DAVID BOWIE - VALENTINE’S DAY.

THE REPLACEMENTS - BEER FOR BREAKFAST.

KAVINSKY - SUBURBIA.

AUTRE NE VEUT - EGO FREE SEX FREE.

BARBERSHOP CORVETTE - DEERHOUND.

SOLANGE - LOSING YOU.

THE HOOD INTERNET - FUCK WITH MO’ MONEY.

MARCIA GRIFFITHS - MARK MY WORD.

DEVENDRA BANHART  - WON’T YOU COME OVER?

SHANNON & THE CLAMS - RIP VAN WINKLE. 

FLEETWOOD MAC - MONDAY MORNING.

WAXAHATCHEE - COAST TO COAST.

YO LA TENGO - OHM.

LORDE - ROYALS.

MINISTRY - LAY LADY LAY.

RAS NEBYU - WASHINGTON SLIZZARDS.

BRIAN WILSON - WIND CHIMES.

MAJOR LAZER - GET FREE. 

TUNE-YARDS - FIYA.

EOLA - SOMEONE’S GOT A SECRET. 

UNKOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA - SWIM & SLEEP (LIKE A SHARK).

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - I’M SET FREE.

GALAXIE 500 - STRANGE.

MAZZY STAR - HALAH.

DONNIE & JOE EMERSON - MY HEART.

CAT POWER - MANHATTAN.

EXTRA GOLDEN - IT’S NOT EASY.

LIZ HODSON & JOSIAH WOLFE - SOMETHING IN THE WAY SHE MOVES.

LED ZEPPELIN - GOING TO CALIFORNIA.

YO LA TENGO - I’LL BE AROUND.

SERENGETI - DAY BY DAY.

WAYLON JENNINGS - ABILENE.

BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY - I SEE A DARKNESS.

NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL - THE KING OF CARROT FLOWERS PT 1. 

ROY ORBISON - ONLY THE LONELY.

VETIVER - SAVE ME A PLACE.

SONNY & THE SUNSETS - PRETEND YOU LOVE ME.

KURT VILE - WAKIN ON A PRETTY DAY.

LACKTHEREOF - THE COLUMBIA.

HAVERGAL - PARACHUTES. 

a quiet little song, but there’s a lot of muted emotion bubbling under the surface. 

dig. 

this is a great little throwback to a time of mix tapes. 

you remember them.

and if you don’t, you missed out on the wonderful tangibility of plastic cased awesome. 

nine and a half minutes of soothing sunshine.

this song sounds exactly like its title. 

a sunny afternoon after a blizzard.a song that suits the blanketed feeling of waking up to 15 inches of white. of trudging around, headphones on, of wishing you knew  how to shake the wistful, but also knowing that you will. 

EARL SWEATSHIRT - CHUM.

HOORAY FOR EARTH - ROLLING / NECTARINE.

DJANGO DJANGO - LIFE’S A BEACH.

THE ROYAL CONCEPT - WORLD ON FIRE. 

SWEET - ACTION.

A$AP ROCKY - WILD FOR THE NIGHT.

MIGUEL - GRAVITY.

THE REPLACEMENTS - LOVE YOU TILL FRIDAY.

LITTLE DAYLIGHT - OVERDOSE.

AUTRE NE VEUT - PLAY BY PLAY.

EURYTHMICS - NEVER GONNA CRY AGAIN.

FOXYGEN - SHUGGIE.

YO LA TENGO - WELL YOU BETTER.

DIRTY PROJECTORS - IMPREGNABLE QUESTION.

NEIL YOUNG - WINTERLONG.

VERONICA FALLS - COME ON OVER.

slightly devastating, slightly uplifting. 

made for thursday nights aching into weekends. 

this song starts slow - almost tediously so - but if you’re patient, you’re rewarded with some serious radness: prince meets modern synths and beats. 

the snow came -  and with it, the urge to listen to songs that reflect the strange contradiction of january - its cold warmth and its wavering resolve.