS2hoL0k`,6)")
figure
img(src="/music/amsp.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Burn the Witch
button(onclick="play(`Ti6qhk3tX2s`)")
figure
img(src="/music/amsp.png" alt)
figcaption
strong The Numbers
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`WSnc_6Z7HqQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/amsp.png" alt)
figcaption
strong True Love Waits
small I prefer the real “True Love Waits”.
button(onclick="play(`mbVKGlh3gg4`)")
figure
img(src="/music/amsp.png" alt)
figcaption
strong True Love Waits
small
| 🔴 Live, 2001 — I said, the
em real
| “True Love Waits”.
button(onclick="play(`KzyOfQeK-bY`)")
figure
img(src="/music/amsp.png" alt)
figcaption
strong True Love Waits
small 🔴 Live, 1995 — Perfection.
#ft-porter-robinson
p Electropop for sad weebs. (I, uh, not me. I hate anime. Just, you know. For the record.)
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`4SZEDBFPpgw`)")
figure
img(src="/music/nurture.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Get Your Wish
button(onclick="play(`fzQ6gRAEoy0`,49)")
figure
img(src="/music/shelter.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Shelter
small
i with Madeon
button(onclick="play(`q-74HTjRbuY`,1)")
figure
img(src="/music/nurture.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Musician
button(onclick="play(`si81bIoZRJQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/worlds.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Divinity
small
i feat. Amy Millan
button(onclick="play(`W2TE0DjdNqI`)")
figure
img(src="/music/worlds.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Goodbye to a World
button(onclick="play(`HPc8QMycGno`)")
figure
img(src="/music/virtualself.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Ghost Voices
small
i as Virtual Self
#ft-sigur-ros
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`7fEUUnXDnbk`)")
figure
img(src="/music/byrjun.png" alt)
figcaption
strong(lang="is") Starálfur
button(onclick="play(`8L64BcCRDAE`)")
figure
img(src="/music/byrjun.png" alt)
figcaption
strong(lang="is") Svefn-g-englar
button(onclick="play(`X2kgnWqCw0k`)")
figure
img(src="/music/byrjun.png" alt)
figcaption
strong(lang="is") Flugufrelsarinn
button(onclick="play(`MHTRGBdH-s4`)")
figure
img(src="/music/byrjun.png" alt)
figcaption
strong(lang="is") Ágætis byrjun
button(onclick="play(`hqJ8hFgYwVg`)")
figure
img(src="/music/brackets.png" alt)
figcaption
strong
button(onclick="play(`nRAqRsV0Mv8`)")
figure
img(src="/music/brackets.png" alt)
figcaption
strong
small 🔴 Live at the BBC Proms, 2007
button(onclick="play(`u1KrZg4y314`)")
figure
img(src="/music/brackets.png" alt)
figcaption
strong
small 🔴 Live in Reykjavík, 2006
button(onclick="play(`Bz8iEJeh26E`)")
figure
img(src="/music/takk.png" alt)
figcaption
strong(lang="is") Glosoli
button(onclick="play(`nlVA_e6WQhw`,26)")
figure
img(src="/music/takk.png" alt)
figcaption
strong(lang="is") Hoppípolla
button(onclick="play(`TFHCWZh0_Co`)")
figure
img(src="/music/takk.png" alt)
figcaption
strong(lang="is") Sæglopur
button(onclick="play(`rCjjgDSJqUI`,45)")
figure
img(src="/music/gobbledigook.png" alt)
figcaption
strong(lang="is") Gobbledigook
#ft-talking-heads
p I’ll confess, i’m not a big fan of Talking Heads’ weirder, brasher deep cuts — but when they’re good, they’re bloody brilliant.
