Summer 2026 New Music Playlist

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1. "Music Lights Color" – ford. A Beacon School
2. "Lucky Again" – Lykke Li

3. "Riptide" – Death Cab for Cutie

4. "Trouble Always Finds Me" – Yellow House

5. "Seabird" – deary

6. "Sunday" – Hannah Lew

7. "One Day" – Future Islands

8. "Looking Backwards" – Poolside

9. "Nosedive" – Man/Woman/Chainsaw

10. "A New Way of Living" – The Early Years

11. "Hide" – Neal Francis

12. "Open Strings" – Pulp

13. "Red Room Dub" – Kurt Vile

14. "Javelin" – Kevin Morby

15. "The Doubt" – Lane 8, Gui Boratto, Jyll

16. "Det är aldrig för sent att ge up" (Mogwai Remix) – Smålandà

17. "Communication" – Eluvium

Spring 2026 New Music Playlist

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1. "Don't Think About It" – Teen Daze
2. "Sullen Passage" – M83

3. "The Old Law" – Father John Misty

4. "Ascension" – Nightbus

5. "Out of Phase" – Alexis Taylor, Lola Kirke

6. "Drag" – Yumi Zouma

7. "This City's Tryna Break My Heart" – Hemi Hemingway

8. "Hot Pavement" – Ages and Ages

9. "Luxury Bunkers" – Outerboros, Vacationer

10. "Evie" – Holy Fuck

11. "Lil One" – Joaquin Paster, Patrick Logothetti, James Supercave

12. "Circles" – Large

13. "Even Mountains Erode" – Lala Lala

14. "Looking Backwards" – Poolside

15. "Forge" – Tycho

16. "A.M." – Eluvium

Fall 2025 New Music Playlist

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1. "Boundary Rider" – Tycho, Paul Banks
2. "I'm Not Ready for the Change" – Nation of Language

3. "Run Free" – Soulwax

4. "Ringing Ocean" – Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe

5. "My Light" – Mild Orange

6. "Still See Light" – Cut Copy

7. "Something New" – Worthitpurchase

8. "Breaker" – Shaki Tavi

9. "rewind" – dayaway

10. "In My Head" – Phantogram, Whethan

11. "Everything is Coming Up Roses" – World News

12. "Tanana" – Portugal the Man

13. "Caught Up in the Past" – Jeff Tweedy

14. "Guess I'm Falling in Love" – Spoon

15. "Somebody New" – Tunde Adebimpe

16. "The Ghouls" – Midlake

17. "Deep Dream" – Solarium Recordings, Teen Daze

Summer 2025 New Music Playlist

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1. "End of Summer" – Tame Impala
2. "Jewels" – Gardens & Villa, Jahsh Banks

3. "God Gets You Back" – Mogwai

4. "Okay" – Girl and Girl

5. "Time Crisis Too" – Holy Wave

6. "A Decoration" – TORRES, Fruit Bats

7. "Drop" – Tunde Adebimpe

8. "Blackoak" – Maribou State

9. "Catch Me" – Flying Mojito Bros

10. "Star String Radio" – Suzzallo

11. "Everybody Laughs" – David Byrne, Ghost Train Orchestra

12. "Mystic" – Other Lives

13. "Into Dust (Still Falling)" – Four Tet cover Mazzy Star

14. "Love on the Big Screen – Animal Collective

15. "Kimpton" – Barry Can't Swim, O'Flynn

16. "Chapter One" – Maps

17. "You Get So Far Away" – RAC

Spring 2025 New Music Playlist

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1. "Supersad" – Suki Waterhouse
2. "No Problems" – Ginger Root

3. "Defense" – Panda Bear, Cindy Lee

4. "Renegade" – Doves

5. "Crybaby" – Cults

6. "Løveskatt" – Ora the Molecule

7. "Orlando in Love" – Japanese Breakfast

8. "Knockin' Heart" – Hamilton Leithauser

9. "All 2 of Us" – Black Moth Super Rainbow

10. "Edge of the Deep Blue Sea" – Elephant Stone

11. "Blue Left Hand" – Oracle Sisters

12. "Back it Up" – Neal Francis

13. "Time Waited" – My Morning Jacket

14. "Hatsudai" – Pacific Coliseum, Teen Daze

15. "Safeandsound" – Parcels

16. "Come Alive" – Harrison

17. "Sonhar" – RAC

Romantic Songs Playlist for Valentine's Day 2025

This time around, I was able to create this Romantic Songs Playlist 2025 from heartfelt tunes released in the past year. Give a listen on Spotify here .

