The 2013 origin story of Britain's finest videogame hero hit hard. Lara Croft's bumps and bruises inspire this less hard-hitting playlist of rock, jazz, and doo-wop.
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Shipwreck -- Hot Club De Paris
At The Foot Of The Great Glacier -- 3 Inches Of Blood
For The Archaeologist -- Nervous Wrecked
On Treasure Island -- Louis Armstrong
Camp-fire -- Starling Electric
Stormy Weather -- The Spaniels
Bad, Bad Weather (Til You Come Home) -- The Detroit Spinners
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A year ago, They Might Be Giants, the Beastie Boys, William Shatner, and others came together for the Portal episode of Unoriginal Soundtracks. Now, they're back in this Portal 2-inspired playlist about brain damage, experiments, and space.
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I Need Some Brain Damage -- The Lillingtons
Put It To The Test -- They Might Be Giants
Science Project Song -- Rhett and Link
The Assembly Line -- Commodores
Bring It On Home To Me -- Eddie Floyd
Walking On The Moon -- William Shatner and Toots Hibbert
Experiment -- Gertrude Lawrence
(Thanks to Evan Killham for requesting Put It To The Test.)
(Opening theme contains elements of Completely Unoriginal by the Bee Gees, Soundtracks And Come Backs by GoldFish, and This Podcast Contains Spoilers.)
Standard Podcasts [00:26:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Unsurprisingly, the series of plastic-instrument games about turntablism inspires a playlist of hip hop. So enjoy this podcast of MCs rapping about two of their favourite things -- DJs and turntables.
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Mr DJ -- DJ Format (Featuring Sureshot La Rock)
Three MCs And One DJ -- Mix Master Mike (Featuring the Beastie Boys)
Fuckin the DJ -- Mykki Blanco (Featuring Le1f) (Produced by Bloody and Le1f)
Everybody Is A DJ -- DJ Enzine (Featuring the Goldie Lookin' Chain)
Hey Mr DJ -- Clint Eastwood and General Saint
(Opening theme contains elements of Completely Unoriginal by the Bee Gees, Soundtracks And Come Backs by GoldFish, and This Podcast Contains Spoilers.)
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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.
Being British, my school didn't teach the American Revolution. I doubt Ubisoft told the story accurately in Assassin's Creed 3, but the subject matter does make for a great playlist of prog, jazz, and sea shanties.
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Shipping Up To Boston -- Dropkick Murphys
Talkin' Bout A Revolution -- Tracy Chapman
Ohio -- Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Boston Tea Party -- The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Paul Revere -- Louis Prima and Keely Smith
25 Minutes To Go (Live at Folsom Prison) -- Johnny Cash
Sons Of Liberty -- Frank Turner
Brightly Beams / Pull For The Shore -- Fisherman's Friends
(Opening theme contains elements of Completely Unoriginal by the Bee Gees, Soundtracks And Come Backs by GoldFish, and This Podcast Contains Spoilers.)
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SimCity left the Maxis garage the week before last and is still getting stuck at every red light. Our podcast provider's servers are still running, though, to give you this folky playlist about taxation, transportation, and industrialisation.
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This Is Not A Song, It's An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues -- Rodriguez
Little Boxes -- Devendra Banhart
Northern Industrial Town -- Worthwhile Way
Dark As A Dungeon -- The Journeymen
(Opening theme contains elements of Completely Unoriginal by the Bee Gees, Soundtracks And Come Backs by GoldFish, and This Podcast Contains Spoilers.)
Standard Podcasts [00:25:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Thirty Flights Of Loving pushes visual storytelling and subtlety further than any other game. It's the exact opposite of Unoriginal Soundtracks, and it inspires this playlist of jazz, grime, and educational rock for children.
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The Heist -- Wu-Tang Clan and D-Block
Motorbike -- Digger & The Pussycats
Shopping Cart Incident -- Southern Tide
The Party's Over -- Nat King Cole
Roadblock -- Big Brother & The Holding Company
Standard Podcasts [00:26:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Video games are about aspirational fantasy and living new lives. And sometimes those lives are mundane things like an asteroid miner or a manager. The lives of football managers inspire this playlist of spoken word, soul, and punk.
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Common People -- William Shatner
Money (That's What I Want) -- Barrett Strong
Brilliant Mistake -- Elvis Costello
Goalkeeper Joe -- Wallace House
Goals In Slow Motion -- Future Of The Left
Extra Time, Sudden Death -- Hot Club De Paris
(Opening theme contains elements of Completely Unoriginal by the Bee Gees, Soundtracks And Come Backs by GoldFish, and This Podcast Contains Spoilers.)
Standard Podcasts [24:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)DJ Atomika here. I'm playing only the most apropos country, rock, and soul about the driverless vehicles that tear around the eerie ghost town of Paradise City.
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From Hell To Paradise -- The Mavericks
10-Car Pile-Up -- Digger & The Pussycats
The Wreck On The Highway -- Louvin Brothers
Car Crash -- The Meat Purveyors
Fuck Shit Up -- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Pastime Paradise -- Stevie Wonder
(Opening theme contains elements of Completely Unoriginal by the Bee Gees, Soundtracks And Come Backs by GoldFish, and This Podcast Contains Spoilers.)
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