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`IoiX8ncN8-k`)")
figure
img(src="/music/speakingintongues.png" alt)
figcaption
strong This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
small The greatest love song ever written.
button(onclick="play(`_3eC35LoF4U`)")
figure
img(src="/music/speakingintongues.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Burning Down the House
button(onclick="play(`w6T_X7MXg40`)")
figure
img(src="/music/remaininlight.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
button(onclick="play(`5IsSpAOD6K8`,11)")
figure
img(src="/music/remaininlight.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Once in a Lifetime
button(onclick="play(`cl3B_FTDKD0`,5)")
figure
img(src="/music/littlecreatures.png" alt)
figcaption
strong And She Was
button(onclick="play(`LQiOA7euaYA`)")
figure
img(src="/music/littlecreatures.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Road to Nowhere
button(onclick="play(`2twY8YQYDBE`)")
figure
img(src="/music/thnaked.png" alt)
figcaption
strong (Nothing But) Flowers
#ft-two-door-cinema-club
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`Wxu02vp_Vm0`)")
figure
img(src="/music/touristhistory.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Something Good can Work
button(onclick="play(`1GO2UEM9CuA`)")
figure
img(src="/music/touristhistory.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Cigarettes in the Theatre
button(onclick="play(`PdhJ6bUNad0`)")
figure
img(src="/music/touristhistory.png" alt)
figcaption
strong I Can Talk
button(onclick="play(`YXwYJyrKK5A`)")
figure
img(src="/music/touristhistory.png" alt)
figcaption
strong What You Know
button(onclick="play(`w8GFWEOw0ts`)")
figure
img(src="/music/touristhistory.png" alt)
figcaption
strong You’re Not Stubborn
button(onclick="play(`sKyK1Mme9Sc`)")
figure
img(src="/music/beacon.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Sun
button(onclick="play(`ovnCXhogusc`,65)")
figure
img(src="/music/cots.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Changing of the Seasons
button(onclick="play(`RrJZJtY6u7o`)")
figure
img(src="/music/gameshow.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Are We Ready? (Wreck)
button(onclick="play(`FKuGBLw71g8`)")
figure
img(src="/music/gameshow.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Lavender
#ft-wolf-alice
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`0xjD7KbxgGQ`,9)")
figure
img(src="/music/wolfalice.png" alt)
figcaption
strong The Beach
button(onclick="play(`EmoomYE2HbQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/myloveiscool.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Lisbon
button(onclick="play(`KX_QelwuC8I`,9)")
figure
img(src="/music/wolfalice.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Lipstick on the Glass
button(onclick="play(`iEfxTD13eLM`,16)")
figure
img(src="/music/wolfalice.png" alt)
figcaption
strong
| How Can I Make It
span.all-sc OK
| ?
button(onclick="play(`xzH6toY_EPw`,10)")
figure
img(src="/music/wolfalice.png" alt)
figcaption
strong
| The Last Man on
span.theonym Earth
#ft-xtc
p For how influential and critically successful #[+sc("XTC")] have been, you don’t hear much about them these days, which is a bloody shame. Their lyrics are some of the best in the game.
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`sYbGugKvy1o`)")
figure
img(src="/music/skylarking.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Summer’s Cauldron / Grass
small The transition between these two tracks may be the single best five seconds in the history of music.
button(onclick="play(`QO1rxdt3I4o`)")
figure
img(src="/music/skylarking.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Season Cycle
button(onclick="play(`EKoiCKaMU6A`)")
figure
img(src="/music/skylarking.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Earn Enough for Us
button(onclick="play(`vd3BIb3rYXg`)")
figure
img(src="/music/skylarking.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Dying
small: i “What sticks in my mind is the sweet jar on the sideboard / And your multicoloured tea cozy”
button(onclick="play(`59SM0tQvVIw`)")
figure
img(src="/music/skylarking.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Sacrificial Bonfire
button(onclick="play(`L6FObPezIAk`)")
figure
img(src="/music/orangesandlemons.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Mayor of Simpleton
button(onclick="play(`BXcGM4iU1a0`)")
figure
img(src="/music/applevenus.png" alt)
figcaption
strong River of Orchids
button(onclick="play(`NMeQjcmt52g`)")
figure
img(src="/music/applevenus.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Easter Theatre
button(onclick="play(`7Ym91-v5ts0`)")
figure
img(src="/music/applevenus.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Frivolous Tonight
button(onclick="play(`qjMoWxwW8tQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/applevenus.png" alt)
figcaption
strong Greenman
button(onclick="play(`IIruq5iIRJY`)")
figure
img(src="/music/applevenus.png" alt)
figcaption
strong I Can’t Own Her
#ft-folk
p Humanity has, of course, been making music long before the advent of the phonograph. I’ve been trying to get into folk music, but even as someone who values sincerity, i find much of it unbearably twee — plus, as a newcomer, i don’t know who the big names to look for are. Nevertheless, here are some of my favourite trad tunes.
