ADDITIONAL AUDIO / PURCHASE LINKS FOR ALL SONGS

1. Cosmic Leash

2. This Is A Photograph

3. Drugs or People

4. Toy Gun

5. All I See

6. My PG County Summer

7. Beginner’s Luck

8. Cafe Banane

9. The Yips

10. Supernovae

11. Disaster Master

12. Shortstop

13. The Crown

14. Achtung

15. Drag [Crashed]

16. Colt

17. Foreign Land

18. 18

19. Cynic’s Song

20. One Last Trip Around The Sun

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1 | “labor” | Paris Paloma

2 | “Nothing Matters” | The Last Dinner Party

3 | “Lonely Lust” | Lady Lamb

4 | “Must Be Tears” | Lael Neale

5 | “The Fooler” | Nick Waterhouse

6 | “Wearing Blue” | Wild Child

7 | “Boat” | Ed Sheeran

8 | “She Smoked In The House” | Brandy Clark

9 | “The Feast of Saint Valentine” | Natalie Merhant

10 | “Once Upon A Poolside” | The National featuring Sufjan Stevens

VENTIPOP IS NOW ON SUBSTACK - EVERY FRIDAY 5 FAVORITE SONGS, NEW ALBUMS & A LOOK BACK AT MUSIC HISTORY

11 | “Wayfaring Stranger” | The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square & The Piano Guys

12 | “Peeve” | Katie Gately

13 | “MOTTO” | NF

14 | “Really Cute” | Your Best Nightmare

15 | “Wet Widow” | Bees In A Bottle

16 | “Salad” | Blondshell

17 | “Martyr Moves” | Feist

18 | “Now It’s On” | Spanish Love Songs

19 | “Beautiful View” | Hannah Georgas

20 |“Howl” | Katie Gately

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1 | “Dummy” | Portugal. The Man

2 | “Time To Pretend” | Charlie Hickey

3 | “My Favourite Stranger” | Depeche Mode

4 | “Scale” | Katie Gately

5 | “Where Do I Go From Here?” | Caroline Rose

6 | “Broke Scene” | Gordi

7 | “(No) Comment” | Nick Waterhouse

8 | “Lethal Love” | Eilen Jewell

9 | “What I Lost” | Cowboy Junkies

10 | “Middle of the Morning” | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

11 | “Samalaman Bay” | Roo Panes

12 | “Whore” | mehro

13 | “On A Beach” | Hayden & Feist

14 | “So Far Apart” | Parker Millsap

15 | “We’re In Love” | boygenius (Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers)

16 | “Star Shine” | The Milk Carton Kids

17 | “Grand Junction” | The Hold Steady

18 | “Hunter” | Jess Williamson

19 | “The Kiss” | Caroline Rose

20 |“Borrow Trouble” | Feist

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1 | “Miami” | Caroline Rose

2 | “Capital Karma” | Manchester Orchestra

3 | “Lazy River” | Aisha Badru

4 | “Younger & Dumber” | Indigo De Souza

5 | “Nothing To See” | Miya Folick

6 | “Pineapple Pizza” | Little Hurt

7 | “Pressure Cooker” | Dazy, Militarie Gun & Mannequin Pussy

8 | “Polychrome” | Unloved

9 | “Pourquoi faire aujoird’hui (remix)” | Poirer & Lisa LeBlanc

10 | “Forget the Middle” | deadmen & Emily Wells

11 | “Black Leaves” | KIRBY

12 | “Papa Took My Totems” | Cat Clyde

13 | “Opening Night” | Scowl

14 | “Looking Glass” | Death and Vanilla

15 | “The Doldrums” | Caroline Rose

16 | “Pepper (accoustic)” | Death Cab for Cutie

17 | “What I’m Missing” | Gracie Horse

18 | “Once Upon A Time In Montreal” | Murray A. Lightburn

19 | “Ordinary” | Miya Folick

20 |“Old Note” | Lisa O’Neill

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This playlist is what it’s all about for Ventipop. Ventipop's 100 songs of 2022 playlist is the culmination of hour upon hour of listening to music over the past twelve months. I never stop searching for my next favorite song. These are the tracks I kept coming back to the most all year long. Definitely, not the songs on all the other site’s year-end lists, which is why I created Ventipop. Enjoy and thanks for supporting Ventipop.

