Been trying to curate seasonal/quarterly playlists of 100 songs each, just stuff I’ve been really enjoying lately, some of which might be thematically apropos but doesn’t really have to be. (Cover art here is by Beetlemoses.)

Apple Music link is included if you wanna shuffle, or just browse the track list below if you’re curious.

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/summer-2026/pl.u-9N91o1dT4a7131

Harry Belafonte – Jamaica Farewell
Danny and the Juniors – At the Hop
Ronettes – Be My Baby
Aretha Franklin – I Say a Little Prayer
Kinks – Love Me Till the Sun Shines
Harry Nilsson – Ten Little Indians
Equals – Bad Boy
Byrds – Chestnut Mare
Pharoah Sanders – Thembi
Rolling Stones – Sway
Led Zeppelin – Boogie with Stu
John Prine – Fish & Whistle
Ian Dury – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Lou Reed – Real Good Time Together
Village People – I Wanna Shake Your Hand

Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays
Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
David Bowie – Teenage Wildlife
Clash – Lose This Skin
Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
Daniel Johnston – Keep Punching Joe
Violent Femmes – Never Tell
Jam – Town Called Malice
Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
Tears for Fears – Shout
Waterboys – The Whole of the Moon
Smiths – Ask
New Order – Weirdo
Pet Shop Boys – Two Divided by Zero
Run-DMC – Darryl and Joe

Christian Death – Jezebel’s Tribulations
Carly Simon – Let the River Run
Mary Margaret O’Hara – Anew Day
Blue Nile – Headlights on the Parade
Fine Young Cannibals – Don’t Look Back
Dead Milkmen – In Praise of Sha Na Na
Alice Cooper – Hey Stoopid
Judas Priest – A Touch of Evil
Leonard Cohen – Democracy
Unrest – Suki
Geto Boys – Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta
Tribe Called Quest – We Can Get Down
Cenobites – Kick a Dope Verse
Sade – Kiss of Life

Silver Jews – Trains Across the Sea
Cows – Heave Ho
Ween – Joppa Road
Magnetic Fields – All the Umbrellas in London
Swans – Volcano
Earth – High Command
Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand
Third Eye Blind – Jumper
Chumbawamba – Tubthumping
Bloodhound Gang – Mope
Aquabats! – Lovers of Loving Love
Viktor Vaughn – Change the Beat
Black Star – Thieves in the Night
Death Cab for Cutie – Company Calls
Deep Blue Something – Done
Dashboard Confessional – This Is a Forgery

Reindeer Section – You Are My Joy
Archive – Fuck U
Chemical Brothers – The Test
Animal Collective – Grass
I’m from Barcelona – We’re from Barcelona
Jaga Jazzist – Stardust Hotel
Amadou & Mariam – Politic Amagni
Wolf Parade – I’ll Believe in Anything
Killers – Somebody Told Me
Roots – Long Time
Islands – Humans
MGMT – Electric Feel
Tune-Yards – Killa
Tallest Man on Earth – I Won’t Be Found
Ramshackle Glory – Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist

Mountain Goats – Birth of Serpents
Tim & Eric – Sports!
Bleachers – Shadow
Chance the Rapper – Cocoa Butter Kisses
fun. – Some Nights
War on Drugs – Disappearing
Kendrick Lamar – i
Jason Derulo – Want to Want Me
Lil Yachty – Minnesota
BROCKHAMPTON – QUEER
Seven Lions – Leaving Earth
Public Service Broadcasting – The Pit
Alex G – Sugarhouse
Jaden – Summertime in Paris
clipping. – Enlacing

Mitch Miller – The Yellow Rose of Texas
Bud Shank – Blue Jay Way
Boney M. – Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Social Distortion – Ring of Fire
Stevie Wonder – Redemption Song
Ramones – I Don’t Want to Grow Up
Mates of State – Sleep the Clock Around
Deftones – No Ordinary Love
Jay-Z and the Roots – Girls, Girls, Girls (Live)
John Denver – Summer (Live)