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`AAVKy9WUzeU`)")
figure
img(src="/music/1800senglish.png" alt)
figcaption
small
i Traditional English song, c. 1840s
strong Blackleg Miner
button(onclick="play(`sHd2O_KuCxA`)")
figure
img(src="/music/billybragg.png" alt)
figcaption
small Billy Bragg, 1988
strong Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
button(onclick="play(`vjKCrb8vW1I`)")
figure
img(src="/music/merryhell.png" alt)
figcaption
small Merry Hell, 2019
strong.nomargin We Need Each Other Now
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`m5YBsuShotg`)")
figure
img(src="/music/healandharrow.png" alt)
figcaption
small Heal and Harrow, 2022
strong Lilias
#ft-hyperpop
p
| At some point in the latter half of the 2010s, something clearly broke in the heads of music producers, and we got hyperpop — the distilled, distorted essence of pop music,
span.all-sc EDM
| , internet memes, and
span.all-sc LGBT
| culture, all thrown into a blender and coated with glitter.
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`z97qLNXeAMQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/100gecs.png" alt)
figcaption
small 100 Gecs, 2019
strong Money Machine
button(onclick="play(`1Bw2dTY3SsQ`)")
figure
img(src="/music/100gecs.png" alt)
figcaption
small 100 Gecs, 2021
strong.nomargin Mememe
small 💡 Flashing lights
button(onclick="play(`879ysA4h9r4`)")
figure
img(src="/music/100gecs.png" alt)
figcaption
small Laura Les, 2021
strong.nomargin Haunted
small 💡 Flashing lights
button(onclick="play(`BDb1oTfcmCI`,6)")
figure
img(src="/music/dorianelectra.png" alt)
figcaption
small Dorian Electra, 2019
strong Flamboyant
button(onclick="play(`a-rfX8inHto`)")
figure
img(src="/music/foodhouse.png" alt)
figcaption
small Food House, 2020
strong Thos Moser
button(onclick="play(`gd-7Ye_vX1k`)")
figure
img(src="/music/glaive.png" alt)
figcaption
small Glaive, 2021
strong Astrid
button(onclick="play(`83m1MDmPBuI`,9)")
figure
img(src="/music/glaive.png" alt)
figcaption
small Glaive, 2021
strong I Wanna Slam My Head Against the Wall
button(onclick="play(`igqLDdMpHMU`,14)")
figure
img(src="/music/underscores.png" alt)
figcaption
small Underscores, 2021
strong.nomargin Spoiled Little Brat
small 💡 Flashing lights
button(onclick="play(`S9s4Ckt-aKo`,5)")
figure
img(src="/music/charlixcx.png" alt)
figcaption
small Charli XCX, 2024
strong.nomargin Sympathy Is a Knife
small 💡 Flashing lights
button(onclick="play(`Ol9CCM240Ag`,5)")
figure
img(src="/music/charlixcx.png" alt)
figcaption
small Charli XCX, 2024
strong.nomargin 365
small 💡 Flashing lights
#ft-nederpop
p
| Dutch people have such bad taste in music and film that we have a term for when something from the Netherlands is actually
em good
| :
i(lang="nl") on-Nederlands goed
| — “un-Dutch-ly good”. In that spirit, here are some rather undutchly songs.
ul.click-songs
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`GYl-HO_3Jp0`,13)")
figure
img(src="/music/spinvis.png" alt)
figcaption
small Spinvis, 2006
strong(lang="nl") Ik wil alleen maar zwemmen
button(onclick="play(`jwucIydijEo`,3)")
figure
img(src="/music/hetgoededoel.png" alt)
figcaption
small Het Goede Doel, 1982
strong(lang="nl")
| België (Is er leven op
span.theonym Pluto
| ?)
