Sounding the spoiler horn: not only will I be making no effort to avoid spoilers for K-Pop Demon Hunters here, I will be actively assuming that the reader has seen the movie.
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Playlist of the Month: September 2025
It’s been a weird month. As I’m writing this, the weather has very suddenly gone from “80ish degrees and sunny” to “60-something and rainy,” so I’d say that autumn has arrived with a vengeance; there’s already a bit more fall vibes creeping into this playlist. As usual, individual tracks below, full playlist here.
Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP
Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Night Diving
Medusa – Cameron Whitcomb on Medusa – Single
Heartbreaker – Hayden Blount on Heartbreaker – Single
Options – Cameron Whitcomb on Clean Country 2025
Azalea Place – Max McNown on Night Diving
St. Helens Alpenglow – Max McNown on St. Helens Alpenglow – Single
Flicker – Yoste on Flicker – Single
Follows You – Michael Marcagi on Midwest Kid – EP
Take Me Away (Stripped) – Noah Brigden on Take Me Away (Stripped) – Single
Livin’ Missing You – Hayden Blount on Livin’ Missing You – Single
Fiending – Noah Brigden on I’m Fine – Single
life is beautiful – heylucas on hey
American Trail – Dylan Gossett on Westward
Carolina – Blake Whiten on Carolina – Single
Normal Day – Brendan Walter on Normal Day – Single
God Loves Weirdos – Mt. Joy on Hope We Have Fun
Bloodline – Alex Warren & Jelly Roll on Bloodline – Single
I Am Digital, I Am Divine – Erin LeCount on I Am Digital, I Am Divine – EP
Sea Shanty Medley – Home Free on Sea Shanty Medley – Single
The Barn – Landon Smith on The Barn – Single
Loud and Heavy – Cody Jinks on Adobe Sessions
One More Day to Come – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life
Fair To You – Vincent Lima on To Love A Thing That Fades
Did What You Did – Noah Brigden on Bad Habits – EP
Life’s Worth Living – Nick Folwarczny on Life’s Worth Living – Single
Struggle On Boy (Stripped) – Noah Brigden on Bad Habits – EP
Shore House – Maxx Parker on Shore House – Single
Good God, Hot Damn – Hayden Blount on Good God, Hot Damn – Single
Something To Lose – Christian Hayes & Corey Harper on Something To Lose – Single
My Heart’s A Crowded Room – The Fray on My Heart’s A Crowded Room – Single
5AM (feat. Billianne) – Amber Run on 5AM (feat. Billianne) – Single
Lucy – Mt. Joy on Hope We Have Fun
Reversing Thunder – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life
Damned If I Do – Vincent Mason on Damned If I Do – Single
Night Windows – Arcade Beach on Music for Night Drives
Dale Dickens (RIP) – Cooper Alan on Dale Dickens (RIP) – Single
QUEEN OF DUST (Live at The Royal Albert Hall) – The Blaze on FOLK
Shadowverse – The Midnight on Syndicate
Fourth of July – Cooper Alan on Fourth of July – Single
Cold Shoulder – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP
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
Bottomland – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY!
Sunlight – Yoste on Sunlight – Single
Bowery (feat. Kings of Leon) – Zach Bryan on Bowery (feat. Kings of Leon) – Single
Tongue Tied – Chance Peña on When I Change My Mind I Don’t Mean It
Holding On – Majik on Blood, Sweat & Tears
EYES (Live at The Royal Albert Hall) – The Blaze on FOLK
HEAVEN (Live at The Royal Albert Hall) – The Blaze on FOLK
HIGHWAY KIND – Fabrizio on HIGHWAY KIND – Single1
London – Skepta & Fred again.. on Skepta .. Fred – EP
Space – Zach John King on Space – Single
21 Years – Skepta & Fred again.. on Skepta .. Fred – EP
The Vulture and the Little Boy – Bukahara on Canaries in a Coal Mine2
How It’s Done – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast on KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)3
Your Idol – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast on KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)4
Ktir – Bukahara on Canaries in a Coal Mine
Song From Yesterday – Chance Peña on When I Change My Mind I Don’t Mean It
Afraid No More – Bukahara on Canaries in a Coal Mine
Dust and Smoke – Sam Barber on Music for the Soul
Favorite Country Song – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY!
808 HYMN – Erin LeCount on 808 HYMN – Single
Summer’s Ending Soon – The Midnight on Syndicate
She Didn’t Have To – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP
Turn Down The Lights – Gavin Adcock on Own Worst Enemy
Kind Tired Eyes – Noah James on The Tracks – EP
Hangin’ On – Dylan Gossett on Westward
Happy – Bukahara on Canaries in a Coal Mine
Buck On The Wall – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY!
Gun To My Head – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY!
- Vocally, really reminds me of Leonard Cohen, particularly in You Want It Darker. ↩
- I’m slowly picking up the lyrics of this one; right now it’s just bits and pieces, “and all the trigger-happy madmen” ↩
- Go watch the movie, it’s great. ↩
- I have a lot of thoughts about this song… which I’ve done a full write-up of, and will post son. ↩
Playlist of the Month: August 2025
Another country-heavy playlist; still not quite sure how I feel about my music taste shifting this hard, but hey, at least I’m enjoying music. Entire playlist is here; individual tracks (and commentary) below:
Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP
Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Night Diving
Medusa – Cameron Whitcomb on Medusa – Single
Heartbreaker – Hayden Blount on Heartbreaker – Single
Options – Cameron Whitcomb on Clean Country 2025
Azalea Place – Max McNown on Night Diving
St. Helens Alpenglow – Max McNown on St. Helens Alpenglow – Single
Virgo – TROY on Virgo – Single
Flicker – Yoste on Flicker – Single
Follows You – Michael Marcagi on Midwest Kid – EP
Take Me Away (Stripped) – Noah Brigden on Take Me Away (Stripped) – Single
Livin’ Missing You – Hayden Blount on Livin’ Missing You – Single
Build – Sleeping At Last on Build – Single
Fiending – Noah Brigden on I’m Fine – Single
life is beautiful – heylucas on hey
American Trail – Dylan Gossett on Westward
Carolina – Blake Whiten on Carolina – Single
Out Of The Blue – Waylon Wyatt on Out Of The Blue – EP
Normal Day – Brendan Walter on Normal Day – Single
Good Old Days – Daniel Leggs on Good Old Days – Single
God Loves Weirdos – Mt. Joy on Hope We Have Fun
Bloodline – Alex Warren & Jelly Roll on Bloodline – Single
I Am Digital, I Am Divine – Erin LeCount on I Am Digital, I Am Divine – EP
Sea Shanty Medley – Home Free on Sea Shanty Medley – Single
Snow – Matt Ryder on Snow – Single
Rearranged – honestav on hara-kiri (Deluxe)
Better Days – Anella on 831: The Series
Smoker – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC1
decay – Ethan Regan on honey honey honey – EP
The Barn – Landon Smith on The Barn – Single2
Loud and Heavy – Cody Jinks on Adobe Sessions3
Hard To Love – Anella on 831: The Series
Make These Moments Last – Thorin Loeks on Make These Moments Last – Single
One More Day to Come – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life
Fair To You – Vincent Lima on To Love A Thing That Fades4
Burn (feat. Landon Cube) – Lil Skies on The Evolution of the Rose
Did What You Did – Noah Brigden on Bad Habits – EP5
Life’s Worth Living – Nick Folwarczny on Life’s Worth Living – Single
Struggle On Boy (Stripped) – Noah Brigden on Bad Habits – EP
Shore House – Maxx Parker on Shore House – Single6
Good God, Hot Damn – Hayden Blount on Good God, Hot Damn – Single
Something To Lose – Christian Hayes & Corey Harper on Something To Lose – Single
Reckless – Blake Whiten on Six Mile – EP
My Heart’s A Crowded Room – The Fray on My Heart’s A Crowded Room – Single
5AM (feat. Billianne) – Amber Run on 5AM (feat. Billianne) – Single7
Lucy – Mt. Joy on Hope We Have Fun8
Ghost in the Shell – EDEN on Ghost in the Shell – EP
Best Of My Love (feat. Zak Abel) – Vandelux on Best Of My Love (feat. Zak Abel) – Single
Sirenita – Ozuna on Sirenita – Single
Smoke & Embers – Waylon Wyatt & Willow Avalon on Smoke & Embers – Single9
Hide and Seek (20th Anniversary Remaster) – Imogen Heap on Hide and Seek (20th Anniversary Remaster) – Single10
Reversing Thunder – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life
Damned If I Do – Vincent Mason on Damned If I Do – Single
Night Windows – Arcade Beach on Music for Night Drives
Dale Dickens (Rip) – Cooper Alan on Dale Dickens (Rip) – Single11
On My Mind – Alex Warren & ROSÉ on On My Mind – Single
