Unoriginal Soundtracks #56: Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

American Nightmare moved Alan Wake from Bright Falls to the desert, but kept him in that eerie shadow-America. Its thrice-repeated structure inspires three podcasts full of rock, blues, and folk.

The June Music Wrap-Up Podcast

The Music Wrap-Up is a monthly summary of my favorite and other notable new releases. Having trouble keeping up with all the new music? Need some music suggestions? Then the Music Wrap-Up is for you. And please support these musicians as that's the reason I'm featuring them in the first place.
This month has given us a pretty interesting mix of new releases. We've got lo-fi rock, a hardcore punk rock opera, "digital hardcore", country-tinged singer songwriters, psychedelic indie folk rock, power metal, bubbly pop, and plenty more. This is the reason I make this podcast. Because of all the other music podcasts I listen to, none feature all of these types of music. Hopefully you enjoy each one.

Unoriginal Soundtracks Podcast: Red Dead Redemption Edition

Every other Wednesday I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, songs about world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for random terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and rediscover old classics.

Things are a little different this week as I'm piloting a podcast version of this playlist. The same mix of obscure and classic music is present, along with my carefully-researched anecdotes. The same painstaking attention to track order is there. The difference? You now have less text to read, and the playlist isn't influenced by the dictates record labels give YouTube.

Tell me what you think of the new format in the comments below. If you've got room for a bi-weekly, half-hour music/games podcast in your life then perhaps you'll see Unoriginal Soundtracks in iTunes soon.