Filled completely with songs from the past year! Give a listen to my Romantic Songs Playlist for Valentine's Day 2019 on Spotify here. For further inspiration, visit my posts from past years: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012. 1. "Ordinary Pleasure" – Toro y Moi 2. "Hunnybee" – Unknown Mortal Orchestra 3. "The Only Thing We Know" – Bob Moses 4. "Magnetism" – Vacationer 5. "I Dreamt We Spoke Again" – Death Cab for Cutie 6. "Lifer" – Wye Oak 7. "Heart Killer" – Dr. Dog 8. "Feel the Love Go" – Franz Ferdinand 9. "Human Being Song" – Okkervil River 10. "Falling Rain and Light" – Moby 11. "Lady and Man" – Khruangbin 12. "Trouble Letting Go" – Avett Brothers 13. "Echo" – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 14. "Taste" – Rhye 15. "Love Letters" – DeVotchKa 16. "The One To Wait" – CCFX 17. "Maryam" – The Album Leaf
It's always a nice exercise to review all the gifts of music encountered over the course of twelve months. This year was especially easy to go over the twenty song allotment for this end of year recap of top tunes. It's such a diverse group of artists but the list contains some of my very favorite voices on the music scene: Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Beck, Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses, Hamilton Leithauser, Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, Fran Healy of Travis, Will Sheff of Okkervil River, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, The Avett Brothers and Santigold. Plus I was so thankful for plenty of soaring melodies to carry me away from the neverending stress of daily news during this election year, for example The Boxer Rebellion, Wye Oak and Ra Ra Riot + Rostam.
Listen on Spotify or as a YouTube Playlist below.
1. "Can't Get Enough of Myself" – Santigold 2. "Burn the Witch" – Radiohead 3. "The Industry" – Okkervil River 4. "If You Should See" – Wye Oak 5. "Wow" – Beck 6. "2AM" – Bear Hands 7. "They Want More" – Ages and Ages 8. "Casual Party" – Band of Horses 9. "Selectallcopy" – Autolux 10. "Magnificent Time" – Travis 11. "In These Fine Times" (featuring De Lux) – Classixx 12. "Hey Lion" – Sofi Tukker 13. "Trouble" – Cage the Elephant 14. "Never Ever" – STRFKR 15. "Summer Was a Day" – Pete Yorn 16. "Water" – Ra Ra Riot & Rostam 17. "Beneath the Black Sea" – LNZNDRF 18. "Big Ideas" – The Boxer Rebellion 19. "If I Ever Was a Child" – Wilco 20. "The Castle" – The Flaming Lips 21. "No Hard Feelings" – The Avett Brothers 22. "In a Black Out" – Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam 23. "In My Car" – Gold Panda
Being snowed in is a perfect excuse to bust out another Romantic Songs Playlist as Valentine's Day rolls around -- on a Saturday night no less! I start things off with an awesome live version of "Heart It Races" by popular playlist group Dr. Dog, and let this latest personal music compilation find a balance from within. I've included some recent songs from fave band Spoon and artist Beck (with congrats on the Grammy win, even if it was for Rock Album of the Year and doesn't quite apply to this assortment of sublime music) plus older picks from my collection. I dug deep in the archives for The Cure, The Raconteurs and James to compliment the newer tunes from Dan Croll, Beach House and Band of Horses. The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" was chosen for this year's list before the Seattle Seahawks took the field with it blaring during the Super Bowl, and now that strange moment when sports coopted this anthem is embedded in our consciousness. Plus as the game ended in upset it's bittersweet indeed...
Listen up here and visit my posts from 2014, 2013 and 2012 if you need more inspiration. Happy to oblige and enjoy the holiday!
1. "Heart It Races" – Dr. Dog 2. "Lovesong" – The Cure 3. "Only in My Dreams" – Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 4. "Compliment Your Soul" – Dan Croll 5. "What Would I Want? Sky" – Animal Collective 6. "I Saw the Bright Shinies" – The Octopus Project 7. "Crown of Love" – Arcade Fire 8. "No One's Gonna Love You" – Band of Horses 9. "Nantes" – Beirut 10. "Together" – The Raconteurs 11. "Inside Out" – Spoon 12. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" – Spiritualized 13. "Walkabout (with Noah Lennox)"– Atlas Sound 14. "Heart Is a Drum"– Beck 15. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" – The Verve 16. "Chicago" – Sufjan Stevens 17. "Sometimes" – James 18. "Norway" – Beach House 19. "I and Love and You" – Avett Brothers
Listen on Spotify, enjoy!
