Steel Wagstaff

Trying to do good things for good reasons

Tag: Spotify

Found Mixtape from 2008

For the next several weeks, I’m going to be posting a new mixtape each week. Most of these were CD mixes that I made at some point in the past half dozen or so years. I don’t remember the occasion for this one, but I made it some time during the first year or two…

October 8, 2014
100 Tracks [Best of September 2014]

Here’s a playlist of 100 songs I listened to and liked from the month of September. Some favorites from the month were Sarah Jaffe, The War on Drugs, Flume, Shad, Larry Gus’s Years Not Living, Eef Barzelay’s new Girls Come First EP, Snorri Helgason’s I’m Going to Put My Name On Your Door, Tamikrest’s Chatma, Hammock’s Oblivion Hymns, Bellows’…

October 3, 2014
Cedar Dance Parties [Second 50]

Most mornings, Cedar and I like to kick out the jams and dance it up. With special thanks to Bev Buretta, Nana C, Kevin Boettcher, Grandpa Bastian and others for sharing their suggestions, here are 50 songs we’ve recently listened to:

September 26, 2014
80 Songs [Best of August 2014]

Here are 80 songs that I listened to and liked in August 2014. Five plus hours of music. Very few artists with more than one track on this list–more akin to the old school mix tapes I used to make. Some favorites from the month: classic Louis Prima (listened to a lot with Cedar boy),…

September 6, 2014
175 Tracks [Best of July 2014]

July was a fantastic month for me, musically, by which I mean that I listened to a lot of great music. Some favorites from the month included Son Lux, Bahamas (Feist’s guitarist), Actual Wolf, Alex Bleeker & the Freaks, Sarah Jaffe’s Even Born Again, Laura Mvula’s Sing to the Moon, Glenn Jones’ My Garden State…

August 27, 2014
Cedar Dance Parties [First 50]

Just about every morning, while mom pumps, makes breakfast, and goes jogging, Cedar and I use part of our time together to kick out the jams and have a proper dance party. Some stuff he loves, some stuff he merely tolerates, but we always get his booty moving. Currently his favorite move is moving quickly…

July 25, 2014
50 Tracks [Best of June 2014]

Here are 50 songs that I listened to and liked in June 2014. Dug back into Aden (a fairly obscure band I liked as a freshman in college, and hadn’t listened to in more than a decade!–fronted by Phil Gramm’s son, no less), really enjoyed Julie Doiron’s So Many Days record and Mutual Benefit’s Love’s…

July 15, 2014
Best of April/May 2014

Here’s a 6+ hour playlist of songs I listened to and liked in April and May of 2014. Was on paternity leave for a big chunk of this time, getting to know a new being, and away from new music on my computer. It was so worth it. Favorites from this period included Clap! Clap!,…

July 8, 2014
100 Songs [Best of March 2014]

It’s been a while since I last posted (our son was born in March!), but I’m back with a hundred songs I listened to and liked in March 2014. A pretty good mix of longtime favorites like Advance Base, The Very Best, Here We Go Magic (Luke Temple), San Fermin, Angel Olson, Vance Joy, Nightmares…

April 16, 2014
100 Songs [Best of February 2014]

Here are 100 songs I listened to and liked in February 2014. A little less variety than in previous months, perhaps. Representing a few groups/albums pretty heavily. I was most excited about Beck’s new Morning Phase album, and also listened to a lot of Willy Mason, Paul Simon, Ana Tijoux, Luke Temple, Goldfrapp, J Roddy…

March 13, 2014
3 Hours [Best of January 2014]

In January I listened to a lot of new music. Most of the artists in this month’s playlist are represented by just one song, but some favorite records from the month included Rogue Wave’s Nightingale Floors album, and Simon White’s Silver Silver and Yakiimo albums. This playlist clocks in at just about 3 hours. Enjoy!

March 6, 2014
60 Tracks [Best of December 2013]

December of this past year was a mild one for me, musically. Not a lot of new discoveries, really, but I listened to a lot of old favorites: Andrew Bird, Damien Jurado, Bob Dylan, the Wainwrights.

February 27, 2014
100 Tracks [Best of November 2013]

Here are 100 tracks that I listened to and enjoyed in November 2013. I was into a lot of mellow, acoustic guitar music this month–lots of John Fahey and the Derek Trucks Band–things like that. I remember really enjoying Beth Orton’s Sugaring Season and Mason Jennings’ Always Been records, listening to a lot of Richard…

February 20, 2014
200 Track Supermix [Best of October 2013]

October was a good music month for me, and as evidence, I submit the following: 200 of my favorite songs from that month. Stuff I was really into in October: Advance Base (I totally fell in love with his A Shut In’s Prayer record), Tom Brosseau, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Matthew E. White’s…

February 13, 2014
75 More Songs [Best of August 2013]

Here are some songs I listened to and liked in August 2013. Heavy on Alexi Murdoch, Al Green, Emmy the Great, Guy Clark, Fiona Apple, The Lone Bellow, Sea Wolf, and Townes Van Zandt. Weird month–must have been because I was turning 31? In any case, Enjoy!

January 30, 2014
150 Tracks [Best of June 2013]

This is a bigger mix: 150 songs I listened to and liked in June 2013. Heavy on female singer-songwriters, I notice in hindsight. Tried not to put more than 3-4 songs from the same album in here, or half a dozen by the same artist. I remember being really into Blue Sky Black Death, Angel…

January 16, 2014
50 Tracks [Best of May 2013]

April had 100 tracks, and May had but 50. More time out of doors, perhaps? All the same, there are some lovelies in here. Fair amount of Bob Dylan, Sharon Van Etten, and Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Enjoy.

January 9, 2014
24-Hour MEGA MIX [Best of March 2013]

I listened to (and liked) a ton of music in March 2013, apparently. Turns out I’ve got a playlist of almost 24 hours of starred songs from that month, which makes it a perfect end of year-New Year’s mix. Going back through this playlist was an absolute (and often surprising) joy. It’s a pretty eclectic…

December 25, 2013
Spotify Series: Starred Songs, January-February 2013

This is the second of the starred song Spotify playlists that I’m sharing each week. These are all the songs that I starred in January and February of 2013 (the first two months of my current job!). 74 playable tracks (lasting about 4 and a half hours). Listening back through it, I’m feeling pretty happy…

December 11, 2013