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IIL the song Headup by Deftones?

It’s the only song from the band that I really like, and I’ve never managed to find a song even remotely similar to it. Does anyone here know of something similar? It can, of course, be from any artist including Deftones.

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u/scorchingbeats — 2 hours ago

IIL They Might Be Giants and Tally Hall

I have listened to both these bands for most of my life (especially TMBG because I literally grew up on their kid albums too) and I wanna find more music similar to it

I love how eccentric and catchy they are!

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u/YourNewStep-Dad — 8 hours ago

[IIL] Georgia Lass’ character and personality from Dead Like Me, what books would I like?

I’m looking for books ( or TV Shows) with a protagonist similar to Georgia "George" Lass from Dead Like Me.

She’s apathetic, cynical, and sarcastic. Stuck in a dead-end job, doesn’t really know what she wants from life or the future, and has basically no sense of direction. She doesn’t have friends, avoids people, and spends most of her time in her own head with internal monologues.

One line that really captures her mindset: “Experience has taught me that interest begets expectation, and expectation begets disappointment… so the key to avoiding disappointment is to avoid interest.”

What I find interesting is that, at the end of the day, all you really have are experiences and she actively avoids them.

So yeah I’m looking for that kind of detached, introspective, almost emotionally disconnected protagonist. Not really focused on afterlife themes, more on the personality and tone.

Any recommendations?

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u/Hot-Acanthaceae-159 — 5 hours ago

IIL Illustrators Like Guy Billout Who Specialise In Surrealism And Making Things Feel ‘Off’?

Looking for artists like Guy who enjoy compositions/stories that make everything slightly off. Like in ‘Reflection’ where the reflection and the person are switched, etc.

Any ideas?

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u/isopodsoup_ — 5 hours ago

IYL Creating the best vintage alternative melancholy playlist, help me add more songs! No repeating artists.

Duvet - bôa

Lovesong - The Cure

Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

Sunday - The Cranberries

You're Not The Only One I Know- The Sundays

Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths

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u/belligerentwolf — 8 hours ago
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Movies where the main character is completely consumed by an obsession

I’m looking for movies where the main character becomes so obsessed with a goal that it slowly takes over their life and eventually leads to their death.

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u/Southern_Check_6827 — 18 hours ago

[IYL] Japanese Denim by Daniel Caesar

You'd love "The way things now are" by Mishay. It's on youtube, but the vocals and production is pretty good. It's a tad bit sad than japanese denim, literally, but the drums and bass groove nicely. Also, the guitars in The way things now are soooo fkn good.

The whole song subtly builds towards the bridge, and the bridge really delivers imo. It really restrains itself in the arrangement up until that point, and the resulting bridge just does it for me. So pretty.

I also love how infectious the outro is, seriously it's a lesser known song but you should definitely check it out.

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u/unbornchickeninmyhea — 5 hours ago

IIL Dead Kennedys & Fugazi

I am just now starting to get into some punk and post-hardcore music. I would love some suggestions for a new listener!

My favorite song so far has been Soup Is Good Food by Dead Kennedys.

I have started to really enjoy this type of music because of how fast paced/energetic it can be, and how it can have a heavy energy while still being catchy/fun to listen to

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u/YourNewStep-Dad — 8 hours ago

IIL Technicolour-esque Fairytale Films Like Donkeyskin (‘70), The Little Mermaid (‘76)?

Any recommendations for films that have a similar surreal, colourful and extravagant look to them?

Thanks! :)

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u/isopodsoup_ — 9 hours ago

[IIL] Epic Guitar Solos like Layla [WEWIL?]

LF songs with awesome guitar solos similar to Layla by Derek and the Dominos / Eric Clapton. Preferably more recent songs - i looked around and there wasn't much in this vein in the last few years that i could find. Anyone have any recs?

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u/zireael172 — 13 hours ago

[IIL] Radio dept., Magnetic fields, and songs like "Molly" by Eux autres

hi yall!!! im just looking for a song to change my life tbh. for the better. i dont know wtf my music taste even is, but "Strange things will happen" by Radio Dept. is my obsession right now. if you have anything like that, feel free to share because life sucks and music makes it better

cheers!

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u/Competitive-Nature11 — 17 hours ago

IIL enjoy video essays (long videos on sociology in particular), breakdowns of economics/war, and math and hard sciences. Recommend me some new channels?

I have found I like girly videos about things such as Coppola films, black swan, or retrospectives about teen Tumblr/ I also enjoy some gamified stuff (been out of this a long time though I loved Outlast playthroughs back in the day), and tier zoo. I love animated anything. I love silly shorter humorous videos, breakdowns of science and math. I'm just out of content lately and my algortihim is pigeonholed towards Tyra Banks drama and Michelle Mcdaniel's.

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u/Own_Average_5940 — 16 hours ago

IIL the book series Confessions of a Shopaholic

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella is my favorite series of all time. It is laugh-out-loud funny, feel-good, and my ultimate comfort series. I like Kinsella's other books too, but nothing compares to the Shopaholic series. Any recs for other books I will like similar to this series?

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u/OverallAmphibian2129 — 13 hours ago

[IIL] "Global Groove" Hamid Al Shaeri, Amanaz, Fairuz, Delagation

There is a great playlist that includes some music from The Bear when Marcus is in Copenhagen. I really love some of the Arabic artists on it, and I'm looking for some suggestions of slightly chill repetitive music, lyrics, or instrumental that would be nice to zone out to. like slightly meditative music that still has some groove.

World jazz is nice, but I really want to emphasize the repetitive sounds. Examples would be Ouda by Hamid Al Shari and The Instrumentals of Oh Honey by Delegation.

u/SandwichEquivalent58 — 19 hours ago
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