Playlist of the Month: August 2026

I keep forgetting that I’m switching from “just a list with footnotes” to “bulleted list with indented bullets” and needing to go back and do the edit a second time. Thank you, Sublime Text, for having good bulk-text-editing tools!

The beginning of September is usually when I have to start working on accepting that we’re sliding into autumn, and I really have been working on that – went on a hike on the 30th and spotted a few leaves beginning to change color, which felt like an assault in August, but alas, that’s what’s happening.

Anyhow, please enjoy what is apparently an end of summer playlist, a fact about which I’m in denial. As usual, you can look at individual tracks below, or grab the whole playlist here.

Azalea Place – Max McNown on Night Diving

The Barn – Landon Smith on The Barn – Single

Loud and Heavy – Cody Jinks on Adobe Sessions

Life Behind Bars – Zach John King & Bayker Blankenship on Life Behind Bars – Single

Oh My Days – Orville Peck on Appaloosa

Sleeping on the Blacktop – Colter Wall on Imaginary Appalachia

26 – Christian Hayes on 26 – EP

It’s the End of the World – Orville Peck on Appaloosa

Pink Skies – Noah James on Pink Skies – Single

Johnny Boy’s Bones (feat. The Dead South) – Colter Wall on Imaginary Appalachia

Graveyard Whistling – Morgan Wallen on Graveyard Whistling – Single

Connection – Majik on Connection – Single

Left Or Right – Ethan Miller on Wealthy

Monsters – Majik on Monsters – Single

Double Days – Aidan Canfield on Double Days – Single

CD Player – Majik on CD Player – Single

Talkin’ About Jesus – Jonah Kagen on Talkin’ About Jesus – Single

All the Things She Said – Harrison on All the Things She Said – Single

Tití Me Preguntó – Bad Bunny on Un Verano Sin Ti

0.0 – Ethan Miller on 0.0 – Single

Home – Majik on Home – Single

Dog House – Dylan Cotrone on Dog House – EP

One – Majik on One – Single

Ways Away – Tyler Nance on Midwest Memoir

Dirt on Me – Chris Housman on Dirt on Me – Single

Boots on the Ground – Massive Attack & Tom Waits on Boots on the Ground – Single

Porch Light – Noah Kahan on The Great Divide

Burn Me – Jonah Kagen & Sam Barber on Burn Me – Single

Yellow – Emmit Fenn on Yellow – Single

One More Round (Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons) – Colm R. McGuinness on A Troll Is Not A Familiar (Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons) – EP

You’re Not The Same (Demo Version) – Yoste on You’re Not The Same (Demo Version) – Single

Party’s In The Back – DELTONA on Party’s In The Back – Single

Secondhand Smoke – Allman Brown on Secondhand Smoke – Single

Midwest Memoir – Tyler Nance on Midwest Memoir

KFC Santería – Cain Culto on KFC Santería – Single

RUNWAY – Lady Gaga & Doechii on The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Music From The Motion Picture)

Back to You – Cody Oliphant on When I Go – EP

Play Your Games – Greta Van Fleet on Play Your Games – Single

If I Die Young, Pt. 2 – Kimberly Perry on Bloom – EP

BIMBAMBAU – Cain Culto on BIMBAMBAU – Single

Run – Sam Barber on Broken View

Hardy (feat. Clairo) – Rostam on American Stories

Broken (Demo Version) – Yoste on Broken (Demo Version) – Single

Kids Like Us – The Cowgays, Adam Mac, Brooke Eden & Chris Housman on Kids Like Us – Single

Tremolo – Metric on Romanticize The Dive

edamame (feat. Rich Brian) – bbno$ on eat ya veggies

Cowman – Chris Housman on Cowman – Single

Seneca Guns – Wesko on Familiar Spirits – EP

Used To Be – Cam Bogle on Used To Be – Single

DJ Turn It Down – Boy Throb & Kesha on DJ Turn It Down – Single

A Troll Is Not A Familiar (Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons) – Colm R. McGuinness on Guild-Maxxing (Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons) – EP

party 4 u – Charli xcx on how i’m feeling now

Salem Witch – Lilith Max on Salem Witch – Single

Crash First – honestav & mgk on Sweet American Boy

cucuru – Cain Culto on cucuru – Single

Good Hoedown – The Cowgays, Adam Mac, Brooke Eden & Chris Housman on Good Hoedown – Single

