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musicforants:

The CDC says if you have you’re fully vaccinated, the summer is officially on (and unmasked), so I really had no choice but to bring back my annual mixtape full of sunny, exuberant indie jams to soundtrack your shot boy/girl summer. Click here to listen to this mix in its entirety via Spotify. Enjoy!

01. beabadoobee - Last Day on Earth
02. Blood Cultures - Set It On Fire
03. Romy - Lifetime
04. Kero Kero Bonito - 21/04/20
05. The 1975 - Me & You Together Song
06. Gillian Moss - Special Thing
07. Dayglow - Close To You
08. marsfade - Do U Know What I Mean
09. Rico Nasty - IPHONE
10. Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet
11. Dogleg - Kawasaki Backflip
12. Porter Robinson - Get Your Wish
13. Caroline Rose - Feel the Way I Want
14. Dream Wife - Temporary
15. Wild Pink - The Shining But Tropical
16. Bicep - Apricots
17. Beach Bunny - Cloud 9 (ft. Tegan and Sara)
18. Sylvan Esso - Ferris Wheel
19. Dagny - Somebody
20. The Avalanches - Music Makes Me High
21. Jorja Smith - Addicted
22. The Hold Steady - Family Farm
23. Jaja Bu - Bibles
24. Dirty Projectors - Lose Your Love (Chromeo Remix)
25. Slayyter - Clouds
26. GUM - Low to Low
27. Middle Kids - Questions
28. A.G. Cook - The Darkness (Remix) [ft. Sarah Bonito]
29. Tennis - Tender as a Tomb
30. Róisín Murphy - Murphy’s Law

Listen to this playlist on Spotify or Apple Music

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P.S. Even though I never officially released it because it didn’t feel right, I did make a Summer (Or What It Sounds Like) Vol. 11 mix last year, and it’s a pretty good one too. Here’s the link on Spotify / Apple Music for you summer mixtape completionists out there. 

Happy Memorial Day weekend! ☀️🎵🎉

musicforants:

Well, it’s been quite a year. I have to admit with the pandemic + election, I spent most of the year retreating to my musical comfort zone, listening to the familiar instead of seeking out new music (with a few exceptions for long-time favorites), and with that I didn’t make a single post in 2020 until now. In recent weeks though, I’ve been playing catch up and discovered a wealth of new music that I truly love, enough that I could create this list of favorites and feel like there was still much more I wish I could include.

I hope these albums and songs can bring you joy in these difficult times as well as in the (hopefully) better days to come. Click here to listen to my full 75-track Best Songs of 2020 playlist on Spotify (or Apple Music).

Favorite Albums of 2020

01. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
02. SAULT - Untitled (Black Is) / Untitled (Rise)
03. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
04. Taylor Swift - folklore / evermore
05. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
06. Caribou - Suddenly
07. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
08. Fleet Foxes - Shore
09. Run The Jewels - RTJ4
10. Destroyer - Have We Met

11. Soccer Mommy - color theory
12. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
13. Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure
14. Andy Shauf - Neon Skyline
15. Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM
16. Bright Eyes - Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was
17. Helena Deland - Someone New
18. The Flaming Lips - American Head
19. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
20. Hum - Inlet

21. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
22. Charli XCX - how i’m feeling now
23. The Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives
24. Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind
25. Adrienne Lenker - songs
26. TOPS - I Feel Alive
27. Bartees Strange - Live Forever
28. Tennis - Swimmer
29. Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas
30. Nation of Language - Introduction, Presence

Favorite Songs of 2020

01. SAULT - Wildfires
02. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
03. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
04. Perfume Genius - On The Floor
05. Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul
06. Soccer Mommy - circle the drain
07. Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure?
08. Waxahatchee - Lilacs
09. Romy - Lifetime
10. Run The Jewels - walking in the snow

11. Fleet Foxes - Sunblind
12. U.S. Girls - 4 American Dollars
13. Caribou - Home
14. Taylor Swift - the last great american dynasty
15. Yves Tumor - Gospel For A New Century
16. Kelly Lee Owens - On
17. Tame Impala - Breathe Deeper
18. beabadoobee - Care
19. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun
20. Charli XCX - forever

21. Jeff Rosenstock - N O  D R E A M
22. TOPS - I Feel Alive
23. Andy Shauf - Neon Skyline
24. 070 Shake - Guilty Conscience
25. Bright Eyes - To Death’s Heart (In Three Parts)
26. Tennis - Tender as a Tomb
27. The Flaming Lips - Flowers of Neptune 6
28. Destroyer - Cue Synthesizer
29. Bartees Strange - Boomer
30. The Strokes - The Adults Are Talking

