Last year I organized my favourite music by location but this year I’m going to organize it by activity, because that seems the most fitting.
BIKING MUSIC
I spent the summer riding my bike around a small town, usually at sunset, and I found myself gravitating towards a certain sound for those post-work rides, a kind of dreamy, upbeat, tapping my fingers on my handlebars type of vibe.
- HAIM – Something To Tell You
Want You Back, Nothing’s Wrong, Little Of Your Love - Bad Sports – I’m In Love With Myself
- George Ezra – Don’t Matter Now
- Bleachers – Gone Now
Let’s Get Married, Everybody Lost Somebody, I Miss Those Days - Charli XCX – Boys
- Now, Now – SGL
MUSIC FOR BUS RIDES
Music from last winter, so it encompasses waiting for buses, riding buses, walking instead of taking the bus, whatever.
- Madeline Juno – Salvation
No Words, Hindsight, Stupid Girl - Hippo Campus – Landmark
Monsoon, Way It Goes, Tuesday - King Charles – Loveblood
Lady Percy, Bam Bam, Mississippi Isabel - The Regrettes – Feel Your Feelings Fool!
I Don’t Like You, Hey Now, Hot - Husbands – Golden Year
Phoenix, Stay Gold, Some Surf
MUSIC FOR WAKING UP
Also good for cooking dinner, doing yoga, or falling asleep.
- John Mayer – The Search For Everything
Roll It On Home, Still Feel Like Your Man, In The Blood - Lewis Watson – Midnight
When The Water Meets The Mountains, Deep The Water, Give Me Life - Dodie – You
Would You Be So Kind?, 6/10, You - Rusty Clanton – Calm & Normal
You’re In My Head, I Love You (But I’m Leaving) - Julia Nunes – Some Feelings
Something Bad, Then OK, Make Out
DRIVING MUSIC
I don’t drive, but I do spend quite a lot of time in cars. These come from the road trips I went on in the spring, the many trips up to Tobermory and back, going camping, etc. etc.
- Bear Hands – Distraction
The Bug, Bone Digger, Agora - Ed Sheeran – Divide
What Do I Know?, Barcelona, Galway Girl - The Maine – Lovely Little Lonely
Taxi, The Sound Of Reverie, Bad Behaviour - Harry Styles – Harry Styles
Two Ghosts, From The Dining Table, Meet Me In The Hallway - Jocelyn – Just Like Everybody Else
MUSIC FOR SINGING ALONG
Alternatively, music for good moods.
- Lorde – Melodrama
Supercut, The Louvre, Writer In The Dark - Bugs – Growing Up
Instant Coffee, Garbage Man, Island In My Head - Scott Helman – Hotel De Ville
PDA, Ripple Effect, 21 Days - Paramore – After Laughter
Fake Happy, Pool, Rose-Colored Boy - Jukebox The Ghost – Stay The Night
EMO MUSIC
A mix of angst and melancholy stuff. Mostly melancholy.
- Chase Huglin – You Deserve An Island
Pills, Niagara - Sorority Noise – Using
- Mother Mother – Dread In My Heart
- Football Club – The Football Club EP
One Dollar Coffee - Girlpool – Powerplant
Corner Store, Soup, 123
MUSIC FOR EUROPE
Because I just got back from a 3 week trip and it deserves its own category.
- Alvvays – Antisocialites
Lollipop (Ode To Jim), Dreams Tonite, Not My Baby - The Front Bottoms – Going Grey
Bae, Don’t Fill Up On Chips, Ocean - Knuckle Puck – Shapeshifter
Double Helix, Gone, Want Me Around - Misterwives – Reflections
- Aly & AJ – Take Me
And a special mention to Niall Horan’s Flicker because even though it just came out, I don’t wanna wait until next year to talk about it. It’s filling that One Direction-sized hole in my autumn playlists and I am so thankful.
What have you been loving??? Did I miss anything? This post ended up being a million times longer than anticipated but I kept remembering tunes as I went and thinking up new categories and it’s kind of a huge mess now. Whatever!!
(Also, follow me on Spotify for monthly playlists wehey!)
Xo, Rachel
sharachel.wordpress.com 