tl;dr A list of "one a day" (-ish) songs I posted on social media in March 2026, each with a short description included below. There is also a YouTube playlist link to listen to them all easily. I am doing this to share exceptional music and/or music videos in hopes you will find something "new to you" that you'll like.
Since I pulled all my stuff down from YouTube in response to the threats they were making to users of ad-blocking technology, and had recently left all the servers I was in on Discord due to their deeply concerning and dangerous business practices that had come to light, I had no place left to share my musical finds and interests. To that end, on March 3rd, I started posting one music video a day on the social media platforms I'm still on:
https://bsky.app/profile/pheloniusfriar.bsky.social(Twitter-clone, given their private equity funding this platform is already starting to enshittify, so I might leave here too)
https://spoutible.com/pheloniusfriar(Twitter-clone, had a couple of friends on here, crowd-sourced funding, but it seems a bit buggy at times)
https://hey.cafe/@pheloniusfriar(a Canadian built platform, but all welcome, a cross between Twitter and Facebook with interesting differences, user funded though sale of "pro" accounts... human-coded, no AI was or will be used)
For convenience, I have started creating a monthly playlist on YouTube (just a playlist, no new content from me) and plan to make it public early in the following month. I will post the itemized list of songs here as well because YouTube is not a stable hosting platform (in the sense that videos are often removed so the lists break over time). Here is March 2026's playlist (if you would ever like to go on a musical journey):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNV8IWqM1cK9PPtX95d1GxXaQiNyw7sOGThere's no particular rhyme or reason (much less musical era or genre) that I'm following, it's what I felt like posting that particular day. I seem to be favouring new music (because I find it hard to find good new music), but I definitely post older stuff as well. Here is the list of songs, in order of posting, including any comments I made (again, since social media platforms are not very good repositories of information, and old posts are effectively gone because "ain't nobody got time to scroll back without very good reason"):
03/03
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Life Is Scary HorsesSince I am no longer on Discord, I've no place to share my music finds. I'm going to be starting a series of one song a day so I am no longer sad I can't share things. It'll mostly be videos, sometimes not if there isn't one, often new music, sometimes older. Any and all genres.03/04
Ditonellapiaga - Che Fastidio!Today's music, out of Italy. "How annoying!". Off of her upcoming (third) album "Miss Italia". It was her entry into the Sanremo Music Festival this year and took third place.03/05
Squarepusher - K2 CentralOff their upcoming (14th?) album Kammerkonzert, a delicious jazz fusion vibe to tickle your ears and make your brain go brrr.03/06
Marmozets - New YorkOut of the UK. Off their upcoming (third) album CO.WAR.DICE, a classic punk pop send up in celebration of the eccentricity of New York City.03/07
Shireen - CloudweaverAnnicke Shireen brings her unique witch rock style out of the Netherlands. Characterized by intense vocals and musical drive, her videos are cinematic and evocative.03/08
L'Rain - Pet Rock
Today's music post (by Taja Cheek as L'Rain, 2023, out of New York). Song is interesting (very dreamy and experimental) and the video is a lot of fun, featuring miniatures of furniture and instruments and stuff in a little house, with little rocks.03/10
The Dø - The Wicked And The BlindThe Finish-French duo (band name pronounces like "deux"). Not super into a lot of their stuff, but this song is a lyrical and musical masterpiece. From a while back, but it's a song about cults and cult mentality, which is now mainstream and utterly toxic.03/11
Salade De Bruit - Le CéleriOut of Bordeaux, France. "Noise Salad - The Celery". Super fun high energy instrumental funk with a silly but very well produced video of the band as frustrated chefs (with bloopers at the end).03/12
Oranssi Pazuzu - MuuntautujaCW: very flashing lights, demonic chanting, hooded figures, skulls, drum and bass. (heh on the last four, for real on the first) Goes industrial more towards the end. Super lo-fi glitchy video I thought was effective.03/13