31. Fiona Apple - Shameika
32. Dua Lipa - Cool
33. Future Islands - For Sure
34. Helena Deland - Someone New
35. Caroline Rose - Feel The Way I Want
36. Matt Berninger - All For Nothing
37. Lianne La Havas - Bittersweet (Full Length)
38. Adrianne Lenker - anything
39. The Mountain Goats - Picture of My Dress
40. Jessey Lanza - Lick in Heaven

41. Nation of Language - On Division St.
42. Laura Marling - Held Down
43. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Chromatics Remix)
44. Hum - Step Into You
45. Thundercat - Dragonball Durag
46. Wolf Parade - Julia Take Your Man Home
47. I Break Horses - Neon Lights
48. Frances Quinlan - Your Reply
49. Dogleg - Kawasaki Backflip
50. Sylvan Esso - Ferris Wheel

Link to full 75-track playlist on Spotify / Apple Music

musicforants:

Here’s the albums & songs that I heard and loved in 2019 and that I hope to be listening to for years to come. Click here to listen to my full Best Songs of 2019 playlist (75 tracks).

Favorite Albums of 2019

01. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
02. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
03. Bon Iver - i,i
04. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
05. The National - I Am Easy To Find
06. Big Thief - U.F.O.F. / Two Hands
07. Wilco - Ode To Joy
08. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
09. American Football - LP3
10. Michael Kiwunaka - KIWUNAKA

11. Hot Chip - Bath Full of Ectasy
12. Thom Yorke - ANIMA
13. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
14. Kishi Bashi - Omoiyari
15. Jamilla Woods - Legacy! Legacy!
16. Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet
17. Jenny Lewis - On The Line
18. Charly Bliss - Young Enough
19. FKA Twigs - Magdalene
20. Chromatics - Closer To Grey

21. Deerhunter - Why Hasn’t Everything Disappeared Already
22. Bat For Lashes - Lost Girls
23. Whitney - Forever Turned Around
24. Yola - Walk Through Fire
25. Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center
26. Shura - Forevher
27. The Mountain Goats - In League With Dragons
28. Jenny Hval - The Practice of Love
29. Orville Peck - Pony
30. Hatchie - Keepsake

Favorite Songs of 2019

01. Lana Del Rey - The Greatest
02. Bon Iver - Faith
03. Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen
04. Weyes Blood - Movies
05. Vampire Weekend - This Life
06. Lizzo - Juice
07. Thom Yorke - Dawn Chorus
08. Frank Ocean - In My Room
09. Charly Bliss - Capacity
10. The National - Light Years

11. Jay Som - Superbike
12. Big Thief - Cattails
13. Clairo - Bags
14. American Football - Silhouettes
15. Mannequin Pussy - Drunk II
16. FKA Twigs - cellophane 
17. Better Oblivion Community Center - Dylan Thomas
18. Yola - Love is Light
19. Aldous Harding - The Barrel
20. Brittany Howard - Stay High

21. Bat For Lashes - Kids in the Dark
22. Kishi Bashi - Marigolds
23. Soccer Mommy - yellow is the color of her eyes
24. Jenny Hval - Ashes to Ashes
25. Purple Mountains - All My Happiness is Gone
26. Hot Chip - Positive
27. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Hole
28. Shura - religion (u can lay your hands on me)
29. Andrew Bird - Manifest
30. HAIM - Summer Girl

31. Michael Kiwanuka - You Ain’t The Problem
32. Wilco - Love Is Everywhere (Beware)
33. Jamila Woods - BETTY
34. Drugdealer - Honey (ft. Weyes Blood)
35. Chromatics - You’re No Good
36. Deerhunter - No One’s Sleeping
37. Hand Habits - Can’t Calm Down
38. Lower Dens - Young Republicans
39. Toro y Moi - Who Am I
40. Hatchie - Obsessed

41. Molly Sarlé - Human
42. Sufjan Stevens - With My Whole Heart
43. Morabeza Tobacco - Ally McBeal
44. Sudan Archives - Confessions
45. Orville Peck - Dead of Night
46. The Mountain Goats - Cadaver Sniffing Dog
47. Cate Le Bon - Daylight Matters
48. Whitney - Valleys (My Love)
49. Kate Teague - In Our Element
50. Kevin Morby - OMG Rock n Roll

Spotify link to full 75-track playlist

musicforants:

This past weekend in my neck of the woods, temperatures dropped nearly 50 degrees overnight, and with the drastic weather change, along with all the colorful foliage and seasonal beverages, it’s the perfect time to switch from exuberant synthy jams to wistful guitars and angsty vibes. Here’s the 10th edition of the Autumn (Or What It Feels Like To Fall) mixtape to help evoke the winsome melancholy of the season. Click here to listen to this mix in its entirety.

