This playlist ends the weekend before a big moment for my oldest daughter and me as we head down to the Vancouver International Film Festival for a bunch of movies. That said, this marks the first break I’ve taken since bringing this new blog of daily song selections and I have to say, I went …
With a handful of days delay, I present to you another eclectic list of songs that made up a two-week period of my life and there is some interesting stuff to behold on it. I start by leaning into some classic hip hop with the Beasties and also the current leader of the genre in …
I feel almost apologetic every time I release these as, at first, I feel like I’m setting up a vibe but as the weeks progress, my feeling at the time changes and my days evolve to the point that I ruin the whole soul of what I was going for by including Catch Your Breath. …
I had a really great thing going on here, great vibes and nothing to displace the mood. Sure, we got a little rocky occasionally, but it was all heading in the right direction. That is until I had a hell of a day and the mood got dark. Really dark. So dark that Lamb Of …
Being a beginner to the real cohesion of playlists, doing them as a “day-by-day add to” list has sometimes worked out perfectly but other times, it has seemed like a mish-mash of crazy styles, tone shifts and jarring transitions. Well, this is probably a grouping of songs that belongs with the latter as I have …
I can not tell a lie about the latest playlist I’ve compiled over the last two weeks because the heaviness of it speaks for itself. I’ve got Aussie metalcore group Polaris and metal scene legends All That Remains in the first half and a pillar of heavy metal history to help close out the playlist. …
I have arrived at the dozen mark of playlists on my new journey and, aside from some melodic metal with beautiful vocals out of the Netherlands, I have none of those harsh guttural screams that can sometimes dispel the vibe. I have not one but two instrumental tracks on this, by two artists who specialize …
This week I have everyone faked out with some good classic tunes, some heavy guitars hidden within, but then I go full post hardcore at the end and ruin the entire vibe. This is the hazard of creating a playlist in a day by day master but, now five months into doing this, that’s a …
We’ve now arrived in the double digits of playlists and, yes, there are still some jarring shifts in tone here and there but some themes still break through here and there and this one is definitely no different. A couple things become noticeable and nostalgia is a glaring one as the list kicks off with …
It only took nine playlists to get to this point but I think I have finally made a playlist that is largely accessible and without any metal or hardcore rap to dispell any good energy I had earlier cultivated. Heck, this is a playlist my mom could listen to. Hear that, Mom! Just press play! …
Steve Stebbing 