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Philosophy of the World
Members December 25, 2025 in Outsider

Philosophy of the World

In 1969, The Shaggs released 'Philosophy of the World.' A record with one of the strangest origin stories ever told.

Tous Les Garçons et Les Filles
Members December 24, 2025 in Yé-Yé

Tous Les Garçons et Les Filles

In 1962, Françoise Hardy released 'Tous Les Garçons et Les Filles.' A debut album that made loneliness fashionable and gave pop music a new emotional vocabulary.

Safe as Milk
Members December 23, 2025 in Blues Rock

Safe as Milk

In 1967, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band released 'Safe as Milk.' A blues record bent just far enough out of shape to feel dangerously unhinged.

Urban Driftwood
Members December 22, 2025 in Instrumental

Urban Driftwood

In 2021, Yasmin Williams released 'Urban Driftwood.' A record that reframed solo guitar as something physical, percussive and quietly radical.

Rain Dogs
Members December 21, 2025 in Experimental

Rain Dogs

In 1985, Tom Waits released 'Rain Dogs.' A record that dragged blues, theatre, junkyard percussion and street poetry into a battered, ecstatic vision of New York after midnight.

Hot Buttered Soul
Members December 20, 2025 in Soul

Hot Buttered Soul

In 1969, Isaac Hayes released 'Hot Buttered Soul.' A record that broke soul music out of the three-minute single and rebuilt it as something cinematic, slow-burning and expansive.