01. American Football - Uncomfortably Numb (ft. Hayley Williams)
02. Kate Teague - In Our Element
03. Wilco - Love is Everywhere (Beware)
04. Aldous Harding - The Barrel
05. Big Thief - Forgotten Eyes
06. Whitney - Valleys (My Love)
07. Jay Som - Nighttime Drive
08. Tiny Ruins - Olympic Girls
09. Sandy (Alex G) - In My Arms
10. Weyes Blood - Something To Believe
11. Hiss Golden Messenger-  I Need A Teacher
12. Molly Sarlé - Human
13. The Mountain Goats - Waylon Jennings Live!
14. SASAMI - Take Care
15. The National - Light Years
16. J.S. Ondara - Torch Song
17. Clairo - Bags
18. Andrew Bird - Manifest
19. Yves Jarvis - Curtain of Rain
20. San Fermin - The Living
21. Better Oblivion Community Center - Dylan Thomas
22. Julien Baker - Red Door
23. Bon Iver - Faith
24. Chastity Belt - Elena
25. Orville Peck - Roses are Faling
26. First Aid Kit - Strange Beauty
27. Brittany Howard - Stay High

Listen to this playlist on Spotify or Apple Music

musicforants:

It’s Memorial Day weekend / unofficial summer kickoff and I’m back as usual with a mixtape full of sunny, effervescent indie jams. This is the 10th year (!!!) that I’ve put out this mix, so I made sure it was an extra good one. Click here to listen to this mix in its entirety via Spotify. Enjoy!

01. Lizzo - Juice
02. Barrie - Clovers
03. Sir Babygirl - Heels
04. Drugdealer - Honey (ft. Weyes Blood)
05. Charly Bliss - Capacity
06. Georgia - About Work the Dancefloor (edit)
07. Vampire Weekend - This Life
08. The Fur. - Short Stay
09. Yeasayer - Ecstatic Baby
10. Kero Kero Bonito - Time Today
11. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
12. Peggy Gou - Starry Night (edit)
13. The Love Language - Bees
14. Morabeza Tobacco - Orinoco
15. Empress Of - When I’m With Him
16. CHAI - Choose Go!
17. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Hole
18. Penguin Prison - The Heat
19. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - In the Capital
20. Carly Rae Jensen - Now That I Found You
21. Toro y Moi - Who I Am
22. Hala - Sorry
23. Lana Del Rey - Doin’ Time
24. Future Generations - Landscape
25. Wallows - Are You Bored Yet? (ft. Clairo)
26. Hatchie - Obsessed
27. Roosevelt - Forgive (ft. Washed Out)
28. Tame Impala - Borderline
29. Anemone - Sunshine (Back to the Start)
30. Yola - Love Is Light

Listen to this playlist on Spotify or Apple Music

musicforants:

Here’s my favorite albums & songs from what I think was one of the most interesting and abundant years in music in some time. Click here to listen to my full Best Songs of 2018 playlist (75 tracks).

Favorite Albums of 2018

01. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
02. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer
03. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
04. Beach House - 7
05. Jeff Tweedy - Warm
06. Mitski - Be The Cowboy
07. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt
08. Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears
09. boygenius - boygenius
10. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

11. MGMT - Little Dark Age
12. Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur
13. Robyn - Honey
14. Jeff Rosenstock - POST-
15. Superorganism - Superorganism
16. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster I Run
17. Snail Mail  - Lush
18. Neko Case - Hell-On
19. Blood Orange - Negro Swan
20. Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past

21. Belle and Sebastian - How To Solve Our Human Problems (Parts 1-3)
22. Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose
23. Lucy Dacus - Historian
24. Yo La Tengo - There’s A Riot Going On
25. U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited
26. Pusha T - DAYTONA
27. of Montreal - White Is Rellic / Irrealis Mood
28. Sidney Gish - No Dogs Allowed
29. Phosphorescent - C’est La Vie
30. Cat Power - Wanderer

Favorite Songs of 2018

01. MGMT - Me and Michael
02. Mitski - Nobody
03. Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel
04. Let’s Eat Grandma - Falling Into Me
05. Father John Misty - Please Don’t Die
06. Kacey Musgraves - Love is a Wild Thing
07. Arctic Monkeys - Four out of Five
08. Lucy Dacus - Night Shift
09. Robyn - Missing U
10. Anderson .Paak - ‘Til It’s Over

