the may playlist

OH MY GOODNESS, IT IS MAY. I had a bit of a moment halfway through May 1st (erm, today at the moment of writing) when I realized that it was in fact May 1. May means maybe (hopefully? please?) good weather. It means garden season. It means patio season. I write this in good spirits because we've had two days of glorious 20-degree weather, and obviously good weather means good mood, although we are anticipating a snow storm this weekend.

Anyway. May. This playlist. It is poppy. Very, very poppy, but in the most alternatively poppy way. If I could dance, I would dance to this. I might dance to this already behind closed doors, but y'know, that's beside the point.

The May Playlist
Perfect Vision - Cheerleader
Lost and Found (Odesza Remix) - Pretty Lights
Not Going Home - Great Good Fine OK
Rocky Took a Lover - Bell X1
Go Out All Night - Givers
I Need You - M83
Gold - Chet Faker
Let Me In - Grouplove
Madder Red (Henning Furst Remix) - Yeasayer
Tears - Colleagues
Stars (Hold On) - Youngblood Hawke
Sleeping In - The Morning Benders

Available for streaming on Rdio.

- s

the april mix

The April Mix
We're Manicals! - Fuck Art, Let's Dance!
Everlasting Light - The Black Keys
Words I Don't Remember - How to Dress Well
I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers
Been There Before - Ghost Beach
Slow Love - MO
Cope - Manchester Orchestra
Muizenberg - John Wizards
Moths - Racing Glaciers
Collapse - Vancouver Sleep Clinic
Breathe - IYES
Argentina - Tokyo Police Club

April's mix is chock-full of tracks that have come out within the last couple of months, and let me tell you... It's been a good couple of months for music. I have been long awaiting MO's full-length album, and was absolutely not disappointed. Apparently I'm a month behind on the news that Jack Antonoff of Steel Train/fun. is working on a solo project titled Bleachers and released the ultra-poppy, ultra-catchy track I Wanna Get Better. I dig it. Lots of good on this mix thanks to all these new releases. Lots of good to come, I'm sure.

- s