Monday Mixtape | More Than 50 Songs That Will Spark Joy

Welcome to another non-holiday, mid-month Monday in the drain-circling hellscape that passes for modern existence. In case you hadn’t noticed, actual non-ironic joy can sometimes be a little hard to come by these days. But I humbly suggest that even Marie Kondo at her most ruthless would have trouble whittling own today’s lineup of more than 50 singles, videos, cover tunes, remixes, golden oldies, unburied treasures and live performances ā€” most of which you won’t find anywhere else. Your Tinnitist-approved tracks are tagged with a ā­ļø. Light ā€™em up, Marie:

 


ā­ļø ON REPEAT

Black Magic Six | Black Cloud Descending


Earth, Kiss, and Fire | I Was Made for Boogie Wonderland


Lucid Grave | Old Spirit


Miles Kane | The Wonder


Rose City Band | Empty Bottles + Ramblinā€™ With The Day + Rabbit + Mariposa


Neal Morse | Like A Wall


The Jacksons | Shake Your Body (Live On The Midnight Special)


The 5th Dimension | Up, Up & Away (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show)


Boygenius | Stay Down, Man + Not Strong Enough + Cool About It


Kill Lincoln | Dad Fight


Cheap Trick | Elements of Dream Police


The Harlem Gospel Travelers | God’s Been Good To Me


Move BHC | Imperialist Reign


POP, ROCK + MORE HOOKINESS

ā­ļø Breanna Barbara | Diamond Light (Live)


ā­ļø Trippin’dog | Trader’s Nightmare


James Arthur | A Year Ago


Children Of The SĆ¼n | Come With Us


Dramalove | Diamanti


MĆ„neskin | Timezone


Kash Kaaria, Ndovu Kuu | Si Unipende


Mister Co. | Don’t Talk About It


The Americans | When You Get Back


METAL, PUNK + MORE LOUDNESS

ā­ļø Deaf Rat | Schizophrenic Part Of Me


ā­ļø Metallica | Whiskey In The Jar (Castle Donington, England – June 10, 2023)


Tangled Thoughts of Leaving | Bush Wallaby


Pyrotechnica | For Love


Of Vitrue | Cut Me Open


Onheil | In Black Ashes


ā­ļø ƅskvƤder | Turn The Tide


Ofnus | Fading Dreams


ā­ļø Alienator | Senseless Violence


Dead Alright | Groundhog Day


Godthrymm | Echoes


RAP, R&B, REGGAE + MORE GROOVINESS

Jme | Daily Duppy


Ras Sherby | Get Ready


Michael Love Michael | Death Row


ā­ļø Big Freedia | El NiƱo (ft. Lil Wayne and Boyfriend)


Cool Affair | Uyangi’gulisa (ft.Tswyza)


Brontez Purnell | Girl From Ghost Town


SYNTH-POP, ELECTRONICA + MORE SLEEKNESS

M. Rider | Little Things


Saint Sorrow | Eclipse Express


FOLK, COUNTRY + MORE EARTHINESS

ā­ļø Jay Gavin | Lost In Austin


Al Qahwa | The Sky is Falling (ft. Maryem Tollar)


Parchman Prison Prayer | I Give Myself Away, So You Can Use Me


ā­ļø Churchwood | Moonshine Runner + Taking Care of My Home


JAZZ, CLASSICAL + MORE ARTSINESS

ā­ļø Laila Biali | All the Things You Are (ft. Larnell Lewis)


ā­ļø Tony Bennett | What The World Needs Now Is Love + I’ve Gotta Be Me + People (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show)


Flora Cash | The Builder (Fƶr J. Blom)


Sean Sever | Machina People