11. boygenius - Me & My Dog
12. G Flip - About You
13. Snail Mail - Pristine
14. Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry
15. Yo La Tengo - For You Too
16. Cuco - CR-V
17. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs
18. Beach House - Dive
19. Superorganism - Everybody Wants To Be Famous
20. Jeff Tweedy - I Know What It’s Like

21. Natalie Prass - Short Court Style
22. Spiritualized - A Perfect Miracle
23. SOPHIE - Immaterial
24. U.S. Girls - Rosebud
25. Phosphorescent - New Birth in New England
26. Cat Power - Woman
27. Jeff Rosenstock - Yr Throat
28. Empress Of - When I’m With Him
29. Childish Gambino - This is America
30. Sunflower Beam - Twentytwo

31. Wild Pink - Lake Eerie
32. Hatchie - Sure
33. Dirty Projectors - Break-Thru
34. Sidney Gish - Sin Triangle
35. Amen Dunes - Believe
36. Neko Case - Curse of the I-5 Corridor
37. Pusha T - If You Know You Know
38. Blood Orange - Saint
39. of Montreal - Writing The Circles/Orgone Tropics
40. Yves Tumor - Void

41. Haley Hendrickx - Oom Sha La La
42. Moonface - Walk The Circle in the Other Direction
43. Low - Fly
44. Kero Kero Bonito - Make Believe
45. Gorillaz - Lake Zurich
46. Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex
47. Belle & Sebastian - The Same Star
48. Courtney Barnett - Need A Little Time
49. Nilüfer Yanya - Thanks 4 Nothing
50. Car Seat Headrest - Bodys

Spotify link to full 75-track playlist

musicforants:

Autumn has certainly been leisurely in its arrival this year (at least where I am in central TX), but with this week bringing some slightly cooler temperatures, it’s starting to feel like like Fall is finally here. As usual, to go along with the colorful foliage, warm fashions and seasonal beverages, I have a new Autumn mixtape to help evoke the wistful, carefree feelings of the season. Click here to listen to this mix in its entirety.

01. boygenius - Me & My Dog
02. Phosphorescent - There From Here
03. Sun June- Young
04. Wild Pink - John Mosby Hollow Drive
05. Molly Burch - First Flower
06. Yo La Tengo - For You Too
07. Caroline Says - Mea Culpa
08. Pinegrove - Skylight
09. Spiritualized - Here It Comes (The Road) Let’s Go
10. Maggie Rogers - Fallingwater
11. Lord Huron -  Lost in Time and Space
12. Cat Power - Woman
13. Men I Trust - Show Me How
14. Dirty Projectors - You’re The One (ft. Robin Pecknold & Rostam)
15. PYNKIE - Dew (Lo-Fi Version)
16. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
17. Michael Nau - Less Than Positive
18. Okay Kaya - Habitual Love
19. Iron & Wine - Waves of Galveston
20. Wye Oak - Join
21. Jim James - Just A Fool
22. Helena Deland - Body Language
23. Wild Nothing - Shallow Water
24. Marissa Nadler - Flamethrower
25. Kurt Vile - Bassackwards

Listen to this playlist on Spotify or Apple Music

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musicforants:

It’s not officially summer for another month, but here in ATX we’re already getting sweltering mid-90′s temperatures on the regular (plus, I haven’t posted a seasonal mix in a while, sorry) so for the ninth year running, here’s an exuberant soundtrack to blast while you’re out making your summer memories. Click here to listen to this mix in its entirety via Spotify.

01. G Flip - About You
02. Let’s Eat Grandma - It’s Not Me
03. Cuco - Summer Time High Time
04. Caroline Rose - Bikini
05. MGMT - Me & Michael
06. Anderson .Paak - ‘Til It’s Over
07. Parcels - Tieduprightnow
08. Disciples -  Atheist
09. Snail Mail - Heat Wave 
10. Chromeo - Must’ve Been (ft. DRAM)
11. Natalie Prass - Short Court Style
12. Coleman Hell - Killer
13. Lily Allen - Trigger Bang (ft. Giggs)
14. Chris Farren - The Way That I Loved U Has Changed
15. CHVRCHES - Get Out  
16. Clairo - 4EVER 
17. Leon Bridges - You Don’t Know 
18. Middle Kids - On My Knees
19. Great News - You’re Mine
20. Elohim - Half Love
21. Sidney Gish - Sin Triangle
22. Yuno - No Going Back
23. illuminati hotties - (You’re Better) Than Ever
24. Baywaves - I’m tryna
25. Superorganism - Night Time

Listen to this playlist on Spotify or Apple Music