{"id":17281,"date":"2026-05-08T07:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/?p=17281"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:02:33","slug":"friday-playlist-395","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/friday-playlist-395\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\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 5-8-26\" 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\/2qXzUcQOdaiVAhbIYD5vSw?si=d2d865fe274e4e89&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-5-8-26\/pl.u-kWAjSWM7DrJ\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChance Encounters\u201d &#8211; The Menzingers<br>These guys almost always hit. I heard this for the first time about four minutes after I posted last week\u2019s playlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLike A Chump\u201d &#8211; Mute Swan<br>This presents as a mid-point between shoegaze and early Madchester music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI Want To Remember Everything\u201d &#8211; knitting<br>This also might have a hint of shoegaze to it, but also sounds very much like turn-of-the-millennium, MusicChoice-type rock. When there was still a hint of brooding grunge but music was also opening up to where indie rock would take land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBlue\u201d &#8211; Yaya Bey<br>It\u2019s taken me way too long to share this wonderful track, and for that I apologize. I love that Stereogum has started describing artists like Bey as \u201calt-R&amp;B.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo Driver\u201d &#8211; Widowspeak<br>Hot damn, this makes two fantastic tracks from Widowspeak this year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHeaven\u2019s Night\u201d &#8211; Holy Motors<br>One of those bands so new it is tough to find info about them. They fit right next to Widowspeak in current bands that owe a certain debt to Mazzy Star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCriminal Kissing\u201d &#8211; IAN SWEET<br>A fun song about making bad decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDefeat\u201d &#8211; Flock of Dimes<br>Not sure why or how I missed this song last year. Jenn Wasner can do no wrong.<\/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=\"Frightened Rabbit - Head Rolls Off\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nBcbDS5AGnk?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>\u201cHead Rolls Off\u201d &#8211; Frightened Rabbit<br>Make tiny changes. RIP, Scott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cChance Encounters\u201d &#8211; The MenzingersThese guys almost always hit. I heard this for the first time about four minutes after I posted last week\u2019s playlist. \u201cLike A Chump\u201d &#8211; Mute SwanThis presents as a mid-point between shoegaze and early Madchester music. \u201cI Want To Remember Everything\u201d &#8211; knittingThis also might have a hint of shoegaze to it, but also sounds very much like turn-of-the-millennium, MusicChoice-type rock. When there was still a hint of brooding grunge but music was also opening up to where indie rock would take land. \u201cBlue\u201d &#8211; Yaya BeyIt\u2019s taken me way too long to share this wonderful track, and for that I apologize. I love that Stereogum has started describing artists like Bey as \u201calt-R&amp;B.\u201d \u201cNo Driver\u201d &#8211; WidowspeakHot damn, this makes two fantastic tracks from Widowspeak this year! \u201cHeaven\u2019s Night\u201d &#8211; Holy MotorsOne of those bands so new it is tough to find info about them. They fit right next to Widowspeak in current bands that owe a certain debt to Mazzy Star. \u201cCriminal Kissing\u201d &#8211; IAN SWEETA fun song about making bad decisions. \u201cDefeat\u201d &#8211; Flock of DimesNot sure why or how I missed this song last year. Jenn Wasner can do no wrong. \u201cHead Rolls Off\u201d &#8211; Frightened RabbitMake tiny changes. RIP, Scott.<\/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-17281","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\/17281","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=17281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17283,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17281\/revisions\/17283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}