This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in EVENS
Since the year in question is 2012, and since 20X12 = 240, this yearly summary playlist consists of 240 nice tunes released in the year 2012. From 240 different artists. Reshuffled on the regular for repeat shuffles. You can’t argue with that math.
“Swim Lessons has the swag of back-to-basics acoustic Devendra Banhart Pre-Cripple Crow. It will make you nostalgic for that 2005 indie music era. However it will also make you deeply thankful we have this beautiful rich acoustic album by Swim Lessons to fill that shaky-vocal freak folk void.”
“I’d strongly recommend picking it up for fifteen minutes a day and just following her journey and using it as a way to channel all the anxieties that are inherent in being someone who expresses themselves for an audience.”
“Write more letters. Real physical recycled paper letters. Draw something. Say something.”
This is a rap playlist that works good for when you need something in your ears to help motivate your next set of intentionally lifting heavy things over and over again. So it’s a bit more agro than my other rap playlist, but not too agro as I only have a resistance band at home.
“Voices like Mitski's deserve to be broadcasted from satellites into the atmosphere of Neptune and its surrounding moons. Only then will the solar system be at peace.”
The Soundcloud playlist for this month’s approved Submithub submissions is now up & running for March 2019.
“I'm just loving the new Sharon Van Etten record, and I saw her show in Toronto a couple of weeks ago. It was probably the best show I have seen in 5 years.”
“First heard Mama Got The Blues live on Radio National with CW soloing on a dobro. Utterly moving right to the last note. Another brilliant performance here. Genius!”
"“the world is pretty bad sometimes- but blithe field's new album makes it seem a lil more alright. so dreamlike- it takes me to a different and better place. i feel warm again.”
