Artist-Curated Playlists

“Needing to be fired up and comforted at the same time brought this playlist around. Its short but potent to me. It has some modern art and inspiration from legends like Kendrick and Atoms for Peace, while mixed with some good memories too.S. Marleys ""Hey Baby"" could play forever and ""Set Me Free"" by The Kinks just fn rocks while giving you a bearhug.” - Robert Wayne Davis (frontman; vocals and guitar)

I grew up on classical music, 80’s radio, and classic rock. Ive never been a fan of drama in my life, but I have always LOVED drama in music. I want music that elicits an emotional response, music that moves my body, puts me on the edge of my seat, stirs my rage, excites me, surrounds + encompasses me, asks something of me, takes me on a ride, or asks me to close my eyes and be fully present. I can’t have music on in the background while I am doing anything besides cooking or showering. Listening to music is a full body experience that pushes its way to the forefront of my awareness. Often even in movies or tv shows, if there’s a piece of music I really love playing in the background of a scene, I have to watch it multiple times because I completely miss the dialogue. Between this and spending so much time creating, rehearsing, or thinking about music, listening to it for pleasure isn’t historically something I’ve spent very much time doing. Working with my bandmate and artistic partner, Emilia Richeson, over the last year and a half has started shifting this relationship. She has SUCH GREAT TASTE in music and is incredibly skilled at crafting the ride I crave with her playlists for Pony Sweat - a fiercely non-competitive feminist dance aerobics practice geared towards eliciting those feelings of freedom so often only unearthed by bedroom dancing. I think this, combined with having birthed my first album has created space for more music in my life. So! Here are just a few of my greatest influences mixed with a few of my latest favorites. It’s a bit of a doozy, so settle in and get ready for the ride.

"Listening to an eclectic range of music has been a great way for me to spark fresh ideas. Theres so much music out there its hard to fit it all into genres and often the best songs dont fit into a category at all. The most important element is how the music makes you feel! The following playlist is a taste of the music I was listening to while recording Shapeshifter II: Outbreak that bends genres and feels good to me. Youll hear a soup of drum&bass, electronic, hip-hop, progressive-rock, and more that circles around the TAUK camp. Enjoy the ride!" - Alric “A.C.” Carter (keyboardist)

These songs will take you from zero to 100. The perfect group of tracks to listen to while you get ready to go out to the club.

This playlist consists of a wide range of bands and types of music, but mostly songs by current & active artists. When I look over it I realize a bunch of the songs are by bands PKP met and played with on tour and who we ended up loving. It feels nice to share memories with people whose music you love.

Woolworms third album, Awe, is coming out on Mint Records on November 8th, 2019. To hype the first single, Hold the Bow, the band put together a playlist of music that inspired the song and the album. The playlist covers brand new local bands from Vancouver, pals that the band has met across North America on tour, Mint Records label-mates and heroes and serves as a glimpse into the bands world.

Theres so many songs that shape the music we create, and its hard to put them together in a playlist that is under 50 songs. Its always all over the place. I actually had bandmates tell me my list had to be shorter than this. Hit me up for the extended playlist if you like. I also have four other playlists that the rest of our band members are happy to share with what theyre listening to right now. ~Eric Nordby

JR JRs Playlist

Tracks:

The Kinks- “Lola"

The Allman Brothers- “Melissa”

Dolly Parton- “Jolene”

The Beatles- “Julia”

Starship- “Sara”

Stephen malkmus- “Jenny and the ess-dog”

Weezer- “Buddy Holly”

OutKast- “Rosa parks”

Rolling Stones- “Angie”

JR JR- “Caroline”

The Allman Brothers- “Jessica”

The Beatles- “eleanore Rigby”

Counting Crows- “mr Jones”

Lou bega- “Mambo number 5”

The Police - “Roxanne"

This playlist was curated by Soft as Snow. Like what you hear? Subscribe to the playlist here, and check out their music here. And be sure to pick up their upcoming album, Deep Wave.Since its inception five years ago, the Houndstooth label has quickly emerged as one of the leading lights of progressive, experimental electronic music. From Marquis Hawkes to Guy Andrews, the musicians on the label have consistently privileged artistry and innovation, and they continue to push boundaries. The label also oversaw the emergence of immensely talented Call Super, who would go on to become one of this generations more acclaimed new electronic musicians. To celebrate five years releasing electronic music, Houndstooth are delighted to offer a free 15 track compilation Hound5tooth, available here.The Norwegian-born, Berlin-based duo Soft as Snow are one of the Houndstooth’s stand-out acts. Their sound mingles the more gothic-tinged edges of post-punk with liberal swaths of classic Detroit techno and a splash of glitch. The result is a sound that is foreboding and mercurial. The group recently got together to capture some of their favorite synth classics. The playlist is titled “Dark ‘80s Synth Pop,” though most of the tracks are taken from their contemporaries in the synth trenches.

L.A.-based artist Actually Huizenga is a natural-born provocateur, down to the name she’s given her band, Patriarchy. On their debut album, Asking for It, Huizenga howls over a jarring yet poppy mix of industrial and goth. Her perspective is fully rooted outside any box or system, as she plays with social constructs of faith and morality while successfully messing with our heads—all in good fun, and good music, of course. To complement her own provocative tales, she’s put together a mix just for us, one that’s as sinister as it is stimulating.Says Actually of the playlist: “Some sweet songs that are also sexy for when you bring someone special home.”