button(onclick="play(`Jry1OuZJNL8`)")
figure
img(src="/music/gorki.png" alt)
figcaption
small Gorki, 2000
strong(lang="nl") We zijn zo jong
button(onclick="play(`wHDUGZZMoiI`)")
figure
img(src="/music/spinvis.png" alt)
figcaption
small Spinvis, 2002
strong(lang="nl") Voor ik vergeet
button(onclick="play(`sgOnu7ux2-k`,10)")
figure
img(src="/music/s10.png" alt)
figcaption
small Stien den Hollander, 2022
strong(lang="nl") De diepte
#ft-singles-20th
p Not every song i love is by a band i’ve consistently looked out for — some might be quick flashes in the pan, or bits of gold from an artist whose discography i haven’t fully explored yet. These “singles” are a taster of the boundless ocean of music that exists out there.
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`CWPo5SC3zik`)")
figure
img(src="/music/thebeachboys.png" alt)
figcaption
small The Beach Boys, 1966
strong.nomargin God Only Knows
small Well, of course.
button(onclick="play(`dRHetRTOD1Q`)")
figure
img(src="/music/petshopboys.png" alt)
figcaption
small Pet Shop Boys, 1987
strong.nomargin It’s a Sin
small Don’t act like you don’t know it.
button(onclick="play(`zPNw_2h0CnU`)")
figure
img(src="/music/james.png" alt)
figcaption
small James, 1991
strong Sit Down
button(onclick="play(`OYyxImeYSAw`)")
figure
img(src="/music/thewaterboys.png" alt)
figcaption
small The Waterboys, 1993
strong.nomargin
| The Return of
span.theonym Pan
small Mythic Celtic rock
button(onclick="play(`nPglNjxVHiM`,6)")
figure
img(src="/music/skunkanansie.png" alt)
figcaption
small Skunk Anansie, 1995
strong Weak
button(onclick="play(`u7K72X4eo_s`,5)")
figure
img(src="/music/massiveattack.png" alt)
figcaption
small Massive Attack, 1998
strong.nomargin Teardrop
small Chilled-out trip-hop
button(onclick="play(`6kk8t6DV2BA`,20)")
figure
img(src="/music/björk.png" alt)
figcaption
small Björk, 1999
strong.nomargin Hyperballad
small 🔴 Live
button(onclick="play(`h8MAHQhKe7Q`,5)")
figure
img(src="/music/filter.png" alt)
figcaption
small Filter, 1999
strong Take a Picture
#ft-singles-21st
p Not every song i love is by a band i’ve consistently looked out for — some might be quick flashes in the pan, or bits of gold from an artist whose discography i haven’t fully explored yet. These “singles” are a taster of the boundless ocean of music that exists out there.
ul.click-songs
button(onclick="play(`samjNSsnHXA`)")
figure
img(src="/music/holyfuck.png" alt)
figcaption
small Holy Fuck, 2007
strong.nomargin Lovely Allen
small Electronics-free electronica
button(onclick="play(`5bfseWNmlds`)")
figure
img(src="/music/passionpit.png" alt)
figcaption
small Passion Pit, 2008
strong.nomargin Sleepyhead
small Deathly reflective electropop
button(onclick="play(`ScC_pi3PJ9k`)")
figure
img(src="/music/passionpit.png" alt)
figcaption
small Passion Pit, 2009
strong.nomargin Little Secrets
small Wonky electropop
button(onclick="play(`uh0rqCMRPOs`)")
figure
img(src="/music/omnipotentyouthsociety.png" alt)
figcaption
small Omnipotent Youth Society, 2010
strong.nomargin Kill the Man from Shijiazhuang
small Chinese alt-rock
button(onclick="play(`NkA4GJ-bIzY`)")
figure
img(src="/music/apparat.png" alt)
figcaption
small Apparat, 2011
strong.nomargin Goodbye
small
| Hat-tip to
i Dark
| for showing me this.