Gerona – heylucas, Singe Bleu & Androma on hey
QUEEN OF DUST (Live at The Royal Albert Hall) – The Blaze on FOLK12
Breathe Again – Thorin Loeks on Flakes of Gold – EP
Shadowverse – The Midnight on Syndicate13
Fourth of July – Cooper Alan on Fourth of July – Single14
Lost Without You – Luca Fogale on Lost Without You – Single
Do It All Again – heylucas & HNE on hey
Cold Shoulder – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP
The Others – Cody Jinks on In My Blood
Life Behind Bars – Zach John King & Bayker Blankenship on Life Behind Bars – Single15
Better than the Floor – Sam Barber & Chance Peña on Better than the Floor – Single
Man of the Year – Sam Barber on Man of the Year – Single
Bottomland – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY!16
Television Love – Of Monsters and Men on Television Love – Single
In The Middle – Mt. Joy on Hope We Have Fun
Fever In My Bones – Nils Hoffmann & Hayden Calnin on Fever In My Bones – Single
Swimming In The Dark – Vandelux on Closer
Sunlight – Yoste on Sunlight – Single
Bowery (feat. Kings of Leon) – Zach Bryan on Bowery (feat. Kings of Leon) – Single
Nuke the Moon – Epic Mountain on Nuke the Moon – Single
- I really enjoy this album, but so much of it is so painfully wistful/sad that I’ve found myself consciously leaning away from it in the latter half of the month. ↩
- “What’d I do wrong? What do I care?/ I’m just here for the boys and the beer and the air.” ↩
- Absolutely love this addition; courtesy of my cousin’s boyfriend, and the drive back from a camping trip. ↩
- oof ouch my bones ↩
- “Postin’ on the Instagram, lying in the captions/ Drinkin’ way too much and developing bad habits”
This is a viciously fun song, and I’ve spent way too much time this month trying to figure out exactly how he’s getting his pronunciation like that. ↩ - Normally not a fan of this sort of spoken-word-sampling style, but it works really well here; honestly, I’d watch this movie. ↩
- I disagree with some of the lyrics as presented by Apple Music, but I really enjoy this alternate take on the original. ↩
- Great for singing along to. ↩
- Took three or four listens before I stopped hearing this come on and thinking “how did Waylon Wyatt land a Dolly Parton collab?” ↩
- This might well be the song for which Apple Music’s Atmos support was created, absolutely gorgeous remaster. ↩
- This might well be the favorite this month, it’s so much fun to sing along to. ↩
- Not usually a fan of live recordings, but every once in a while one just hits. ↩
- Breaking up the country with a lusciously cinematic entry from The Midnight, such a vibe. ↩
- Okay, I do enjoy this, but there’s also something about it that reminds me of Bo Burnham’s country song. ↩
- I’m so thoroughly not a lyrics-analysis guy, but I had a fun moment with this like “oh, wait, I get it it, it’s about being behind bars and also about being behind bars!” ↩
- This one just immediately lodged in my brain and wouldn’t get out; I think I may have actually skipped the “add to library, list to it again before it makes it into the playlist” purgatory step, which is very rare. ↩
Playlist of the Month: July 2025
While this is my usual one-playlist-per-month, it doesn’t actually feel like the playlist of this month to me. That goes to the one my sister and cousin and I put together to play while we trekked over to the camping spot we used to go to as kids. I won’t be sharing that one here, though; it’s what we played while we scattered dad’s ashes, it’s a bit too personal.
Instead, here’s the regular monthly playlist; check it out here, or see the individual tracks below:
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
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
Alright Now – Hayden Calnin on Alright Now – Single
Virgo – TROY on Virgo – Single
Flicker – Yoste on Flicker – Single
Something Beautiful and Bright – SYML on Nobody Lives Here
Follows You – Michael Marcagi on Midwest Kid – EP
Sincerely, Your Son – Waylon Wyatt on Sincerely, Your Son – Single
Take Me Away (Stripped) – Noah Brigden on Take Me Away (Stripped) – Single
Silence Underneath – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life
Nowhere to Go – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life
Hikikomori – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC
Livin’ Missing You – Hayden Blount on Livin’ Missing You – Single
Build – Sleeping At Last on Build – Single
Saturn – Sleeping At Last on 2016 Sampler
Fiending – Noah Brigden on I’m Fine – Single
The War Was With Myself – honestav on hara-kiri (Deluxe)
Calliope Prelude – Lucy Dacus on Forever Is A Feeling
Lose You – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP
life is beautiful – heylucas on hey
Basement beds – SYML on Basement beds – Single
Destroy – Sleeping At Last on Destroy – Single
American Trail – Dylan Gossett on Westward
I Found (with Freya Ridings) – Amber Run on I Found (with Freya Ridings) – Single
Hard Time Lover (feat. Chance Peña) – Gryffin on Hard Time Lover (feat. Chance Peña) – Single
Find a Way – Harrison Storm on Find a Way – Single
Slow Down – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP
Carolina – Blake Whiten on Carolina – Single
Out Of The Blue – Waylon Wyatt on Out Of The Blue – EP
Klonopin – Vic Mensa on Hooligans – EP1
Aries – TROY on Aries – Single
Whiskey Tears – Pardyalone on FUHLK MUSIC VOL. 2 – Single
Couch Potato – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC
Normal Day – Brendan Walter on Normal Day – Single2
Good Old Days – Daniel Leggs on Good Old Days – Single
God Loves Weirdos – Mt. Joy on Hope We Have Fun
Space in My Heart (Original Version) – Enrique Iglesias on Space in My Heart (Original Version) – Single3
The Funeral (2025 Edit) – Gryffin & Band of Horses on The Funeral (2025 Edit) – Single
Hot Mess – Landon Smith on Reckon So – EP
Minus Sixty One – Woodkid on WOODKID FOR DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
heaven will have to wait – flora cash on heaven will have to wait – EP
Bloodline – Alex Warren & Jelly Roll on Bloodline – Single4
Piñata – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC
I Am Digital, I Am Divine – Erin LeCount on I Am Digital, I Am Divine – EP
Led Me – Elskavon on Panoramas
Hole In The Wall – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP
Accusations – Anella on 831: The Series
Pocket (montreal) – EDEN on gggiiiiirrrrlllll – EP
Sea Shanty Medley – Home Free on Sea Shanty Medley – Single5
gggiiiiirrrrlllll – EDEN on gggiiiiirrrrlllll – EP
Dead to Me – Hayden Blount on Dead to Me – Single
Snow – Matt Ryder on Snow – Single
Rearranged – honestav on hara-kiri (Deluxe)
Better Days – Anella on 831: The Series
- I kept getting the opening “hooligans!” stuck in my head, so here we are. ↩
- everything about this track feels like a commentary on the fact that I am aging ↩
- I like that, 20 years later, this has a similar (though, fortunately, less rape-y) vibe/plot to Escape. ↩
- I’ve accepted that I just don’t know what genre Jelly Roll actually works in, and have done nothing to attempt to fix this confusion. ↩
- Sometimes you just need some a cappella in your life ↩
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
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
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
Out Of The Blue – Waylon Wyatt on Out Of The Blue – EP
- I always love new Yoste ↩
- For the best that this is a “dear mom” song because otherwise it’d hurt too much to listen to, still ↩
- I think this is my favorite addition this month, just really lodged in my brain ↩
- “How rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist” ↩
- One of my most sung-along tracks this month, the chorus is just really catchy ↩
- Something about this feels like the music dad used to play when we went camping in the summer. ↩
- Does a great job of catching that heart-wrenching feeling ↩
- My favorite off this album, weirdly. ↩
- “Figure out the hard way’s the best way to win” ↩
- Hilarious lyrics. ↩
- Also hilarious lyrics. ↩
- “Oh weird I wonder why they’re doing a new version of this song right no- oh no it’s ten years old” ↩
- Gotta have one thing in there to celebrate Pride! ↩
Playlist of the Month: May 2025
At one point I did some data visualization of my playlists; it’d be interesting to do that again at the end of this year, because I’m sure there’ll be some Trends visible there. As per the new norm, you can listen to the whole playlist here.
Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP
Towers – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Night Diving
i Am A Mountain – Coldplay on Moon Music (Full Moon Edition)
Medusa – Cameron Whitcomb on Medusa – Single
Drunk Again – Aidan Canfield on Rivertown – EP
Blue Jean Baby – Zach Bryan on Blue Jean Baby – Single
Heartbreaker – Hayden Blount on Heartbreaker – Single
Sagittarius – TROY on Sagittarius – Single
Rattlesnake – Jack Van Cleaf & Zach Bryan on JVC
Domini Lost – IcoS on Domini Lost – Single
Alien Cowboy – Gordi on Like Plasticine
Options – Cameron Whitcomb on Clean Country 2025
Everything Is Peaceful Love – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE
Well, Me 2 – Pardyalone on FUHLK MUSIC VOL. 1 – Single
GFU – Landon Smith on GFU – Single
93 – flora cash on i’m not okay – Single
Azalea Place – Max McNown on Night Diving
There’s A Rhythmn – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE
Canadian – Billy Raffoul on Canadian – Single
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
No Idol (ruff cut) – N4MESM on No Idol (ruff cut)1
Hexie Mountains – Orville Peck on Bronco
Virgo – TROY on Virgo – Single
From – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE
Breeze – Lonely in the Rain on Breeze – Single
Waterfall – Elderbrook & Ahmed Spins on Waterfall – Single
Flicker – Yoste on Flicker – Single
High Dive – Emmit Fenn on High Dive – Single
When We Was – MÒZÂMBÎQÚE & Vertefeuille on When We Was
Slave Shift (demo) – N4MESM on Slave Shift (demo)2
Something Beautiful and Bright – SYML on Nobody Lives Here
I’ll Be There – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE
CONTAR – JC Reyes & Ozuna on CONTAR – Single
Stars Fading In Constellation – HurricaneTurtle on Stars In Constellation – Single3
Follows You – Michael Marcagi on Midwest Kid – EP
Sincerely, Your Son – Waylon Wyatt on Sincerely, Your Son – Single4
Angel – Kai Bosch on Angel – Single
Heat Ignited – Tep No on Heat Ignited – Single
Remember Me – Duce on Remember Me – Single
Take Me Away (Stripped) – Noah Brigden on Take Me Away (Stripped) – Single
Sweet Fruit – Erin LeCount on I Am Digital, I Am Divine – EP
Silence Underneath – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life
Northern Thunder – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Playlist of the Month: April 2025
Back to sharing links and doing a bit of annotation this time, but still a short playlist. Listen to the whole thing here, or see my lightly-annotated track list:
Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP
Towers – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Night Diving
i Am A Mountain – Coldplay on Moon Music (Full Moon Edition)
Medusa – Cameron Whitcomb on Medusa – Single
Drunk Again – Aidan Canfield on Rivertown – EP
Old Neptune, He’s Roaring – Brian Sauvé on Hearth Songs
Wake Me up (Country Version) – Cooper Alan & Aloe Blacc on Wake Me up (Country Version) – Single
Blue Jean Baby – Zach Bryan on Blue Jean Baby – Single
Heartbreaker – Hayden Blount on Heartbreaker – Single
Ordinary – Alex Warren on Ordinary – Single
Trauma Kid – Majik on Trauma Kid – Single1
SOTTOMARINI – Mahmood on SOTTOMARINI – Single
Street Level – Jon Bryant on Street Level – Single
Have to Know – Daniel Leggs on Have to Know – Single
Sagittarius – TROY on Sagittarius – Single
Rattlesnake – Jack Van Cleaf & Zach Bryan on JVC
Domini Lost – IcoS on Domini Lost – Single
Alien Cowboy – Gordi on Like Plasticine
Bad Cameo – James Blake & Lil Yachty on Bad Cameo
Options – Cameron Whitcomb on Clean Country 2025
AWARDS SEASON – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE
Everything Is Peaceful Love – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE
Like I Do – Dylan Gossett on Like I Do – Single
Well, Me 2 – Pardyalone on FUHLK MUSIC VOL. 1 – Single
GFU – Landon Smith on GFU – Single
93 – flora cash on i’m not okay – Single2
Azalea Place – Max McNown on Night Diving
Missing Man – James Blake & Lil Yachty on Bad Cameo
There’s A Rhythmn – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE
Canadian – Billy Raffoul on Canadian – Single
i’m not okay – flora cash on i miss you – Single
DREAMBOY – Lil Nas X on DREAMBOY – Single
- I’m deeply sad to not have a link here; Majik appears to have pulled it from Apple Music, and his various social media accounts have vanished again. It was nice while it lasted.
… he said, before going down a bit of a rabbit hole; there’s a new TikTok username, which links to a SoundCloud account with a couple tracks. Not the same sound as Majik, but still worth listening to. ↩ - This is the catchy one this month. ↩
Playlist of the Month: March 2025
No links or annotations this time around; as with last month, I’ve spent the majority of March being too ill to really engage with music as much as I’d like. You can listen to the whole playlist here.
Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Clean Bandit & French The Kid on Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Single
Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP
Towers – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Night Diving
i Am A Mountain – Coldplay on Moon Music (Full Moon Edition)
Medusa – Cameron Whitcomb on Medusa – Single
Bears & Wolves – Lilith Max on Bears & Wolves – Single
Drunk Again – Aidan Canfield on Rivertown – EP
Old Neptune, He’s Roaring – Brian Sauvé on Hearth Songs
Wake Me up (Country Version) – Cooper Alan & Aloe Blacc on Wake Me up (Country Version) – Single
TRANS AM – Jeremiah Kane on TRANS AM – Single
Blue Jean Baby – Zach Bryan on Blue Jean Baby – Single
Heartbreaker – Hayden Blount on Heartbreaker – Single
ONANON – Killen. on ONANON – Single
Silver Spoon – Erin LeCount on Silver Spoon – Single
Clockwork – Masked Wolf on The Devil Wears Prada but God Wears Gucci
22s – KOKO, Nina Chuba & Dillistone on 22s – Single
Dear Me (From The Original Documentary “Diane Warren: Relentless”) – Kesha on Dear Me (From The Original Documentary “Diane Warren: Relentless”) – Single
Ordinary – Alex Warren on Ordinary – Single
Trauma Kid – Majik on Trauma Kid – Single
Opportunity – MÒZÂMBÎQÚE & Vertefeuille on When We Was
SOTTOMARINI – Mahmood on SOTTOMARINI – Single
In Your Eyes – Korine on In Your Eyes – Single
Too Young To Be Jaded – Tep No on Catharsis – EP
Street Level – Jon Bryant on Street Level – Single
Seraph – Lilith Max on Seraph – Single
Have to Know – Daniel Leggs on Have to Know – Single
Bittersweet (feat. Rosie Darling) – Audien & Shallou on Bittersweet (feat. Rosie Darling) – Single
Sagittarius – TROY on Sagittarius – Single
Love Is an Ocean – The Midnight on Love Is an Ocean – Single
Missyouso – Mascolo on Missyouso – Single
See How It Ends – Anderholm on See How It Ends – Single
Rattlesnake (feat. Zach Bryan) – Jack Van Cleaf & Zach Bryan on JVC
Summer of Love (Vip Edit) – James Carter, Leony & Sam Fischer on Summer of Love (Vip Edit) – Single
Domini Lost – IcoS on Domini Lost – Single
Alien Cowboy – Gordi on Like Plasticine
Anhedonia – Korine on Anhedonia – Single
To the wilder (from “DEATH STRANDING 2 : ON THE BEACH” Soundtrack) – Woodkid on To the wilder (from “DEATH STRANDING 2 : ON THE BEACH” Soundtrack) – Single
Playlist of the Month: February 2025
This is a bit of a weird one, to me. I spent most of the month very sick, and at least half of it, even listening to music was just… a lot. And while I still managed to put together something of a playlist for the month, it’s a bit misleading; a lot of the time, even when I felt up to listening to music, I was doing a lot of “hit shuffle on the playlist, then scrub through the queue and remove a bunch of stuff that still felt like Too Much.”