Ventipop’s Favorite 100 Songs of 2022 proudly features the following musicians:

Big Thief, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Dave Groh, Violet Grohl, Dan Romer, caroline, Saint Judas, Porridge Radio, Spanish Love Songs, Haunted Summer, Still Corners, Meskerem Mees, Future Islands, Hatchie, Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Glassio, Father John Misty, Bartees Strange, Anson Seabra, Regina Spektor, Phosphorescent, Florence + The Machine, Dawes, Danny Bensi, Prateek Kuhad, Ethel Cain, JAWNY, Beck, Caamp, Σtella, Redinho, Viagra Boys, NoSo, Dilettante, Dermot Kennedy, Noah Kahan, U.S. Girls, Tami Neilson, John Fullbright, Nick Waterhouse, Paris Paloma, Brimheim, Plains, Waxahatchie, Jess Williamson, Mary Fahl, Sam Burchfield, Death Cab for Cutie, Oliver Sim, Mexican Institute Of Sound, Shannen Moser, PJ Harvey, Tim Phillips, Ashley McBride, Aaron Raitiere, Sorry, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Knifeplay, Benjy Davis, Caylee Hammack, Brandy Clark, Pillbox Patti, Ellie Bleach, Maria Taylor, Bonny Light Horseman, Dream Wife, Bad Waitress, Cass McCombs, Weak Signal, Quasi, Paolo Nutini, Steady Holiday, Phoebe Bridgers, Paul Thomas Saunders, James Blake, Lissie, Carsie Blanton, Dilettante, Freja The Dragon, SSVU, Silversun Pickups, Butch Vig, Petey, Goodnight Texas, Curse of Lono, Wet Leg, Craig Finn, The A’s, dodie, Annie Hamilton, Hannes, waterbaby, Miya Folick, Violet Grohl, Lou Roy, Jayomi, Wallows and Jack White

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Ventipop’s Annual Top 100 Song Archive

Here are Ventipop’s favorite Instrumental tracks of 2022. Enjoy and thanks for supporting Ventipop.

Ventipop feels it’s important to give a platform to all instrumental artists. Some of my favorite new music each year are instrumental tracks. I feel oftentimes, words get in the way of my interpretation of a song. There’s nothing more beautiful than a perfectly constructed instrumental track. I’ve been curating a monster instrumental playlist for years. You can check it out here. But this playlist is a curation of my favorite instrumentals discovered over the past twelve months.

Ventipop’s Favorite Instrumental tracks of 2022 proudly features the following musicians:

Dan Romer, Cristobal Tapia De Veer, Max Richter, Elena Urioste, Lindsey Stirling, Danny Bensi, Sunglasses For Jaws, Σtella, Redinho, Charlie Gabriel, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Shoshana Michel, Dario Crisman, Jeff Russo, Alexandre Desplat, Via Mardot, Renaud Capucon, Parov Stelar Vallemarie, Yates McKendree, Die Sputniks, WOLF!, Scott Metzger, Takuya Kuroda, Grimy Styles, Federico Albanese, Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell, Wilson Trouve, Felix Mendelssohn, Danish String Quartet, David Myles, Rachel Portman, Raphaela Gromes, On Piano, Amaury Laurent Bernier, Julia Kent, Saunder Jurriaans, Giles Lamb, Rith Banney, Pablo de Sarasate, Hilary Hahn, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andres Orozco-Estrada, Dobrawa Czocher, The Greyboy Allstars, Polyrhythmics, Beats Antique, Rogue VHS, Sylvee & The Sea, Pieta Brown, John Convertino, Esmerine, Stimming x Lambert, Christopher Tin, Voces8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barnaby Smith, TEKE::TEKE, Yann Tiersen, Richard Houghten, Lettuce, Hagop Tchaparian, Hermanos Gutierrez, Mats Dernald, Konrad Olausson, Library Tapes, Elias Braun and Astrid Sky

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Ventipop’s Annual Instrumental Playlists

December 2022 Playlist featuring new songs by Cristobal Tapia De Veer, Lissie, Carsie Blanton, Dilettante, Freja The Dragon, Peter Bjorn and John, Josiah and the Bonnevilles, Pearla, Molly Payton, SSVU, Silversun Pickups, Butch Vig, Lecrae, Vistas, Petey, Sunglasses For Jaws, Max Styler, Notelle, Dobrawa Czocher, Elias Braun, Astrid Sky, Goodnight Texas, Florence + The Machine, Ethel Cain and Library Tapes

1 | “Renaissance (Main Title Theme) The White Lotus Season 2” | Cristobal Tapia De Veer

The hottest track at dance clubs and music festivals right now comes from a Canadian artist – and it’s not Kaytranada or deadmau5.

