My, my it’s the start of 2024 and this playlist is finally available for public viewing. I say that as though there was a smattering of requests to make them available, which is the fanfare that I imagine my playlists will one day come to be revered for.
My playlists are a bit like the past few SNL Seasons: you didn’t feel like watching at the time, but after catching a few sketches on YouTube, they are worth catching up on.
But beyond the hype, beyond the internet masses demanding to finally have access to last year’s playlists, here’s a roundup of Quarter One of 2023:
The Collection has slowly become one of those atmospheric bands that captures complex ideas in memorable tubes, which made sense to have them open the playlist and close it with songs that remember the good times in “Rose Colored Glasses” and “Love at the End of the World”. New releases from old favorites came out in droves over the first three months of the year (thanks in large part to Spotify acting as a dental office of sorts, sending out constant reminders of when a cleaning new EP is coming up). Filling out the playlist were thumpers like Half-Alive’s “Never Been Better” and “What’s Wrong”. Vulfpeck and Fitz and The Tantrums delivered must-have tracks, and Chappell Roan is becoming one of those starlit singer/songwriters that you cram into conversation for them to check out next.
Some new ear-ticklers rounded out the first quarter selection in Tove Styrke’s “Say My Name” and Amor Amor’s “Can I Go Away”. Add to the productivity playlist the reminiscing lyrics of Laura Jean’s “Too Much To Do” and the beginning of 2023 encapsulated feelings of get-up-and-get-going as well as we’ve-done-the-best-we-could
It’s a playlist of jams and good times to start the new year and is sure to have something for everyone. Give it a listen and leave a comment with what tracks you added to your mixes!
- “Rose Colored Glasses” by The Collection
- “Never Been Better” by Half-Alive, Orla Gartland
- “Dressed to Kill” by The Wombats
- “Too Much To Do” by Laura Jean
- “Them Jeans” by Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers
- “New Guru” by Vulfpeck, Antwaun Stanley
- “crashing down – acoustic” by Arlie
- “Carry You Home” by Circa Waves
- “I Wanna Dance With You” by Royel Otis
- “What’s Wrong” by Half-Alive
- “Can I Go Away” by Amor Amor
- “Good Nights” by Fitz and The Tantrums
- “19 in a Week” by Nieve Ella
- “Two Tens” by Cordae, Anderson .Paak
- “Honey” by Samia
- “better” by dee holt
- “Gordan Ramsey” by Abhi the Nomad, Kato On The Track
- “Say My Name” by Tove Styrke
- “Vines to Make It All Worth It” by Runner
- “Love at the End of the World” by The Collection
