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Happy summer! I hope you’re enjoying the warmer weather, The World Cup, and listening to great music. I found a good mix of indie pop and rock tracks with a dose of electronica, so I hope you find something in this list worth checking out.

With Lala gone as a streaming source, I’ll give you a few different options to choose from. In addition to the iTunes iMix below, I’m bringing back the Amazon MP3 list as well as experimenting with the new site rdio.com. While they don’t have a comprehensive selection yet, rdio looks promising. If you’re a member, you can see my partial list on rdio. If you’re not a member, drop me a note since I have a few invites left.

Update: I’m also playing around with mog, which seems to have much better indie lable coverage… 17 out of 20 songs. If you are a mog user, you can see my playlist on mog.

Also, clicking on a song name should bring to a site (MySpace, band site, or music blog) where you can stream the song for free. Enjoy!

-Dave

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Surprise! I’m changing the name of my playlists. I should have realized that KNAK is actually a real radio station (based in Utah), so a new name is in order. I thought of calling it “Nak Nak Naking on Heaven’s Door” for a micro-second, but I’m going to keep it simple for now. I’m open to suggestions.

But let’s get on with it. It’s my first playlist of the year, and there’s some great stuff out there. The playlist is available on Lala below (after the jump) as well as in an iTunes iMix. Oh, and please let me know what you think. I’ll keep making these lists for my own enjoyment, of course, but it’s good to know if it’s worth publishing them online.

-Dave

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Welcome to my favorite tracks of the past year. I’ve poured over my KNAK lists, and I’ve distilled it down to 30. How did I decide on these, you might ask. Everybody has their own criteria, but for me, most of the following is true:
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It’s tough to put together a playlist in December! It’s not that there aren’t a lot of releases… it’s just that many of these releases are holiday music! And I just wasn’t feeling “White Christmas” by Iggy Pop making it onto a KNAK list. But fortunately, there is some real music being released, especially EPs and singles as a sneak peak for full albums coming in the new year. So this list is mostly a mix of new stuff and some tracks from releases made in the last few months.

And with the news that just broke about Lala, I’m kinda guessing I soon won’t need to duplicate the lists on both services. But until then, the playlist is available on Lala below (after the jump) as well as in an iTunes iMix.

I’m always looking for recommendations and comments.

-Dave

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It’s an exciting time in the music space. Google jumping in to offer full song preview on its search pages (powered by Lala & iLike) is a welcome development and a sign, I think, that labels are eager to see multiple players in the space besides iTunes. More new music is being released than ever before, whether as full albums, LPs, or online singles. Some of those releases get a lot of marketing push, but most of it does not. The tracks in KNAK 36 probably fall into the latter category, so I hope this post will introduce a few more people to some new music and up and coming artists that deserve to be heard.

The playlist is available on Lala below (after the jump) as well as in an iTunes iMix.

I’m always looking for recommendations and comments.

-Dave

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