Help me fill out this playlist
April 21, 2018 9:00 AM   Subscribe

My musical knowledge is extremely limited, but I've put together a small playlist that I think has some coherence. I'd love suggestions on specific songs I could add to it that would fit in well. A YouTube playlist with all of these songs is available here, and a list of each song is inside. Thanks!

Seven Nation Army - White Strips
Last Nite - The Strokes
Walking Lightly - Junip
Rise to the Sun - Alabama Shakes
Energy - The Apples in Stereo
Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Tongue Tied - Grouplove
Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men
Trouble - Cage the Elephant
Good People - Jack Johnson
Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
Wome with Me Now - Kongos
Electric Love - Børns
Wish I Knew You - The Revivalists
Ain't No Rest for the Wicked - Cage the Elephant
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
Spirits - The Strumbellas
Kids - MGMT
Float On - Modest Mouse
We Don't Know - The Strumbellas
Stolen Dance - Milky Chance
posted by DavidNYC to Media & Arts (12 answers total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
Definitely needs Elephant by Tame Impala.
posted by saladin at 9:03 AM on April 21, 2018 [2 favorites]


I'd add:

What You Know - Two Door Cinema Club
Take a Walk - Passion Pit
Cold Cold Man - Saint Motel
posted by Pandora Kouti at 9:20 AM on April 21, 2018


Could also maybe use Roscoe by Midlake. And in that vein, maybe Ride the Slide by Elk City?
posted by saladin at 9:32 AM on April 21, 2018 [1 favorite]




The Rat - The Walkmen
Mistaken For Strangers - The National
So Far We Are - The French Kicks
Back In Town - Sound Team
Climb - Mos Def
Next To You - The Police
Paper Planes - M.I.A.
Fly Boy Blue / Lunette - Elbow
posted by eustacescrubb at 2:07 PM on April 21, 2018


Behind Closed Doors - The Strypes
Curse Me Good - The Heavy
posted by lyssabee at 2:18 PM on April 21, 2018


Just a thought, but you might end your mix with a cover of Seven Nation Army. I really like the version by French singer Ben L'Oncle Soul.
posted by baseballpajamas at 2:22 PM on April 21, 2018


Response by poster: Thanks for all the great suggestions so far! Out of curiosity, is there any particular way in which you might describe this sort of music?
posted by DavidNYC at 2:29 PM on April 21, 2018


I'd describe (most of) them as secular hymns—something that can always drag you out of despair. I don't think that'll help you much as a search term to find more music like this, but it might. It's not a new idea.
A few of my favorite secular hymns:

El Guincho - Bombay
Billy Cobham, Alfonso Johnson, et al - Bahama Mama
Mermen - Unto the Resplendent
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Van Morrison - Redwood Tree

Yeah, I'm old.
posted by bricoleur at 5:46 PM on April 21, 2018 [1 favorite]


If you're looking for a searchable genre name, I think these mostly fall under the "indie pop" range, though there's probably a more focused subgenre name for these songs.
posted by Pandora Kouti at 7:05 PM on April 21, 2018


One of my favorite things to do is to go on allmusic.com and explore what stylistic check-boxes the reviewer has ticked. What I see songs like being classified under: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Garage Rock Revival; moods: Exuberant, Ambitious, Confrontational, Cathartic, Searching, and Visceral. Try the song "way it goes" by Hippo Campus! I'll double back later with some suggestions :)
posted by a good beginning at 11:53 AM on April 22, 2018


Just thought of a few more possibilities:

Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups
Maps - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Say it Ain't So - Weezer
How Simple - Hop Along
posted by saladin at 2:32 PM on April 26, 2018


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