{"id":16906,"date":"2025-12-12T07:49:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/?p=16906"},"modified":"2025-12-12T07:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:52:28","slug":"friday-playlist-377","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2025\/12\/12\/friday-playlist-377\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just enough songs this week to put together a playlist, with a little help from a couple seasonal tracks. This is likely the last normal FP of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, I think I finally figured out how to embed Apple Music playlists. With Spotify becoming more and more problematic, I think it is important to offer than option even if most of my readers are on Spotify at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Friday Playlist 12\/12\/25\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/7po07MiDSybEPX4Ew0OlXw?si=4ce642d51d5b4f6b&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *;\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/playlist\/friday-playlist-12-12-25\/pl.u-o2B1F0mRaWG\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDecember\u201d &#8211; Cheetah Cheetah Bison<br>Gorgeous track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve Got A Broken Heart\u201d &#8211; The Lemon Twigs<br>Is this brand new or something from 1983? Or even 1963?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe Said, He Said\u201d &#8211; Softcult<br>An achingly intense song. On top of the very grungy music, it is about the many reasons why so many sexual assaults go unreported. Not exactly light fare, but important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCorner\u201d &#8211; Hank Bee<br>A warm blanket of a track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t See\u201d &#8211; Westside Cowboy<br>Stereogum named WC one of their best new bands of 2025. This is their third appearance on a Friday PL, each entry different from the previous. A lot of depth for a new artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStuck\u201d &#8211; Hatchie<br>As I\u2019ve already said, Hatchie\u2019s latest album does not match her best work. Yet I\u2019m sharing another pretty solid track from it, so it can\u2019t be that bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo North Star\u201d &#8211; Massage<br>Our second, old-school-yet-new jangle pop song of the week. And maybe topical? North Star. Christmas. Etc. Oh, NO North Star. Clearly another attack in the UNFAIR and ILLEGAL WAR ON CHRISTMAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA Little More Christmas\u201d &#8211; Andrew Kerr<br>Kerr came up with this and \u201cDecember\u201d during the pandemic, when he was stuck at home alone. You can hear that mix of both uncertainty and hope that characterized that time in each track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cListen The Snow Is Falling\u201d &#8211; Galaxie 500<br>Just under two more inches of snow last night, making this the snowiest December in Indy in 20 years. A bigger dump forecast for tomorrow followed by windchills as low as \u201330. I\u2019ll be turning this up to 100 and playing it over-and-over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye - Live On Fearless Music HD\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cBD11LNsCvk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLazy Eye\u201d &#8211; Silversun Pickups<br>SP released a new single last week. I listened to it once and did not like it. Magically this performance of their greatest track popped up in YouTube shortly after. A brilliant performance of a brilliant song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just enough songs this week to put together a playlist, with a little help from a couple seasonal tracks. This is likely the last normal FP of 2025. Also, I think I finally figured out how to embed Apple Music playlists. With Spotify becoming more and more problematic, I think it is important to offer than option even if most of my readers are on Spotify at the moment. \u201cDecember\u201d &#8211; Cheetah Cheetah BisonGorgeous track. \u201cI\u2019ve Got A Broken Heart\u201d &#8211; The Lemon TwigsIs this brand new or something from 1983? Or even 1963? \u201cShe Said, He Said\u201d &#8211; SoftcultAn achingly intense song. On top of the very grungy music, it is about the many reasons why so many sexual assaults go unreported. Not exactly light fare, but important. \u201cCorner\u201d &#8211; Hank BeeA warm blanket of a track. \u201cCan\u2019t See\u201d &#8211; Westside CowboyStereogum named WC one of their best new bands of 2025. This is their third appearance on a Friday PL, each entry different from the previous. A lot of depth for a new artist. \u201cStuck\u201d &#8211; HatchieAs I\u2019ve already said, Hatchie\u2019s latest album does not match her best work. Yet I\u2019m sharing another pretty solid track from it, so it can\u2019t be that bad. \u201cNo North Star\u201d &#8211; MassageOur second, old-school-yet-new jangle pop song of the week. And maybe topical? North Star. Christmas. Etc. Oh, NO North Star. Clearly another attack in the UNFAIR and ILLEGAL WAR ON CHRISTMAS. \u201cA Little More Christmas\u201d &#8211; Andrew KerrKerr came up with this and \u201cDecember\u201d during the pandemic, when he was stuck at home alone. You can hear that mix of both uncertainty and hope that characterized that time in each track. \u201cListen The Snow Is Falling\u201d &#8211; Galaxie 500Just under two more inches of snow last night, making this the snowiest December in Indy in 20 years. A bigger dump forecast for tomorrow followed by windchills as low as \u201330. I\u2019ll be turning this up to 100 and playing it over-and-over. \u201cLazy Eye\u201d &#8211; Silversun PickupsSP released a new single last week. I listened to it once and did not like it. Magically this performance of their greatest track popped up in YouTube shortly after. A brilliant performance of a brilliant song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-16906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16906"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16909,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16906\/revisions\/16909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}