Your Sunny Day Playlist

Surprise, it’s not a playlist, it’s me talking about music instead.  With the onset of some early Summer days within the last week, it is only reasonable that I would begin to talk about summer music listening things.  Your hot and sunny day music choices, particularly when driving a car, can go one of two ways.  Well that isn’t entirely true, but for the sake of my blog, let’s say there are only two.  You can go the raucous route, maybe not of the angrier variety, but I guess it depends on how you feel that day.  I would think maybe Helter Skelter, or something by Zeppelin, maybe the Black Keys, or say Paris by Grace Potter.  Raucous jams are all around us. How about some White Stripes?  But then again, there is another route, the happy carefree, laid back sort of music.  Try some Flaming Lips on for size, maybe some Sigur Ros?  or that great purveyor of sunshine: Michael Franti.  But maybe you don’t go in either of these directions and settle for some kind of mix of the two which would ideally consist of some Pixies, early Radiohead, most anything by Bowie, maybe some Nirvana, the choice is yours truly.  Mix the happy chill sounds with the upbeat, loud and downright rockin’ and you will surely have your ideal sunny day playlist.  Enjoy!

Playlist for Easter Weekend

1. Feeling Good- Nina Simone

2.  What I’m Fighting For- Matisyahu

3. Crossroads- John Mayer

4. Come Away to The Water- Maroon 5 feat. Rozzi Crane

5. Sweet Soul Sister- The Cult

6. One Engine- The Decemberists

7. Save Me- Muse

8. Kick Drum Heart- The Avett Bros.

9. So Here We Are- Bloc Party

10. Silver and Gold- U2

11. Runnin’ Blues- Color of Mind

12. A Punch Up At A Wedding- Radiohead

13. Crucify- Tori Amos

14. Run Daddy Run- Pistol Annies

15. If I- Flobots

16. Lightning Crashes- Live

17. Don’t Leave My Mind- Azure Ray

18. Fizzy Love- Catherine Wheel

19. Such Great Heights- The Postal Service

Playlist time: Night Work

I don’t have any creative title for this one, but I am very proud of what I came up with in an extremely rushed and slapdash manner.  It’s delightfully queer, with a plethora of robotic noises, Album of The Year winners (Daft Punk), my favorite Broadway star of all time,  the lady that makes us go gaga, Glamtastic fun, Industrial, grungey and very dancy, delightfully American and International in equal portions.  Enjoy!

1. Night Work- Scissor Sisters

2. Do What U Want- Lady Gaga and R. Kelly

3. Civilian- Adam Pascal

4. Instant Crush- Daft Punk with Julian Casablancas( of The Strokes)

5. Heart In A Cage- The Strokes

6. I Am The Walrus- The Beatles

7. Midnight Radio- Hedwig and The Angry Inch

8. Harder You Get- Scissor Sisters

9. Artpop- Lady Gaga

10. Survival- Muse

11. Stupid Girl- Neil Young and Crazy Horse

12. The Distance- CAKE

13. Radio- Lana Del Rey

14. Recognizer- Daft Punk

15. How- The Neighbourhood

16. Home Is A Fire- Death Cab For Cutie

17. Tell Me How To Live- Capital Cities

18. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box- Radiohead

19. Sin- Nine Inch Nails

 

 

Playlisting: Awake and Dreaming

19 tracks of pure excitement, genre crossing, ocean spanning, underwater mountain climbing sort of excitement. Take a look and consider taking a few listens. 🙂

1. On Top Of The World- Imagine Dragons

2. Everybody’s Watching Me(Uh Oh)- The Neighbourhood

3. White Teeth Teens- Lorde

4. Politics in Space- Kate Miller-Heidke

5. Center Stage- Capital Cities

6. Sunburn- Muse

7. Runaway- Grace Potter and The Nocturnals

8. Supergirl- Kate Miller-Heidke

9. Things That Stop You Dreaming- Passenger

10. Normal Person- Arcade Fire

11. A Taste Of Honey- The Beatles

12. Overbiter- Say Anything

13. Take A Walk- Passion Pit

14. The Tourist- Radiohead

15. In The Meantime- Spacehog

16. Bad Drug- Tristan Prettyman

17. New Fang- Them Crooked Vultures

18. Carmelina- Matthew Good Band

19. Breathe Me- Sia

New playlist: 3 of a kind

I don’t know where this idea came from, but I kept hearing that old cliched line, “The best things come in threes.”  And going from there I thought, why not make a playlists, featuring three songs from each artist in residence upon it. And this is what I came up with!

