Here are 44 songs across 137 genres that I’ve been listening to lately. This playlist is a bit shorter than the others, and pulls a lot from older songs in my library; I haven’t spent much time looking for new music lately. Oh well. I hope you find something you 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!
Permanent wave
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“Is This What You Wanted” by Leonard Cohen
Album
New Skin For The Old Ceremony
Genres
canadian singer-songwriter, folk, folk …
Latin jazz
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“Chan Chan” by Buena Vista Social Club
Album
Buena Vista Social Club
Genres
latin jazz, musica tradicional cubana, …
Cool jazz
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“Everything in Its Right Place” by Brad Mehldau Trio
Genres
contemporary jazz, contemporary …
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“A Taste of Honey - Live” by Paul Desmond
Album
Greatest Hits Series--Paul Desmond
Genres
bebop, bossa nova, contemporary …
Neo soul
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“Solid Ground” by Michael Kiwanuka
Genres
british soul, funk, neo soul, soul
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“You've Got Nothing to Lose” by Michael Kiwanuka
Album
You've Got Nothing To Lose
Genres
british soul, funk, neo soul, soul
Indie rock
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“Trap Doors” by Broken Bells
Genres
alternative dance, alternative rock, …
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“Make a Plan to Love Me” by Bright Eyes
Album
Cassadaga (Remastered)
Genres
anti-folk, indie folk, indie pop, indie …
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“Brian Eno” by MGMT
Genres
alternative dance, indie pop, indie …
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“Irene” by Caribou
Genres
alternative dance, chillwave, …
Electronica
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“Golden Clouds (feat. Lee "Scratch" Perry)” by The Orb, Lee "Scratch" Perry
Album
THE ORBSERVER in the star house (feat. Lee Scratch Perry)
Genres
ambient, ambient house, drum and bass, …
“Highschool Lover” by Air
Album
The Virgin Suicides (Deluxe Version - 15th Anniversary)
Genres
ambient pop, downtempo, electronica, …
“Aerial” by Four Tet
Genres
alternative dance, electronica, …
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“Safe and Sound” by Justice
Genres
alternative dance, dance-punk, disco …
Japanese post-rock
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“衝動の粒子” by fox capture plan
Genres
japanese jazz fusion, japanese math …
Future funk
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“She Loved Me” by Flamingosis
Genres
chillhop, future funk
Art pop
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“Shameika” by Fiona Apple
Album
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Genres
art pop, chamber pop, indie pop, lilith, …
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“It's Oh so Quiet” by Björk
Genres
alternative dance, art pop, dance pop, …
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“Here” by David Byrne
Genres
art pop, art punk, art rock, dance rock, …
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“Taking Tiger Mountain - 2004 Digital Remaster” by Brian Eno
Album
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Genres
ambient, art pop, art rock, …
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“Loving Machine” by TV Girl
Genres
art pop, chillwave, indie garage rock, …
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“Suspirium” by Thom Yorke
Album
Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film)
Genres
art pop, electronica, glitch pop, indie …
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“Earth Intruders” by Björk
Genres
alternative dance, art pop, dance pop, …
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“The End of the World” by Sharon Van Etten
Album
Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album
Genres
art pop, chamber pop, freak folk, indie …
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“It's Raining Today” by Scott Walker
Genres
art pop, art rock, baroque pop, dance …
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“Jason” by Perfume Genius
Album
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
Genres
art pop, chamber pop, chillwave, …
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“Binz” by Solange
Genres
afrofuturism, alternative r&b, art pop, …
Compositional ambient
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“The Sound Of Someone You Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't Matter - 2008 Digital Remaster” by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Album
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Genres
bow pop, compositional ambient
Chamber pop
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“Jacksonville” by Sufjan Stevens
Genres
baroque pop, chamber pop, freak folk, …
Genreless
“As Time Goes By” by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
Album
20th Century Women (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Instrumental funk
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“All Praises” by Kashmere Stage Band
Album
Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974
Genres
deep funk, instrumental funk
Contemporary jazz
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“If You Look Enough, Pt. 2” by Tomasz Stańko, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen
Genres
contemporary jazz, ecm-style jazz, jazz …
Nintendocore
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“12th Amendment” by The Octopus Project
Album
27: The Most Perfect Album
Dance pop
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“P.O.W.A” by M.I.A.
Genres
dance pop, escape room, new rave
Rock
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“Come Together - Remastered 2015” by The Beatles
Genres
beatlesque, british invasion, classic …
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“I'd Have You Anytime - 2014 Mix” by George Harrison
Album
All Things Must Pass (Remastered)
Genres
album rock, beatlesque, classic rock, …
Melancholia
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“8 (circle)” by Bon Iver
Genres
eau claire indie, melancholia
Baroque pop
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“Grey Lanes” by Jacco Gardner
Genres
baroque pop, dutch indie rock, …
Soft rock
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“Baby” by Donnie & Joe Emerson
Art rock
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“Dream Baby Dream - Long Version” by Suicide
Album
Dream Baby Dream EP
Genres
alternative rock, art rock, dance rock, …
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“Magellan” by Felt
Genres
art rock, c86, chamber pop, dance rock, …
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“I Zimbra - 2005 Remaster” by Talking Heads
Album
Fear of Music (Deluxe Version)
Genres
art punk, art rock, dance rock, funk …
Freak folk
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“Lost Heads” by Moon Duo
Album
Stars Are the Light
Genres
chamber psych, freak folk, neo-kraut, …
