All the Playlists

Something Beneath – Douglas Holmquist (feat. Susanna Lundgren)

27 February 2018

Something Beneath, written by Douglas Holmquist and featuring a haunting vocal performance by Susanna Lundgren, is a track from Mediocre’s mobile masterpiece PinOut! for iOS and Android. PinOut! puts a beautifully designed new spin on the old arcade classic pinball, turning it into a race against the clock through a seemingly infinite range of intricate and varied pinball tables…

Want You Back — 5 Seconds of Summer

27 February 2018

This song is avoiding your problems and going out on the town, waking up cold and inviting someone in to warm you back up. This song is whisky on the rocks to avoid your ex in the back room, screaming in the car when your friends finally force you to leave, this is a bright painful break up that stings and burns long into the night…

Indigo Home – Roo Panes

27 February 2018

Sometimes, one gets to know people who one knows will introduce them to good music. A fleeting friendship with a rather interesting person was the source of my introduction to Roo Panes–and I am very happy about it. 

Don’t Let It Go – Jon Worthy

27 February 2018

Emerging from the shadow of the Grand Ole Opry, there’s a new, more eclectic sound coming from Nashville today and with it a youthful new broom sweeping away the centuries of conservative Tennessee values. Opening with a sample of Gil Scott Herons’s The Revolution Will Not Be Televised and with a chorus that reminds the disenfranchised that they are not alone, Jon Worthy’s Don’t Let It Go is a product of a fresh and inclusive new Nashville…

Raise Your Glass – P!nk

27 February 2018

Hey Everyone, 

I hope you all enjoyed another Spunky Week on this rock orbiting around the sun we call home!

This week’s track is Raise Your Glass by P!nk. A classic pop hit from 2010 that sizzles and pops perfectly alongside the variety we have conjured up along the way with this list.

I love this song because it is a fight song and a call to arms for weirdos, freaks, and extravagant people…

Something To Believe In – Citizen Cope

27 February 2018

Seguramente algunos de ustedes conocen Jango, es aquí donde descubrí a muchos artistas y bandas, no necesariamente nuevos, pero si relacionados con el género que buscaba, y entre muchas listas como “Singer-Songwriter” descubrí al grandioso Clarence Greenwood con un par de temas como “Something To Believe In” y “One Lovely Day”, no solo me gustó sino me inspiró el estilo de este tipo bajo el nombre artístico Citizen Cope…

Sway – POM

27 February 2018

Swaying — now this is something we jellyfish do extremely well.  Sway in the current.  Sway with the turbulent surf.  The ocean is always moving.  Complex interwoven rhythms compete with one another to influence our direction.  The jellyfish knows how to roll with it.  The jellyfish sways to the dominant rhythm of the moment with great ease and comfort.  

Plottin’ – Yung Bleu

27 February 2018

From  Mobile, Alabama, rapper Yung Bleu (born Jeremy Biddle, 1994) got into the industry in early 2010 after watching his brother interact with local hip-hop circles.  Though rapping since he was 11, he first entered the public arena with self-released mixtapes like 2013’s Hello World before eventually becoming involved with Young Boss Entertainment, who worked with the young artist on releasing some early tracks.  The rapper eventually developed a working relationship with Boosie Badazz, collaborating with him on several tracks and landing a deal with Boosie’s Columbia Records-affiliated imprint, Badazz Music Syndicate…

Electric Sunrise – Plini

25 February 2018

When I grew up with progressive music such as those of Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, King Crimson and Pink Floyd, it is inevitable that other lay listeners would have this perception of “progressive music is always so gloomy and moody, I wouldn’t want to be listening to it all day long, especially on my commute to work”…

Endless – Portico Quartet

25 February 2018

I first encountered this track from the Red Bull Music & Culture YouTube channel where the Portico Quartet played the track at their live space. I was hooked right away.

Portico Quartet’s sounds are one of those where you’d just go “are they jazz? are they electronica? are they – nah screw it, its Portico Quartet.”…

Beyond Styx, Pt.1 – Hubris

25 February 2018

If you are well versed in the genre of music known as “post-rock”, you would know that techniques such as delayed guitars, swells (long notes that fade in and out), and a really “wet” band mix are all common techniques that have been used time and time again by bands in the genre to the point where they may be perceived as cliches…

Song for Isabelle – Stimming

25 February 2018

Everytime I discover a new genre of music, my inner voice would say “this is how music should be!” 10 minutes later I would then ask myself “but why not….?” and discover another new genre of music, only to contradict the earlier thought I have.