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Setting the Summertime Sessions tone, after the break!
Greetings!
If you don't like J-Pop or J-Rock... please click away... now! But then you'll miss out on the 200+ tracks that run the musical spectrum wonderfully. Everything you could possibly want from a New Music Discovery Playlist is right here! So please stick with us...promise? You might find your next favorite artist(s)? Maybe?
If this track list feels all over the place, you'd be right! I spent so much time just letting the algorithm spin during the May evenings as I cooled down from the day job marathon sessions. I didn't really want to do much else besides listen to music non-stop in bed. The machine did a better job than I could hope as everything stayed in the genre pocket (mostly). Some genres... like Metal... were juicy than others.
That included trips down memory lane alongside our Spotify All-Time Playlist.
Our next "The Listened List" entry - Spring '26 - is looming after all. So of course I want to make it extra special! Only way that happens is if I lock in and listen (to everything!) I already know what will be changed & expanded within "The Listened List" going forward. These next eight relaxing weeks should allow me all the preparation time we need, BUT you'll get a few June Journals & Concert Showcase blurbs before any of that goes live at the end of the month.
If you thought last year's Summer Sessions were jam-packed... you haven't experienced anything yet! That Buzzing Sound has my (somewhat) full attention. Other include: my bed, TV, Nintendo Switch 2, & my eBay store. (#spoilers) However, all that's later. Right now... I just want you to sit back, relax, and enjoy our wonderfully random May 2026 Musical Time Capsule below.
More adventures coming sooner than you might think! See y'all then!
Monday Mixtape - May 2026
Track List:
- Charli xcx - SS26
- Mary Malu - Apple Red
- NIKA - Tightrope Breathin
- NOVAGLØW - REM
- Michele Lu - What A Bummer!
- JOSEPH - Sleeping with the Light On
- The Band Perry - Kill It
- Hurricane Wisdom - Barbie Doll
- Muse - Hexagons
- Ne-Yo - Ms. Tundra
- Future Islands - Cotton Flower
- Vince Staples - White Flag
- Against The Current - Dead Man Walking
- Stormzy - 24 Hours
- Miranda Lambert - Crisco
- Future - Game Time
- Tiësto - Don't Lose Your Head
- Latto - Hostage (feat. 21 Savage)
- Diplo - Would U Still Love Me (feat. Cameron Whitcomb)
- JasonMartin - You See What We On
- Freddie Gibbs - Immigrants
- Judah & the Lion - Maybe The Best Is Now
- Little Big Town - Over And Over
- Tove Styrke - Song and Dance Man
- Bella Kay - STOP
- Keith Urban - Steal Away
- YG - HOLLYWOOD
- The Mountain Goats - Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds
- Modest Mouse - Picking Dragons' Pockets
- Olivia Rodrigo - the cure
- Dan + Shay - Say So
- Blood Orange - Essex_Honey.mp3
- Mat Kearney - Big Man (ft. Steinza)
- YONA YONA WEEKENDERS - YOWANOTSUKI
- Big K.R.I.T. - Sunset Vet
- Mrs. GREEN APPLE - 風と町
- Bruno Mars - Lo Arriesgo Todo
- Nothing But Thieves - Evolution
- The Last Dinner Party - Big Dog
- Vaundy - kimagure
- Sukima Switch - トリオス
- れん - bubble days
- AiNA THE END - No Epilogue
- NELKE - Chapter
- SUPER BEAVER - クライマックス
- indigo la End - ワールプール
- Novel Core - 名前
- Hitsujibungaku - Dogs
- Breaking Benjamin - Something Wicked
- Reza Safinia - Kiss U on the Way - Main
- Jenevieve - Flight Risqué (feat. Freddie Gibbs & SALIMATA)
- The Get Alongs - Come On
- NESYA - PUT THE FRIES IN THE BAG.
- Ghinzu - Snow White
- Bosh Rothman - Joshua
- Converge - Slip the Noose
- The Chainsmokers - Echo
- Morat - Lo Poco Que Yo Quiero
- Noga Erez - I LOVE YOU (feat. Armani White)
- Kacey Musgraves - Back On The Wagon
- Gaeya - The Lucky Ones
- wesley david - Stop Sign
- Gracie Abrams - Hit the Wall
- DEAN - Aftertaste - Inspired by the Original Motion Picture K-POPS!
- Criteria - I am the End
- Landroid - Stay
- Mercy Land - All Forms of Violence
- CASANDRA - WANT VS NEED
- India Ramey - Cryin' In My Lingerie
- Zolita - Hell's Belles
- Ike Dweck - The End of Me
- laney lebo - Bitch
- Melanie Herrera - I Think I Lied
- New Constellations - Sun Chasing the Rain
- David Serby - Flight Path
- fashn - Continuation
- Kit Major - Miss Ego
- Molly Warburton - Shout Louder
- Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons
- of Montreal - Already Dreaming
- Post Sex Nachos - A Lot To Lose (feat. BAILEN)
- Five Door Sedan - Stay By My Side
- Danny Keane - Passing Time
- Gemma - Keepsake
- Waves Crashing - Feel The Glow
- Asha Banks - Too Busy Missing You
- A Box of Stars - Movies Later
- Pete B - Gravity
- Darren Day - Dyin' For The Summertime
- Jorja Smith - What's Done Is Done
- Bleachers - sideways
- Sparkle Blood - Restless
- THEATRE - Gaudete
- Cassius Wolf & Das Abs - Tell Me
- Lecx Stacy - Winter, A Wilted Flower
- Crimes of Passion - Sunny Day
- Harrison Rimmer - Better In Fiction
- White Flowers - Thinking of You
- Thomas Dollbaum - Visitation
- David Bird - Ambient Machine
- FIFTY FIFTY - STARSTRUCK
- Lawrence Kim - Best Western
- Russell Jamie Johnson - L.A.