“Renaissance (Main Title Theme)” comes from Montreal’s Cristobal Tapia de Veer, who composed it for season two of the HBO series The White Lotus (available in Canada on Crave). It features the voice of Montreal's Stephanie Osorio holding a single note that Tapia de Veer sampled and played on a keyboard.

“It’s really unexpected,” Tapia de Veer, 49…continue reading…

2 | “Night Moves” | Lissie

This is track five from Lissie’s new record Carving Canyons and was the second single taken from the album.

3 | “Rich People” | Carsie Blanton

Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Inspired by artists including Nina Simone and John Prine, Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of moxie and mischief, bringing her audience together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for.

4 | “Keep Time” | Dilettante

'Dilettante' is an art-rock collective led by multi-instrumentalist Francesca Pidgeon and is based in Northern England. The group was born out of Francesca's fear of committing to a single line up, and is her rebound project after a long-term relationship with indie-jazz four piece ‘Kumiko’.

5 | “Closer” | Freja The Dragon, Peter Bjorn and John

Freja The Dragon is the alter ego of Stockholm native Freja Drakenberg. Since growing up, music has taken up most of her time and today she’s a skilled singer/songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. After graduating from The Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 2016, Freja started assisting Björn Yttling (Peter Bjorn and John, Lykke Li, Primal Scream) in the studio, which led her to join Peter Bjorn and John as percussionist, guitarist and vocalist on the band’s Breakin' Point world tour. When she came back home, Freja and Björn started experimenting in his studio, which led to the embryo of something new, something that would become Freja The Dragon.

6 | “Blood Moon” | Josiah and the Bonnevilles

Josiah Leming is folk singer/songwriter and his audience is the Bonnevilles. He’s back with another great record 2022 and “Blood Moon” is my favorite track.

7 | “With” | Pearla

Pearla’s music radiates with indiscriminate awe. Whether it’s the befuddling depths of nature or the profoundly strange spark of a dreaming mind—she takes it all as equal magic. Her debut album is populated by eccentric creatures and quixotic scenes, her takes on mortality, intimacy, and personal freeness glowing with an air of mystique. 'Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming' is a world unto itself and it’s out Feb 10th.

8 | “Ruins” | Molly Payton

New Zealand native, Moly Payton, is one of my favorite artists of ‘22. She’s been releasing new songs like the world’s about to burn since 2020. Maybe she’s onto something. “Ruins” is my favorite so far and the newest of the bunch.

9 | “David Lynch Has A Painting Made of Flies Eyes” | SSVU, Silversun Pickups, Butch Vig

Silversun Pickups have announced a digital release of their collaboration with producer and Garbage drummer Butch Vig, which was previously only available as a vinyl single for this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday. 

The project, dubbed SSVU, consists of two new songs titled “David Lynch Has a Painting Made of Flies Eyes” and “Suzanne Ciani.”

10 | “My Head Feels Strange” | Vistas

Scottish rock band Vistas new single ‘My Head Feels Strange’ is the third single off their new EP ‘The Beautiful Nothing’, out in early January.

11 | “Spread The Opps” | Lecrae

Lecrae Devaughn Moore (aka Lecrae) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record and film producer, record executive, actor, and entrepreneur.

The first single from Church Clothes 4, “Spread The Opps,” acknowledges the opposition and stands steadfast despite it. “I’ve been running for so long from the opposition. Since I was a kid, there were enemies, both physical and spiritual, that were trying to destroy me. I decided to stop running. This song, “Spread The Opps,” is me knowing that even in the valley of death, God is with me. He’s scattering the opposition.”

12 | “Move My Feet” | Max Styler, Notelle

“Move My Feet” is a collaboration between Californian artist Max Styler and previously featured Notelle. It’s a track rising up the electronic dance charts for apparent reasons.

13 | “Lean Into Life” | Petey

Peter Martin, known professionally as Petey, is a musician and social media personality from Detroit, Michigan.

14 | “Twister” | Carsie Blanton

Carson Amanda "Carsie" Blanton (born July 22, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter based in Philadelphia, who performs on guitar. Blanton has released eight studio albums and three EPs, all with a "pay what you please" pricing strategy. Blanton wrote "My true calling as an artist is to share…What I actually want to do is make beautiful music and then give it to everyone, regardless of what they give me back."

15 | “Cat Psychosis” | Sunglasses For Jaws

London duo Sunglasses For Jaws are back with another new stunning track titled “Cat Psychosis” .

16 | “Prayers” | Dobrawa Czocher

Polish cellist Dobrawa Czocher is back on Ventipop. Previously featured her songs “There Will Be Hope” and “Con Moto” with Hania Rani.

