Here are 39 songs across 117 genres that I’ve been listening to lately. There’s no common theme to this playlist beyond the fact that it’s all songs I enjoy.
To listen to this playlist on Spotify, click here. Note that song metadata — the genres, duration, release date, etc. — is provided by the Spotify API. I don’t input this information myself, so it might be wrong!
Art rock
“Nuclear War” by Sun Ra
Album
A Fireside Chat with Lucifer
Genres
afrobeat, afrofuturism, art rock, …
“I'll Come Running - 2004 Digital Remaster” by Brian Eno
Genres
ambient, art pop, art rock, …
Gospel soul
“Like a Ship” by Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir
Album
Like a Ship (Without a Sail)
Genres
gospel soul, spirituals, traditional …
Electronica
“Flower” by Moby
Album
Play & Play: B Sides
Genres
downtempo, electronica
“Cherry Blossom Girl” by Air
Genres
ambient pop, downtempo, electronica, …
“Alone in Kyoto” by Air
Genres
ambient pop, downtempo, electronica, …
Alternative R&B
“Miles Song” by Cleo Sol
Genres
alternative r&b, indie jazz, indie r&b, …
Progressive bluegrass
“Your Coffee Is a Disaster” by Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma
Album
Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Genres
progressive bluegrass
Rock
“Pink Moon” by Nick Drake
Genres
art rock, british folk, folk, folk rock, …
“Climbing Up the Walls (Zero 7 Mix)” by Radiohead
Genres
alternative rock, art rock, melancholia, …
“Dominoes” by Paul McCartney
Genres
album rock, art rock, beatlesque, …
“oh baby” by LCD Soundsystem
Genres
alternative dance, alternative rock, …
“Won't Get Fooled Again - Original Album Version” by The Who
Album
Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B
Genres
album rock, art rock, british invasion, …
“Reflektor” by Arcade Fire
Genres
alternative dance, alternative rock, …
Chamber pop
“Everything I Am Is Yours” by Villagers
Genres
chamber pop, indie folk, indie rock, …
“Jacksonville” by Sufjan Stevens
Genres
baroque pop, chamber pop, freak folk, …
Soul
“You've Got Nothing to Lose” by Michael Kiwanuka
Album
You've Got Nothing To Lose
Genres
british soul, funk, neo soul, soul
“Light” by Michael Kiwanuka
Genres
british soul, funk, neo soul, soul
Neo soul
“Pink + White” by Frank Ocean
Genres
alternative r&b, hip hop, lgbtq+ hip …
Genreless
“Distant Green Valley” by Zhao Lin, Zhao Ji-Ping, Yo-Yo Ma, The Silk Road Ensemble, Alan Pierson
Album
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon (Remastered)
“Keeping It Together” by Dirty Nice
“Buho” by Ash Black Bufflo
“Song for Denise” by Piano Fantasia
Album
Best of Collector: Piano Fantasia (Le meilleur des années 80)
Drone
“Pulses” by Steve Reich, Erik Hall
Album
Music for 18 Musicians (Steve Reich) - Pulses + Section I
Genres
american contemporary classical, …
“Automatic Ping” by Keith Fullerton Whitman
Album
Keith Fullerton Whitman / Floris Vanhoof - Split
Genres
boston electronic, drone, experimental …
Japanese experimental
“Bubbles” by Yosi Horikawa
Genres
abstract beats, japanese experimental, …
Mellow gold
“Hold Me Now” by Thompson Twins
Genres
dance rock, mellow gold, new romantic, …
“Reach Out I'll Be There” by Four Tops
Genres
adult standards, brill building pop, …
Shiver pop
“Somersault” by Royal Canoe
Album
Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit
Genres
manitoba indie, shiver pop
New age piano
“John Hughes” by Ken Elkinson
Album
Music for Commuting, Vols. 1-6
Melancholia
“Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star
Album
So Tonight That I Might See
Genres
alternative rock, dream pop, …
“The Boy With The Arab Strap” by Belle & Sebastian
Album
The Boy With The Arab Strap
Genres
alternative rock, anti-folk, baroque …
“Fall In A River” by Badly Drawn Boy
Album
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Genres
britpop, chamber pop, melancholia, pop …
“Capsized - Sound City Version” by Andrew Bird
Album
Are We Not Burning: The Devolution Of Capsized
Genres
baroque pop, chamber pop, chicago indie, …
Ambient
“CREEK” by Hiroshi Yoshimura
Genres
ambient, art pop, fourth world, …
Afrobeat
“Space Jungle Funk” by Oneness Of Juju
Album
African Rhythms 1970-1982
Freak folk
“Reach Out I'll Be There” by Jonathan Wilson
Album
Reach Out I'll Be There
Genres
alternative country, freak folk, modern …
Sleep
“Persian Traditional Avaz-e Dashti” by Traditional, Kayhan Kalhor, Siamak Jahangiri, Siamak Aghaei
Album
Silk Road Journeys - When Strangers Meet (Remastered)
Samba
“Força Bruta” by Jorge Ben Jor
Genres
bossa nova, mangue bit, mpb, pagode, …
