Today’s playlist features a bunch of Vampire Weekend tunes, as the band’s Ezra Koenig turns 39 today.
My Top Songs Of 2022
Congratulations to Megan Thee Stallion, who has placed a song in my year end top five every year since 2019. Her “Her” is my number two song of ’22, kept from number one by Beyoncé, who guested on the remix of MTS’s “Savage,” my number 4 song of 2020. 2022 was a year that left me wanting, so my top 100 has 92 songs. Here they are:
- BREAK MY SOUL – Beyoncé
- Her – Megan Thee Stallion
- About Damn Time – Lizzo
- As It Was – Harry Styles
- This Hell – Rina Sawayama
- Coconuts – Kim Petras
- Goodbye Mr. Blue – Father John Misty
- Wild – Spoon
- Sacrifice – The Weeknd
- All the Good Times – Angel Olsen
- BILLIE EILISH. – Armani White
- Measure of a Man – FKA twigs feat. Central Cee
- Meet Me at Our Spot – THE ANXIETY, WILLOW & Tyler Cole
- Burning – the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- CUFF IT – Beyoncé
- TV – Billie Eilish
- If I Was a Cowboy – Miranda Lambert
- Mistakes – Sharon Van Etten
- I Hate U – SZA
- Simulation Swarm – Big Thief
- Big Energy – Latto
- The Smoke – The Smile
- Bad Habit – Steve Lacy
- Boyfriend – Dove Cameron
- Hideous – Oliver Sim feat. Jimmy Somerville
- Gasoline – The Weeknd
- edamame – bbno$ feat. Rich Brown
- Lift Me Up – Rihanna
- Slide Tackle – Japanese Breakfast
- Don’t Let the Light Go Out – Panic! At the Disco
- MORE – j-hope
- Pressurelicious – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Future
- MAGIC – Vince Staples and Mustard
- Late Night Talking – Harry Styles
- Once Twice Melody – Beach House
- Edge of the Edge – Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
- Music for a Sushi Restaurant – Harry Styles
- Out of Time – The Weeknd
- Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) – Bruce Springsteen
- Another day in America – Kali Uchis & Ozuna
- Out of My Head – First Aid Kit
- Lost Track – HAIM
- Tonight – Phoenix feat. Ezra Koenig
- Beach House – Carly Ray Jepsen
- Tomorrow – Waxahatchee
- Funny Girl – Father John Misty
- Softly – Arlo Parks
- EDGING – Blink-182
- Cash In, Cash Out – Pharrell Williams feat. 21 Savage & Tyler, The Creator
- Falling Apart (Right Now) – Wilco
- Father Time – Kendrick Lamar feat. Sampha
- camera roll – Kacey Musgraves
- My Babe – Spoon
- Popular – M.I.A.
- Silent Hill – Kendrick Lamar with Kodak Black
- The Lightning – Arcade Fire
- The 30th – Billie Eilish
- The Curse of the Blackened Eye – Orville Peck
- Fractals – Beth Orton
- Should’ve Been Me – Mitski
- Ur Mum – Wet Leg
- Catch Me in the Air – Rina Sawayama
- new body rhumba – LCD Soundsystem
- Megan’s Piano – Megan Thee Stallion
- Sweetest Pie – Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa
- Die Hard – Kendrick Lamar feat. Blxst and Amanda Reifer
- The Ick – Panic Shack
- Get Inspired – Genesis Owusu
- Cheat Codes – Danger Mouse & Black Thought
- Postman – Toro y Moi
- The Only Heartbreaker – Mitski
- hollaback bitch – Mura Masa with Channel Tres & Shygirl
- Male Fantasy – Billie Eilish
- Stay Soft – Mitski
- Fruit – Oliver Sim
- Run the Credits – Oliver Sim
- B-Side – Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
- Down – Hot Chip
- Can I Get It – Adele
- No Decent Shoes for Rain – Dry Cleaning
- Unconditional I – Arcade Fire
- Fleez – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- N95 – Kendrick Lamar
- Angelica – Wet Leg
- Rich Spirit – Kendrick Lamar
- 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) – Lizzo
- One Right Now – Post Malone with The Weeknd
- Bam Bam – Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran
- Love Me More – Mitski
- Change – The War on Drugs
- Strange – Miranda Lambert
- High Priestess – Santigold
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 9-24-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the September 24 birthdays of The Dixie Cups’ Rosa Lee Hawkins, Gerry & The Pacemakers’ Gerry Marsden, Shep & The Limelites/The Heartbeats’ Shep, Kreayshawn, The Muppets’ Jim Henson, Eagles of Death Metal’s Jesse Hughes, Linda McCartney, and Trinidad James; and the September 25 birthdays of Childish Gambino, Rosalía, T.I., Santigold, Womack & Womack’s Cecil Womack, Ween’s Dean Ween, The Fresh Prince, The Kendalls’ Royce Kendall, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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Throwback Thursday: 2008
Any year with Vampire Weekend, Adele, Kanye West, Radiohead, Britney Spears, R.E.M., The Ting Tings, Madonna, “Single Ladies,” “Paper Planes” and two songs named “Lollipop” can’t be that bad. Herewith are thirty music highlights of 2008.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (12-19-20)
Inspired by the season and the December 19 birthdays of Earth Wind & Fire’s Maurice White, Lady Sovereign, Phil Ochs, KajaGooGoo’s Limahl, Walter Murphy and Lenny White.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (11-15-20)
Inspired by November 15 birthdays of ABBA‘s Anni-Frid Lyngstad, The Drifters’ Clyde McPhatter, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, The Trammps’ Jimmy Ellis, Little Willie John, C.W. McCall, and Soul Survivors’ Richie Ingui.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (9-26-20)
Inspired by the September 26 birthdays of Olivia Newton-John, Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry, En Vogue’s Cindy Herron, Marty Robbins, Everything But the Girl’s Tracey Thorn, David Frizzell, Lynn Anderson, Nicki French, Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde’s Andre Harrell, Julie London and George Gershwin; and the September 25 birthdays of T.I., Santigold, The Fresh Prince, Childish Gambino, Cecil Womack and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (9-19-20)
Inspired by the September 19 birthdays of Chic’s Nile Rodgers, Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, Tegan and Sara, Mama Cass Elliot, The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley, Teddybears’ Patrik Arve, Skepta, Rex Smith, The Springfields’ Mike Hurst, Brook Benton, Lol Crème, Austin Roberts, Eamon, Marshall Jefferson, Adam West and Frances Farmer.