When I'm going on a drive or doing something where music is kind of 'secondary', I usually just let the streaming service make one of those auto playlists. However, I tend to generate the playlists off of specific songs. So I guess these ones are my main 'intentional' picks:
* Suffer - Vision of Disorder
* Cheat Death - Bent Life
* Tape - Chat Pile
* Hornet's Nest - Power Trip
* REPULSIVE IN ITS SPLENDID BEAUTY - Crowbar
* Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter - Nina Simone
* Lady Day and John Coltrane - Gil Scott-Heron
* H.O.O.D - KNEECAP
I probably have a bunch more but those are the first ones to come to mind!
Nov 27, 2024
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arranged by stage of the drive
departure, open road, hitting the highway and getting up to speed:
Sweet Trip - You Will Never Know Why
edit add: Quickly Quickly - The Long and Short of It
Daft Punk - Discovery
machinedrum - human energy
action bronson - music for dolphins
early morning, peaceful surroundings:
bing & ruth - no home of the mind
khotin - finds you well
reflection, night drive, brooding:
hundred waters - communicating
pleasure system - visiting the well
burial - untrue
arrival:
bibio - silver wilkinson
edit add: crushed - extra life
if you just want a long one, something to chew on:
clarence clarity - no now
Mar 14, 2024
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If I don't know what to do, or know exactly what I need to do but must (the must is essential here) procrastinate, I'd discover music for hours on end until I get tired and call it a successful day.
Time passes in like no time (haha) when I do my weekly deep dive into what's new or what's old - whatever it is, as long as it makes me think "fuck i really should have found this sooner." or a simple "i like this." It's my extremely aware subconscious forcing me to spend hours finding 'my song of the week' - I swear.
This list is just the representation of exactly what kind of sound I'm fixated on currently.
o Unicorn - bel canto
o Smiling in Slow Motion - Mike Midnight
o Paradise Circus - Massive Attack, Hope Sandoval
o Boyracer - Hysterical Love Project
o St Magdalene's Wood - Kelora
I'm keeping this list short. I realized the music deep dive will return especially because it's prime time (after midnight).
Mar 19, 2025
Sorta in love with music rn so hard to write them all and I tend to fixate on albums rather than just songs but breaking up where I can (current playlist attached too):
• Uncle Ace - Blood Orange (shoutout Challengers)
• I Got Heaven - Mannequin P***y
• Nasty - Tinashe
• Wishing - Electric Light Orchestra
• To Pimp A Butterfly and Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar
• Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout
• Ghost EP - Sky Ferreira
• Swingin Party - The Replacements
• Dive (Acoustic) - Olivia Dean
• Endless - Frank Ocean
May 14, 2024
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