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Get spicy with our not-quite-American Super Bowl playlist

In a world where the likes of Madonna, Kelly Clarkson, and Miranda Lambert are supposed to get over a hundred million viewers pumped for a football game, it makes sense that fat Americans opt for chicken genocide to spite the nonexistence of “football music.” So what if Super Bowl Sunday is a de facto American national holiday? Perhaps it is time to hop on the “Esto es África” bandwagon and Waka Waka our way into pre-Super Bowl pump up bliss. Put on your fútbol football game face and dance off that pizza and beer with our internationally inspired playlist, after the jump. more

“Rushed out of your favorite sorority” pity party playlist

1/10/1210:00 amBy Michelle Chang 2 Comments

Rush is almost over! Is it noticeably colder than it was before break or is it just the sisters scanning your life from the floor up? Let’s pretend for a second that you make it to the end of the event that will make or break the female student population. And after the hours of small talk and endless repetition of your name, major and where you live on campus, you don’t get a bid from the sorority of your dreams. That’s it. You’re finished. Cue the waterworks. If you are anticipating a long, sad return to the GDI world reality, here is a playlist full of teen angst and tearjerkers worth listening to. Hopefully by the end of it, you’ll re-emerge from your dorm-room-Easy-Mac-binge hibernation a brand new you. Allow us to break down the jams by the stages of coping to get you back on track, after the jump. more

Avoid familial awkwardness with our all-inclusive Thanksgiving playlist

11/23/1110:00 amBy Andy Garden 1 Comment

Another Turkey Day means one more year in which Squanto and Massasoit are left out of the holiday music cheer. Yet, the inability to melodically angle a conquest on Native Americans doesn’t stop feasters from partying like it’s 1621. When your aunt’s tofurkey and arrangement of decorative gourds aren’t eliciting feelings of togetherness, get booze-y with the ‘rents and turn up the music, so you can avoid all of the awkward conversation. This season, be thankful for throwbacks that your folks can Dougie to as well. The mixtape of Plymouth proportions, after the jump. more

Get pumped with our Northwestern-Michigan pregame playlist

10/7/1110:30 amBy Andrew Cho 0 Comments

The key to a good offense is a good defense. Using that logic, we’ve decided that the key to a good pregame is good music. more