It’s that time again. Finally.
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We’re back! Our last instalment was, unfortunately, in December, but new year, new you…or something. Spring has sprung? I don’t know, but I do know that we’re picking up where we left f and digging into the ethernet to find some fresh faces to add to our repertoire. We asked for our best submissions to our Soundcloud messages the past couple days, and we had our staff writers bring a submission their own to yesterday’s meeting.
If it’s your first time seeing this feature, here’s a quick breakdown how it works.
- Every week, or every other week, or maybe every three months, each our staff members submits a song from an artist we’ve never yet (or else, ~barely ever~) posted on HNHH (so get your song into the hands a staff member, and wow them with your musical prowess)
- The song does not need to be new, in fact, most the time, it’s an older record
- This can include music videos
- We listen to all the submissions as a team
- Each staff member votes on their top three favorite submissions out that week’s batch submissions
- We cull the votes, and feature the top 3 on the website, in a handy article like this
- In an effort to include user/fan-submitted music as well, we also go through all our Soundcloud messages and pick out the best submissions we find to include in our meeting (please send us your most fire submissions, it can be your song or someone else’s). When we’re in submission-listening-mode, we send out a tweet like this, which we’ll also double up on our Instagram – so if you follow us on either/or platforms, you’ll be in the know (!).
This week, the three top picks were all submitted by our staff writers, so, to our Soundcloud users: go harder. Check out these new discoveries below and let us know what you think.
Artist: Maky Lavender *Staff Submission*
Song: “Ukannafo (the susan song)”
Location: Montreal, Canada
Sounds: Fun, bouncy and creative
Discover more music: Maky Lavender’s Soundcloud
Posted before: No
Artist: Ninety6 *Staff Submission*
Song: “Call Log”
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Sounds: Like the internet (entirely produced by ChaseTheMoney so that should tell you everything you need to know)
Discover more music: Ninety6 on Spotify
Posted before: No
Artist: Planet Giza *Staff Submission*
Song: “You Wasn’t Lying”
Location: Montreal, Canada
Sounds: Quirky and smooth a la GoldLink
Discover more music: Planet Giza’s Soundcloud
Posted before: No