We Played Some Pretty Songs

Spring 2012 - March 12, 2012

I got a little anxious for spring and made this playlist on March 1st, which was is still rainy time in San Francisco. Though once April came around, I felt warm enough to bring it out for its debut... just in time for Coachella. Anyways, I am not sure how many playlists have Olafur Arnalds, Kanye West, The Killers and The Promise Ring but man, I think that is the making of a beautifully diverse world.

Listen on your favorite music service:
  1. Olafur Arnalds - Through the Screen
  2. The Album Leaf - Micro Melodies
  3. Mum - Green Grass of Tunnel
  4. The Album Leaf - Thule
  5. Jonsi - Gathering Stories
  6. Sigur Ros - Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur
  7. Rogue Wave - Catform
  8. The Promise Ring - Perfect Lines
  9. Hellogoodbye - When We First Kissed
  10. Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell
  11. Ra Ra Riot - Each Year
  12. Dr. Dog - These Days
  13. Delta Spirit - California
  14. The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
  15. The Killers - When You Were Young
  16. Fanfarlo - Shiny Things
  17. Loveninjas - When Is Our Time?
  18. Cursive - From the Hips
  19. The Throne - Niggas in Paris
  20. Jay-Z - Jigga My Nigga
  21. ScHoolboy Q - Figg Get Da Money
  22. Lil Wayne - Drop the World

January 2012 - January 19, 2012

San Francisco is supposed to have heavy rain over the next week, so I made this playlist. After dedicating so much of my life to the Album Leaf, I have no idea how I never heard these two songs... I am sure I will get good use out of them now. Love the Olafur, Nils and Peter Broderick songs, the creaking of piano benches and old wooden instruments nearly sounds like pitterpatter of rain. I guess in perfect moments, the two will be indistinguishable.

Listen on your favorite music service:
  1. Peter Broderick - Part 1: Discovery
  2. Nils Frahm - Snippet
  3. Olafur Arnalds - Tomorrow's Song
  4. Olafur Arnalds - Near Light
  5. Codes in the Clouds - We Anchor in Hope (Tom Hodge rmx)
  6. Squarepusher - Iambic 9 Poetry
  7. The Album Leaf - Thule
  8. Seabear - Doctor
  9. Bon Iver - I Can't Make You Love Me / Nick of TIme
  10. m83 - My Tears are Becoming the Sea
  11. m83 - Echoes of Mine
  12. Explosions in the Sky - Last Known Surrondings
  13. Capsian - Last Rites (live)
  14. Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar
  15. Sigur Ros - Luppulagid

Fall 2011 - January 16, 2012

Fall playlists have traditionally been a near 50/50 split of acoustic singer/songwriter songs (see: 2005, which was nearly all Elliott Smith) and reverb-laden neo-shoegaze (see: 2006, which was nearly all The Radio Dept.). This playlist is no different. However, there are some amazing artists that break that mold like Gem Club, Nils Frahm and Billie Holiday. Take a listen.

Listen on your favorite music service:
  1. Club 8 - This is the Morning
  2. Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3am
  3. Simon & Garfunkel - Bleecker Street
  4. Iron & Wine - Trapeze Swinger
  5. Elliott Smith - Going Nowhere
  6. Dark Captain - Bellcurse
  7. Windsor for the Derby - Autumn Song
  8. Windsor for the Derby - Black Coats
  9. Active Child - Ivy
  10. The Depreciation Guild - Dream About Me
  11. Active Child - Shield & Swords
  12. Team Ghost - High Hopes
  13. Gem Club - Black Ships
  14. Trespassers William - More Part
  15. Ryan Adams - Sweet Lil Gal [23rd/1st]
  16. Billie Holiday - Autumn in New York
  17. Nils Frahm - Unter
  18. Radiohead - Give Up the Ghost

Winter 2011 - January 8, 2012

I needed a playlist to listen to while walking to work during the freezing cold yet oddly sunny San Francisco mornings. Jonsi's new album was a perfect cornerstone for this playlist, beautiful music but not overly happy like his last album. Also, sorry for the block of Bon Iver, I finally decided to listen to the new album.

Listen on your favorite music service:
  1. Jonsi - Sun
  2. Codes in the Clouds - The Distance Between Us (Nils Frahm Remix)
  3. Explosions in the Sky - Human Qualities
  4. Explosions in the Sky - Postcard from 1952
  5. Jonsi - We Bought a Zoo
  6. Azure Ray - Silverlake
  7. Bon Iver - Holocene
  8. Bon Iver - Perth
  9. Bon Iver - Michicant
  10. Bon Iver - Calgary
  11. Radiohead - The Daily Mail
  12. Band of Horses - The First Song
  13. Lights Out Asia - Except Europa
  14. Radiohead - Staircase
  15. M83 - Splendor