Still, though, there was a bit of music in the month. If you’d like the whole playlist in one go, here’s the link, or do the piecemeal-with-occasional-notes style below:
Machine Learning – J. Maya on Machine Learning – Single
Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Clean Bandit & French The Kid on Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Single
Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP
Dicked Down in Dallas – Trey Lewis on Dicked Down in Dallas – Single
Midnight Drive – HurricaneTurtle on Midnight Drive – EP
Towers – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Sorry 4 The Wait – Lil Wayne on Sorry 4 The Wait
Up, Out, and Leaving – Hayden Blount on Up, Out, and Leaving
The Emptiness Machine – LINKIN PARK on From Zero
Overflow – LINKIN PARK on From Zero
Great Mother (feat. Neco Novellas) – HAEVN on Wide Awake (Deluxe)
Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Night Diving
i Am A Mountain – Coldplay on Moon Music (Full Moon Edition)
Breathe – RÜFÜS DU SOL on Inhale / Exhale
How About a Drink? – Billy Raffoul on How About a Drink? – Single
Medusa – Cameron Whitcomb on Medusa – Single
Bears & Wolves – Lilith Max on Bears & Wolves – Single
need dat boy – Lil Nas X on need dat boy – Single
Sometimes We Come Back – THE RUNAWAY WILD on Sometimes We Come Back – Single
Drunk Again – Aidan Canfield on Rivertown – EP
Breathe, Be Happy – Tep No on Breathe, Be Happy – Single
Old Neptune, He’s Roaring – Brian Sauvé on Hearth Songs
Plead the Fifth – Cooper Alan on Plead the Fifth – Single
I’m Good (Blue) – David Guetta & Bebe Rexha on I’m Good (Blue) – Single
Crazy – Doechii on Crazy – Single
Crossfire – Waves_On_Waves, SHKHR & Waves On Waves Armada on Crossfire – Single
Falls Down – James Carter & Lucas Estrada on Falls Down – Single
Wake Me up (Country Version) – Cooper Alan & Aloe Blacc on Wake Me up (Country Version) – Single1
TRANS AM – Jeremiah Kane on TRANS AM – Single2
Living In The Sun (feat. okafuwa) – DALEXO on Living In The Sun (feat. okafuwa) – Single
The Abyss – The Weeknd & Lana Del Rey on Hurry Up Tomorrow
Fright Night – THE RUNAWAY WILD on Fright Night – Single
Open Hearts – The Weeknd on Hurry Up Tomorrow
Blue Jean Baby – Zach Bryan on Blue Jean Baby – Single
Heartbreaker – Hayden Blount on Heartbreaker – Single
Pantheon Passion – Harper Quinn, Michael FAY & Fuat Sunay on Pantheon Passion – Single
ONANON – Killen. on ONANON – Single
São Paulo – The Weeknd & Anitta on Hurry Up Tomorrow
Silver Spoon – Erin LeCount on Silver Spoon – Single3
Clockwork – Masked Wolf on The Devil Wears Prada but God Wears Gucci
22s – KOKO, Nina Chuba & Dillistone on 22s – Single
Revolú – Rauw Alejandro & Feid on Cosa Nuestra
Hit The Ground – Poul & Alberto Ciccarini on Hit The Ground – Single
Ordinary – Alex Warren on Ordinary – Single4
Dreaming – Otrebor on Dreaming – Single
Mona Lisa (feat. Kendrick Lamar) – Lil Wayne on Tha Carter V
4X4 – Travis Scott on 4X4 – Single
Chasing Paradise – Kygo & OneRepublic on Chasing Paradise – Single
hey baby – Famestelenia on hey baby – Single
- This feels like the kind of thing that I should be a little ashamed that I love. ↩
- Something about sampling old ads just hits really well, I dunno. ↩
- Slowly picking up the lyrics to this one, “silver spoons and butter knives” just sticks right in my head. ↩
- Kept thinking to myself “shoutout to the music history classes for helping me understand all these Catholicism references.” ↩
Playlist of the Month: January 2025
Sitting here in the depths of winter, keenly aware of the fact that my instinct in winter is to listen to depression music, and that’s really not what I need right now. Instead, this playlist is me making an active effort to have happy, or at least upbeat, music around.
Don’t tell anyone, but I had to come back and add this after initially scheduling this post, because I absolutely did forget this time: the link to the full playlist.
Machine Learning – J. Maya on Machine Learning – Single
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan on Pink Pony Club – Single
Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Clean Bandit & French The Kid on Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Single
Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP
Dicked Down in Dallas – Trey Lewis on Dicked Down in Dallas – Single
Cruel Unusual – Otherwish on iii, Empty Spaces
Midnight Drive – HurricaneTurtle on Midnight Drive – EP
Heaven On Earth – Hayden Blount on Heaven On Earth – Single
Towers – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Sorry 4 The Wait – Lil Wayne on Sorry 4 The Wait
East Side of Sorrow – Zach Bryan on Zach Bryan
Bitter Coffee – Make Night on Bitter Coffee – Single
Happy Trails – Orville Peck on Happy Trails – Single
Up, Out, and Leaving – Hayden Blount on Up, Out, and Leaving
Astronaut In The Ocean – Masked Wolf on Astronaut In The Ocean – Single
Carom – Fyfe & Iskra Strings on Carom – Single
LIGHT AGAIN! – Lil Nas X on LIGHT AGAIN! – Single
Born Slippy (Nuxx) – Underworld on 1992 – 2012
THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS – Bon Iver on SABLE, – EP
Something’s in the Wind – Masked Wolf on The Devil Wears Prada but God Wears Gucci
Stained – LINKIN PARK on From Zero
Flirting with a Burnout – Vokon on Flirting with a Burnout – Single
The Emptiness Machine – LINKIN PARK on From Zero
Auld Lang Syne – Sleeping At Last on Auld Lang Syne – Single
Qué Pasaría… – Rauw Alejandro & Bad Bunny on Cosa Nuestra
Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal) – Fergie on The Dutchess
Tarot – Bad Bunny & JHAYCO on Un Verano Sin Ti
Overflow – LINKIN PARK on From Zero
Hungover in a Deer Stand – Dylan Marlowe on Mid-Twenties Crisis
Memories – Babbage on Memories – Single
light dark light – Fred again.. & Angie McMahon on two more days – Single
Great Mother (feat. Neco Novellas) – HAEVN on Wide Awake (Deluxe)
Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Hotel Bible – Single
i Am A Mountain – Coldplay on Moon Music (Full Moon Edition)1
Breathe – RÜFÜS DU SOL on Inhale / Exhale
Rise Up Again – Nathan Ball on Lost Track of Time – EP
How About a Drink? – Billy Raffoul on How About a Drink? – Single
That’s So True – Gracie Abrams on The Secret of Us (Deluxe)
Medusa – Cameron Whitcomb on Medusa – Single
Tell Me Why – Masked Wolf & Kota the Friend on The Devil Wears Prada but God Wears Gucci
Hold On Me – Kygo & Sandro Cavazza on Hold On Me – Single
Circuits – Fyfe & Iskra Strings on Carom – Single
Callback – HurricaneTurtle on Tunes of Now – EP
Bears & Wolves – Lilith Max on Bears & Wolves – Single2
need dat boy – Lil Nas X on need dat boy – Single4
Una Velita – Bad Bunny on Una Velita – Single
Sometimes We Come Back – THE RUNAWAY WILD on Sometimes We Come Back – Single5
Much Ado About Nothing – Waxahatchee on Tigers Blood
Drunk Again – Aidan Canfield on Rivertown – EP
Breathe, Be Happy – Tep No on Breathe, Be Happy – Single6
Smoke – Deepend, Peachy Pete & Outliers on Smoke – Single
Old Neptune, He’s Roaring – Brian Sauvé on Hearth Songs
little mystery – Fred again.. & John Martyn on two more days – Single
Way Back Home – Ed Prosek, Portair & Driftwood Choir on Way Back Home – Single
King – Deepend, LAST CALL & Horxata on King – Single
Strangers – Kenya Grace on Strangers – Single
Dancing Like We Do – Poul, Alberto Ciccarini & Josh Reflex on Dancing Like We Do – Single
Plead the Fifth – Cooper Alan on Plead the Fifth – Single7
Khé? – Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos on Cosa Nuestra
I’m Good (Blue) – David Guetta & Bebe Rexha on I’m Good (Blue) – Single8
Crazy – Doechii on Crazy – Single9
- Remembering how much of early Coldplay was definitely Depression Music, and then listening to this happy tune, I love that for them. ↩
- Good one to listen to the words; it’s not happy, it’s angry, and she’s really telling a story well. ↩
- Possibly my favorite addition this month? I dunno why this one clicked for me as much as it did. ↩
- Just when I was starting to think “I haven’t listened to Lil Nas X for a while…” he drops some new music, and it’s great. ↩
- I’ve listened to about half the lyrics of this one, I just tune in for bits and pieces, and while it’s not happy, it sure is upbeat in that 80s funky synth-wavey way. Who doesn’t want a horror movie in the form of a bop? ↩
- Tep No always feels sorta like it should be played during a guided meditation or a yoga class, and the name fit the vibe I was going for this month. ↩
- Gloriously chaotic. ↩
- I honestly love pivoting “Blue” into being a party anthem like this. ↩
- I did specify, “happy, or least upbeat”, and this is… one of those things. ↩
Playlist of the Month: December 2024
Spent almost the entire month various kinds of ill, so this is a short one – didn’t particularly feel like scrubbing through new music, most of the time. But hey, it’s got a healthy dose of Christmas music in with my usual nonsense.
And, lest I forget, here’s a link to the entire playlist.