1. Sweater Weather- The Neighbourhood

2. I’m Afraid- The Neighbourhood

3. Flawless- The Neighbourhood

4. Panic in Detroit- David Bowie

5. The Man Who Sold The World- David Bowie

6. (You Will) Set The World on Fire- David Bowie

7. Never There- Cake

8. Federal Funding- Cake

9. Sick of You- Cake

10. Come Together- The Beatles

11. While My Guitar Gently Weeps- The Beatles

12. Sexy Sadie- The Beatles

13. Muscle Museum- Muse

14. Dead Star- Muse

15. Time Is Running Out- Muse

16. All I Need- Radiohead

17. Myxomatosis- Radiohead

18. Blowout- Radiohead

Playlist: Resolutions, second chances, and new starts! And also a bit of too little too late.

Happy New Year everybody!  A playlist I made about a week ago is here to really capture the mood of the changes that come with the mark of the new year.

1. Airbag- Radiohead

2. The Divide- Grace Potter and The Nocturnals

3. Ah Ha- Under the Influence of Giants

4. Wake Up- Arcade Fire

5. The New Year- Death Cab For Cutie

6. Next Year- Two Door Cinema Club

7. Thoughts of A Dying Atheist- Muse

8. We Exist- Arcade Fire

9. Lovesong- Adele

10. 365 Days- ZZ Ward

11. If The Stars Were Mine- Melody Gardot

12. High And Dry- Radiohead

13. The Fall of Man- Matthew Good Band

14. Blackbird- The Beatles

15. Take, Take, Take- The White Stripes

16. City of Delusion- Muse

17. The Lion, The Beast, The Beat- Grace Potter and The Nocturnals

Amnesiac

Easily one of the strangest Radiohead albums, the majorly electronic follow up to KID A, really shows Radiohead as an even bigger musical pioneer as it delved more into the digital age coming about in the early 2000’s.  The world was exploding in all directions, everything getting faster, more user friendly, the early stages of the social networks, and a world drowing in post 9/11 hysteria.  This album is not what I would have called user friendly when I first heard it, but then again, this is coming from the guy who’s first Radiohead album was KID A, and if my early teenage mind could process that, Amnesiac was truly a step into something more resembling normalcy. It’s definitely not as free form and confusing as “King of Limbs” and certainly not as focused as “In Rainbows,”  and not as weird as KID A, but definitely one of the most memorable albums in my life, as well as the most listened to.  There are just so many lush soundscapes, mixing a seamless blend of jazz rhythms, ambient noises and haunting vocals.  All in all it is a masterpiece if I’ve ever heard one. 

Playlist time: Wicked Cool

I compiled 18 awesome tracks that are equal parts chill and rowdy.

 

1. Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked- Cage The Elephant

2. Dream On- Depeche Mode

3. Summertime Sadness- Lana Del Rey

4.  All People- Michael Franti & Spearhead

5. Tennis Court- Lorde

6. Get Along- Mike Doughty

7. Teen Angst(What The World Needs Now)- Cracker

8. I’ve Been Waiting For You- David Bowie (Neil Young cover)

9. Gigantic- Pixies

10, Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago- Soul Coughing

11. Heal- Catherine Wheel

12. Maladjusted- Morrissey

13. Brand New Cadillac- The Clash

14. There’s No Home For You Here- White Stripes

15. Bus To Beelzebub- Soul Coughing

16. You And Who’s Army- Radiohead

17. When Yer 22- Flaming Lips

18. Month of May- Arcade Fire

Nothing To Do

Nothing is a paradox of itself

A playlist that i concocted with a couple of my awesome followers in mind, (Well whoever it’s for I want all to see it.)

1. Good Morning, Good Morning- The Beatles

2. All Along The Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix

3. Cinnamon Girl- Neil Young

4.Myxomatosis- Radiohead

5. Judas- Cage The Elephant

6. Feel Good Hit of The Summer- Queens of The Stone Age

7. Heartbreaker- Led Zeppelin

8. (You Will) Set The World on Fire- Bowie

9. Island In The Sun- Weezer

10. Sanctified- Nine Inch Nails

11. Dream On- Depeche Mode

12. Subterranean Homesick Alien- Radiohead

13.Darkshines- Muse

14. Gobbledigook- Sigur Ros

15. You (Radiohead Cover)- Christopher O’Riley

I hope you like this as much as I liked making it. 🙂

My fourth of July mix, the freedom of expression is the real celebration isn’t it?

1. War- Mos Def  (A great opener to lay bare the illusions of our American holidays)

2. Catch and Release- Silversun Pickups

3. I Wrote A Song About Your Car- Mike Doughty

4. El Scorcho- Weezer

5. Everything is Everything- Phoenix

6. Bodysnatchers- Radiohead

7. Shrinking Universe- Muse

8. Instant Crush- Daft Punk

9. Arco Arena- Cake

10. In One Ear- Cage The Elephant

11. Sunburn- Muse

12. Ricochet- David Bowie

13. Parachute Heart- Grace Potter and The Nocturnals

14. Tangled Up In Plaid- Queens of The Stone Age

15. A Taste of Honey- The Beatles

16. Freedom of Choice- A Perfect Circle