button(onclick="play(`Yq2jJLswL8I`,3)")
figure
img(src="/music/theinterrupters.png" alt)
figcaption
small The Interrupters, 2018
strong.nomargin She’s Kerosene
small Ska punk
button(onclick="play(`TOuGH9Gpeos`,2)")
figure
img(src="/music/thechats.png" alt)
figcaption
small The Chats, 2019
strong.nomargin Identity Theft
small Australian pub-punk
button(onclick="play(`uoLwyWi7Z4c`)")
figure
img(src="/music/thejapanesehouse.png" alt)
figcaption
small The Japanese House, 2019
strong.nomargin Something Has to Change
small Ironically, i played this over and over again in covidtide.
button(onclick="play(`D7chqmf2ThM`)")
figure
img(src="/music/nelward.png" alt)
figcaption
small Nelward, 2019
strong Ghost
button(onclick="play(`uRZ9dbqMKvM`)")
figure
img(src="/music/knoxfortune.png" alt)
figcaption
small Knox Fortune, 2020
strong Gemini
button(onclick="play(`SgnSMftcFN0`)")
figure
img(src="/music/willwood.png" alt)
figcaption
small Will Wood, 2020
strong.nomargin I/Me/Myself
small Theatre kid music
button(onclick="play(`-GVnrnqoZ7o`)")
figure
img(src="/music/lucydacus.png" alt)
figcaption
small Lucy Dacus, 2021
strong Triple Dog Dare
button(onclick="play(`Gh8Gl2GwB6s`)")
figure
img(src="/music/girlinred.png" alt)
figcaption
small Girl in Red, 2021
strong.nomargin Serotonin
small Scandinavian synthpop
button(onclick="play(`rhjZCJbIIRk`)")
figure
img(src="/music/thescratch.png" alt)
figcaption
small The Scratch, 2022
strong.nomargin Another Round
small Irish rock
button(onclick="play(`I4df-WJRGl8`)")
figure
img(src="/music/georgeclanton.png" alt)
figcaption
small George Clanton, 2023
strong.nomargin I Been Young
small Nineties trip hop
button(onclick="play(`pETz4IMmeDU`)")
figure
img(src="/music/lastdinnerparty.png" alt)
figcaption
small The Last Dinner Party, 2023
strong.nomargin Nothing Matters
small Female indie quintet
#ft-comments
+comments(false, commentSubtitle)
ul.grid-shelves
+select("top-10", "🏆️")
strong Top 10
small The best of the best
+select("the-1975")
strong The 1975
small Manchester '12-'22
+select("chvrches")
strong Chvrches
small Glasgow '12-'21
+select("elbow")
strong Elbow
small Manchester '08-'22
+select("sam-fender")
strong Sam Fender
small Newcastle '18-'21
+select("radiohead")
strong Radiohead
small Oxford '93-'16
+select("porter-robinson")
strong Porter #[br] Robinson
small North Carolina '12-'21
+select("sigur-ros")
strong Sigur Ros
small Reykjavik '00-'08
+select("talking-heads")
strong Talking Heads
small New York '77-'88
+select("two-door-cinema-club")
strong Two Door #[br] Cinema Club
small Northern Ireland '10-'16
+select("xtc")
strong XTC
small Swindon '86-'99
+select("folk", "🌲")
strong Folk
small Humanity 1844-'22
+select("hyperpop", "✨")
strong Hyperpop
small The Internet '19-'24
+select("nederpop", "🧡")
strong Nederpop
small The Netherlands '82-'22
+select("singles-20th", "📼")
strong Singles
small 20th century
+select("singles-21st", "💿")
strong Singles
small 21st century
button.select-band.topic#sb-random(onclick="randomise()")
figure
.emoji-label 🎲
figcaption
strong random
small play me a random song
button.select-band.topic#sb-comments(onclick="pick('comments', false)")
figure
.emoji-label 💬
figcaption
strong comments
small i have opinions too
a.select-band.topic(href="/")
figure
.emoji-label ⏪
figcaption
strong exit
small get me the hell out of here