venus in the night

Before I go on with this quarter's listening diary, I want to shout out the website/app iBroadcast! I got a free account there some months back after seeing a comment about it on an Instagram post (one of several that showed up in my algorithm ages ago about Spotify alternatives), and now I've uploaded the bulk of my long-held-and-slowly-growing MP3 library to it. In doing this I've been able to re-acquaint myself with a lot of songs that I used to enjoy, some of which are not streamable. (Well done, Past Shelly, for hoarding all those MP3s for all these years!)

Setting up an account is free and you get unlimited storage. If you want to unlock more/higher quality streaming codecs, not get throttled due to heavy useage, and support the site, it's $3.99 USD/month or $44.99/year (details here).

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Quarter Total: 12. Two relistens this time, one of which I hadn't listened to in years. The rest of the listens were either new releases or new-to-me ones.

(★ indicates a favourite)

• The Philharmonik - Transcendentalism II (released May 28; listened to July 3)


• The Philharmonik - Transcendentalism I (released March 26; listened to July 3)


• ★ Nilüfer Yanya - Miss Universe (released March 22, 2019; listened to August 5)


• Nilüfer Yanya - Inside Out (released September 28, 2021; listened to August 6)


• ★ Nilüfer Yanya - Painless (released March 4, 2022; listened to August 6. A relisten from last year.)


• ★ Will Sessions - The Elmatic Instrumentals (released September 27, 2011; listened to August 12)


• Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (released August 14; listened to same day)


• ★ The Linda Lindas - Gotta Get Out (released August 28; listened to September 1)


• ★ Alabama Shakes - I Must Be Dreaming (released August 28; listened to September 4)


• Medium Build - King of Having Fun (released September 4; listened to same day)


• ★ Puma Blue - Croak Dream live EP (released September 25; listened to same day)


• Broken Social Scene - Lo-fi for the Dividing Nights (released May 4, 2010; listened to September 28. A relisten after many years. Not available on streaming or on their Bandcamp!)