What we’re listening to: I Dreamt I Found a Red Ruby, Stampede and more<p>
In this installment of What We're Listening To, Engadget's Weekend Editor Cheyenne MacDonald dives into the new releases she's been enjoying lately.</p>
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I Dreamt I Found a Red Ruby</h2>
<p>Every once in a while, “the algorithm” actually does right by me. While scrolling through my Instagram feed sometime in the last month or so, a suggested Reel from artist Francesca Wexler popped up, and I couldn’t help but get pulled in by her captivating flow. Her style isn’t so easy to nail down to a single genre, but would fit under the alt hip-hop umbrella — she described her work in one instance as “psychedelic rap.”</p>
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<p>Some songs on Wexler’s latest album, <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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I Dreamt I Found a Red Ruby[/url], have almost an ethereal quality to them, like its opening and closing tracks, “Heaven on Earth” and “Moonwalking.” The upbeat and catchy “Ain’t I” hits like a sunny day. But there are darker, harder moments too in songs like “Amphetamine Man” that really show off Wexler’s depth as a rapper. With
I Dreamt I Found a Red Ruby, it’s evident that Wexler is an artist that shouldn’t be slept on.</p>
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Stampede</h2>
<p>Orville Peck didn’t make us wait long for a full album after dropping
Stampede: Volume 1 in May. On Friday, the country artist released the duets album in its entirety, and even though it hasn’t been a full three days yet since it came out, I can already tell it’s going to dominate my Most Listened playlists for the foreseeable future.</p>
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Stampede sees Peck collaborating with country legends and emerging artists alike, and genre-wise, there’s a little of everything in there. On top of the songs I <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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Stampede brings a bunch of new bangers, my favorites including “Back At Your Door” featuring Debbii Dawson, “Papa Was a Rodeo” featuring Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, and “You’re an Asshole, I Can’t Stand You (and I Want a Divorce)” featuring Margo Price.</p>
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<h3 id="jump-link-honorable-mention"><strong>Honorable mention: Street Cleaner</strong> </h3>
<p>I recently set out looking for music that sounds like it could be straight out of an ‘80s horror/thriller movie, and Reddit pointed me to Street Cleaner. Well let me tell you, I was not disappointed. Street Cleaner, whose style is described on Bandcamp as being a “theatrical and grimey take on synth music,” has become my go-to artist to pop on when I need to get some work done or otherwise be locked in. </p>
<p>There isn’t a particular song or album I've latched onto — I just throw the entire discography on and let it get me in the zone. Street Cleaner released some <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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https://streetcleaner.bandcamp.com/album/two-graves">new music[/url] in April, though, and that's as good a place as any to start your listening journey. The artist apparently also made <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271380/Street_Cleaner_The_Video_Game/">a video game[/url], which I fully plan on checking out.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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What we’re listening to: I Dreamt I Found a Red Ruby, Stampede and more