Tycho - ForgeHow was my week? Got home at 3PM, slept until 2AM. Going back to sleep soon. Today late music is music that is good for late nights. Chill but engaging. "Tycho: Elements of downtempo, ambient, and electronic styles, and often featuring analogue synthesizers and guitar."03/14
Descartes A Kant - After DestructionA favourite from 2023. Descartes a Kant is a gothic, art-punk, noise band out of Guadalajara. This was quite a departure. I liked their earlier stuff, but this song really hit home for me. Goes to illustrate as well that good front people are good actors.03/15
Night Tapes - StormOne of my favourite 2025 tracks. Not the kind of vocals I tend to like, but there's something about the progression and energy that makes this special. Out of the UK (she's from Estonia), they were roommates during the pandemic lockdown and this happened.03/17
Oktobernatt - The ListDropped two days ago, seriously intense and beautifully shot music video to go with the intense and well produced song. Six piece out of Berlin with musicians from all over Europe. CW: flashing lights.03/18
Gwenno - UtopiaA song I've had on heavy rotation this year (when I first heard it). She's a Welsh artist known for releasing albums entirely in Cornish (this is English). The lyrics reflect her experiences when young, but it's the chorus and musical swells that captivate.03/19
Laura Misch - ScrollsLilting and jazzy for today's music choice, dropped yesterday. Out of the UK, she is a "saxaphonist, singer-songwriter, electronic producer, and field recordist". She plays the rocks on a hill as part of this song. Shot on 16mm film.03/20
Crystal Murray - KeystarThe delightful musical phrases and progressions work with her voice to bring a deeply chill and satisfying vibe. Franco-American from France, she comes from a jazz music business family.03/21
Amon Tobin - Vipers Follow YouA music video masterpiece — one of the best I've ever seen for its production, acting, and impact. Seeped in dread even though nothing actually bad happens, it just portrays a deeply unsettling vision of a changed world. Out of Brazil, his albums are so lush.03/23
Lannds - Hold My PlaceI realllly liked this. Minimalist electronic music and simple beats that is filled to the brim with luscious vocals. Queer and out of LA, LANNDS is "a dreamy, psychedelic take on electro-pop". Simple and fun video for it as well.
03/24
Valentino Khan - Make Some Noise
Going back a decade with one of the most cursed #music videos ever made. CW: contains scenes of idiotic action/violence. American DJ and producer who has worked with a who's who of hit makers.03/25
Ed O'Brien - Blue MorphoBeautiful new music from Ed O'Brien (of Radiohead). If you need to feel better about our world, this song delivers. The video was made with layered live video recordings (some shot with a drone). I needed this, I'm so weary from all the war, hate, and fear.03/26
Poppy Ackroyd - For Those Who WaitGoing to stay with beautiful music for today's post (dropped yesterday). Need it for my soul. Composer and multi-instrumentalist performer out of the UK, this instrumental is off her upcoming sixth album 'Liminal'.
03/27
Earth Tongue - Dungeon VisionReleased a couple of months back. Super fun and cheesy video (with practical effects!) for this prog rock bop. It's always fun when bands let their nerd flag fly proud. Off their third album (of the same name), which came out last month. From New Zealand.03/29
Say She She - Shop BoyToday we get an entertaining bop from disco/funk band Say She She out of Brooklyn. The singers are all classically trained and tour and record with a backing band. I find it a bit repetitive, but it's still a fun groove.03/29
Flea - Morning CryI did NOT have this on my 2026 Bingo Card: Australian-American performer Flea (bassist from the Red Hot Chili Peppers amongst other things) trained himself to play trumpet and released a jazz album of his own compositions and covers like Wichita Lineman and Maggot Brain. Wtf? 🤩
03/31
Ben Chapman - Feet On FireToday's music choice: psychedelic (think Pink Floyd), guitar focused, blues rock thing. Simple but effective video. Originally out of Lafayette, Georgia he seems to be in Nashville, Tennessee these days.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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