Author: mcsquawk

This week we have another big batch of songs going in the playlist, including the return of Ethel Cain with a song that will hopefully be on her Preacher’s Daughter B-Sides EP. We also have new tracks from Middle Kids, Sydney Sprague and Strange Ranger, as well as a few track swaps from albums by Generationals, Lanterns On The Lake and Cathedral Bells.

New adds:

1017 ALYX 9SM, Ethel Cain “Famous Last Words (Ode To Eaters”

Black Honey “Heavy”

Cathedral Bells “Afterglow”

feeble little horse “Freak”

Generationals “Radar Man”

Lanterns On The Lake “Rich Girls”

Middle Kids “Highlands”

Strange Ranger “Wide Awake”

Sydney Sprague “overkill”

Worriers “Trust Your Gut”

Off this week:

Cathedral Bells “Fall Into Place”

cruush “Wishful Thinker”

Foo Fighters “Show Me How”

Generationals “Dirt Diamond”

Jenny Lewis “Psychos”

Lanterns On The Lake “Real Life”

Middle Kids “Bootleg Firecracker”

NewDad “In My Head”

TTRRUUCES “STFU”

Wye Oak “I Learned It From You”

Listen on TIDAL

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I’m a little late to updating the playlist this weekend, but we have ten new songs, including standout tracks from albums I’ve been listening to lately from the likes of Local Natives, City and Colour, The Tallest Man On Earth and This Is The Kit, plus a new Bombay Bicycle Club song from their upcoming album. I’ve also switched out tracks from Alaska Reid, Avalon Emerson and Bayonne for other ones from their respective albums.

New adds:

Alaska Reid “Seeds”

Avalon Emerson “Karaoke Song”

Bayonne “Must Be True”

Bombay Bicycle Club “My Big Day”

City and Colour “The Water Is Coming”

Fazerdaze “Winter”

Local Natives “Empty Mansions”

Sorry Girls “Sorcery”

The Tallest Man On Earth “Bless You”

This Is The Kit “Inside Outside”

Off this week:

Alaska Reid “Back To This”

Amber Arcades “Odd To Even”

Avalon Emerson “Entombed In Ice”

Bayonne “FK”

George Clanton “Justify Your Life”

Jonathan Bree “Miss You”

The Mary Onettes “Forever Before Love”

Royel Otis “Razor Teeth”

Softcult “Spoiled”

Sydney Sprague “smiley face”

Listen on TIDAL

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This week, we have a smaller selection of new songs added to the playlist, but they are all artists I’m very happy to see a return from, including Little Dragon, Speedy Ortiz, Kimarie Sky, Haley Blais, The Drums and The Hold Steady.

New adds:

The Drums “Obvious”

Haley Blais “Survivor’s Guilt”

The Hold Steady “Perdido”

Kimarie Sky “Wade”

Little Dragon “Kenneth”

Speedy Ortiz “You S02”

Off this week:

Beach House “American Daughter”

Beach Fossils “Sleeping On My Own”

Scott McMicken & THE EVER-EXPANDING “Reconcile”

Skinny Pelembe “Oh, Silly George”

two blinks, i love you “Carnegie Hall”

Water From Your Eyes “Out There”

Listen on TIDAL

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This week I’ve got a large batch of new songs in the playlist once again, and this week we’re focusing mostly on new tracks from artists you’ve already seen in the playlist this year, from some of my favorite albums of the year. New adds include songs from Arlo Parks, Geese, Purr, Human Tetris, The Japanese House and another one from Scott McMicken & THE EVER-EXPANDING, as well as new singles from Beck & Phoenix, Hand Habits, Helena Deland & Vitesse X plus new discoveries including Laveda and Beauty Queen.

New adds:

Arlo Parks “Devotion”

Beauty Queen “Sun Goes Down”

Beck & Phoenix “Odyssey”

Geese “I See Myself”

Hand Habits “The Bust Of Nefertiti”

Helena Deland “Spring Bug”

Human Tetris “The Hardest Feeling”

The Japanese House “Sunshine Baby”

Laveda “Troy Creeps”

Nabihah Iqbal “The World Couldn’t See Us”

Purr “Guessing”

Scott McMicken & THE EVER-EXPANDING “Another One”

Vitesse X “Right Now”

Off this week:

@ “Cut From Toxic Cloth”

Christine & The Queens “tears can be so soft”

Cloth “Money Plant”

Flasher “Adriene”

The Go! Team “But We Keep On Trying”

Hibou “Upon The Clouds You Weep”

Human Tetris “Horizon”

MARBLES “What We Could Have Been”

Pearly Drops “Feed The Fire”

Phoneboy “What A Coward”

Scott McMicken & THE EVER-EXPANDING “Shabang”

Tennis “Glorietta”

Y La Bamba “Collapse”

Listen on TIDAL

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We have a smaller number of new songs in the playlist this week compared to the last few weeks, but it will be good to let some of the other songs have more time in the playlist. New adds this week include great new singles from Slowdive and Wye Oak, as well as additional tracks from High Sunn and Narrow Head and new discoveries PONY and TTRRUUCES.