As always, you can visit my posts from the past for more inspiration: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017,2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012. 

1. "Angels" – Mondo Cozmo
2. "Still Can't Believe" – Dr. Dog

3. "April" – Local Natives

4. "Colorful State" – Kashi Bashi

5. "In Front of Me Now" – Nada Surf

6. "Maybe We're Alright" – Guster

7. "Bright Spot II" – Blue Canopy, A Beacon School

8. "Duet" – Jon Hopkins

9. "Alone" – Maps

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

11. "Docket" – Blondshell, Bully

12. "One of a Kind" – The Heavy Heavy

13. "All a Mystery" – Phantogram

14. "Say You Love Me" – Wilco

15. "Dreamweavers" – trentmøller, DiSA

16. "Let Your Heart Fill Up" – Jerome Blazé

17. "Come Find Me" – Caribou

Top 20+ Songs of 2024

  Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

1. "It's Over, If We Run Out of Love" – David Holmes, Raven Violet
2. "Talk is Cheap" – Dr. Dog

3. "Coming of Age" – Van Houten

4. "Make it Happen" – Wonder 45

5. "Alone" – Maps

6. "Let Your Heart Fill Up" – Jerome Blazé

7. "Angels" – Mondo Cozmo

8. "Bright Spot II" – Blue Canopy, A Beacon School

9. "One of a Kind" – The Heavy Heavy

10. "Consciousness Felt" – Tycho

11. "Strange World" – La Luz

12. "Apparition" – Quivers

13. "Nearly Daffodils" – English Teacher

14. "All a Mystery" – Phantogram

15. "Come Find Me" – Caribou

16. "Maybe We're Alright" – Guster

17. "The Hardest Part" – Washed Out

18. "Cherry Pie" – Fazerdaze

19. "Say You Love Me" – Wilco

20. "Together Forever" – STRFKR

21. "Alone" – The Cure

Fall 2024 New Music Playlist

 Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

1. "One of a Kind" – The Heavy Heavy

2. "All A Mystery" – Phantogram

3. "Say You Love Me" – Wilco

4. "Super Breath" – Karen O., Danger Mouse

5. "Dreamweavers" – trentmøller, DiSA

6. "The Moth" – Deary

7. "Let Your Heart Fill Up" – Jerome Blazé

8. "RITURAL (place)" – Jon Hopkins, Vylana

9. "Afterglow" – Ohr

10. "Crystals (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)" – Sea Lemon

11. "Come Find Me" – Caribou

12. "Glimpse" – Future Islands

13. "Sprinter Brain" – Wild Pink

14. "Crystal Breath" – Kim Deal

15. "Cherry Pie" – Fazerdaze

16. "Consciousness Felt" – Tycho

17. "Screamland" – Father John Misty

18. "Alone" – The Cure

Summer 2024 New Music Playlist

Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

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. "So Lo" – Pond

13. "Docket" – Blondshell, Bully

14. "Nearly Daffodils" – English Teacher

15. "Forever" – Hovvdy

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

17. "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

 Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

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

Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

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

Romantic Songs Playlist for Valentine's Day 2023

This year I was able to create the entire Romantic Songs Playlist 2023 from heartfelt tunes released in the past year! Give a  listen on Spotify here.  

For further inspiration, visit my posts from past years at the links here: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.

