All the Playlists

Tombstone – Super Helpful Kwame

15 May 2018

Brooklyn’s Super Helpful Kwame returns from a multi year hiatus with a fresh jazzy sounding cut called ‘Tombstone‘ produced by Chicago based instrumentalist and producer Stav Z. The Brooklyn based MC has an upcoming EP dropping soon 

We Will Run – Jens Kuross

15 May 2018

Hay veces que dedico un poquito de tiempo para ver las grandiosas
sesiones en vivo “Mahogany”, es justo donde puedes disfrutar del
sonido natural de cada uno de los artistas que se presentan para tocar
de manera acústica, es aquí donde vi a un tipo cantar una canción que
me gustó mucho por la sensibilidad al ejecutar el piano y cantar
suavemente la frase “We Will Run”,…

Smalltown Boy – Bronski Beat

15 May 2018

Rejected by your family and community, your life becomes so unbearable that you would rather give up everything and run than spend another day amongst people who despise you for being who you are. That’s the story behind Smalltown Boy, a UK No.3 hit single in 1984, with an accompanying video that spelled out unflinchingly the emotional agony and physical danger of being one of society’s outcasts in an age of intolerance.

Welcome to Tajunga – Timecop1983

15 May 2018

I’ve been playing a game called Stories Untold. It’s a text based adventure but with with some really great and atmospheric world building going on. It’s a horror game technically but it’s that kind of “exciting not scary horror” that was in last year’s remake of Stephen King’s IT or Netflix’s Stranger Things, with which, by the way, it shares a common nostalgic 80s aesthetic.

Adieu, Pt. II – Tchami

15 May 2018

The chilled vibes continue this week with Adieu, Pt. II! (what a stylish little rhyming phrase that was)

We both love adventures, don’t we? Sometimes we just wanna hop into our boat made of stars and sail out across the celestial sea, just to see what’s out there…

Forgive You – Leon Bridges

15 May 2018

In fall 2014 the popular Texas-based blog Gorilla vs Bear posted a track from an artists named Leon Bridges. The writer admitted he didn’t know much about Bridges, but had been blown away by his “brilliant throwback soul jams” and wanted to give a kid from Fort Worth some shine.

Pretty Shining People – George Ezra

15 May 2018

Two things I really love about this song.

First off, I’m not entirely sure what it is, but there’s something about George Ezra’s voice that calms me down and reminds me everything’s gonna be okay. It’s the way he croons oh so effortlessly, as if he’s basically dancing through life.

Secondly, it probably has a lot to do with how my best friend’s name is Sam, but even if that name wasn’t mentioned in the track it would still remind me of her! Everyone has that one friend in their life they feel they owe a lot to. If you’re lucky like me, then maybe you have a whole community. But for me, it always started with Sam.

Four in Jordan – TSU!

15 May 2018

James Hakan Dedeoğlu müzik camiasında oldukça aşina olduğumuz bir isim. Kendisini Bant Mag ve Radyo Eksen’den de tanıyoruz. TSU! ise onun sahne arkasından sahneye atılığı proje olarak adlandırılabilir. Four in Jordan ilk 10 saniyede etki altına alan bir parça; gitarı solo piyano gibi işleyerek, ince ince yazılmış.

13 – Arelius

15 May 2018

Delicate, gentle, uplifting.

The piano sound resonates in my ears for minutes after the end of the song  keeping my stress level very low 

Wayne Wilkins is not only a sought after record producer, songwriter, and musician. 

Roman Holiday – Halsey

15 May 2018

This song is a dusty orange color, the color of the dust in the desert that surrounds the one lane highway you’re blazing down. It doesn’t matter where you’re going, just that you’re running from the parts of your life you can’t stand.

This Is America – Childish Gambino

14 May 2018

Childish Gambino delivers with his new hard hitting single “This Is America” and the visuals are even more fire. The single is produced by Gambino himself alongside longtime collaborator Ludwig Goransson and features an upbeat and joyous chorus seguing into Gambino spitting about the various plights of Black Americans.

Gul Gulshan – Parvaaz

14 May 2018

When I first heard this band, and this song specifically, I could not get enough of them. Kashmiri lyrics set to a guitar riff was ingenious and novel to me. Parvaaz became the new sound of India’s indie space and I haven’t gotten enough of their music since.