Trumpet songs | Indie Shuffle

Sounds like: Aloe Blacc, Sampa the Great, Nubiyan Twist

To write about anything other than my own experience feels a little strange. I am no maven on the matters of the world or the affairs of other people,...

Most Akin

All The While

Sounds like: Natty Reeves, Tash Sultana, Skinshape

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We never know where things will go, what they will amount to, and what will happen. We hope, plan, and pray, but there's no knowing how the next momen...

Fred Wesley

Funk For Your Ass

Sounds like: James Brown, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, The Meters

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Fred Wesley, the infamous funk veteran who has worked with everyone from James Brown and Parliament Funkadelic to De La Soul, serves up a funk filled ...

St. Paul & The Broken Bones

Apollo

Sounds like: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Alabama Shakes, Leon Bridges

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"Apollo" was released as a teaser for St. Paul & The Broken Bones' new album coming out September 7! Alabama-based St. Paul & The Broken Bone...

Mabuta

Welcome To This World

Sounds like: Thundercat, Floating Points, BADBADNOTGOOD

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Shane Cooper, head of the fresh jazz ensemble Mabuta, specifically asked me not to drift off on one of my odd tangents. It's not an unfair request, I ...

The Streets

Lets Push Things Forward

Sounds like: Summers Son, Dizzee Rascal, Oghorse

chill beats 90s chillstep sample-based

Wanted to put this song on the Shuffle. While it's from 2002, it's been one of those favorites of mine that live in the background, sometimes forgotte...

BADBADNOTGOOD

Confessions Pt III (Ft. Colin Stetson)

Sounds like: Yussef Kamaal, Thundercat, John Coltrane

bass jazzy Thundercat Progressive saxophone

A series of events took place: Dylan sent this track to me. I listened. I went to go make tea. I could still hear the song. I was amazed. Eventually...

Hayden Calnin

Collision

Sounds like: Bon Iver, Nick Drake, Iron & Wine

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The second single taken from his enthralling Dirt EP, "Collision" is another brilliantly breathtaking effort from Aussie singer-songwriter, Hayden Cal...

Davve Beats

e-MOTIO

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Au Dré

Wanna Know

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ZHU

Hold Up Wait a Minute (Ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)

Sounds like: SBTRKT, Disclosure, Cypress Hill

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What a time to be alive: two immense collaborative tracks between hip-hop and electronic artists in one week? Is it my birthday already? Earlier this...

Drake

Trophies (BrassTracks Cover)

Sounds like: JNTHN STEIN, Too Many Zooz

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The only time I earned a trophy in my life was in fifth grade, for having the best grade in math out of all the fifth graders in Florida. For a while,...

St.Paul and the Broken Bones

Broken Bones and Pocket Change

Sounds like: Otis Redding, James Brown, Ray Charles, Amy Winehouse

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I absolutely love it when I attend a show for a specific performer and discover a whole new artist. Such was the scenario with St.Paul and the Broken ...

Farnell Newton

Fall In Love

Sounds like: J Dilla, Flying Lotus, Miles Davis, John Coltrane

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Today I want to share a song that evokes several masters, past and present. First up is Flying Lotus, the man who gave Farnell Newton the idea of cove...