Machine Learning – J. Maya on Machine Learning – Single
Carson – Harry Strange on Carson – Single
Louder – Kygo, Julia Michaels & Chance Peña on Louder – Single
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan on Pink Pony Club – Single
Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Clean Bandit & French The Kid on Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Single
Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP
Chariot – The Midnight on Chariot – Single
Dicked Down in Dallas – Trey Lewis on Dicked Down in Dallas – Single
Cruel Unusual – Otherwish on iii, Empty Spaces
Watch Me Trying – Harry Strange on Watch Me Trying – EP
Manifest – Russ on Manifest – Single
Desperate Guy – Isak Danielson on Desperate Guy – Single
Midnight Drive – HurricaneTurtle on Midnight Drive – EP
Oh My Love – ConKi on Oh My Love – Single
Heaven On Earth – Hayden Blount on Heaven On Earth – Single
Either Way – Thorin Loeks on Either Way – Single
the warmth – Paris Paloma on Cacophony
Towers – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Sorry 4 The Wait – Lil Wayne on Sorry 4 The Wait
East Side of Sorrow – Zach Bryan on Zach Bryan
Totoro – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever
Royal We – Janani K. Jha on Royal We – Single
Way Down We Go – Deepend & Stephen Puth on Way Down We Go – Single
Bitter Coffee – Make Night on Bitter Coffee – Single
For a Long Time – Star Pitchee on For a Long Time – Single
Codeine – LYOD & Alexis Troy on Codeine – Single
Dancing On My Own – Calum Scott on Only Human (Deluxe)
Happy Trails – Orville Peck on Happy Trails – Single
Up, Out, and Leaving – Hayden Blount on Up, Out, and Leaving
Afloat – Isak Danielson on Truly Yours, Isak
Astronaut In The Ocean – Masked Wolf on Astronaut In The Ocean – Single
After Dark x Sweater Weather – mikeeysmind on After Dark x Sweater Weather – Single
Heartbeat – Childish Gambino on Camp
Apollo – SYML on Infinity – EP
Infinity – Jaymes Young on Feel Something
Something Like This – Thorin Loeks on Something Like This – Single
Carom – Fyfe & Iskra Strings on Carom – Single
BABYDOLL (Speed) – Ari Abdul on BABYDOLL (Speed) – Single
The Places We’ll Go – Ross Copperman on The Places We’ll Go – Single
LIGHT AGAIN! – Lil Nas X on LIGHT AGAIN! – Single
Born Slippy (Nuxx) – Underworld on 1992 – 2012
Mid-Twenties Crisis – Dylan Marlowe on Mid-Twenties Crisis
My World – Calum Scott on My World – Single
Disease (The Antidote Live) – Lady Gaga on Disease – Single
THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS – Bon Iver on SABLE, – EP
Neverita – Bad Bunny on Un Verano Sin Ti
Goodbye (feat. Lyse) [Slow Version] – Feder on Goodbye (feat. Lyse) [Slow Version] – Single
O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Sleeping At Last on Christmas Collection 2016
Silent Night – Sleeping At Last on Christmas Collection 2016
Mary, Did You Know? – Straight No Chaser on I’ll Have Another…Christmas Album
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Straight No Chaser on I’ll Have Another…Christmas Album
Lully Lullay (Coventry Carol) – Straight No Chaser on I’ll Have Another…Christmas Album1
O Holy Night (Live) – Tracy Chapman on A Very Special Christmas Live From Washington D.C.2
O Come, All Ye Faithful – Pentatonix on A Pentatonix Christmas
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Pentatonix on A Pentatonix Christmas
Mary, Did You Know? – Pentatonix on That’s Christmas To Me3
White Winter Hymnal – Pentatonix on That’s Christmas To Me
Silence (feat. Khalid) – Marshmello on Silence (feat. Khalid) – Single
Thinkin Bout You (Frank Ocean Cover) – Midnight Pool Party on NOON // 199
Carol of the Bells – Lindsey Stirling on Warmer in the Winter
Losers (feat. Jelly Roll) – Post Malone on F-1 Trillion (Long Bed)
Something’s in the Wind – Masked Wolf on The Devil Wears Prada but God Wears Gucci
Stained – LINKIN PARK on From Zero
Village Wedding – Chanticleer on Colors of Love
Belong – RÜFÜS DU SOL on Inhale / Exhale
Body On Me – SAINt JHN on Body On Me – Single
Flirting with a Burnout – Vokon on Flirting with a Burnout – Single
The Emptiness Machine – LINKIN PARK on From Zero
Flying at Night – Laurie Anderson on Amelia
That’s Christmas To Me – Pentatonix on That’s Christmas To Me
Auld Lang Syne – Sleeping At Last on Auld Lang Syne – Single4
- I don’t actually like this cover very much – I want this song to be a slower and… sadder, almost? This is too upbeat. ↩
- Tracy Chapman is a treasure. ↩
- Two different versions of this in here, and I keep being wrong about which one is which, somehow. ↩
- Added New Year’s Eve, because what am I gonna do, not sing this a bunch on New Year’s Eve? ↩
Playlist of the Month: November 2024
Listen, before you get into this playlist, I’d just like to say: we all deal with the stress of the election in our own way. My way just happened to be “open YouTube, search for ‘tiktok thirst trap compilation’, and switch off my brain.” Which I mention because there’s a clear trend in where I picked up music this month.
Machine Learning – J. Maya on Machine Learning – Single
Carson – Harry Strange on Carson – Single
Louder – Kygo, Julia Michaels & Chance Peña on Louder – Single
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan on Pink Pony Club – Single
All-American Boy – Steve Grand on All American Boy
5ever – EDEN on 5ever – Single
Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Clean Bandit & French The Kid on Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Single
Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP
Chariot – The Midnight on Chariot – Single
Timeless – The Weeknd & Playboi Carti on Timeless – Single
Dicked Down in Dallas – Trey Lewis on Dicked Down in Dallas – Single
Cruel Unusual – Otherwish on iii, Empty Spaces
Watch Me Trying – Harry Strange on Watch Me Trying – EP
Chalk 1.3.3 (2017 Export Wav) – Flume & Jim-E Stack on Arrived Anxious, Left Bored
Manifest – Russ on Manifest – Single
Desperate Guy – Isak Danielson on Desperate Guy – Single
I’M DROWNING – BERWYN on WHO AM I
Midnight Drive – HurricaneTurtle on Midnight Drive – EP
Von dutch – Charli xcx on BRAT
Dancing In The Flames – The Weeknd on Dancing In The Flames – Single
Oh My Love – ConKi on Oh My Love – Single
Heaven On Earth – Hayden Blount on Heaven On Earth – Single
We’re Ok – Yoste on We’re Ok – Single
90 days – Dimside on 90 days – Single
Either Way – Thorin Loeks on Either Way – Single
the warmth – Paris Paloma on Cacophony
Towers – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Sweat – Isak Danielson on Sweat – Single
Friday Night Song – EDEN on Friday Night Song – EP1
Sorry 4 The Wait – Lil Wayne on Sorry 4 The Wait
East Side of Sorrow – Zach Bryan on Zach Bryan
Haku – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever
Afterglow – Goth Babe on Oregon Coast – Single
Totoro – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever
Lonely – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever
Ecstasy Homosexuality (Radio Edit) – The Irrepressibles on Ecstasy Homosexuality – EP
Royal We – Janani K. Jha on Royal We – Single
Ever Know – HAEVN on Wide Awake
Familiar Halls – Echo Wolf on Familiar Halls – Single
Flowers (Demo) – Miley Cyrus on Endless Summer Vacation
As You Want – CRi on Hold You EP
Way Down We Go – Deepend & Stephen Puth on Way Down We Go – Single
Homebody – Billy Raffoul on Homebody – Single
Bitter Coffee – Make Night on Bitter Coffee – Single
What Have You Done To Me? – Imogen Heap on What Have You Done To Me? – Single2
For a Long Time – Star Pitchee on For a Long Time – Single
Codeine – LYOD & Alexis Troy on Codeine – Single
Pressure – RÜFÜS DU SOL on Inhale / Exhale
If This Is It – Russ on If This Is It – Single
Big Boy (Slowed Reverb) – It’s Cuffing Season and All the Girls Are Leaving – Farizki on Big Boy – It’s Cuffing Season and All the Girls Are Leaving – Single3
Dancing On My Own – Calum Scott on Only Human (Deluxe)
Desilusão (MTG) [feat. Loirin prod] – Bruno & Marrone, Zé Felipe & Mc Jacaré on Desilusão (MTG) [feat. Loirin prod] – Single4
Happy Trails – Orville Peck on Happy Trails – Single5
Up, Out, and Leaving – Hayden Blount on Up, Out, and Leaving
Part Of You – Elderbrook on Another Touch
Afloat – Isak Danielson on Truly Yours, Isak
Astronaut In The Ocean – Masked Wolf on Astronaut In The Ocean – Single
After Dark x Sweater Weather – mikeeysmind on After Dark x Sweater Weather – Single
Roses (Imanbek Remix) – SAINt JHN on Roses (Imanbek Remix) – Single
Technologic – Daft Punk on Human After All
Safe and Sound – Capital Cities on Capital Cities – EP
Ride It – Regard on Ride It – Single
Heartbeat – Childish Gambino on Camp
Barking – Ramz on Barking – Single
Love Myself – Cameron Whitcomb on Quitter – EP
One More Before I Go – Elderbrook on Another Touch
Apollo – SYML on Infinity – EP6
Infinity – Jaymes Young on Feel Something
Something Like This – Thorin Loeks on Something Like This – Single
Carom – Fyfe & Iskra Strings on Carom – Single
BABYDOLL (Speed) – Ari Abdul on BABYDOLL (Speed) – Single
Levitating – RÜFÜS DU SOL on Inhale / Exhale
The Places We’ll Go – Ross Copperman on The Places We’ll Go – Single
LIGHT AGAIN! – Lil Nas X on LIGHT AGAIN! – Single
Born Slippy (Nuxx) – Underworld on 1992 – 2012
Mid-Twenties Crisis – Dylan Marlowe on Mid-Twenties Crisis
Wait For You – Elderbrook & Carlita on Another Touch
My World – Calum Scott on My World – Single
Better Me For You – Max McNown on Night Diving
Disease (The Antidote Live) – Lady Gaga on Disease – Single7
THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS – Bon Iver on SABLE, – EP
Never Over – Elderbrook on Another Touch
Breed – The Acid & RY X on Breed – Single
Neverita – Bad Bunny on Un Verano Sin Ti
Goodbye (feat. Lyse) [Slow Version] – Feder on Goodbye (feat. Lyse) [Slow Version] – Single
Our World – Farlight on Our World – Single
Man In Finance (G6 Trust Fund) – Girl On Couch & Billen Ted on Man In Finance (G6 Trust Fund) – Single8
And, down here at the bottom, strategically placed just to make sure people see that there are these little notes below it, here’s the Apple Music playlist link.
