The last few days of the month, I have absolutely cram-packed full of things to do, which does mean that as I sit down to write this, not only am I completely drained of all energies, but it also feels like the month lasted at least six weeks. Whoops. A pretty long playlist, to match that feeling, brought to you by my catching up on the backlog of things I’d queued up in February.
As usual, you can listen to the whole thing, or see below for my commentary.
- Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP
- Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Night Diving
- Azalea Place – Max McNown on Night Diving
- Flicker – Yoste on Flicker – Single
- American Trail – Dylan Gossett on Westward
- Normal Day – Brendan Walter on Normal Day – Single
- The Barn – Landon Smith on The Barn – Single
- Loud and Heavy – Cody Jinks on Adobe Sessions
- Did What You Did – Noah Brigden on Bad Habits – EP
- Life’s Worth Living – Nick Folwarczny on Life’s Worth Living – Single
- Life Behind Bars – Zach John King & Bayker Blankenship on Life Behind Bars – Single
- Man of the Year – Sam Barber on Man of the Year – Single
- Bowery (feat. Kings of Leon) – Zach Bryan on Bowery (feat. Kings of Leon) – Single
- Space – Zach John King on Space – Single
- Music for the Soul – Sam Barber on Music for the Soul
- American Vintage – Aidan Canfield on American Vintage – Single
- Oh! The Anxiety – Joe Jordan on Oh! The Anxiety – EP
- Baptized By Rain – Dylan Gossett on Westward
- Undone (The Bonfire Sessions) – Sons of Habit on The Sticks (The Bonfire Sessions) – EP
- We’re Onto Something (feat. Zach Bryan) – Kings of Leon on We’re Onto Something (feat. Zach Bryan) – Single
- Foolish Pride – Slater Nalley on Foolish Pride – Single
- My Side Of Town – Josh Ross on Later Tonight
- Got It All Wrong – Peech. on Small Town America (Vol. 1) – EP
- Atchafalaya (feat. Noah Cyrus) – Orville Peck on Appaloosa
- My Side of the Mountain – Orville Peck on Appaloosa
- Pipe Dream – Brendan Walter on Disappearing Days
- S.S.R.I – Jason Skynet on S.S.R.I – Single
- A War With Time – Brandi Carlile on Returning To Myself (Commentary Album)
- Oh My Days – Orville Peck on Appaloosa
- Back On Deseret – Brendan Walter on Disappearing Days
- Teenage Dirtbag – Brendan Walter on Teenage Dirtbag – Single
- Pikito – Ozuna & Beéle on Stendhal
- Window In The Wall – Max McNown on Both Sides of the Blade
- Songs I’d Rather Not Sing – The Fray on Songs I’d Rather Not Sing – Single
- Home Used To Be – Joe Jordan on Home Used To Be – Single
- Caroline (feat. Belle Plaine) – Colter Wall on Imaginary Appalachia
- Sleeping on the Blacktop – Colter Wall on Imaginary Appalachia
- No One Knows Us – Brandi Carlile on Returning To Myself (Commentary Album)
- 26 – Christian Hayes on 26 – EP
- Dreaded Sundown – Orville Peck on Appaloosa
- No One’s Gonna Do It for You – Brendan Walter on Disappearing Days
- It’s the End of the World – Orville Peck on Appaloosa
- Bible Belt – Chris Housman on Bible Belt – Single
- Pink Skies – Noah James on Pink Skies – Single
- Jane – Amber Run on Jane – Single
- Johnny Boy’s Bones (feat. The Dead South) – Colter Wall on Imaginary Appalachia
- Ale – Ozuna & Beéle on Stendhal
- You Deserve Better – Joe Jordan on You Deserve Better – Single
- How I Got My Name – honestav on How I Got My Name – Single
- LE COSE NON DETTE (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Mahmood on LE COSE NON DETTE (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Single
- Ballad of a Law Abiding Sophisticate – Colter Wall on Imaginary Appalachia
- Ride On – Coleman Jennings on Ride On – EP
- Hell If I Know – Tyler Nance on Hell If I Know – Single
- These Streets I Know – Jenny on Holiday on Quicksand Heart
- Bound – Darren Kiely on Bound – Single
- Graveyard Whistling – Morgan Wallen on Graveyard Whistling – Single
- Connection – Majik on Connection – Single
- A Light That Waits – The Fray on A Light That Waits
- Left Or Right – Ethan Miller on Wealthy
- Monsters – Majik on Monsters – Single
- Can’t Take It With You – Ole 60 on Can’t Take It With You – Single
- Withdrawals – Ethan Miller on Withdrawals – Single
- World Change Me – Max McNown on World Change Me – Single
- American Spirit – Vincent Mason on There I Go
- Street People – Fabrizio, Hogslop String Band & Kalen Nash on Street People – Single
- Eleni – Norra & Ethnic Lounge on Eleni – EP
- The Roses – Amber Run on Sunflower – EP
- Liberal – Ozuna & Beéle on Stendhal
- Talk To Johnny – Noah James on Talk To Johnny – Single
- Zombie – The Cranberries on Stars: The Best of the Cranberries 1992-2002
- BAILE INoLVIDABLE – Bad Bunny on DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
- So, yes, I did watch the half-time show, and basically immediately went “this slaps, no wonder he’s the most popular artist in the world” and added a bunch of his stuff.
- Double Days – Aidan Canfield on Double Days – Single
- Neverender – Justice & Tame Impala on Neverender (Remixes) – EP
- The Peddler – Mythborne on The Peddler – Single
- Something absolutely delightful about going from Bad Bunny to country to synthwave to… whatever this is. Classic folk-tale?
