The New Music Discovery Project, Vol. 19
These Retro-exclusive YouTube playlists offer a mix of contemporary genres curated by a former DJ, with linked side projects highlighting music from the 1960s and 1970s.
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{Note: The NMDP offers exclusive playlists of contemporary music to help those too busy to track down great new music on their own find amazing new sounds. Retro-recommended songs first released in the 1970s appear in Retro’s “Singular Songs of the Seventies” series, instead, whereas songs from the 1960s appear in the “Lost Classics of the 1960s” series. I have eclectic taste in music, so I hope you’ll enjoy journeying through the past 50 years of music with me!}
While my expertise when I was a disc jockey was in American and British psychedelic music released between 1965 and 1972, I’ve been thrilled to have the opportunity to use Twitter, Threads, and other social media platforms to share the hundreds and hundreds of remarkable songs of more recent vintage I discovered in my decades of collecting LPs (and the countless hours I spent hanging out at a radio station). I hope these playlists will launch some new conversations—including giving members of the Retro community a chance to share your own favorite songs.
If you’re a subscriber to Retro, feel free to let everyone know your favorite song(s) from among the ones below in the comments—and post your own favorite songs, too! I do take suggestions, so you may well see a song you’ve recommended in a future NMDP!
🎵 | “The New Music Discovery Project, Vol. 19”: Free Playlist
(1) Katie Von Schleicher, “Wheel” (2020)
(2) Claud, “Soft Spot” (2021)
(3) Kikagaru Moyo, “Nazo Nazo” (2018)
(4) Sophie May, “Worst Thoughts in the World” (2023)
(5) Video Age, “Away From the Castle” (2023)
(6) Beach House, “Superstar” (2022)
(7) Marina and the Diamonds, “Mowgli’s Road” (2010)
(8) Doja Cat, “Paint the Town Red” (2023)
(9) Hobo Johnson, “Uglykid” (2019)
(10) Phoebe Bridgers, “Fake Plastic Trees” (2020)
{Radiohead cover}
(11) Youth Lagoon, “Rabbit” (2023)
(12) Phoebe Bridgers, “That Funny Feeling” (2021)
{Bo Burnham cover}