Here are 69 songs across 172 genres that I’ve been listening to lately. This playlist is nearly six hours long, so I hope the genre groupings are helpful in surfacing music you might like. Like MYML #1, this one has no real theme—it’s just songs I like.
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!
Chamber psych
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“Vad Hände Med Dem?” by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
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alternative rock, bay area indie, …
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“Anenome” by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Album
Tepid Peppermint Wonderland - A Retrospective
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alternative rock, bay area indie, …
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“Ascension” by The Comet Is Coming
Album
Death to the Planet
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british jazz, chamber psych, …
Art pop
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“I'll Be Around” by Yo La Tengo
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alternative rock, anti-folk, art pop, …
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“Shameika” by Fiona Apple
Album
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
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art pop, chamber pop, indie pop, lilith, …
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“Strange” by Galaxie 500
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alternative rock, anti-folk, art pop, …
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“TEEVEE” by Hiroshi Yoshimura
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ambient, art pop, fourth world, …
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“CREEK” by Hiroshi Yoshimura
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ambient, art pop, fourth world, …
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“The Barrel” by Aldous Harding
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ambient folk, art pop, chamber pop, …
“It'll All Work Out” by Blake Mills
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art pop, chamber pop, freak folk, indie …
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“symbol” by Adrianne Lenker
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art pop, chamber pop, freak folk, indie …
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“Book on How to Change” by Hand Habits
Album
Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void)
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art pop, bedroom pop, freak folk, indie …
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“Not The News” by Thom Yorke
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art pop, electronica, glitch pop, indie …
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“Diagonals” by Stereolab
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alternative rock, art pop, art rock, …
Funk
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“Tell Me a Bedtime Story” by Herbie Hancock
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bebop, contemporary post-bop, cool jazz, …
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“Reach Out I'll Be There” by Four Tops
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adult standards, brill building pop, …
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“You've Got Nothing to Lose” by Michael Kiwanuka
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You've Got Nothing To Lose
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british soul, funk, neo soul, soul
Experimental pop
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“Ran Ran Run” by Pavo Pavo
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Young Narrator in the Breakers
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“In the lassa” by Juana Molina
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argentine indie, electronica argentina, …
Electronica
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“Swimmers” by Zero 7, Jem Cooke
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downtempo, electronica, nu jazz, trip …
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“Flower” by Moby
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Play & Play: B Sides
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downtempo, electronica
“Kelly Watch the Stars” by Air
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ambient pop, downtempo, electronica, …
“Alone in Kyoto” by Air
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ambient pop, downtempo, electronica, …
Genreless
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“Voices Carry Through The Mist” by Charles Watson
Album
Now That I'm A River
Indie R&B
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“Miles Song” by Cleo Sol
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alternative r&b, indie r&b, indie soul, …
Freak folk
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“Pink Moon” by Nick Drake
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british folk, folk, folk rock, freak …
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“The Conservation of Energy” by Vanishing Twin
Album
Choose Your Own Adventure
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chamber psych, experimental pop, freak …
Indie rock
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“Everything I Am Is Yours” by Villagers
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chamber pop, indie folk, indie rock, …
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“Bonfires on the Heath” by The Clientele
Album
Bonfires on the Heath
Genres
c86, chamber pop, chamber psych, dream …
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“We Will Not Make It (Not Without You)” by Twin Peaks
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chicago indie, indie garage rock, indie …
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“Bloodless” by Andrew Bird
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baroque pop, chamber pop, chicago indie, …
Afrofuturism
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“La Femme Fetal” by Digable Planets
Album
Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
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afrofuturism, alternative hip hop, east …
Houston indie
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“I Can't Lose” by Sam Cohen
Album
The Future’s Still Ringing In My Ears
Fourth world
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“薔薇と野獣 - New ver.” by Haruomi Hosono
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classic j-rock, fourth world, japanese …
Deep free jazz
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“Hati Hati” by Eero Koivistoinen Quartet
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deep free jazz, finnish jazz