- Dark Tropics - It All Leads Back To You
- Rosie Carney - but me
- Brother Bird - Chameleon
- Myra Lee - Dean
- STELLA LEFTY - Why Wouldn't We
- Diplo - Two Steppin’ (feat. Adrien Nunez)
- MUNA - Big Stick
- The War And Treaty - Don't Say Goodbye
- Chance Peña - The Voyager
- Josiah and the Bonnevilles - One Day at a Time
- Door d'Or - In the Radiance
- The Living Orchestra - Not Gonna Die Tonight
- Koyo - Barely Here
- Young Martyrs - Sugar On My Tongue
- Larlin - Sondheim
- Boys Noize - Shut It Down
- People I’ve Met - I want it I want it
- Hannah Scott - Sitting In The Dark
- Benton - Wanna Be Like You
- Dua Saleh - Keep Away (feat. Bon Iver)
- supermodel* - cherry garcia
- Sondre Lerche - Little Kids
- Silka Weil - Make Me Lose Control
- Bastion Rose - Break the Machine
- GREYLINE - Outside
- MOMO. - Canto de Aldeia
- Sarah Sharp - I Think It's Going To Rain Today
- CFCF - Bad Song
- Emma Ogier - Believing
- Jazmin Bean - Darling
- Widemouth - Raincoat
- The Get Alongs - Sunday Afternoon
- Elle Belle - Tell me I'll be Ok
- Queen Anne - Baby Girl (likes to lie)
- Terror/Cactus - Discoteca Fugitiva
- Gabrielle Cavassa - Bossy Nova
- Minyo Crusaders - Shigesa Bushi
- Lenka - Good Days
- VALÉ - Mugshot
- Chandler Leighton - Wasted Potential
- Eric Demuro - Ara Macao
- Slow Leaves - Tired
- Fantastic Negrito - Please Computer - Live from Brooklyn, New York
- DELTONA - Party's In The Back
- Nils Lassen - Under Your Spell
- Beck Zegans - Riddle
- Jorge Wilson - Falling In Love
- Autoignition - Buzzer Beater
- Aderyn - Cross Your Mind
- KNEECAP - Smugglers & Scholars (feat. Killer Mike)
- Good Teal - Company!
- Human Issue - In Flesh
- Margo Mann - Westgarth
- total tommy - Pretty Little Mouth
- BROCKHOFF - Front Row
- The Haunted Youth - emo song
- Pain Gain - The Fame
- Daisy the Great - Can I Have A Moment
- Ludwig Göransson - The Mandalorian and Grogu
- Arcade Fire - Quit Your Job Meditation
- Josh Groban - Unchained Melody
- Megan Moroney - I Only Miss You (feat. Ed Sheeran)
- Young the Giant - Ships Passing
- Skrilla - Free 40 (feat. Youngboy NeverBroke Again)
- Isaiah Rashad - HAPPY HOUR
- American Football - The One with the Piano
- DRAM - DREAM SHAKE
- Girls In Hawaii - Eldorado
- Bets - I'll Make You Mine
- Effie Zilch - Lover Boy
- Alicia Waller - Dream Song (For You)
- Billet Doux - Maybe Tokyo
- Rachel Lorin - Me + My Intrusive Thoughts
- Dea Doyle - Marina
- Fragile Animals - 4
- Iz Divine - Who Do You Think You Are
- DBA! - Falling out
- Labrinth - THE MOOD IS IN
- Doss - BIGFELLAFUNK
- thistle. - city, name
- Cigarettes @ Sunset - Appalachian Raised
- Cigarettes After Sex - Twizzler
- Santana - Mi Gran Amor
- The Upsides - Very Bad Kids
- obli - Simple Things
- Alaina May - Casual
- Melanie Herrera - Imposter
- Chloe Star - fairytale
- Jake Shimabukuro - Golden
- Miles Hewitt - Fortune and Her Orchestra
- Ricky Warwick - Fire & Vengeance
- CASTLEBEAT - Stay With Me
- i know her - At Least I Know How To Love
- ALT BLK ERA - Lost In The Back Of My Mind
- Will Swinton - Only One
- Mustard Service - Who Knew Your Body
- Lily Meola - Tumbleweeds and Chewing Gum
- Oddysseys - Shadow of a Sound
- Mazare - King For A Day
- Johanna Samuels - Circles
- Alessi Rose - Skin
- Unlettered - Before::After
- NOREA - Won't You Come Around
- Belle Chen - Breezy