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
“Is This What You Wanted” by Leonard Cohen
Album
New Skin For The Old Ceremony
Genres
canadian singer-songwriter, folk, folk …
Latin jazz
“Chan Chan” by Buena Vista Social Club
Album
Buena Vista Social Club
Genres
latin jazz, musica tradicional cubana, …
Cool jazz
“Everything in Its Right Place” by Brad Mehldau Trio
Genres
contemporary jazz, contemporary …
“A Taste of Honey - Live” by Paul Desmond
Album
Greatest Hits Series--Paul Desmond
Genres
bebop, bossa nova, contemporary …
Neo soul
“Solid Ground” by Michael Kiwanuka
Genres
british soul, funk, neo soul, soul
“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
“Trap Doors” by Broken Bells
Genres
alternative dance, alternative rock, …
“Make a Plan to Love Me” by Bright Eyes
Album
Cassadaga (Remastered)
Genres
anti-folk, indie folk, indie pop, indie …
“Brian Eno” by MGMT
Genres
alternative dance, indie pop, indie …
“Irene” by Caribou
Genres
alternative dance, chillwave, …
Electronica
“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, …
“Safe and Sound” by Justice
Genres
alternative dance, dance-punk, disco …
Japanese post-rock
“衝動の粒子” by fox capture plan
Genres
japanese jazz fusion, japanese math …
Future funk
“She Loved Me” by Flamingosis
Genres
chillhop, future funk
Art pop
“Shameika” by Fiona Apple
Album
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Genres
art pop, chamber pop, indie pop, lilith, …
“It's Oh so Quiet” by Björk
Genres
alternative dance, art pop, dance pop, …
“Here” by David Byrne
Genres
art pop, art punk, art rock, dance rock, …
“Taking Tiger Mountain - 2004 Digital Remaster” by Brian Eno
Album
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Genres
ambient, art pop, art rock, …
“Loving Machine” by TV Girl
Genres
art pop, chillwave, indie garage rock, …
“Suspirium” by Thom Yorke
Album
Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film)
Genres
art pop, electronica, glitch pop, indie …
“Earth Intruders” by Björk
Genres
alternative dance, art pop, dance pop, …
“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 …
“It's Raining Today” by Scott Walker
Genres
art pop, art rock, baroque pop, dance …
“Jason” by Perfume Genius
Album
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
Genres
art pop, chamber pop, chillwave, …
“Binz” by Solange
Genres
afrofuturism, alternative r&b, art pop, …
Compositional ambient
“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
“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)
Instrumental funk
“All Praises” by Kashmere Stage Band
Album
Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974
Genres
deep funk, instrumental funk
Contemporary jazz
“If You Look Enough, Pt. 2” by Tomasz Stańko, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen
Genres
contemporary jazz, ecm-style jazz, jazz …
Nintendocore
“12th Amendment” by The Octopus Project
Album
27: The Most Perfect Album
Dance pop
“P.O.W.A” by M.I.A.
Genres
dance pop, escape room, new rave
Rock
“Come Together - Remastered 2015” by The Beatles
Genres
beatlesque, british invasion, classic …
“I'd Have You Anytime - 2014 Mix” by George Harrison
Album
All Things Must Pass (Remastered)
Genres
album rock, beatlesque, classic rock, …
Melancholia
“8 (circle)” by Bon Iver
Genres
eau claire indie, melancholia
Baroque pop
“Grey Lanes” by Jacco Gardner
Genres
baroque pop, dutch indie rock, …
Soft rock
“Baby” by Donnie & Joe Emerson
Art rock
“Dream Baby Dream - Long Version” by Suicide
Genres
alternative rock, art rock, dance rock, …
“Magellan” by Felt
Genres
art rock, c86, chamber pop, dance rock, …
“I Zimbra - 2005 Remaster” by Talking Heads
Album
Fear of Music (Deluxe Version)
Genres
art punk, art rock, dance rock, funk …
Freak folk
“Lost Heads” by Moon Duo
Genres
chamber psych, freak folk, neo-kraut, …