- “I’m going to sing my Friday night song.” “What’s it about?” “Friday.” “Oh-“ is a hilarious way to start a song. ↩
- New Imogen Heap? In 2024? It’s more likely than you think! ↩
- I still can’t decide if I actually like this song, there’s some bits where the ‘slowed’ part feels like it wasn’t done quite right. ↩
- I haven’t at any point looked up what the lyrics are and tried to translate them, I just enjoy that the vibe of this song is “absolutely filthy” ↩
- I’d call this song “a gateway drug to Christmas music.” ↩
- This… feels like a song my dad would’ve liked. ↩
- This month has featured new Lady Gaga, new Bon Iver, and new Imogen Heap. Wild. ↩
- All I can think with this song is “girl, you don’t actually want to date that man, he’s gonna be toxic as hell.” ↩
Playlist of the Month: October 2024
I think this may be the longest one of these I’ve ever posted? Gosh, it’s almost like I’m trying to distract myself from something.
On a happier(?) note, a reader1 asked me to try sharing a link to the entire playlist on Apple Music, in addition to the per-song thing I usually do, so I’m making an attempt at that; please enjoy the naming scheme I use when rotating these playlists out.
Hallelujah Anyway – Luke Sital-Singh on Hallelujah Anyway – Single
Machine Learning – J. Maya on Machine Learning – Single
Under The Surface – Sultan + Shepard & Nathan Nicholson on Endless, Dawn
Let Me Drown – Orville Peck on Bronco
Daytona Sand – Orville Peck on Bronco
Carson – Harry Strange on Carson – Single
Bones Shake – Hazlett on Bones Shake – Single
Believe Again – Luke Sital-Singh on Believe Again – Single
The Age of Believing – Aron Wright on The Age of Believing – Single
Stay High – One Room on Lagoona
Stay Out of Trouble – OPLURE on Stay Out of Trouble – Single
I AM BLACK – BERWYN on I AM BLACK – Single
Little Bit of Magic – Thorin Loeks on Little Bit of Magic – Single
Little Homies – Vince Staples on Dark Times
Louder – Kygo, Julia Michaels & Chance Peña on Louder – Single
Far As I Can Go – Ian Harrison on Far As I Can Go – Single
Neptune – Beauvois on Dimensions – EP
Asymmetry – Axel Flóvent on Away From This Dream
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan on Pink Pony Club – Single
places to be – Fred again.., Anderson .Paak & CHIKA on places to be – Single
My Kink Is Karma – Chappell Roan on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Swallows – Bailey & Lonely in the Rain on Swallows – Single
Tamly Maak – Amr Diab on Tamally Maak
Good God, Hot Damn – Hayden Blount on Good God, Hot Damn – Single
ten – Fred again.., Jozzy & Jim Legxacy on ten days
All-American Boy – Steve Grand on All American Boy
5ever – EDEN on 5ever – Single
Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Clean Bandit & French The Kid on Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Single
28 – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Moon River – Aquilo on A Quiet Invitation To A Hard Conversation
Edge of Saturday Night – The Blessed Madonna & Kylie Minogue on Godspeed
i think you can save me – Dimside on i think you can save me – Single
Dance (‘Til You Love Someone Else) – Sam Smith on Love Goes
My Mind (Now) – Paris Paloma on My Mind (Now) – Single
Devil on My Shoulder – Dylan Marlowe on Mid-Twenties Crisis
Calamity Song – The Decemberists on The King Is Dead
Sabrina (I Am A Party) – Fred again.. on Actual Life (April 14 – December 17 2020)
Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas) – Daft Punk on Random Access Memories
Eat The Acid – Kesha on Gag Order
The Great American Bar Scene – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP2
peace u need – Fred again.. & Joy Anonymous on ten days
.seven – Fred again.. on ten days
Fólk fær andlit – Hildur Guðnadóttir on Fólk fær andlit – Single
where will i be – Fred again.. & Emmylou Harris on ten days
Silence in the Suburbs – George Pippen on Silence in the Suburbs (Reimagined) – EP
Chariot – The Midnight on Chariot – Single
Timeless – The Weeknd & Playboi Carti on Timeless – Single
Willfully Blind – Max McNown on Willfully Blind
When Evil Follows – Midnight Danger on When Evil Follows – Single
Dicked Down in Dallas – Trey Lewis on Dicked Down in Dallas – Single3
can’t sleep – Dimside on can’t sleep – Single
What If Nothing Breaks? – Snow Patrol on The Forest Is The Path4
Shorter Than A Night – Petit Biscuit on Discipline
Dancing In The Dark Alone – Deepend, Carston & Horxata on Dancing In The Dark Alone – Single
Cruel Unusual – Otherwish on iii, Empty Spaces
just stand there – Fred again.. & Soak on ten days5
The View Between Villages – Noah Kahan on Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever)
Pocket (Montreal) – EDEN on Friday Night Song – EP
When No One’s Watching – Charles Fauna on L I M B O
Fade Into You – Vide on Fade Into You – Single
fear less – Fred again.. & Sampha on ten days
NATURAL – Cameron Hawthorn on NATURAL – Single
Watch Me Trying – Harry Strange on Watch Me Trying – EP
Samradh Samradh – The Gloaming on The Gloaming6
Permanently Lonely (From “Skincare”) – Orville Peck on Permanently Lonely (From “Skincare”) – Single
I Don’t Wanna Leave – RÜFÜS DU SOL on Surrender
Say Adieu – Lonely in the Rain & Yorina on Say Adieu – Single
Somewhere – Harry Strange on Somewhere – Single
Like Whiskey – Dixon Dallas on Happy Anniversary
Chalk 1.3.3 (2017 Export Wav) – Flume & Jim-E Stack on Arrived Anxious, Left Bored
Bystander – robrobrob & Tailor on Save Me – Single
Loading – James Blake on Playing Robots Into Heaven
Manifest – Russ on Manifest – Single7
Desperate Guy – Isak Danielson on Desperate Guy – Single
My Youth Is Fading Away – Petit Biscuit on Discipline
Driftwood Choir – Ed Prosek, Portair & Driftwood Choir on Driftwood Choir – Single
Oak Island – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
I’M DROWNING – BERWYN on WHO AM I
Sunrises (feat. Shaun Holton) – Max Cruise on Sunrises8
glow – Fred again.., Duskus, Four Tet & Skrillex on ten days
Midnight Drive – HurricaneTurtle on Midnight Drive – EP
Von dutch – Charli xcx on BRAT9
Hold Me In The Fire – Snow Patrol on The Forest Is The Path
Dancing In The Flames – The Weeknd on Dancing In The Flames – Single
Oh My Love – ConKi on Oh My Love – Single
S P E Y S I D E – Bon Iver on SABLE, – EP
always – Dimside on always – Single
Heaven On Earth – Hayden Blount on Heaven On Earth – Single
On Your Own – Shallou & ARDY on 24, summer – EP
Doblexxó – J Balvin & Feid on Rayo
Travelers – Echo Wolf & jacket. on Travelers – Single
Ocean Waves (feat. Sheilu) – SRTW & nourii on Ocean Waves (feat. Sheilu) – Single
We’re Ok – Yoste on We’re Ok – Single
Years That Fall – Snow Patrol on The Forest Is The Path
90 days – Dimside on 90 days – Single
Either Way – Thorin Loeks on Either Way – Single
the warmth – Paris Paloma on Cacophony
i saw you – Fred again.. on ten days
Towers – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Sweat – Isak Danielson on Sweat – Single
backseat – Fred again.., The Japanese House & Scott Hardkiss on ten days
Friday Night Song – EDEN on Friday Night Song – EP
Sorry 4 The Wait – Lil Wayne on Sorry 4 The Wait
Heavy Is the Crown – LINKIN PARK on From Zero
East Side of Sorrow – Zach Bryan on Zach Bryan10
Surrender – Kygo & Fred Well on KYGO
Haku – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever
Going Deep – Yardhand on Move 2 – EP
Nothingleft – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever
hourglass – Le Youth, Lexer & Bailey on & – EP
All My Fault – Swimming Paul & Thals on All My Fault – Single
Sympathy is a knife – Charli xcx on BRAT
The River – Ed Prosek, Portair & Driftwood Choir on The River – Single
Afterglow – Goth Babe on Oregon Coast – Single
Isla – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever
Totoro – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever
AETERNA – Coldplay on Moon Music11
Lonely – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever
Teenage Luv – Lost In Pacific & Hadar Sopher on Teenage Luv – Single
Ecstasy Homosexuality (Radio Edit) – The Irrepressibles on Ecstasy Homosexuality – EP
Break My Love – RÜFÜS DU SOL on Inhale / Exhale
Royal We – Janani K. Jha on Royal We – Single
- Apparently I have readers? Hello, readers! ↩
- I vehemently disagree with some of the Lyrics Genius analysis of this song. Not enough to make an account and write up my own, but still. ↩
- I don’t know how I feel about the fact that I know all the lyrics to this already. ↩
- Good for singing/sobbing along to in the shower. ↩
- I’ve got a few songs in various playlists that I just skip immediately right now, but can’t bring myself to remove. This is one. “Haven’t heard your voice for a while” ↩
- Pretty sure I stole this off my friends’ wedding playlist. It’s a vibe. ↩
- “That’s what I call foresight, that’s what I call manifesting” is fun to sing along with. ↩
- I’ve finally given in and made an entire separate playlist for this vibe of track. Y’know, the kind of thing that you’d hear as background music during a car chase scene set in 1980s LA? ↩
- Yes, yes, I know, I am extremely late to the brat summer ↩
- A little bit too on-the-nose at the moment, but when I’m in the mood for it, a good one. ↩
- New Coldplay? In 2024? Weird in several ways. ↩
My dad died this month.