17 | “Southbound” | Elias Braun, Astrid Sky

A peaceful and calm piano tune for focus and concentration. A collaboration from Astrid Sky and Elias Braun called “Southbound”.

18 | “Jane, Come Down From Your Room” | Goodnight, Texas

Goodnight, Texas is a tough-to-define storytelling folk rock band whose strength lies in unexpected sweet spots. “Jane Come Down From Your Room” is actually a song I’ve been listening to since October of last year. I think I intentionally kept putting off featuring the track because oftentimes, it’s the songs I am considering that I listen to the most often.

19 | “Morning Elvis - Live At Denver Ball Arena” | Florence + The Machine, Ethel Cain

Florence and the Machine recruit rising singer-songwriter Ethel Cain for a new rendition of “Morning Elvis,” the closing track from the band’s 2022 LP. Cain’s AMERICAN TEENAGER is one of my favorite albums of the year. I’ve previously featured Cain several times this year.

20 |“Velvet Ice” | Library Tapes

Swedish minimalist composer David Wenngren specializes in soft, evocative miniatures and his beautiful “Velvet Ice” closes out the twenty song playlists on Ventipop for 2022.

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If you’re sick to death of hearing the same damn Christmas songs every year then you’re in luck. Ventipop has carefully curated two Christmas Playlists sure to cure those holiday blues. Well, at least one of them will.

Ventipop’s “Obscure Happy Christmas” playlist is for those listeners in a good mood, eagerly awaiting the holidays but wanting to hear something other than “Grandma Got Runover By A Reindeer” for the quadrilionth time. These are happy holiday songs, but maybe ones you haven’t heard before.

And then there’s the bizarro “Obscure Sad Christmas” playlist which is geared for those of us finding Christmas an overwhelming sad and oppressing time of year. A playlist for the dark days of Winter and searching for light, but also recognizing it’s fine to be sad. Follow both depending on your mood, you’re covered this holiday season.

November 2022 Playlist featuring new songs by Mhaol, Dream Wife, Bad Waitress, Cass McCombs, Weak Signal, Quasi, Pile, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Jam in the Van, Sway Wild, Daisy the Great, The Brevet, Paolo Nutini, First Aid Kit, Bonny Light Horseman, David Myles, Steady Holiday, Phoebe Bridgers, Wilson Trouvé, Paul Thomas Saunders, Cigarettes After Sex and James Blake

1 | “Asking For It” | M(h)aol

Ventipop previously featured M(h)aol back in October of 2021 - “Gender Studies”

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2 | “Leech” | Dream Wife

• Dream Wife

• London, England

• Previously featured on Ventipop: “Hasta La Vista” & “Sports!”

3 | “Racket Stimulator” | Bad Waitress

• Bad Waitress

• Toronto, Canada

• Previously featured on Ventipop: “Manners”

4 | “Vacation From Thought” | Cass McCombs & Weak Signal

• Cass McCombs

• Concord, California

5 | “Queen of Ears” | Quasi

• Quasi

• Portland, Oregon

6 | “Loops” | Pile

• Pile

• Nashville, TN by way of Boston, MA

• Probably your favorite bands favorite band

7 | “Your Man’s No Good” | Ghost Funk Orchestra

• Ghost Funk Orchestra

• New York, New York

• A mixture of psychedelic oddities, big horns, soulful vocals, and uncomfortable time signatures.

• New album A NEW KIND OF LOVE out now

8 | “Chimney Fire” | Sway Wild (with Jam in the Van)

• Sway Wild

• San Juan Island, Washington

9 | “Glitter” | Daisy the Great

• Daisy the Great

• Brooklyn, New York

• Previously featured on Ventipop: “Record Player”

10 | “Will You Wait” | The Brevet

• The Brevet

• Irvine, California

11 | “Through the Echoes” | Paolo Nutini

• Paolo Nutini

• Paisley, Scotland

12 | “The Last One” | First Aid Kit

• First Aid Kit

• Stockholm, Sweden

• Previously featured on Ventipop: “Fireworks”

• New album PALOMINO out now

13 | “Someone to Weep for Me” | Bonny Light Horseman

• Bonny Light Horseman

• American Folk Trio

• Previously Featured on Ventipop: “Deep In Love”, “California” & “Summer Dream”

• New album ROLLING GOLDEN HOLY out now

14 | “It’s Only a Little Loneliness” | David Myles

• David Myles

• Fredricton, Canada

• New album IT’S ONLY A LITTLE LONELINESS out now

15 | “Can’t Find A Way” | Steady Holiday

• Steady Holiday

• Los Angeles, California

• Previously featured on Ventipop: “Living Life” & “People Take Pictures of Each Other”

