Pandora : A Folk Influenced, Mellow Rock Structured, Vamped Station

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      Kyle Andrews – Your Tester Bunny

This station is one of the first Pandora.com stations that I am actually happy with. In general I have often been unhappy with the overall selection of music for each station I create, whether it be too specific or too broad or just too weird. Not that I don’t like Pandora, but I find myself switching stations too often as well as creating way too many stations. This station, however, hits the mark on overall enjoyability with little need for ‘thumbing down’. One warning, since the station hits a small niche, if you listen to it often you might get repeat songs. This can be a good or bad thing depending on if you like the songs; just be forewarned. Other highlights include Tarkio (featuring Pre-Decemberists Colin Meloy) and Heatriser (featuring Pre-solo Elliot Smith).

M.I.A’s Paper Planes keeps me coming back for more. I have been extremely addicted to this song recently. I could tell you how many times I listened to it these past two weeks but I am actually a little embarrassed. Either way I am going to have to spend some more time with M.I.A’s 2007 release KALA which I carelessly overlooked this year. Also noteworthy, this version has Mathangi sining the entire chorus and the gunshot sound effects removed; Check hypem for the origional version and further listening (I also enjoyed Rene Goulet’s Golden Girl Conspiracy mix for a more relaxing version).
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