I Dreamt I Found a Red Ruby, Stampede and more

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I Dreamt I Found a Red Ruby, Stampede and more

In this installment of What We’re Listening To, Engadget’s Weekend Editor Cheyenne MacDonald shares some recent music releases she’s been loving.

Francesca Wexler – I Dreamt I Found a Red Ruby

Every once in a while, “the algorithm” actually does right by me. While scrolling through my

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feed sometime in the last month or so, a suggested Reel from artist Francesca Wexler popped up, and I couldn’t help but get pulled in by her captivating flow. Her style isn’t so easy to nail down to a single genre, but would fit under the alt hip-hop umbrella — she described her work in one instance as “psychedelic rap.”

Some songs on Wexler’s latest album,

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, have almost an ethereal quality to them, like its opening and closing tracks, “Heaven on Earth” and “Moonwalking.” The upbeat and catchy “Ain’t I” hits like a sunny day. But there are darker, ******* moments too in songs like “Amphetamine Man” that really show off Wexler’s depth as a rapper. With I Dreamt I Found a Red Ruby, it’s evident that Wexler is an artist that shouldn’t be slept on.

Orville ***** – Stampede

Orville ***** didn’t make us wait long for a full album after dropping Stampede: Volume 1 in May. On Friday, the country artist released the duets album in its entirety, and even though it hasn’t been a full three days yet since it came out, I can already tell it’s going to dominate my Most Listened playlists for the foreseeable future.

Stampede sees ***** collaborating with country legends and emerging artists alike, and genre-wise, there’s a little of everything in there. On top of the songs I shouted out from the first half, the rest of Stampede brings a bunch of new bangers, my favorites including “Back At Your Door” featuring Debbii Dawson, “Papa Was a Rodeo” featuring Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, and “You’re an ********, I Can’t Stand You (and I Want a Divorce) featuring Margo Price.

Honorable mention:

Street Cleaner — I recently set out looking for music that sounds like it could be straight out of an ‘80s horror/thriller movie, and

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pointed me to Street Cleaner. Well let me tell you, I was not disappointed. Street Cleaner, whose style is described on Bandcamp as being a “theatrical and grimey take on synth music,” has become my go-to artist to pop on when I need to get some work done or otherwise be locked in.

There isn’t a particular song or album I’ve latched onto — I just throw the entire discography on and let it get me in the zone. Street Cleaner released some

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in April, though, and that’s as good a place as any to start your listening journey. The artist apparently also made

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, which I fully plan on checking out.

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#Dreamt #Red #Ruby #Stampede

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