16 | “So Much Wine” | Phoebe Bridgers (covering The Handsome Family)

• Phoebe Bridgers

• Los Angeles, California

• Previously featured on Ventipop: “Walking On A String”, “Kyoto”, “ICU”, “I Know The End”, “Summer’s End”, “Nothing Else Matters”, “Silk Chiffon”, “Atlantis” & “That Funny Feeling”

17 | “In Memory of Rina Lukita” | Wilson Trouvé

• Wilson Trouvé

• Brussels, Belgium by way of France

18 | “Heartlands” | Paul Thomas Saunders

• Paul Thomas Saunders

• Leicester, United Kingdom

• Previously featured on Ventipop: “Cruel”

19 | “Pistol” | Cigarettes After Sex

• Cigarettes After Sex

• El Paso, Texas

• Previously featured on Ventipop: “Don’t Let Me Go”

20 | “Say What You Will” | James Blake

• James Blake

• London, England

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I receive a lot of solo piano submissions and have been collecting them into a single playlist for years. The piano is by far my favorite instrument, and I could very easily make every monthly twenty-song playlist all piano songs. Whenever I’m working and need to concentrate, this is the playlist I have on in the background. It helps me focus and calms me. I’m constantly adding to it as well. I hope it brings you some sort of peace in these hectic and chaotic times.

This playlist features these talented pianists: Lionel Scardino, Yvette Young, Jordane Tumarinson, Marcos Souza, Chris Boutilier, Marco Di Stefano, Hauschka, Marcelo Zallio, Dario Crisman, Laura Christie Wall, Carlos Cipa, David Fedele, The Yearning, Federico Truzzi, Davide Fasiello, Mari Kotskyy, Andy Tallent, Vittoriano di Grazia, Michael Neal, Reis Taylor Dixon, Billy Lockett, Vincenzo Crimaco, Elliott Jacques, Art Davis, Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Raffaele Grimaldi, Glenn Natale, Rachel Portman, Kendra Logozar, Eric D. Lawrence, Angela Tursi, Gustav Davidsson, Ryan Dugre, Charlie Fabien, Vaclav Benda, Noirepolde, Dominique Charpentier, Mason Stephenson, Wilson Trouve, Federico Squassabia, Moon Vs Sun, Eydis Evensen, Dustin O’Halloran, Hania Rani, James Batty, Ayane Yamazaki, On Piano, Elias Braun, Kirk Lightsey, Yann Tiersen, Carlos Hof, Elena Colominas, Snorri Sigfus Birgisson, Nora De Smet, Olafur Arnalds, Cara Rose, Pavel Fedorov, Sown, Sad Moses, One Horse Carousel, Joep Beving, Library Tapes, Henri Bentley, Abby Alan Anderson, Marcello Liverani, Sophie Hutchings, Ante Svircic, Ana Rebekah, Arash Sanee, Ryuichi Nakamura, James Hawken, Astrid Sky, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Bruce Liu, Federico Albanese, Erland Cooper, Amaury Laurent Bernier, Valentin Silvestrov, Alexi Lubimov, Vikingur Olafsson, Robert Schumann, James Hawken, Yiruma, Antonin Dvorak, Leif Ove Andsnes…so far…

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P!NK :: Artist Series 9

The Essential P!NK Songs

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October 2022 Playlist featuring new songs by PJ Harvey, John Fullbright, Ashley McBryde, Wet Leg, The Mountain Goats, Aaron Raitiere, Sorry, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Paul Thomas Saunders, Peter Gabriel, Allison Lorenzen, Knifeplay, Sylvee & the Sea, Pieta Brown, John Convertino, CARM, Benjy Davis, Big Joanie, Oliver Sim, Divorce, Caylee Hammack, Brandy Clark, Ellie Bleach, Maria Taylor and Bonny Light Horseman

