I promised an extra-thick playlist last week. To be honest, I really didn’t deliver. Since it’s a holiday weekend, I’ll recommit myself to dropping a heaping helping of high quality tunes on your ears. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4hpfZLwW3nPTES1rVVOhF1?si=735baf9bb4274b9c “Don’t Turn Around” – Crystal Eyes I know it’s dumb when I say things like “This band sounds like they are/are not from this place.”…

We’ll go a little long this week as I attempt to clean out the queue a bit after missing a week. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0kNTguupxFGGSKkuqvElAy?si=f32dd0515a834d4d “The Lightning I/II” – Arcade FireDamn, I really should have included these two weeks ago when they first came out, but I forgot to drop them into my working list for the Friday PLs. The good thing is…

A slightly larger playlist this week, as my pool of songs to share has grown and there will likely be no list next week as I enjoy my spring break. Bad weather in Siesta Key could always change that. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4CYo6KNA1sx5zyPkjFedlM?si=883bdd8e66b447c3 “Heavy Heart” – Bartees Strange Strange’s debut album was terrific and showed great promise. This first peek at what most…

A playlist filled with, mostly, heavier tracks this week. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20H1Qm5v0ajlRaH8RFh5NH?si=ed9fb74dce5a4c1d “Angelica” – Wet Leg A little change in sound on this latest track from Buzz Band Wet Leg. There’s some Missing Persons in the DNA of this song. And some grungy guitars that aren’t quite Shoegaze but certainly owe something to that movement. “Rockstar” – Momma Speaking of crunchy, ’90s…

Haven’t been as deep into the new music the last couple weeks, so this didn’t come together as quickly or smoothly as usual. I’ll adjust my listening habits for next week. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VPfmPBW8VLs7inGXc69TB?si=e22bde67951e418a “Something” – Hater Some solid, noir-ish indie rock from Sweden. I keep wanting to say this has a mid-90s feeling to it, but I’m not sure that’s right…

Flipping the script this week, putting the video up top so my album review can land at the bottom of the post. “Seventeen Going Under” – Camp Cope covering Sam Fender I love everything about this. Including lead singer Georgia Maq’s Frightened Rabbit tattoo on her left bicep. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1U1rSkIvKUQLupGarcYtQa?si=19efae017535426d “Old White Church” – Arthur Dodge & The Horsefeathers Most of…

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/54UkRmpa6oBpbgAPsuCRNB?si=93542ac035934e42 “A Real Thing” – The Beths This lovely track from New Zealand sets up a run of poppier tracks that make up the bulk of this week’s PL. “Bad Love” – Dehd In the write-ups for this song, I saw it compared to the blog rock of the ’00s. I certainly hear that, but I also hear a nice…

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3oZS0xHvNm2kknkwx6UzUK?si=81518f5664ae4f58 “Invincible” – Eddie Vedder I included EV’s “Brother the Cloud” in last week’s playlist. That was also the release day of Ed’s solo album Earthing. Shortly after posting that PL, I virtually spun the album for the first time. And I almost haven’t stopped since. As with the first two singles, I was blown away by how unexpectedly great…

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5iKy5ucUcaYRNFCz9JLYqa?si=901b0ee5a7bd445b “Brother Cloud” – Eddie Vedder I wasn’t sure about this whole “EdVed solo album” thing. And then “Long Way” was one of my favorite songs of last year. Still, I held off listening to any of the other advance singles, figuring I would wait until today when the album finally dropped to check them out. Then I heard this…