- In My Head – Dave Thomas Junior on Counting Backwards
- DON’T YOU SEE ME TRYING? – Erin LeCount on PAREIDOLIA – EP
- CD Player – Majik on CD Player – Single
- Lift My Eyes – Thorin Loeks on Lift My Eyes – Single
- Must Confess – Tors on Must Confess – Single
- Want – Sleeping At Last on Want – Single
- “Comfortable but not quite safe/Still so vulnerable at the end of the day.” Sleeping At Last does a great job of getting me to actually notice the lyrics I’m singing along to, and realize that they’re just digging right in.
- VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR – Bad Bunny on DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
- Emerald – The Fray on A Light That Waits
- Die A Drunk – Evan Honer on Everything I Wanted (& more)
- Se Ve – Ozuna & Beéle on Stendhal
- Lie to Me – Jake Wells on WELLS
- A Month, A Week, A Day – The Jack Wharff Band & Solon Holt on Strange – EP
- Playa Marina – Ozuna & Beéle on Stendhal
- Talkin’ About Jesus – Jonah Kagen on Talkin’ About Jesus – Single
- The track title had this on thin ice, but the actual lyrics being “why are we talkin’ about Jesus, baby, that never helps” brought it right into the playlist.
- Break Me – Blake Whiten on Break Me – Single
- All the Things She Said – Harrison on All the Things She Said – Single
- Why yes, I did enjoy Heated Rivalry, can you tell? (I added both versions of this song, and still absolutely adore the way they did the transition in the show — the sound design overall, like the entire show, was way better than it had any right to be, and for that I am grateful.)
- Candy – Doja Cat on Amala (Deluxe Version)
- Lost In The Woods – Adriatique & Elderbrook on Lost In The Woods – Single
- I do keep expecting this to be the Bon Iver / Kanye “lost in the woods” track, and it just isn’t.
- Black Eyed Susie – Buffalo Traffic Jam on Take Me Home – EP
- Wealthy – Ethan Miller on Wealthy
- Funeral – Dermot Kennedy on The Weight of the Woods
- Lies That Bind – Niklas Juritsch on Lies That Bind – Single
- Thinkin’ & Drivin’ – Matt Schuster on Thinkin’ & Drivin’ – Single
- I do love me my occasional ballad-vibes piece, and the fact that it’s this pun? Delightful.
- Heartbreakdown (Mahogany Sessions) – SYML on Heartbreakdown / Better – Single
- Hymn of the Holler – American Jackals on Hymn of the Holler – Single
- “Wade in the water/hymn of the holler” is a great hook, here.
- Tití Me Preguntó – Bad Bunny on Un Verano Sin Ti
- My favorite Bad Bunny addition. Just the way that he says “Take a selfie/say cheese” is a cultural artifact that needs to be preserved in a vault so it’s available to future generations.
- Lost in Time – sûr faire on Lost in Time – Single
- Drive v2 – Norra & Ethnic Lounge on Eleni – EP
- The Iron In Her Heart – Mythborne on The Iron In Her Heart – Single
- DtMF – Bad Bunny on DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
- Lips – Baxter Dury on It’s a Pleasure
- Start all over again – Nathan Ball on Start all over again – Single
- Lights Burn Dimmer – Fred again.. & Jamie T on Lights Burn Dimmer – Single
- Fred again..’s live series over the last year or so hasn’t caught me as well as his earlier stuff did, but this one I quite enjoyed.
- COMO UN BEBÉ (feat. Mr Eazi) – J Balvin, Bad Bunny & Mr Eazi on OASIS
- Hill I’d Die On – Thomason on Hill I’d Die On – Single
- Call You Back – Evan Honer on Everything I Wanted
- Bottle Cap Eyes – Krayton Moore on Everything I Know
- No Telling Now – Dawson Anderson on No Telling Now – Single
- Leaves of Yggdrasil – Myrkur on Folkesange
- Beneath the Same Cold Sun – Domus Made on Beneath the Same Cold Sun – Single
- The Great Divide – Noah Kahan on The Great Divide
- HEAVENLY FATHER (Live – Mediolanum, Milan, IT. Nov 05 2022) – Bon Iver on VOLUMES: ONE (SELECTIONS FROM MUSIC CONCERTS 2019-2023 BON IVER 6 PIECE BAND)
- I actually wasn’t planning on listening to anything off this album until the whole thing was released, but a friend of mine sent this to me specifically, saying she thought I’d like it. In case you’re wondering, she was totally right.
- TRUTH – Onelove on TRUTH – Single
- FKN Hate You – honestav & JaYy Wick on FKN Hate You – Single
- honestav does some really good catchy tunes
- Arbitrary Dance – Aika Collins on Arbitrary Dance – Single
- Aika continues to be good people!
- Be My Love – Benjamin Steer on Be My Love – Single
- Let You Go – William Clark Green on Watterson Hall
- “What the hell do we think that we’re doing?”
- 0.0 – Ethan Miller on 0.0 – Single
- Hanging on Hope – Buffalo Traffic Jam on Hanging on Hope – Single
- Eyes Closed – Jacob Brian on Eyes Closed – Single
- Ice Cold Lakes – The Fray on A Light That Waits
- Home – Majik on Home – Single
- Pacemaker – Jenny on Holiday on Quicksand Heart
- Still Got You – The Fray on A Light That Waits
- Woman – Matt Schuster on Woman – Single
- This has some of that nice genre-bending feel to it, which is really how it snuck in here despite being very heterosexual.
- Another Life – Buppy. & Peech. on Another Life – Single
- Imaginary Heaven – Jake Wells on WELLS
- Lady of the Moon – Fabrizio on Lady of the Moon – Single