1 | “Who By Fire” | PJ Harvey

BAD SISTERS ORIGINAL SERIES THEME ON APPLE TV

2 | “Bearden 1645” | John Fullbright

NEW ALBUM THE LIAR OUT NOW

3 | “Jesus Jenny” | Ashley McBryde & Aaron Raitiere

NEW ALBUM ASHLEY MCBRYDE PRESENTS: LINDEVILLE OUT NOW

4 | “Daisy” | Wet Leg

5 | “Make You Suffer” | The Mountain Goats

NEW ALBUM BLEED OUT AVAILABLE NOW

6 | “Willow Tree” | Sorry

NEW ALBUM ANYWHERE BUT HERE OUT NOW

7 | “Mars” | Yeah Yeah Yeahs

NEW ALBUM COOL IT DOWN OUT NOW

8 | “Cruel” | Paul Thomas Saunders

NEW ALBUM FIGURE IN A LANDSCAPE OUT NOW

9 | “Here It Is” | Peter Gabriel

NEW LEONARD COHEN TRIBUTE ALBUM OUT NOW

10 | “The Fourth Cycle | Allison Lorenzen

11 | “Promise” | Knifeplay

NEW RECORD ANIMAL DROWNING AVAILABLE NOW

12 | “Distillery” | Sylvee & The Sea, Pieta Brown, John Convertino & CARM

NEW RECORD THE LESS I NEEDED THE BETTER I FELT AVAILABLE NOW VIA RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS

13 | “Gospel Night At The Strip Club” | Ashley McBryde & Benjy Davis

NEW ALBUM ASHLEY MCBRYDE PRESENTS: LINDEVILLE OUT NOW

14 | “In My Arms” | Big Joanie

PREORDER THEIR NEW RECORD BACK HOME - AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 4, 2022

15 | “Romance With A Memory” | Oliver Sim

DEBUT SOLO ALBUM HIDEOUS BASTARD OUT NOW

16 | “Checking Out” | Divorce

4-track EP from Divorce, out digitally on December 2nd 2022 with vinyl arriving in Spring 2023

17 | “Bonfire At Tina’s” | Ashley McBryde, Caylee Hammack & Brandy Clark

NEW ALBUM ASHLEY MCBRYDE PRESENTS: LINDEVILLE OUT NOW

18 | “Tupperware Party” | Ellie Bleach

5-SONG EP NO ELEGANT WAY TO SELL OUT AVAILABLE NOW

19 | “Darby Jean” | Maria Taylor

20 | “Summer Dream” | Bonny Light Horseman

NEW BONNIE LIGHT HORSEMAN RECORD ROLLING GOLDEN HOLY AVAILABLE NOW

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September 2022 Playlist featuring new songs by Oliver Sim, Breanna Barbara, Mehro, Marlowe, L'Orange, Solemn Brigham, Grimy Styles, Mexican Institute of Sound, Sam Burchfield, Shannen Moser, Miya Folick, Bret McKenzie, Steady Holiday, Bedouine, Brimheim, Viagra Boys, Noah Kahan, Anna Tivel, Will Sheff, Laufey and Cassandra Jenkins.

1 | “Sensitive Child” | Oliver Sim

2 | “Landslide” | Breanna Barbara

3 | “pretty kids” | mehro

4 | “Past Life” | Marlowe, L’Orange, Solemn Brigham

5 | “Yi-Hao” | Grimy Styles

6 | “Duermete Mi Niña” | Mexican Institute of Sound

7 | “13 Banditos” | Sam Burchfield

8 | “Oh My God” | Shannen Moser

9 | “Bad Thing” | Miya Folick

10 | “This World” | Bret McKenzie

11 | “People Take Pictures of Each Other” | Steady Holiday & Bedouine

12 | “Fruit” | Oliver Sim

13 | “this weeks laundry” | Brimheim

14 | “Ain’t No Thief” | Viagra Boys

15 | “Sexy Ida (1974 Session)” | Blondie

16 | “cigarette holes” | Peter Raffoul

17 | “Northern Attitude” | Noah Kahan

18 | “Ruins” | Anna Tivel

19 | “In The Thick of It” | Will Sheff (featuring Cassandra Jenkins)

20 | “Night Light” | Laufey

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Ventipop’s favorite songs of August 2022 Playlist featuring: U.S. Girls, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Mellons, Voka Gentle, BELLS, Viagra Boys, Tami Neilson, John Fullbright, Nick Waterhouse, Paris Paloma, Brimheim, Plains, Waxahatchee, Jess Williamson, Sam Burchfield, Butch Walker, River Whyless, One Horse Carousel, Mary Fahl, Death Cab for Cutie, TEKE::TEKE and Eddie Berman

1 | “So Typically Now” | U.S. Girls

Toronto band U.S. Girls leads off this month’s playlist of Ventipop’s favorite new 20 songs. “So Typically Now” is an infectious, irresistible track.

2 | “Burning” | Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yeah Yeah Yeah….The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with a new album Cool It Down on September 30th. In the meantime, feast on this tasty appetizer “Burning”.

