Weekend Mixtape (Side 2) | 168 Songs That Will Crush You Like A Bug

Sisyphus ain’t got nothing on me, baby. When I got up today, my in-box was a shitshow from the git-go — hundreds upon hundreds of Bandcamp Friday offerings and Christmas submissions in addition to the usual onslaught of new singles, videos, cover tunes and remixes, not to mention scores of new albums and EPs. Frankly, I was sorely tempted to just delete them all and take the day off. Instead, I girded my loins, mustered my reserves and pushed that monkeyloving rock all the way up and over that motherhumping hill. And along the way, I unearthed dozens of precious gems you won’t find anywhere else. You’re welcome. Your Tinnitist-approved numbers are fittingly flagged with a 🪨. Better get a move on — it’s a big sucker.

 


INDIE ROCK

23 | Ex Norwegian | Teen Bakery


24 | Hurray for the Riff Raff | Jupiter’s Dance


25 | The Ritualists | Baroque and Bleeding


26 | Tower Defense | In the City


27 | Hawksley Workman | Indie Rock Christmas


28 | Divided Heaven | Beginning Of The End


29 | Everything But The Everything | In Love… Again (ft. Golden Plates)


30+31 | Librarians With Hickeys | Jingle Jangle Heart + Listen, The Snow Is Falling


32 | Grandaddy | It was a Silent Night at least until Jeff Lynne arrived


INDIE POP

33 | LP | Conversation


34 | Lily Frost | Rock Me Baby


35 | The National | Somebody Desperate


36 | Monster Rally | Island Hopping


37 | Becoming Young | Stand Down (Reimagined)


38 | Beach Bunny | Christmas Caller


39 | Corvair | Under the Tree


40 | Hazel English | California Dreamin’


41 | State Space | Lanterns of Tomorrow


42 | Anika Pyle | The Way You Look At Me


43 | JPTR | Not The Same


44 | Mynameisblueskye | 33


🪨 45 | David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels | Winter Tragedy