When I joined choir, when I got a music scholarship and started the music major, we all joked that nobody knew where the singing talent came from. Wasn’t on mom’s side, wasn’t on dad’s. It’s still a mystery.
It wasn’t until now that I realized, there’s no question of where I got my love of music. Growing up, my dad always had music going. A big hi-fi system in his living room, a rack of CDs beside it; binders upon binders of CDs in the backseat of his car, and my sister and I often had the opportunity to play DJ. He gave me my first MP3 player, and later my first iPod. When ripping CDs was all the rage, he gave me a hard drive with hundreds of gigabytes of music on it — he and his friends had, apparently, been ripping every CD they could get their hands on for months, and that was the fruit of their labors. I got to experience the infinite selection of streaming music a decade before anyone else did.
He wasn’t a perfect man by any stretch of the imagination, but he was my dad, and he loved me.
So here’s to you, dad. I love you, and wherever you are, I hope you’ve got a good sound system.
Hallelujah Anyway – Luke Sital-Singh on Hallelujah Anyway – Single
Call Your Mom – Noah Kahan on Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever)
Machine Learning – J. Maya on Machine Learning – Single
Beneath Oak Trees – Dylan Gossett on No Better Time – EP
Can I Ask – Yoste on A Place To Exist
Under The Surface – Sultan + Shepard & Nathan Nicholson on Endless, Dawn
Boys Of Faith (feat. Bon Iver) – Zach Bryan on Boys Of Faith – EP
Kalahari Down – Orville Peck on Bronco1
Let Me Drown – Orville Peck on Bronco
Daytona Sand – Orville Peck on Bronco
Want You (living room floor version) – Yoste on Want You (living room floor version) – Single
One More Light – LINKIN PARK on One More Light
Carson – Harry Strange on Carson – Single
Bones Shake – Hazlett on Bones Shake – Single
Believe Again – Luke Sital-Singh on Believe Again – Single
The Age of Believing – Aron Wright on The Age of Believing – Single
How Far Will We Take It? – Orville Peck & Noah Cyrus on Stampede
Stay High – One Room on Lagoona
Stay Out of Trouble – OPLURE on Stay Out of Trouble – Single
I AM BLACK – BERWYN on I AM BLACK – Single
Little Bit of Magic – Thorin Loeks on Little Bit of Magic – Single
Little Homies – Vince Staples on Dark Times
Midnight Ride – Orville Peck, Kylie Minogue & Diplo on Midnight Ride – Single
Louder – Kygo, Julia Michaels & Chance Peña on Louder – Single
Far As I Can Go – Ian Harrison on Far As I Can Go – Single
Can’t Just Be Me – Vincent Mason on Can’t Just Be Me – EP
Macbeth – Max McNown on Macbeth – Single
Coming Home – ORACLE & Holochrome on Coming Home – EP
Mother – Allman Brown on Second Son, Pt. 2 – EP
Neptune – Beauvois on Dimensions – EP
Asymmetry – Axel Flóvent on Away From This Dream
Better Without You – Dixon Dallas on Happy Anniversary
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan on Pink Pony Club – Single
I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis on Now In a Minute2
JOYRIDE – Kesha on JOYRIDE – Single
places to be – Fred again.., Anderson .Paak & CHIKA on places to be – Single
Rhinestone Cowboy – Orville Peck, TJ Osborne, Waylon Payne & Fancy Hagood on Stampede3
Ever You’re Gone – Orville Peck & Teddy Swims on Stampede
My Kink Is Karma – Chappell Roan on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Love Me Back – Max McNown on Love Me Back – Single
Swallows – Bailey & Lonely in the Rain on Swallows – Single
Tamly Maak – Amr Diab on Tamally Maak
Good God, Hot Damn – Hayden Blount on Good God, Hot Damn – Single
Until The End – Yoste on Until The End – Single
Circles – Sines of Summer on Circles – Single
Time Well Wasted – The Fray on The Fray Is Back – EP4
ten – Fred again.., Jozzy & Jim Legxacy on ten days
All-American Boy – Steve Grand on All American Boy
Sleeping All Alone – Dixon Dallas on Happy Anniversary
Faded Evergreen – Ed Prosek, Portair & Driftwood Choir on Faded Evergreen – Single
Noor Al Ain – Amr Diab on Noor Al Ain
5ever – EDEN on 5ever – Single
Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Clean Bandit & French The Kid on Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Single
Majuy – Hayden Calnin on All Kinds of Light
American Nights – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
28 – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Will You? – The Irrepressibles on Be Wild – Single
Bass Boat – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene5
Moon River – Aquilo on A Quiet Invitation To A Hard Conversation
Where Are We Now? – Orville Peck & Mickey Guyton on Stampede
Want You To Want It – Aquilo on A Quiet Invitation To A Hard Conversation
Don’t Look Down – The Fray on The Fray Is Back – EP
Edge of Saturday Night – The Blessed Madonna & Kylie Minogue on Godspeed
i think you can save me – Dimside on i think you can save me – Single
Dance (‘Til You Love Someone Else) – Sam Smith on Love Goes
Back At Your Door – Orville Peck & Debbii Dawson on Stampede
Heavy – Peach PRC on Heavy – Single
High Tide – Hayden Blount on Good God, Hot Damn – Single
Glowing – Matias Roden on The Plea EP
California Dreamin’ – Diana Krall on Wallflower (Deluxe Edition)
My Mind (Now) – Paris Paloma on My Mind (Now) – Single
Nobody’s Soldier – Hozier on Unaired – EP
I Forgot What’s Love – Petit Biscuit & Cub Sport on Discipline
Chasing Cars – Sleeping At Last on Covers, Vol. 26
OUTLAW – Cameron Hawthorn on OUTLAW – Single
Version of Me – Harry Strange on Version of Me – Single
Devil on My Shoulder – Dylan Marlowe on Mid-Twenties Crisis
Northern Thunder – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene7
The Way Back – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
This Feeling – Axel Flóvent on Away From This Dream
5AM – Amber Run on 5AM (Deluxe) WEB
Calamity Song – The Decemberists on The King Is Dead
Sabrina (I Am A Party) – Fred again.. on Actual Life (April 14 – December 17 2020)
Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas) – Daft Punk on Random Access Memories
Lazy (12: 00 Version) – Elliot Moss & RUBIO on Lazy (12: 00 Version) – Single
Eat The Acid – Kesha on Gag Order
Hurt – Johnny Cash on American IV: The Man Comes Around
Little Talks – Of Monsters and Men on My Head Is An Animal
Sumarið sem aldrei kom – Jónsi on Shiver8
Your Hand In Mine – Explosions in the Sky on Friday Night Lights [Original Movie Soundtrack]9
- Went to this concert with my sister. This was the one we both cried through—Peck introduced it as the feeling of homesickness, and not being able to go back. Yeah. Yeah. ↩
- music blasting with the top off the jeep over in central Oregon ↩
- I’m putting together a playlist for the celebration of life, and both this and the original version are on there. I think he would’ve liked this cover. ↩
- I considered putting How to Save a Life on this playlist but couldn’t do it. Time Well Wasted doesn’t have the same poignancy; “and I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life” still hurts too much.
