Funky, Dancey, w/ a moment to breathe, featuring artists like: Duckworth, KAYTRANADA, Havelock, Phony Ppl, The Notorious B.I.G., Garçons

Think you know Soccer Moms? Think Again! featuring artists like: The Dollyrots, PINS, LATASHÁ, Cocoa Sarai, Hole, AJR, Stereophonics, Cannons, Buzzcocks, Harvey Danger, Mahalia

A collection of some of the best lo fi hip hop and jazz hop artists, as well as introducing up-and-comers and revealing hidden gems and deep cuts.

Every artist starts making music because they hear someone’s music that they enjoy, to the point they want to make it themselves. Jodeci was that group for me. Since the first time I saw them on TV as a child, I knew they were the coolest. The first member that I became enamored with was Devante Swing, A tall light-skinned pretty boy, with a high top fade, and dark sunglasses that gave him an edge that stood out to me as a youth. I would later come to find out that he wrote and produced every Jodeci record, until their sophomore album, Diary of A Mad Band. 

“I’m in love with a boy I know / But that’s a feeling I can never show.” Clearly, the lyric is a prime example of suppression. With some additional context, things are even more complex and multilayered…

I stumbled upon the up and coming New York City band, MICHELLE, while doing some browsing on Spotify. And the sheer versatility of this music group is very shocking. After listening to “THE BOTTOM,” I classified them as an indie rock/pop band. Then, I heard MICHELLE’s latest song, “SUNRISE,” and was surprised to hear something completely different.

“4-Track Demos,” my friend Adam — who used to be semi-obsessed with PJ Harvey — says.

“Yep,” Lauren agrees. “4-Track.”

I’m trying to remember the first PJ Harvey album I ever owned and make the mistake of saying it only included three or four tracks, but 4-Track Demos was released in 1993 and this isn’t it…

This playlist is filled with women that have proven that stereotype wrong. In fact, they have squashed it, showing that to be a mother is to be a matriarch. Rock like a mother. Featuring artists like Imogen Heap • Tori Amos • Sia • Mary Jennings • I Am Snowangel • Halsey • Adele

Paying tribute to one of America’s greatest 19th century folk heroes, Harriet Tubman’s Gonna Carry Me Home is a history lesson from a white Southerner sung in the voice of a long-dead black slave – a spiritual in the great oral tradition, giving a lesson in bravery and compassion to a new generation, from the faithful to the faithful…