3 | “Hello, Sun” | The Mellons

Utah psych-pop quartet The Mellons sound just a tad bit like a little band from Liverpool on the track “Hello, Sun”

4 | “DREAD (Radio Edit)” | Voka Gentle, BELLS

London three-piece Voka Gentle – twins Ellie and Imogen Mason and William J. Stokes – present “DREAD”…a song that compels one to volksmarch through the streets of England.

5 | “Punk Rock Loser” | Viagra Boys

The Grooviest record of 2022 so far has to be Swedish rock outfit Viagra Boys’ Cave World. I featured “Big Boy” last month off that record and this month, it’s “Punk Rock Loser”.

Previously Featured on Ventipop: “Big Boy”

6 | “Ain’t My Job” | Tami Neilson

Ha-Ha-Ha-HA! Tami Neilson’s signature smirk-filled laugh is almost as recognizable at this point as her phenomenal voice. “Ain’t My Job” comes with a full order of attitude. It’s my favorite track off many fresh new favorites on her new record Kingmaker.

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Ten Tonne Truck”

7 | “Poster Child” | John Fullbright

Oklahoma artist John Fullbright hasn’t released an album since 2014. That’s way too long because he has one of my favorite voices around. Love, love, love his previous work. Now, he’s finally back with an excellent new track “Poster Child” from his upcoming album The Liar out September 30, 2022.

8 | “Monterey” | Nick Waterhouse

“Monterey” is a lost track recently released by California singer-songwriter Nick Waterhouse. I love the mellow jazzy suaveness of the track.

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Very Blue” and “Strike”

9 | “It’s Called: Freefall” | Paris Paloma

The first of 2 featured Paris Paloma songs…she’s fantastic.

10 | “can’t hate myself into a different shape” | Brimheim

Is “fragile grunge” a musical genre? Maybe Copenhagen artist Brimheim just created it on her new record can’t hate myself into a different shape. Listen to the title track featured here.

11 | “Problem With It” | Plains (Waxahatchee & Jess Williamson)

Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson have joined forced for a collaborative effort they’re calling Plains. If “Problem With It” is a sign of things to come, it only leaves me chanting more more more! We won’t have to wait too long. Plains debut album I Walked With You A Ways is due out October 14, 2022.

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Oxbow” and “Pictures of Flowers”

12 | “Scoundrel” | Sam Burchfield

Here’s the title track to South Carolina musician Sam Burchfield’s new album titled Scoundrel. Any song that finds room for Jon Snow and Jesus Christ in the same lyric deserves some recognition.

13 | “Holy Water Hangover” | Butch Walker

Butch Walker’s 2015 record Afraid of Ghosts is one of my all-time favorite records. The Georgia artist and former Marvelous 3 frontman is gearing up for the release of a new concept album at the end of August titled Glenn. “Holy Water Hangover” is an excellent first single.

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Almost Happy”

14 | “Michigan Cherry” | River Whyless

“Michigan Cherry” is my favorite track off the Asheville, NC folk-rock band River Whyless’ new record Monoflora

15 | “Lily’s Theme” | One Horse Carousel

I know nothing about this…uhm…I think it’s a band. But here’s the description on Bandcamp: “One Horse Carousel is an independent project dedicated the production of audial curios.” What I do know is I love their new record 3 Monkeys from top to bottom. Listen to the opening track “Lily’s Theme” here.

16 | “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head” | Mary Fahl

Mary Fahl’s voice first moved me when I heard her singing about “Ariel” with the band October Project. Then again, when she sang about “Going Home” on the Gods & Generals movie soundtrack. It’s a voice unlike any other and you know it’s her within the first few notes. Here she covers ELO on “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head”…and now I can’t either. Check out here new covers record by clicking on her pic above.

17 | “the fruits” | Paris Paloma

22-year-old UK singer-songwriter, Paris Paloma, might just be my next big thing…forget the music scene and focus on what’s important to me

18 | “Foxglove Through The Clearcut” | Death Cab for Cutie

I’ve loved Death Cab for Cutie since their inception in Washington state pre 2000. They are still innovating their asses off. Just check out one of their newest and most personal songs to date “Foxglove Through The Clearcut”

19 | “Visible Lights” | TEKE::TEKE

Yes, there is such a thing as a Canadian psychedelic rock band. A new track by TEKE::TEKE has surfaced titled “Visible Lights”

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Kala Kala”

20 | “Stay Dark” | Eddie Berman

California singer-songwriter Eddie Berman closes out the August playlist with an acoustic haunting track “Stay Dark”

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July 2022 Playlist featuring: Caamp, Sunglasses For Jaws, Σtella, Redinho, Viagra Boys, Jason Williamson, NoSo, Broken Bells, Rogue VHS, Dilettante, Arooj Aftab, Julia Kent, Rith Banney, Ethel Cain, Dermot Kennedy, Noah Kahan, Weezer, Automatic and Graveyard Club

