Summer 2024 New Music Playlist

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1. "The Hardest Part" – Washed Out

2. "Strange World" – La Luz

3. "Angels" – Mondo Cozmo

4. "Still Can't Believe" – Dr. Dog

5. "April" – Local Natives

6. "Hello" – Girl on Girl

7. "Colorful State" – Kishi Bashi

8. "Make it Happen" – Wonder 45

9. "In Front of Me Now" – Nada Surf

10. "Apparition" – Quivers

11. "Maybe We're Alright" – Guster

12. "All a Mystery" – Phantogram

13. "So Lo" – Pond

14. "Docket" – Blondshell, Bully

15. "Nearly Daffodils" – English Teacher

16. "Forever" – Hovvdy

17. "Bright Spot" – Blue Canopy, A Beacon School

18. "Duet" – Jon Hopkins

Spring 2024 New Music Playlist

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1. "It's Over, If We Run Out of Love" – David Holmes, Raven Violet

2. "Bubblegum Dog" – MGMT

3. "Coming of Age" – Van Houten

4. "Water Underground" – Real Estate

5. "Burial Ground" – The Decemberists

6. "Together Forever" – STRFKR

7. "Loved" – Four Tet

8. "Is This Love" – James

9. "Alone" – Maps

10. "Neon Pill" – Cage the Elephant

11. "Willow" – Cowboy Sadness, Bing & Ruth, The Antlers, Port St. Willow

12. "Lines" – Maxband

13. "Long as I'm Not the One" – Grandaddy

14. "Spare Me the Decision" – Nation of Language

15. "Capricorn" – Vampire Weekend

16. "Dramamine" – Middle Kids

17. "RIP Dunes" – Backwards

18. "Wall of Eyes" – The Smile

Romantic Songs Playlist for Valentine's Day 2024

So this year, I was able to create the entire Romantic Songs Playlist 2024 from heartfelt tunes released in the past year and a half (still not bad?) Give a listen on Spotify here.  

As always, you can visit my posts from the past for more inspiration: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017,2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012. And check out everything listed together here!

1. "Sole Obsession" – Nation of Language
2. "Slugs of Love" – Little Dragon

3. "No More Lies" – Thundercat, Tame Impala

4. "Ordinary Love" – Roosevelt

5. "Three Drums" – Four Tet

6. "Each Night" – Poolside, Mazy

7. "Potion" – A Beacon School

8. "Always/Never" – STRFKR

9. "kisses" – Slowdive

10. "Days Go By" – SBTRKT, Toro y Moi

11. "Coming of Age" – Van Houten

12. "Is This Love" – James

13. "It's Over, If We Run Out of Love" – David Holmes, Raven Violet

14. "I Would if I Could" – Daniel Avery

15. "Future Falling" – The Album Leaf

Top 20+ Songs of 2023

My picks for top songs released in 2023 – in no particular order and no Spotify algorithms involved! Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

1. "Oceans Niagra" – M83

2. "From the Hill" – Nation of Language

3. "Goodbye to Music" – Flyying Colours

4. "The Fringe" – Cheekface

5. "Build a Bridge" – Deeper

6. "Wrong Side" – Tourist Activities

7. "My Love is Like" – Maps

8. "Back 2 It' – Teen Daze

9. "The Narcissist" – Blur

10. "Odyssey" – Beck, Phoenix

11. "Tropic Morning News" – The National

12. "Echolalia" – Yves Tumor

13. "Three Drums" – Four Tet

14. "Night Fell" – Hibou

15. "KITM" – The Beacon School

16. "Days Go By" – SBTRT, Toro y Moi

17. "Always/Never" – STRFKR

18. "Live Again" featuring Halo Maud – The Chemical Brothers

19. "Enjoy Your Life" – Flamingosis

20. "The World's Biggest Paving Slab" – English Teacher

21. "Each Night" – Poolside, Mazy

22. "Cousin" – Wilco

23. "prayer remembered" – Slowdive

24. "Blóòberg" – Sigur Rós

Fall 2023 New Music Playlist

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1. "Journey to the Real World" – Tame Impala

2. "Soul Capturer" – Animal Collective

3. "My Big Day" – Bombay Bicycle Club

4. "NYC" – Local Natives

5. "Space Invader" – The National

6. "KITM" – A Beacon School

7. "Palms"– Teen Daze

8. "Build a Bridge" – Deeper

9. "Always/Never" – STRFKR

10. "Each Night" – Poolside, Mazy

11. "The World's Biggest Paving Slab" – English Teacher

12. "The Tower" – Future Islands

13. "Headlights On" – Wild Nothing, Hatchie

14. "Another Side" – Woods

15. "Cousin" – Wilco

16. "prayer remembered" – Slowdive

Summer 2023 New Music Playlist

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1. "Three Drums" – Four Tet

2. "Odyssey" – Beck, Phoenix

3. "The Narcissist" – Blur

4. "Doomscrollers" – Quasi

5. "No More Lies" – Thundercat, Tame Impala

6.  "DAYS GO BY" – SBTRKT, Toro y Moi

7. "Slugs of Love" – Little Dragon

8. "Little Bit Of Sun" – Semisonic

9. "Potion' – A Beacon School

10. "Ordinary Love" – Roosevelt

11. "Repeat (If You Remind Me)" – Wye Oak

12. "Psychos" – Jenny Lewis

13. "Live Again (featuring Halo Maud)" – The Chemical Brothers

14. "Rainy Summer" – Teen Dave

15. "Become" – Beach House

16. "Blóoberg" – Sigur Rós

Spring 2023 New Music Playlist

 Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

1. "The Fringe" – Cheekface

2. "Back 2 It" – Teen Daze
3. "Weightless" – Arlo Parks
4. "Zephyr" – TOBACCO

5. "Wrong Side" – Tourist Activities
6. "Unholy Appetite" – Barrie
7. "Wings of Time" – Tame Impala
8. "Gold" – Ivan & Alyosha
9. "Thinking About You" – Beck
10. "Goodbye to Music" – Flyying Colours
11. "My Love is Like" – Maps
12. "Night Fell" – Hibou
13. "Echolalia" – Yves Tumor

14. "That Life" – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
15. "Love in the Void" – Hammock
16. "amb23 -3" – Moby