“Holds me in its warm embrace and never lets go.”
This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in ODDS
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ GOOD COFFEE
"Just be nice to people and use less technology"
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ RADICAL FACE
“Unplug every once in a while. I have found a lot of good in disconnecting from time to time. The other day, I drove to a park, and I intentionally left my phone in the car. I brought a book and that's it. I mostly didn't read. I just walked, and watched squirrels run around like maniacs while I listened to strangers argue in a language I don't understand. And it was great.”
FANDCAMP: Magic Central
“In an alternate universe —one where we all worked shorter weeks, everybody was genuinely concerned about climate change, and we all just got along— 'House Of Gold' was the biggest hit of 2010.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ L.A. PEACH
“…which is essentially an unfinished essay on how to unsubscribe from every mailing list you subscribed to when you were 17.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ PICKLE DARLING
"If you make art, pay more attention to your emotional/creative milestones and less to your financial ones. I'm never gonna 'make it big,' whatever that means, but I'm gonna get better and better as a songwriter."
HI54LO5: Metal Machine Music
“If you want to be the kind of person at the dinner party who has an opinion on whether THIS IS THE WORST ALBUM EVER or not… you gotta put in the work & listen to it first. The whole thing. And then you have to get invited to a dinner party.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ LA LOYE
"Go for walks. Eat that cake in the middle of the night. Be kind towards others but mostly be kind to yourself. Use less plastic. Do everything with love, for what is done with love is well done."
FANDCAMP: Passerby
“In this modern day life, so often driven by the harshness of striving and grasping, Luluc's generous yielding to time, awareness, longing, and a tender melancholy heart, connects the listener to a state of earthy grace and unfettered simplicity. My best find in a long, long time.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ TUVABAND
“I think everyone should sway their hips every morning when they wake up. Especially if they’re often stressed out (or in the moment they are stressed out). Or if they feel very old when they wake up in the morning.”
FANDCAMP: Better Oblivion Community Center
“I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that this album dropped at the right time for me. It somehow seems strangely familiar and yet different. Oberst and Bridgers work so well together.”
20X14 | 280 SONGS FROM 2014
Since the year in question is 2014, and since 20X14 = 280, this yearly summary playlist consists of 280 nice tunes released in the year 2014. From 280 different artists. Reshuffled on the regular for repeat shuffles. You can’t argue with that math.