Unoriginal Soundtracks #72: Civilization 5 Brave New World

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.

We're staying with strategy games this week, returning to Civilization 5 with its Brave New World expansion. This downloadable content introduces some new leaders and rules that inspire this playlist of metal, jazz, and folk.

October Music Wrap-Up

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.

The already short release list this month was further hampered by my being unable to obtain several of them as well. It's been a busy month for me, so some of my write-ups may be slightly less informed than normal as I'll be writing based on the songs I could find on YouTube instead of the whole album. It's not ideal, but it'll have to do. The playlist may be much smaller, but there were some really good releases. Enjoy!

Shuffled: Beautiful World Edition

Every other Wednesday I hit the shuffle button on my 90 gigabytes of music and post the results. I might have to justify some of the stuff in my library, but hopefully it will help inform you of new music -- Or at least be entertaining.

I came out with a pretty interesting mix this week. I like to think of it as showcasing the diversity in the world and serving as the background music. Melt Banana kicks it off strange and alien, because that's what life can be like sometimes, M. Ward features the beautiful simplicity, Weezer fills in for when you just want to rock out, Devo highlights the dark parts of human nature, and Silk Road Ensemble wraps it all up with the true beauty of the world.

That was pretty deep, huh? Yeah, I thought so too. Now, go enjoy the music!