Playlist of the Month: June 2021

This month, Dolby Atmos suddenly became a thing in the streaming music world, and I’ve been having fun with it! If you can, give it a try, it’s neat. (Admittedly, most of the discernible difference is just a matter of “this is a nice remaster,” but still.)

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Come On – Will Young on Echoes

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

DON’T TELL THE BOYS – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP

Spaces – Jaymes Young on Spaces – Single

Arcade – Duncan Laurence on Arcade – Single

twentyfive – Yoste on twentyfive – Single

Lightning – Hayden Calnin on Lightning – Single

Oh Dear, Oh Beaux – beaux on A Love Letter To the Moments Spent Outside

I Can’t Lose You – Isak Danielson on Tomorrow Never Came

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) – Lil Nas X on MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) – Single

On My Own (feat. Kid Cudi) – Jaden on ERYS

Neon Medusa – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Flow – Vide on Flow – Single

Into Your Arms – Vide on Into Your Arms – Single

Starlite – HOKO on Heathen

DIM – SYML on DIM – EP

BLACK TEETH – SYML on DIM – EP

Magic – Phillip LaRue on Night Swimming – Single

I Took a Pill in Ibiza, Youth (Acoustic Mashup) [feat. Chasing Taylor] – Landon Austin on Covers: Six

Astronaut In The Ocean – Masked Wolf on Astronaut In The Ocean – Single

Rät – Penelope Scott on Public Void

Good in Red – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Somewhere We Can Be Alone – Gunnar Gehl on Somewhere We Can Be Alone – Single

Symphony – Forester on Symphony – Single

The Stranger – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Ghost in Your Stereo – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Coldplay (feat. Vic Mensa) – Mr Hudson on Coldplay (feat. Vic Mensa) – Single

Save Me – Majik on It’s Alright / Save Me – Single¹

Tiempo – Ozuna on Tiempo – Single

Attached – Shawn James on Attached – Single

Hold Me – Lani Rose on To: Keep You From: Hurting Me

Hell On Earth – Turbo on Hell On Earth – Single

Can’t Work You Out – Nathan Ball on Can’t Work You Out – Single

All We Have Is Now (feat. Trixie) – Blewbird on All We Have Is Now (feat. Trixie) – Single

False Confidence – Noah Kahan on Busyhead

Expectations – Joel Ansett on Expectations – Single

Magazines – Anson Seabra on Magazines – Single

Blinding Lights – The Weeknd on After Hours

In Your Eyes – The Weeknd on After Hours

Paranoid – Lani Rose on To: Keep You From: Hurting Me

Imported – Jessie Reyez & 6LACK on Imported – Single²

Belong – slenderbodies on Komorebi

u love u – blackbear & Tate McRae on u love u – Single

Revolver – bülow on Revolver – Single

Goosebumps – HVME on Goosebumps – Single

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths on The Queen Is Dead³

Never Surrender (feat. H. Kenneth) – Mike Emilio & Hypanda on Never Surrender (feat. H. Kenneth) – Single

Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) – Post Malone & Swae Lee on Hollywood’s Bleeding

Late At Night – Roddy Ricch on Late At Night – Single

Like That – JP Saxe on Dangerous Levels of Introspection

Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head – TORRES on Thirstier⁴

Todo Estaba Bien – Carlos Sadness & Manuel Medrano on Tropical Jesus

My Rajneesh – Sufjan Stevens on America – EP

Baci Dalla Tunisia – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo

Talata – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo⁵

T’Amo – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo

Karma – Mahmood & Woodkid on Ghettolimpo

Klan (Spanish Version) – Mahmood & DRD on Ghettolimpo

Kobra – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo

Out in LA – Aquilo on Out in LA – Single

I Only Go South – Yoste on I Only Go South – Single

GROWING PAINS – AJ Mitchell on GROWING PAINS – Single

Dinero – Trinidad Cardona on Dinero – Single

In the End – Linkin Park on Hybrid Theory⁶

Player 2 – Rory Webley on Player 2 – Single

Under the Covers (feat. DT James) – Blewbird on Under the Covers (feat. DT James) – Single

Phonky Town – Playaphonk on Phonky Town – Single⁷

b!!!rds – Sir Sly on The Rise & Fall of Loverboy

Gone Are The Days (feat. James Gillespie) – Kygo on Gone Are The Days (feat. James Gillespie) – Single

Los Tontos (Live at NPR’s Tiny Desk) – C. Tangana & Kiko Veneno on El Madrileño (Live at NPR’s Tiny Desk) – Single⁸

Ride – Amber Run on Ride – Single

Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas) – Daft Punk on Random Access Memories

bad guy – Billie Eilish on WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

All Eyes On Me – Bo Burnham on Inside (The Songs)⁹

Cherry – Chromatics on Cherry (Deluxe)

Bezos I – Bo Burnham on Inside (The Songs)

August – Flipturn on Citrona

Welcome to the Internet – Bo Burnham on Inside (The Songs)

Distorted Light Beam – Bastille on Distorted Light Beam – Single

1. if I listen to Majik enough, will they come back? I can dream ↩
2. “Some people call me six-lack” ↩
3. It’s really neat living in the future, because this song popped into my head the other day, and I just announced to the air that I wanted to hear it, and then, suddenly, there it was. ↩
4. This feels like my childhood, but in a way that doesn’t evoke nostalgia, somehow? It’s a very strange feeling, but I quite like it. ↩
5. I really enjoyed this whole album; I think Talata is my favorite, just because it’s the weirdest. ↩
6. I think this is the best Atmos remaster I’ve listened to so far. ↩
7. “This sounds like demons trying to tell you something.” – my sister ↩
8. This sounds like it shouldn’t be possible, what with the pandemic still ongoing, but it’s a delightful piece of music. ↩
9. If you haven’t yet watched Inside on Netflix, I heartily recommend it — it’s an incredible work of art. The fact that I got this song out of it, which is one of my favorites this month, is a nice plus. ↩