SUMMER MEGAMIX

Making "summery" playlists when most of what you listen to could be described as "summery" is both a blessing and a curse. Sure, you have loads to choose from, but perhaps too much. I found it impossible to narrow this down to a reasonable length (I aimed for 20 tracks) so here it is as a "summer megamix." A whole 2 hours and 46 minutes of groovy summery goodness, arranged in a somewhat flowing order. 

Tracks:

1. Girls - Morning Light
2. Splashh - All I Wanna Do
3. Palma Violets - Best Of Friends
4. Cults - I Can Hardly Make You Mine
5. Coves - Wake Up
6. Arctic Monkeys - The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
7. DIIV - Wait
8. Yuck - Middle Sea
9. Coves - Fall Out Of Love
10. SKATERS - I Wanna Dance (But I Don't Know How)
11. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold II
12. Drowners - Long Hair
13. Dom - Bowl Cut (ft. Madeline Follin of Cults)
14. Bully - Brainfreeze
15. Bleeding Knees Club - Teenage Girls
16. FIDLAR - No Waves
17. Wavves - Nodding Off (ft. Best Coast)
18. Yuck - Holing Out
19. Splashh - Need It
20. Twin Peaks - Stand In The Sand
21. Girls - Summertime
22. Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You
23. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - So Good At Being In Trouble
24. Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
25. JAWS - Gold
26. Slow Club - If We're Still Alive
27. FEMME - Fever Boy
28. Blood Orange - You're Not Good Enough
29. Solange - Losing You
30. Peace - Bloodshake
31. Dom - Living In America
32. Spector - Celestine
33. Girls - Hellhole Ratrace
34. Cajun Dance Party - Colourful Life
35. The Drums - Forever And Ever Amen
36. Foals - My Number
37. Metronomy - The Bay
38. Best Coast - Boyfriend
39. Sky Ferreira - Everything Is Embarrassing
40. Cults - Go Outside
41. The Horrors - Still Life
42. Temples - Colours To Life
43. Best Coast - The Only Place
44. Icona Pop - I Love It (ft. Charli XCX)
45. Ultraista - Bad Insect
46. Yuck - Shook Down

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Fifteen songs to make you want to punch yourself in the face

Songs that are so good you wanna rip your hair out: a playlist
You know when a song makes you angry for no reason other than because it's so good? Those pieces of audio that compel you to slam your head into your desk. Yes, those. Here are fifteen of them.

1. Arctic Monkeys - The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
2. Temples - Colours To Life
3. The Vaccines - All In White
4. Girls - Hellhole Ratrace
5. Foals - Inhaler
6. Blood Orange - Bad Girls
7. Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You
8. Tame Impala - Mind Mischief
9. The Horrors - Oceans Burning
10. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - So Good At Being In Trouble
11. The Drums - Forever And Ever Amen
12. DIIV - Wait
13. Palma Violets - Best Of Friends
14. The Killers - Mr Brightside
15. Spector - Upset Boulevard

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Seventeen songs to make you feel like you're in an American high school movie

I don't wanna go to school I don't wanna take the call: A playlist

There are the perfect walking songs, then there are the perfect walking into school/college songs. The ones that make you feel like you're in a stereotypical American high school movie or TV show, walking in slow motion through the doors and down the corridors. I have spent many months testing songs in this situation to bring you this definitive compilation of fabulous tracks. (I haven't really)
Stick these on when you're walking around school or college for maximum movie vibes.

Tracks:

1. The Strokes - You Only Live Once
2. The Orwells - Who Needs You
3. SKATERS - Are We Just Doomed?
4. DIIV - Follow
5. Splashh - Vacation
6. Swim Deep - Francisco
7. Dom - Living In America
8. Temples - Colours To Life
9. Cults - We've Got It
10. Girls - Honey Bunny
11. Mac Demarco - Ode To Viceroy
12. Drenge - Backwaters
13. Tame Impala - Mind Mischief
14. Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You
15. Solange - Losing You
16. Foals - Inhaler
17. Parquet Courts - He's Seeing Paths

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Look at us in New York City

Look at us in New York City: a playlist

I luuuuv New York. Even though I have never been there and it's my absolute dream to, it is one of my favourite cities, next to London, which luckily I don't live too far away from and can visit frequently. New York has thrown up a load of amazing bands and I decided to put together a collection of tracks from some cool bands / artists that are based in NYC. With some tracks about New York thrown in for good measure.

Did you know you can only have two tracks by the same artist or from the same album on 8tracks? I didn't until now.

Tracks:

1. The Strokes - New York City Cops
2. Parquet Courts - Master Of My Craft
3. SKATERS - I Wanna Dance (But I Don't Know How)
4. Drowners - Luv, Hold Me Down
5. Blood Orange - Bad Girls
6. Vampire Weekend - Diane Young
7. Cults - Go Outside
8. DIIV - Past Lives
9. The Drums - Forever And Ever Amen
10. SKATERS - Deadbolt
11. Blood Orange - I'm Sorry We Lied
12. The Strokes - Hard To Explain
13. Parquet Courts - Stoned And Starving
14. Christopher Owens - New York City
15. The Drums - Best Friend
16. DIIV - Wait

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