Playlist of the Month: June 2025

Texted my friend to ask “what’s the opposite of ‘yassification’, that’s what my taste in music did this month” — it’s very heavy on the sad-boy country. Track listing below, full playlist available here.

Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP

Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Night Diving

Medusa – Cameron Whitcomb on Medusa – Single

Drunk Again – Aidan Canfield on Rivertown – EP

Heartbreaker – Hayden Blount on Heartbreaker – Single

Rattlesnake – Jack Van Cleaf & Zach Bryan on JVC

Options – Cameron Whitcomb on Clean Country 2025

Everything Is Peaceful Love – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE

GFU – Landon Smith on GFU – Single

Azalea Place – Max McNown on Night Diving

There’s A Rhythmn – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE

Since I Fell – Aidan Canfield on Since I Fell – Single

St. Helens Alpenglow – Max McNown on St. Helens Alpenglow – Single

If Only I Could Wait (feat. Danielle Haim) – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE

Alright Now – Hayden Calnin on Alright Now – Single

Virgo – TROY on Virgo – Single

Flicker – Yoste on Flicker – Single¹

Something Beautiful and Bright – SYML on Nobody Lives Here

I’ll Be There – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE

Stars Fading In Constellation – HurricaneTurtle on Stars In Constellation – Single

Follows You – Michael Marcagi on Midwest Kid – EP

Sincerely, Your Son – Waylon Wyatt on Sincerely, Your Son – Single²

Take Me Away (Stripped) – Noah Brigden on Take Me Away (Stripped) – Single

Silence Underneath – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life

To Love Again – Blonde Maze & Lizzy Land on Asleep in My Head (feat. POLIÇA) – EP

Etta James (feat. Adrian Ross) – Moonrunner83 on Etta James – Single

Nowhere to Go – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life

Hikikomori – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC³

Livin’ Missing You – Hayden Blount on Livin’ Missing You – Single

Build – Sleeping At Last on Build – Single

Saturn – Sleeping At Last on 2016 Sampler⁴

The Woman Who Raised Me – Billy Raffoul on The Woman Who Raised Me / Get Along – Single

Fiending – Noah Brigden on I’m Fine – Single⁵

In the Nick of Time – Waves_On_Waves, Sonic Shades Of Blue & Waves On Waves Orange Crush on In the Nick of Time – Single⁶

blue jean – Hazlett on blue jean – Single

The War Was With Myself – honestav on hara-kiri (Deluxe)⁷

Forever Is A Feeling – Lucy Dacus on Forever Is A Feeling

Calliope Prelude – Lucy Dacus on Forever Is A Feeling⁸

Screaming In The Night – Korine on A Flame In The Dark

Lose You – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP

life is beautiful – heylucas on hey

If I Could Take It (inspired by Caleb from Love and Deepspace) – Sora Sayuri on Written In The Stars (A Love and Deepspace Album)

Carousel – Anella on 831: The Series

Basement beds – SYML on Basement beds – Single

Destroy – Sleeping At Last on Destroy – Single

American Trail – Dylan Gossett on Westward⁹

No One Dies From Love – Tove Lo on Dirt Femme (Extended Cut)

NO BETTER TIME THAN THIS – Pardyalone on NO BETTER TIME THAN THIS – Single

SWISH – Lil Nas X on SWISH – Single

Bad Apple – Cameron Whitcomb on Bad Apple – Single¹⁰

Popstar of Your Dreams – Kai Bosch on Popstar of Your Dreams – EP¹¹

I Found (with Freya Ridings) – Amber Run on I Found (with Freya Ridings) – Single¹²

Pay The Price – Korine on A Flame In The Dark

Day One (feat. Dijon & Flock of Dimes) – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE

Begin Again – Duce, Yasmin Jane & JEANS on Begin Again – Single

Me and You (feat. Vancouver Sleep Clinic) – Forester on Me and You (feat. Vancouver Sleep Clinic) – Single

Get Along – Billy Raffoul on The Woman Who Raised Me / Get Along – Single

Hard Time Lover (feat. Chance Peña) – Gryffin on Hard Time Lover (feat. Chance Peña) – Single

Last Time – Pardyalone on Last Time – Single

Modigliani – Lucy Dacus on Forever Is A Feeling

Find a Way – Harrison Storm on Find a Way – Single

The Slur Song – Bigfoot’s Biggest Fan on The Slur Song – Single¹³

Slow Down – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP

Conquest Of Spaces (2025 Rework) – Woodkid on Conquest Of Spaces (2025 Rework) – Single

Carolina – Blake Whiten on Carolina – Single

Life – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC

Any Love of Any Kind (feat. Bryce Dessner) – Woodkid & Bryce Dessner on WOODKID FOR DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

Out Of The Blue – Waylon Wyatt on Out Of The Blue – EP

1. I always love new Yoste ↩
2. For the best that this is a “dear mom” song because otherwise it’d hurt too much to listen to, still ↩
3. I think this is my favorite addition this month, just really lodged in my brain ↩
4. “How rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist” ↩
5. One of my most sung-along tracks this month, the chorus is just really catchy ↩
6. Something about this feels like the music dad used to play when we went camping in the summer. ↩
7. Does a great job of catching that heart-wrenching feeling ↩
8. My favorite off this album, weirdly. ↩
9. “Figure out the hard way’s the best way to win” ↩
10. Hilarious lyrics. ↩
11. Also hilarious lyrics. ↩
12. “Oh weird I wonder why they’re doing a new version of this song right no- oh no it’s ten years old” ↩
13. Gotta have one thing in there to celebrate Pride! ↩