That whole album is… the feeling of walking down the hall into his office in the house he lived in when I was in elementary school. ↩ - I don’t actually know if dad listened to this album at all. I hope he did. It was on my list of things to tell him about next time I talked to him; it seemed like it’d be right up his alley. ↩
- This song was already gonna make me sad, so what the hell, why not have the Sleeping At Last version, his covers always turn of the depression quotient. ↩
- This was the first country song I could start listening to again. It’s the feeling of fond remembrance, not just sad. ↩
- This is just some good “put your headphones in, crank up the volume, and cry” music. ↩
- I had tickets to see Explosions in the Sky when they were in Portland, and went to the concert fully expecting to cry when they played Your Hand in Mine. Turns out they did an extended version! More crying than planned.
I love this band, and very clearly remember dad playing this at night sometimes. I was insomniac as hell as a kid, and this was one of the things that could help me get to sleep. ↩
Playlist of the Month: August 2024
Lotta country in this one, I think that may just be what August sounds like to me.
Hallelujah Anyway – Luke Sital-Singh on Hallelujah Anyway – Single
Call Your Mom – Noah Kahan on Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever)
Machine Learning – J. Maya on Machine Learning – Single
Beneath Oak Trees – Dylan Gossett on No Better Time – EP
Can I Ask – Yoste on A Place To Exist
Under The Surface – Sultan + Shepard & Nathan Nicholson on Endless, Dawn
Boys Of Faith (feat. Bon Iver) – Zach Bryan on Boys Of Faith – EP
Kalahari Down – Orville Peck on Bronco
Let Me Drown – Orville Peck on Bronco
Daytona Sand – Orville Peck on Bronco
Want You (living room floor version) – Yoste on Want You (living room floor version) – Single
Midnight Magic – Charles Fauna on L I M B O
One More Light – LINKIN PARK on One More Light
Carson – Harry Strange on Carson – Single
The Hurtin’ Kind – Orville Peck & Midland on Stampede
Down Bad – Taylor Swift on THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY
Bones Shake – Hazlett on Bones Shake – Single
Believe Again – Luke Sital-Singh on Believe Again – Single
The Age of Believing – Aron Wright on The Age of Believing – Single
Miénteme – Orville Peck & Bu Cuaron on Stampede
How Far Will We Take It? – Orville Peck & Noah Cyrus on Stampede
Stay High – One Room on Lagoona
Stay Out of Trouble – OPLURE on Stay Out of Trouble – Single
I AM BLACK – BERWYN on I AM BLACK – Single
Little Bit of Magic – Thorin Loeks on Little Bit of Magic – Single
Shadow II – Charles Fauna on L I M B O
Little Homies – Vince Staples on Dark Times
Midnight Ride – Orville Peck, Kylie Minogue & Diplo on Midnight Ride – Single
Black&Blue – Vince Staples on Dark Times
Louder – Kygo, Julia Michaels & Chance Peña on Louder – Single
Far As I Can Go – Ian Harrison on Far As I Can Go – Single
Can’t Just Be Me – Vincent Mason on Can’t Just Be Me – EP
In Your Eyes – Sung on In Your Eyes – Single
feelslikeimfallinginlove – Coldplay on Moon Music
Macbeth – Max McNown on Macbeth – Single
Starforce – Saffari on Starforce – Single
Coming Home – ORACLE & Holochrome on Coming Home – EP
Mother – Allman Brown on Second Son, Pt. 2 – EP
Neptune – Beauvois on Dimensions – EP
Asymmetry – Axel Flóvent on Away From This Dream
I’m Your Man – Charles Fauna on L I M B O
Better Without You – Dixon Dallas on Happy Anniversary
Shallow Water – Elderbrook on Shallow Water – Single
Spin My Head – Massane & LeyeT on Visage 7 (Spin My Head) – Single
One Day – HAEVN on One Day – Single
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan on Pink Pony Club – Single
I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis on Now In a Minute
RA TA TA – Mahmood on RA TA TA – Single
As Above, So Below – Hayden Calnin on As Above, So Below – Single
JOYRIDE – Kesha on JOYRIDE – Single
places to be – Fred again.., Anderson .Paak & CHIKA on places to be – Single
Rhinestone Cowboy – Orville Peck, TJ Osborne, Waylon Payne & Fancy Hagood on Stampede1
Ever You’re Gone – Orville Peck & Teddy Swims on Stampede
Leaving Home – Ian Harrison on Ways To Get On Out – EP
My Kink Is Karma – Chappell Roan on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess2
Love Me Back – Max McNown on Love Me Back – Single
High (Slowed + Reverb) – ORYL on High – Single
Stockholm (Hidden Tapes Remix) – Penny & Sparrow on Horse Color Two
Swallows – Bailey & Lonely in the Rain on Swallows – Single
Tamly Maak – Amr Diab on Tamally Maak
Unfair Love (feat. Shaun Holton) – Max Cruise on Unfair Love (feat. Shaun Holton) – Single
Composure – Charles Fauna on L I M B O
Good God, Hot Damn – Hayden Blount on Good God, Hot Damn – Single3
Feel It All – Chance Peña on Feel It All – Single
Leave With My Love – ayokay on Leave With My Love – Single
Until The End – Yoste on Until The End – Single
ESE VATO – DOMELIPA & Ozuna on ESE VATO – Single
Circles – Sines of Summer on Circles – Single
Time Well Wasted – The Fray on The Fray Is Back – EP4
ten – Fred again.., Jozzy & Jim Legxacy on ten days
All-American Boy – Steve Grand on All American Boy
Sleeping All Alone – Dixon Dallas on Happy Anniversary
Faded Evergreen – Ed Prosek, Portair & Driftwood Choir on Faded Evergreen – Single
Close Your Eyes – Matias Roden on Close Your Eyes – Single
Places – Elderbrook & Shimza on Another Touch
Noor Al Ain – Amr Diab on Noor Al Ain5
Hurt – Sleeping At Last on Hurt – Single
Banadek Taala – Amr Diab on Banadek Taala
5ever – EDEN on 5ever – Single
Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Clean Bandit & French The Kid on Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Single
Hesitate – Golden Vessel & Emerson Leif on Hesitate – Single
Paper Money (feat. Elliott Skinner) – Clothing on From Memory
Majuy – Hayden Calnin on All Kinds of Light
American Nights – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Babe, I’m All Yours – Garrett Kato on Babe, I’m All Yours – Single
28 – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene6
Addicted – Does it matter & Francis Skyes on Second Hand Love
Ketamine (feat. Tobe Nwigwe) – Penny & Sparrow on Ketamine (feat. Tobe Nwigwe) – Single
Will You? – The Irrepressibles on Be Wild – Single
When the Sun Goes Down – Axel Flóvent on Away From This Dream
Bass Boat – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene
Moon River – Aquilo on A Quiet Invitation To A Hard Conversation
Where Are We Now? – Orville Peck & Mickey Guyton on Stampede
Want You To Want It – Aquilo on A Quiet Invitation To A Hard Conversation
Is What It Is – Chance Peña on Is What It Is – Single
Garden – Charles Fauna on L I M B O
I Love You’s – Hailee Steinfeld on I Love You’s – Single
Magnétique – LukHash on Magnétique – Single
WE PRAY – Coldplay, Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI on Moon Music
Don’t Look Down – The Fray on The Fray Is Back – EP
Into Dust – Mazzy Star on So Tonight That I Might See
Edge of Saturday Night – The Blessed Madonna & Kylie Minogue on Godspeed
Razones – Ozuna, Anuel AA, DJ Luian & Mambo Kingz on Razones – Single
i think you can save me – Dimside on i think you can save me – Single7
Capilano – OCULA on Lost Horizon – EP
Enhorabuena – Manuel Turizo on Enhorabuena – Single
Charlie Brown – Rolipso on Charlie Brown – Single8
Dance (‘Til You Love Someone Else) – Sam Smith on Love Goes
Doja – Central Cee on Doja – Single
- Oh, this hits ↩
- The songwriting on this is just perfect, truly. ↩
- Very fun to sing along to. ↩
- Honestly, this EP is perfectly titled. ↩
- Been doing a bit of music recommendation swapping with some coworkers, so far I’m delighted by how well it’s working at getting me to listen to new stuff. ↩
- Really been enjoying this album by Zach Bryan! ↩
- Very Fred again.. feel to it, on the more ‘chill’ end of that spectrum. ↩
- return of the yodelstep ↩