1 | “Come With Me Now” | Caamp

2 | “Mount Vinicunca” | Sunglasses For Jaws

3 | “Another Nation” | Σtella

4 | “Big Boy” | Viagra Boys

5 | “Honey Understand” | NoSo

6 | “We’re Not In Orbit Yet” | Broken Bells

7 | “Constellar” | Rogue VHS

8 | “Monster” | Dilettante

9 | “Minimalaw” | Sunglasses For Jaws

10 | “Up and Away” | Σtella

11 | “Last Night” | Arooj Aftab

12 | “Salt Point (Rith Banney Rework)” | Julia Kent and Rith Banney

13 | “Gibson Girl” | Ethel Cain

14 | “Dreamer” | Dermot Kennedy

15 | “Stick Season” | Noah Kahan

16 | “Blue Like Jazz” | Weezer

17 | “New Beginning” | Automatic

18 | “Manéros” | Σtella

19 | “Suroor” | Arooj Aftab

20 | “Valens” | Graveyard Club

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CAKE :: Artist Series 8

The Essential CAKE Songs

June 2022 Playlist featuring: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, MUNA, Dehd, Cayucas, Drug Store Romeos, Belle and Sebastian, Prateek Kuhad, Ethel Cain, Max Richter, Porridge Radio, Angel Olsen, Caamp, Bonny Light Horseman, Kelly Clarkson, The Last Internationale, JAWNY, Beck, *repeat repeat and Gülşah Erol

1 | “Tokyo Vice Main Titles” | Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans

One of my favorite shows of the year also has one of the best soundtracks of the year.

2 | “Home By Now” | MUNA

3 | “Window” | Dehd

4 | “Topo Ride The Wave” | Cayucas

5 | “Wondrous Place” | Drug Store Romeos

6 | “A Bit of Previous” | Belle and Sebastian

7 | “Favorite Peeps” | Prateek Kuhad

8 | “American Teenager” | Ethel Cain

Ethel Cain’s record Preacher’s Daughter is one of my favorite albums of the year so far.

9 | “Summer 3 - 2022” | Max Richter

10 | “Flowers” | Porridge Radio

11 | “Go Home” | Angel Olsen

12 | “Lavender Girl” | Caamp

13 | “California” | Bonny Light Horseman

Bonny Light Horseman had my favorite album of 2020, and they recently announced a new album titled Rolling Golden Holy due October 7th.

14 | “Fake Plastic Trees” | Kelly Clarkson

15 | “1999” | Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans

16 | “1984” | The Last Internationale

17 | “Take It Back” | JAWNY featuring Beck

18 | “I Was Happy” | *repeat repeat

19 | “Love” | Gülşah Erol

20 | “A House In Nebraska” | Ethel Cain

I could have put every song from her new record on this playlist. Read the lyrics.

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1 | “What’s The Trick?” | Jack White

2 | “Up The Mountain” | Regina Spektor

3 | “The Weekend” | Glassio

4 | “Halloween” | Graveyard Club

5 | “Coyote (2015-2021)” | Teen Suicide

6 | “Bright Star” | Anaïs Mitchell

7 | “That’s What Makes The Jukebox Play” | Miranda Lambert

8 | “Homecoming” | Phosphorescent

9 | “Ramona” | The Coffis Brothers

10 | “It Ain’t Over” | The Black Keys

11 | “Uppercut” | Lou Roy

12 | “Free” | Florence + The Machine

13 | “Funny Girl” | Father John Misty

14 | “Era De Maggio” | Tommaso Moretti, Ben LaMar Gay

15 | “Perhaps You’ll Wonder Why” | Melody Gardot, Phillippe Powell

16 | “Fractals For Any Tonality” | Esmerine

17 | “Don’t Change” | Anouk

18 | “Someone Else’s Cafe/Doomscroller Tries To Relax” | Dawes

19 | “Pawnshop Dollar Bills” | The Dead Tongues

20 | “Leaving” | Mats Dernánd, Konrad Olausson

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Ventipop's 20 favorite new songs of May '22 featuring: Jack White, Regina Spektor, Glassio, Graveyard Club, Teen Suicide, Anaiis Mitchell, Miranda Lambert, Phosphorescent, Coffis Brothers, The Black Keys, Lou Roy, Florence + The Machine, Father John Misty, Tommaso Moretti, Esmerine, Melody Gardot, Anouk, Dawes, The Dead Tongues and Mats Dernand