Hunting Ghosts – Wesko on Familiar Spirits – EP

I’m Always Talking (Demo Version) – Yoste on With A Light Heart – EP

Lost Boys – Wesko on Lost Boys – EP

round and round – bbno$ on round and round – Single

Ghost Mode – Vahid Beats on Ghost Mode – Single

These Alarms – Snow Patrol & Kylie Minogue on These Alarms – Single

Side-Side-Side Quest (Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons) – Colm R. McGuinness on Bromance (Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons)

I’m On Fire – Wesko on Familiar Spirits – EP

Jacobs Song – honestav & Damien Styles on Sweet American Boy

Bromance (Inspired By Dungeons & Dragons) – Colm R. McGuinness on Bromance (Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons)

Before The Soul Goes To Waste – Fabrizio on RECOVERY – EP

Stupid Girl – Aika Collins on Stupid Girl – Single

Cowboys Don’t Cry – Oliver Tree on Cowboy Tears

Saving Me – Noah Brigden on Saving Me – Single

Rivers and Roads (feat. The Head and The Heart) – Michael Marcagi & Chance Peña on Rivers and Roads (feat. The Head and The Heart) – Single

Voodoo – Dylan Cotrone on Voodoo – Single

Maghreb – Saint Levant & Bayou on Here and There – Single

Take Me Back – Kygo & Max McNown on Take Me Back – Single

Prologue (Eulogy Of A Man Turned Mule) – Emmylou Harris, Noah Cyrus, Allison Russell & Orville Peck on Mule

a plague, a pestilence – Cain Culto on occulto 002 – EP

Under You – Andrew Sa on American Rough

Hands Up – Blood Orange on Freetown Sound

Hadal Ahbek – Issam Alnajjar on Hadal Ahbek – Single

Too Little, Too Late – Orville Peck on Mule

Stars – Sail North on Stars – Single

Last Night In Paris (feat. Carpenter Brut) – The Midnight on Syndicate (Deluxe)

My Boy – TEEKS on My Boy – Single

The Comeback – Joe Jordan on The Comeback – Single

Purple Hat – SOFI TUKKER on DANCING ON THE PEOPLE – EP

Very Few Friends – Saint Levant on Very Few Friends – Single

Run For Them Hills – Zach John King on I’m What You Get

Risk It All – Rufus Joseph on Risk It All – Single

Dream You Back – Def Human on Dream You Back – Single

Touch me – Lobo Music on Touch me – Single

Wine Into Whiskey – Tucker Wetmore on What Not To

Sent to me specifically because of the way he says “sauvignon blanc”, and that’s also why it’s in the playlist. What can I say, I enjoy an interesting accent.

Quiereme – LATIN MAFIA, Fred again.. & bby on 9 months & 50 hours

benjy chord – Fred again.. & LATIN MAFIA on 9 months & 50 hours

Te Estoy Correteando – LATIN MAFIA & Fred again.. on 9 months & 50 hours

Want For Nothing – Cameron Whitcomb on The Hard Way (Complete Edition)

The Thing That Takes – Fabrizio on RECOVERY – EP

“wow, there’s a lot of songs about alcoholism on this album,” I thought, before I looked at the album title and went, ah.

Younger – TEEKS on Something To Feel

Halo – Fred again.., LATIN MAFIA & Lil Yachty on 9 months & 50 hours

Revolution – Seth Staton Watkins on Songs for the Revolution

Need Change Soon – honestav on Sweet American Boy

Mabe – Fred again.., LATIN MAFIA & Mabe Fratti on 9 months & 50 hours

What’s the Matter with You – Emmy and Everything on Say When – Single

I have a fun piece of history about this piece… which I have been asked by the artist not to share, so instead I’m just going to be mysterious. Better go listen to the song and try to guess what the origin is.

Alvafro – LATIN MAFIA & Fred again.. on 9 months & 50 hours

Saw You Stand – Greta Van Fleet on Palace for the People

Greta Van Fleet is truly excellent

How To Not – Zach John King on I’m What You Get

Already Gone – Orville Peck on Mule

so excited for this album

Dungeon Cult Devotee 001 – Cain Culto on occulto 002 – EP

Cain Culto does some really great catchy rhythms, it’s a vibe

We Don’t Talk Anymore (feat. Chloe Foy) – Allman Brown on We Don’t Talk Anymore (feat. Chloe Foy) – Single

Polaris – Emmy and Everything on Say When – Single