{"id":17140,"date":"2026-03-13T08:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/?p=17140"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:41:33","slug":"friday-playlist-389","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/friday-playlist-389\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another week, another playlist.<\/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 3\/13\/26\" 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\/4MbU06JBji8ubvRCE0kOpG?si=44b16e342eaa49ec&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-3-13-26\/pl.u-jqB9tqPdBxD\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI Danced With Another Love In My Dream\u201d &#8211; Brigitte Calls Me Baby<br>I\u2019m telling you, if radio didn\u2019t suck, this band would be on the verge of blowing up. The title of this track plays even more into their connections with The Smiths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBrace Yourself\u201d &#8211; Gladie<br>As I said when I shared another song of theirs two weeks ago, this band sounds straight out of the Nineties. I\u2019m awake enough this week to realize Letters To Cleo is their closest analogue from that era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Bitter End\u201d &#8211; Trashcan Sinatras<br>I had no idea these cats were still around. They have now been releasing music for 40 years, this being their first new song in four. And it is borderline amazing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBlankspace\u201d &#8211; Whitelands<br>Shoegaze is definitely a thing at the moment, but it must be even more popular than I realize, because a lot of bands are being described as such even when they may not fully fit under than umbrella. This band is a good example. Definitely some shoegaze tendencies, mostly in the atmospheric guitars. But it is too melodic and bright to be true shoegaze to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHeaven\u201d &#8211; Arlo Parks<br>Put Arlo right at the top of the list of modern R&amp;B artists that I have a lot of love for. Feels like someone I need to make sure my girls are listening to. This was inspired by the how Parks felt as she left a late night rave set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201craw power\u201d &#8211; Sloome<br>Funny, every time I hear this song I expect it to be a remake of The Stooges\u2019 classic &#8211; it is not &#8211; or by the band Sloan. They definitely fall into a similar power pop sound as Sloan, but are not Canadian. Stereogum called them \u201cuptempo Shoegaze.\u201d Come on, are music writers even trying anymore???<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrickle Down\u201d &#8211; SPRINTS<br>Shame that between SPRINTS and IDLES, we are getting far better critiques of our global economic situation from Ireland and England than from American groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHedgesitting\u201d &#8211; Cola<br>This band describes the music they have played to this point in their career as \u201ctasteful minimalism,\u201d which is both super accurate and awesome. You still hear some of that here, but you also hear a clear effort to move in a new direction. Way more hooks and grooves than they featured in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChoo Choo\u201d &#8211; Friko<br>When we get to this time of year, I always think about back in the spring of 2005 when I launched my legendary, if mostly private, music podcast. At that time in my life I was using the term \u201cchoo choo\u201d a lot, so this ode to Chicago\u2019s public transit system feels appropriate to play now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Landline\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HUQHhH__4Lc?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>\u201cLandline\u201d &#8211; The Clearwater Swimmers<br>A slightly different video this week, one with no real visuals. I\u2019ve been wanting to share this track for weeks, but TCS does not put their music on Spotify so I can\u2019t cross-post it. This song is too good not to share, though, so I went with the generic album cover vid so you all can hear it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week, another playlist. \u201cI Danced With Another Love In My Dream\u201d &#8211; Brigitte Calls Me BabyI\u2019m telling you, if radio didn\u2019t suck, this band would be on the verge of blowing up. The title of this track plays even more into their connections with The Smiths. \u201cBrace Yourself\u201d &#8211; GladieAs I said when I shared another song of theirs two weeks ago, this band sounds straight out of the Nineties. I\u2019m awake enough this week to realize Letters To Cleo is their closest analogue from that era. \u201cThe Bitter End\u201d &#8211; Trashcan SinatrasI had no idea these cats were still around. They have now been releasing music for 40 years, this being their first new song in four. And it is borderline amazing! \u201cBlankspace\u201d &#8211; WhitelandsShoegaze is definitely a thing at the moment, but it must be even more popular than I realize, because a lot of bands are being described as such even when they may not fully fit under than umbrella. This band is a good example. Definitely some shoegaze tendencies, mostly in the atmospheric guitars. But it is too melodic and bright to be true shoegaze to me. \u201cHeaven\u201d &#8211; Arlo ParksPut Arlo right at the top of the list of modern R&amp;B artists that I have a lot of love for. Feels like someone I need to make sure my girls are listening to. This was inspired by the how Parks felt as she left a late night rave set. \u201craw power\u201d &#8211; SloomeFunny, every time I hear this song I expect it to be a remake of The Stooges\u2019 classic &#8211; it is not &#8211; or by the band Sloan. They definitely fall into a similar power pop sound as Sloan, but are not Canadian. Stereogum called them \u201cuptempo Shoegaze.\u201d Come on, are music writers even trying anymore??? \u201cTrickle Down\u201d &#8211; SPRINTSShame that between SPRINTS and IDLES, we are getting far better critiques of our global economic situation from Ireland and England than from American groups. \u201cHedgesitting\u201d &#8211; ColaThis band describes the music they have played to this point in their career as \u201ctasteful minimalism,\u201d which is both super accurate and awesome. You still hear some of that here, but you also hear a clear effort to move in a new direction. Way more hooks and grooves than they featured in the past. \u201cChoo Choo\u201d &#8211; FrikoWhen we get to this time of year, I always think about back in the spring of 2005 when I launched my legendary, if mostly private, music podcast. At that time in my life I was using the term \u201cchoo choo\u201d a lot, so this ode to Chicago\u2019s public transit system feels appropriate to play now. \u201cLandline\u201d &#8211; The Clearwater SwimmersA slightly different video this week, one with no real visuals. I\u2019ve been wanting to share this track for weeks, but TCS does not put their music on Spotify so I can\u2019t cross-post it. This song is too good not to share, though, so I went with the generic album cover vid so you all can hear it.<\/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-17140","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\/17140","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=17140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17142,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140\/revisions\/17142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}