Midweek Mixtape | 82 Songs To Get You Thinking And/Or Drinking (Side 2)

According to a theory I just came across online, Billy Joel’s signature song Piano Man actually takes place in a gay bar, only the title character doesn’t know it. Could it be true? Well, only Billy knows for sure, of course. But it does put a new spin on lyrics about Paul, “who never had time for a wife” and “Davy, who’s still in the Navy / and probably will be for life” — not to mention the whole “Man, what are you doing here?” thing. While you ponder that, here are 82 more singles, videos, cover tunes and remixes to get you thinking and/or drinking — including plenty you won’t find anywhere else. Today’s tastiest treats are flagged with a 🥨. This mixtape is makin’ me thirsty!

 


INDIE POP

20 | Jeanines | Any Day Now


21 | Down With Space | We Were Strangers


22 | Yony | The Only Naked Guy at the Party


23 | Girlpool | Dragging My Life Into a Dream


24 | Grace Ives | Loose


25 | Spirit Of The Beehive | Death


26 | Lina Maxine | Shall We?


27 | Grae | Forget You


28 | Erica Eso | Home Is A Glow


METAL, HARD ROCK + PROG

🥨 29 | E-L-R | Opiate the Sun


🥨 30 | Giant Walker | Left To Wreck


31 | Misaligned | Don’t Get Used To This


32 | Lords Of The Trident | Charlatan


33 | HammerFall | Brotherhood


34 | Dead End Finland | Northern Winds


35 | MFMB | Six-figure Income


36 | Gronibard | Fast Gays of Humanity


37 | Day of Departure | Ex Machina


GOTH, DARKWAVE + ELECTRO

38 | Tomorrow’s Rain | Fear (Live ft. Aaron)


39-41 | Staytus | Dreams From Hell + Hourglass + Part Of Me


42 | Lucrecia Dalt | Venutian Offspring