Small room
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“Happiness” by Katie Dey
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hyperpop, small room, transpop
Spiritual jazz
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“Song of Injured Love” by Gábor Szabó
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“Bwaata” by Compost
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pornogrind, spiritual jazz
Indie garage rock
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“The Past Tense” by infinite bisous
Contemporary classical
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“Pulses” by Steve Reich, Erik Hall
Album
Music for 18 Musicians (Steve Reich) - Pulses + Section I
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american contemporary classical, …
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“Section I” by Steve Reich, Erik Hall
Album
Music for 18 Musicians (Steve Reich) - Pulses + Section I
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american contemporary classical, …
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“Slow Motion Blackbird” by Steve Reich, Chris Hughes
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american contemporary classical, …
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“Musica ricercata No. 7 in B-Flat Major” by György Ligeti, Khatia Buniatishvili
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avant-garde, classical, compositional …
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“Casa Vecchia” by Paul Dresher, Ensemble 9, Yuki Morimoto
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Dresher: Casa Vecchia - Mirrors - Other Fire - Underground
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contemporary classical, minimalism, …
Folk
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“Hammond Song” by The Roches
Jazz
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“Myself When I Am Real” by Charles Mingus
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avant-garde jazz, bebop, contemporary …
New wave pop
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“I Feel Love - 12" Version” by Donna Summer
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Bad Girls (Deluxe Edition)
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dance pop, disco, europop, hi-nrg, …
Deep latin alternative
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“Te Quiero Pero Por Otro Lado…” by Savath & Savalas
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deep latin alternative
Stomp and holler
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“Line Of Fire” by Junip
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stomp and holler, swedish indie rock
Japanese post-rock
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“衝動の粒子” by fox capture plan
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japanese jazz fusion, japanese math …
Polish jazz
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“Dialogue” by Tomasz Stańko, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen
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ecm-style jazz, jazz trumpet, polish …
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“Kattorna” by Tomasz Stanko Quartet
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ecm-style jazz, jazz quartet, polish …
Art rock
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“This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - 2005 Remaster” by Talking Heads
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Speaking in Tongues (Deluxe Version)
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art punk, art rock, dance rock, funk …
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“It's My Life - 1997 Remaster” by Talk Talk
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art rock, dance rock, melancholia, new …
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“Govinda Jai Jai” by Alice Coltrane
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Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana
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afrofuturism, afropop, art rock, …
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“The Caves Of Altamira” by Steely Dan
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album rock, art rock, classic rock, …
“Perfect Way” by Scritti Politti, Green Gartside
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art rock, dance rock, new romantic, new …
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“Something Against You” by Pixies
Album
Surfer Rosa (Remastered)
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alternative rock, art rock, boston rock, …
Modular synth
“Concert At Phil Niblock's Loft” by Suzanne Ciani
Album
Buchla Concerts 1975
Genres
modular synth, new age, new age piano
Neo-psychedelic
“Higher Now” by Drakkar Nowhere
Folktronica
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“鉄鎖” by Mid-Air Thief
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folktronica, korean indie rock
Industrial hip hop
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“If I Only Had A Brain” by MC 900 Ft. Jesus
Album
One Step Ahead Of The Spider
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industrial hip hop
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“The City Sleeps” by MC 900 Ft. Jesus
Album
Welcome To My Dream
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industrial hip hop
New wave
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“Are 'Friends' Electric?” by Tubeway Army
Album
Replicas (Remastered)
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dance rock, early synthpop, new …
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“No Peace for the Wicked” by Thompson Twins
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dance rock, mellow gold, new romantic, …
Indie folk
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“Love Songs For Robots” by Patrick Watson
Album
Love Songs For Robots
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chamber pop, indie folk
J-rock
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“グッド・ラック” by Shintaro Sakamoto
Album
あなたもロボットになれる c/w グッド・ラック
Funk rock
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“Aunt Leslie” by Vulfpeck
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ann arbor indie, funk rock, instrumental …
Japanese classical
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“Piano Concerto, Op. 67, "Memo Flora": I. Flower: Andante tranquillo - Allegro” by Takashi Yoshimatsu, Kyoko Tabe, Manchester Camerata, Sachio Fujioka
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Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto, "Memo Flora" / And Birds Are Still …, / While an Angel Falls Into A Doze
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japanese classical
