“Fantastic -- as if Chrissie Hynde were backed by Crazy Horse, with incredible songwriting depth.”
This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in QUICK HITS
NOT LOST / NOT FOUND | #HI54MIXCDS on MOUN.TOWN/FM
Some music sounds better suited for those times when you're walking around lost in your thoughts, looking for some peace of mind. Maybe it's dusk, maybe it's dawn, maybe it doesn't matter.
FANDCAMP: No Need For Alarm
“1993 was a very good year for hip-hop, with many classic album releases. Although this album doesn’t get anywhere near the recognition it deserves, I couldn’t imagine my life without it.”
FANDCAMP: Elephant In The Room
“Such a solid piece of work. The poetry really stands out and flows on this heavy. Thank you for another amazing album.”
FANDCAMP: Lighten Up
“Erin Rae's got a voice that floats me up to the clouds and says, "Everything's not ok, and that's ok."”
SubmitCloud | February 2022
A monthly playlist for the Soundcloud-linked submissions that get approved on Submithub for a HI54 Mix CD feature during the month of February 2022.
FANDCAMP: Tri Magi
“When you throw a cellist who can perfectly present classical, jazz and hip hop music with equal dexterity and a saxophonist who magnificently murders the instrument with an unspeakably cool and funky overseer, what do you get? This!”
FROM THE SUBMITHUB ARCHIVES | #HI54MIXCDS
It's not all broken hearts and rejections over on SubmitHub. For example, here's an ongoing collection of all the songs that have made it past the HI54 submission firewall and over onto the blog.
HI:54 / LO:5 — Over the Garden Wall
“I sent my nieces Over The Garden Wall as a "sorry covid prevented us from bringing bday presents, but we're not mailing all these books" gesture—not sure if they watched it yet, but I did, and it's fun and charming & now I can't stop saying "ain't that just the way" all the time.”
THE MIX TAPE RADIO SHOW ARCHIVE | #HI54MIXCDS
This playlist is an ongoing collection of all the songs that have ever been featured on an episode of The Mix Tape Radio Show. Well, all the songs available on Spotify, which is not quite all of them, but is still a heck of a lot of nice songs to throw on shuffle whenever the mood strikes.
FANDCAMP: Rainforest
“Honestly so refreshing to have an artist that reflects reality and inequalities due to capitalism. While continuing to use her platform to educate and for calls to action.”
CENTRAL EUROPE RADIO | #HI54MIXCDS on MOUN.TOWN/FM
An ongoing mix of artists from Central Europe (which I'm classifying as Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Switzerland - not because it is 100% accurate geographically, but because it makes sense with some other regional playlists I have going).