New adds:

High Sunn “angelic beginnings”

Narrow Head “Caroline”

PONY “Sick”

Slowdive “Kisses”

TTRRUUCES “STFU”

Wye Oak “I Learned It From You”

Off this week:

The Academic “Right Where You Left Me”

Fruit Bats “Rushin’ River Valley”

High Sunn “visual love”

Narrow Head “Sunday”

Retrograde88 “Falling”

whenyoung “Shame Train”

Listen on TIDAL

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This week there are ten new songs and some big changes to the playlist. Beach Fossils’ “Don’t Fade Away”, the frontrunner for my song of the year so far, is finally retired from the playlist, but we’ve got another great track from their new album Bunny in its place. Several of my other favorite songs of the year so far have also been retired to make room for the new entries. But don’t worry, there are some great songs debuting this week including “Hotel Life” by Mumble Tide, which is an early candidate for my song of the summer. Also check out new tracks from Jenny Lewis, George Clanton, Gengahr, Teenage Wrist and many more.

New adds:

Beach Fossils “Tough Love”

Cathedral Bells “Fall Into Place”

cruush “Wishful Thinker”

Gengahr “Alkali”

George Clanton “Justify Your Life”

Jenny Lewis “Psychos”

Mumble Tide “Hotel Life”

The Reds, Pinks and Purples “Life In The Void”

Scott McMicken & THE EVER-EXPANDING “Reconcile”

Teenage Wrist “Sunshine”

Off this week:

Arlo Parks “Weightless”

Beach Fossils “Don’t Fade Away”

Blondshell “Joiner”

Buddie “Sunday Morning”

Crushed “Respawn”

Dutch Uncles “In Salvia”

Momma “Bang Bang”

The New Pornographers “Marie And The Undersea”

Tanlines “Outer Banks”

Wednesday “Chosen To Deserve”

Listen on TIDAL

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This week I’ve added a whole bunch of songs, 13 to be exact, including the latest from Middle Kids, plus other great tracks from Generationals, Bayonne, Hannah Jadagu, The Mary Onettes, Amber Arcades and many more.

New adds:

@ “Cut From Toxic Cloth”

Amber Arcades “Odd To Even”

Bayonne “FK”

Flasher “Adriene”

Generationals “Dirt Diamond”

Hannah Jadagu “Say It Now”

The Mary Onettes “Forever Before Love”

MARBLES “What We Could Have Been”

Middle Kids “Bootleg Firecracker”

NewDad “In My Head”

Skinny Pelembe “Oh, Silly George”

Tanukichan “Like You”

two blinks, i love you “carnegie hall”

Off this week:

Annie Blackman “Bug”

boygenius “Not Strong Enough”

FEWS “MASSOLIT”

Hannah Jadagu “What You Did”

The Japanese House “Sad To Breathe”

Parannoul “Imagination”

Prima Queen “Back Row”

The Rural Alberta Advantage “Plague Dogs”

SBTRKT feat. Toro Y Moi “DAYS GO BY”

Scott McMicken & THE EVER-EXPANDING “What About Now”

Screaming Females “Ornament”

Squid “Swing (In A Dream)”

Tanukichan feat. Enumclaw “Thin Air”

Listen on TIDAL

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This week, it’s another big update to the playlist and I had a hard time choosing which songs to cut to make room for the new adds. New this week: one of my current favorite songs from Lanterns On The Lake, a standout song from the new Foo Fighters, the latest single from recent fave Sydney Sprague, plus some other great new tracks from Avalon Emerson, Christine And The Queens, Water From Your Eyes and more.

New adds:

Avalon Emerson “Entombed In Ice”

Christine And The Queens “Tears Can Be So Soft”

Lanterns On The Lake “Real Life”

Foo Fighters “Show Me How”

Phoneboy “What A Coward”

Softcult “Spoiled”

Sydney Sprague “smiley face”

Water From Your Eyes “Out There”

Off this week:

The Beths “Watching The Credits”

Black Honey “OK”

Bully “Days Move Slow”

Chappaqua Wrestling “Fair Game”

Cheekface “Popular 2”

Holiday Ghosts “Favorite Freak”

Jackie Mendoza “Mousetrap”

Softcult “Dress”

Listen on TIDAL

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This weekend is a big one: Beach Fossils’ long awaited new album Bunny finally came out on Friday and it doesn’t disappoint! You’ll find one of the standout new tracks added to the playlist this week, as well as new music from Beach House, plus additional tracks from The Go! Team and Cloth, as well as some artists I’ve recently discovered: Pearly Drops and Human Tetris.

New adds:

Beach Fossils “Sleeping On My Own”

Beach House “American Daughter”

Cloth “Money Plant”

Fruit Bats “Rushing River Valley”

The Go! Team “But We Keep On Trying”

Human Tetris “Horizon”

Pearly Drops “Feed The Fire”

Off this week:

Beach Fossils “Seconds”

boygenius “True Blue”

Cloth “Pigeon”

The Go! Team feat. Nitty Scott “Whammy-O”

Gorillaz feat. Stevie Nicks “Oil”

M83 “Amnesia”

Zach Bryan feat. Maggie Rogers “Dawns”

Listen on TIDAL

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For the playlist this week, I’ve added tracks from the latest albums by Tennis, Y La Bamba, and Jonathan Bree (from the Brunettes), as well as a different song from Royel Otis’ latest EP plus a few new artists.

New adds:

Alaska Reid “Back To This”

High Sunn “Visual Love”

Jonathan Bree “Miss You”

Retrograde88 “Falling”

Royel Otis “Razor Teeth”

Tennis “Glorietta”

whenyoung “Shame Train”

Y La Bamba “Collapse”

Off this week:

ABRA “FKA MESS”

Fireworks “I Want To Start A Religion With You”

Girl Scout “Run Me Over”

Geese “Cowboy Nudes”

Hamish Hawk “Desperately”

Miss Grit “Lain (Phone Clone)”

Paramore “Crave”

Royel Otis “Sofa King”

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