Listening to ILX Listen: January 2019

Let's try this different: I'm gonna throw everything in one big hopper so folks can hit random and try listening genre blind. Tracks added as time allows and as interest on my end is available.

Here's your playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/3gfEiJs2o4shZtC6vJEFhY?si=K7QyvQsnTduTzefmjmie4Q

Covering select songs of interest discussed these threads; will add more as requested:
Rolling Country 2019
rolling emo/pop-punk/shimmering maj9 chords 2019
Rolling Classical 2019
rolling offbeat drip 2019
rolling dancehall & reggae 2019
kpop 2019
Grime and UK rap 2019
Rolling Metal 2019
Rolling herky-jerky 2019
Rolling Jazz Thread 2019
rolling Afropop / Afrobeats / Afrodance 2019
Rolling Global Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2019 Thread Once Known as World Music
Rolling Afro-Latin Music 2019: Reggaeton, Salsa, Bomba, Latin Jazz, Bachata, Merengue, and more
Rolling Favorite Tracks + Albums 2019
BBC Sound of 2019

Past years:
Listening to ILX Listen - 2015 Spotify Genre Playlists
Listening to 2015: A Collaborative Music Project for ILM in 2016
Listening to ILX Listen: 2016
Listening to ILX Listen: 2017 Genre Thread Spotify Playlists

i appreciate all the work you put into the lists, I use them frequently.

thanks man. the way this is organized this year is gonna be to reward bulk listening... folks who are on the road a lot or just need background may find this useful.

I neglected to point this out in the opening post, but I'm going to be setting this up as MONTHLY playlists... basically everything discussed in all the above threads each month. Hopefully that should make these less onerous and more easy to navigate.

So, again, that earlier playlist is for January on ILM.

Cool idea, forks. A Rolling Nominations playlist for the year!

UPDATE: A monthly Rolling Nominations playlist, still cool!

adding: rolling r&b 2019

So I think the thing I'd like to do here is set up monthly threads for people to discuss what they're hearing in the playlist that they like; more of a genre-blind listening clubhouse project. Would folks be likely to participate? Anybody wanna jump in with January finds?

Or perhaps not? Anyways, this month has pulled down almost two hundred tracks already and I'm rummaging through alphabetically and finding some nice stuff. The Anitta "Veneno" song is likely the current stand out but I will admit to finding American Football to be more enjoyable than I presupposed!

Glad you like “Veneno”, forks.

I like this grab-bag idea in theory, but I also know that I’m permanently lagging behind in my listening to my own to-listen-to playlists in genres that I actively (try to) follow, so I’m not sure how realistic this would be for me.

(Maybe there will be more appetite for this once EOY season is over?)

Could be! I'll drop a separate thread in February and follow my own drummer with it.

Bumping this for those of you enjoying the 2018 ILX Tracks rollout who would like to get a jump on late 2018/early 2019 music listening.

have also added these threads for inclusion:
where's d'scene? rolling soca, chutney, jab & other caribbean pop
ILX Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday (new post-Fahey folk for ppl posting in Takoma/Tompkins Square threads Pt II)

join us over here:
Listening to ILM Listen: February 2019 - Collaborative Listening Project