1. "My Babe" – Spoon
2. "ILYSM" – Wild Pink

3. "In Need of Repair" – Band of Horses

4. "Just Before the Morning" – Local Natives

5. "Enjoy Your Life" – Flamingosis

6. "Everything Is Simple" – Widowspeak

7. "Your Love" – Tourist

8. "Shooting Stars" – Woolfy

9. "Mahi Mahi" – Moonfish, Maria Chiara Argirò, Riccardo Chiaberta

10. "Days" – Real Estate

11. "Desert Snow" – Local Natives

12. "Your Other Life" – Lord Huron

13. "Who Put You Up To This?" – Sunflower Bean

14. "Only You Know" – Beach House

15. "Light of Day" – ODESZA, Ólafur Arnalds

16. "Call Me Home" – SASAMI

17. "Thinking About You" – Beck

18. "My Love is Like" – Maps

18. "Love in the Void" – Hammock

Winter 2023 New Music Playlist

 

Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

1. "ILYSM"  –  Wild Pink

2. "new body rhumba" – LCD Soundsystem

3. "This is Not Our World" – Moby, Indochine

4. "Another One" – Scott McMicken and the Ever-Expanding

5. "From the Hill" – Nation of Language

6. "Oceans Niagra" – M83

7. "Really Really Light" – The New Pornographers

8. "Fallout" – Yo La Teno

9. "Tropic Morning News" – The National

10. "Gamma Rays" – Temples

11. "We Never Went Away" – Ladytron

12. "Enjoy Your Life" – Famingosis

13. "Just Before the Morning" – Local Natives

14. "Weird Goodbyes" – The National, Bon Iver

15. "I Would If I Could" – Daniel Avery

16. "Future Falling" – The Album Leaf

Top 20+ Songs of 2022

No algorithm involved and not in any order beyond setting up a nice sequence per usual. Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

1. "It's Good to be Back"  –  Metronomy
2. "In Need of Repair"  –  Band of Horses

3. "California Sunset" (Instrumental Version) – Poolside

4. "Here to Forever" – Death Cab for Cutie

5. "This House is on Fire" – Broken Social Scene

6. "New Summers" – De Lux

7. "Who Put You Up to This?" – Sunflower Bean

8. "Clavicle" – Daphni

9. "Fuzz Jam" – The Lazy Eyes

10. "Spitting Off the Edge of the World" – Yeah Yeahs Yeahs, Perfume Genius

11. "Your Other Life" – Lord Huron

12. "Island Hopping" – Monster Rally

13. "Your Love" – Tourist

14. "Everything is Simple" – Widowspeak

15. "The Lightning I" – Arcade Fire

16. "The Lightning II" – Arcade Fire

17. "Dot" – A Beacon School

18. "We're Not in Orbit Yet" – Broken Bells

19. "Wild" – Spoon

20. "Superstar" – Beach House

21. "Light of Day" – ODESZA, Ólafur Arnalds

22. "Darklands" – trentemøller

23. "Lights Out" – Yrstruly poluto, DIIIV, Crooked Colours

24. "We Need a Bigger Dumpster" – Cheekface

Summer 2022 New Music Playlist

 Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

1. "Down" – Hot Chip
2. "Spitting Off the Edge of the World" – Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Perfume Genius
3. "California Sunset (Instrumental)" – Poolside
4. "Your Other Life" – Lord Huron
5. "Wild Green" – Foals
6. "Hoping" – Stars
7. "Desert Snow" – Local Natives
8. "New Summers" – De Lux
9. "We're Not in Orbit Yet" – Broken Bells
10. "Clavicle" – Daphni
11. "Cracker Island (featuring Thundercat)" – Gorillaz, Thundercat
12. "Here to Forever" – Death Cab for Cutie
13. "Your Love" – Tourist
14. "Light of Day (feturing Ólafur Arnalds)" – ODESZA, Ólafur Arnalds
15. "I'm a Sensory Explosion" – Hammock, Lumenette
16. "Lights Out" – Yrstruly pluto, DIIV, Crooked Colours

Spring 2022 New Music Playlist

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1. "The Lightning II" – Arcade Fire
2. "King of Sweden" – Future Islands
3. "What, Me Worry?" – Portugal. The Man

4. "Who Put You Up To This?" – Sunflower Bean

5. "Only You Know" – Beach House

6. "The Mainline Song" – Spiritualized

7. "Magazine" – Toro y Moi, Salami Rose, Joe Louis

8. "It Just Goes On" – Flock of Dimes

9. "Ransom" – Pete Yorn 

10. "Call Me Home" – SASAMI

11. "Fuzz Jam" – The Lazy Eyes

12. "Dot" – A Beacon School

13. "Darklands" – trentemøller

14. "The Last One" – Daniel Rossen

15. "Skrting on the Surface" – The Smile

16. "The Reach" – Mogwai