Hi! Happy August everyone - This month we have playlists from Justin G, Erika Lowe, Autumn Stuart, and John Cecil. Enjoy!
All playlists descriptions and 📝notes are by the playlist author
Warm Weather Jamz
Justin G (New York City, NY) -- I wanted to catch the tail end of summer with this quick collection of some of my favorite songs to listen to while sitting on a porch or a camp chair bathed in the sun.
1. "Summer Breeze" - Seals and Crofts
📝 Startin off with an obvious choice here. Nice harmonies, easy breezy feel to the thing. This is the big song everyone knows but the rest of the record is worth checking out.
2. "My Stove's On Fire" - Robert Lester Folsom
📝 Robert is one of many obscure figures of the 70s singer/songwriters, but he's experienced a well-deserved resurgence in the last decade or so. Man has some great tunes and this one stands out. I even heard it in a movie earlier this year.
3."Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong" - Gene Harris
📝 Yeah i don't know what the deal with the title is. But man does Gene bring the funk.
4. "Feelin' Down Farther" - The Doobie Brothers
📝 Their first record actually has a few very nice and low-key feeling jams, I like this one.
5. "Spoiled By Your Love" - Anita Ward
📝 Gotta love a song that hits you from the first second. A track that makes you wanna lay back.
6. "My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison
📝 This is one of those songs that I distinctly remember hearing certain bits, melodies and specific sounds as a kid but never really put it all together. That nostalgic feeling really contributes to its warm weather status for me. I actually didn't get around to really listening to it until I was an adult, and it's a marvelous song. But you already knew that. And shout out to The Chiffons with "He's So Fine", the "inspiration" for some of the melody here.
7. "Shades" - Trevor Bastow
📝 Love me some library music, always a good source of pleasant vibes.
8. "Down Home Girl" - The Rolling Stones
📝 Not sure why but this is one of my fave stones songs, maybe it's the dirty kinda feeling it's got to my ears, and a sorta wonky groove.
9. "Dragonfly" - Dead Meadow
📝 Laid-back jam here, feels good on a porch in a chair.
10. "Summer Days" - Lonnie Liston Smith
📝 Such a pretty track. The horn chorus makes ya feel good.
11. "Sunshine Superman" - Lonnie Liston Smith
📝 Another song I heard a bunch by the pool as a kid. Not sure if that actually happened but it feels that way.
12. "Our Love" - Jennifer Lara
📝 Slow it down with this heavy groove.
13. "Eyes of The World" - Grateful Dead
📝 That really bright-sounding guitar feels perfect for a sunny day to me.
14. "Sunshine Sometime" - Paul McCartney
📝 Sending it off with a quiet little interlude-style song from Paul. Very pleasant and relaxed, goodnight.
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fishes
Erika Lowe (Favignana, Sicily)
1. "Soledad y el Mar" - Natalia Lafourcade, Los Macorinos
2. "Bar Mediterraneo" - Nu Genea
3. "Mi Tierra Veracruzana" - Natalia Lafourcade, Los Macorinos
4. "CAFé CON RON" - Bad Bunny, Los Planers de la Cresta
5. "Esperanza" - Hermanos Gutiérrez
6. "Parole parole" - Mina
7. "Città vuota" - Mina
8. "Ancora, ancora, ancora (radio edit)" - Mina
9. "Cerca de Ti" - Hermanos Gutiérrez
10. "L'appuntamento" - Ornella Vanoni
11. "Alegría" - Elia y Elizabeth
12. "Marechià" - Nu Genera, Celia Kameni
13. "Low Sun" - Hermanos Gutiérrez
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You know how hard it is to get a dui in Wisconsin?
Autumn Stuart (Philadelphia, PA) -- I'm usually a vibes playlist maker and then realize months later that they usually have something to do with how I was feeling inside. So maybe you guys can tell me what this one means. All my playlist names are typically funny things I overhear on the streets of Philadelphia. 🥴
1. "Before We Begin" - Broadcast
2. "To Be Loved" - Asher Kartman
3. "Dreaming" - Poly Styrene
4. "Again and Again" - Reverend Baron
5. "The Friend I Once Had" - Club 8
6. "North Marine Drive" - Ben Watt
7. "va sanas crainte" - Céline Dessberg
8. "Silly Things" - Antena
9. "My Dear Life" - Mariangela Celeste, Vangelis Papathanassiou
10. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" - The Byrds
11. "All to You" - Ellen Mcllwaine
12. "Knew You Well" - Art Lown
13. "Infinite Bliss" - Maston
14. "Same Old Place" - Rab Noakes, Gerry Rafferty
15. "In Waves" - Marisa Anderson
16. "One Fine Summer Morning" - Evie Sands
17. "Mother Big River" - Jessica Pratt
📝 MY GIRL
18. "The River" - Michael Farneti
19. "Door to the Sky" - Memotone
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every 2 (part 3)
John Cecil (Annapolis, MD) -- Every 2 songs remind me of each other or relate in some way that kinda scratches an itch
1. "I'll Go Running" - Squirrel Flower
2. "Don't Know How to Keep Loving You" - Julia Jacklin
📝 This Julia Jacklin song is so incredibly good it deserved an intro. Also watch her performance of it at Paste Studios link, it's so very good
3. "Little Worlds" - Watchhouse
4. "Young and Golden" - Smooth Golden Smith
📝 Young and Golden could possibly be my desert island song
5. "Foolmuse" - Peter Cat Recording Co.
6. "Is There a Place I Can Go" - Trudy and the Romance
📝 :)
7. "Remains of the Day" - Danny Elfman
8. "6up 5oh Cop-Out (Pro / Con)" - Will Wood and the Tapeworms
📝 The Corpse Bride song is very weird to listen to by itself but this connection needed to be shared
9. "LA Devotee" - Panic! At the Disco
10. "What's New Scooby-Doo?" - Simple Plan
📝 Simple Plan doing this is hilarious and perfect
11. "Rip Torn" - MJ Lenderman
12. "Think of Me Once In a While, Take Care" - Take Care
📝 These songs are connected by how ABSOLUTELY PERFECT THE TRANSITION IS
13. "Downtown" - Petula Clark
14. "Downtown" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
📝 I mean yeah it's kinda low hanging fruit but I honestly think these work really well together.
15. "Heartbeat" - The Pesos
16. "This Time Tomorrow" - The Kinks
📝 :)
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See y'all in September! SUMMER IS FLYING BY THIS IS CRAZY