Parsons Playlists: Tactile Illusions

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Esther (class of 2025) which explores musical textures.

Tactile Illusions

A jar of Skippy creamy peanut butter

Are you team creamy peanut butter or crunchy peanut butter? Just as food is textured, music is too! Here are some songs that I think are smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy.

D’Angelo – “Really Love”

Ari Lennox – “Backwood”

Raveena Aurora – “Salt Water”

Kaz Moon – “Furious”

Charlie Burg – “Avalanche”

Toro y Moi – “Ordinary Pleasure”

Dre’es – “Warm”

Health Club – “Way Too Long”

Lake Street Drive – “Hypotheticals”

Grover Washington – “Just the Two of Us”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZewxuotwTk4zuXJny119Yp9v&si=PQkxwYb1FNVuJd9g

Parsons Playlists: Indie Bookstore

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student assistant Christine (class of 2025) and features music you might encounter in an indie bookstore.

Indie Bookstore

This collection of songs makes me want to get lost in a bookstore and read for hours on end, probably with a cup of coffee and (hopefully?) petting the resident cat.

Bookstore shelves

The Paper Kites – “Renegade”

Radiohead – “High and Dry”

Soccer Mommy – “circle the drain”

Clairo – “Amoeba”

Charlie Burg – Bookstore Girl

Coldplay – “Don’t Panic”

Honeywater – “7 Hours Ago”

Phoebe Bridgers – “Kyoto”

Brandi Carlile (feat. Lucius) – “You and Me On the Rock”

Young the Giant – “Cough Syrup”

The Weepies – “World Spins Madly On”

The Paper Kites – “Woke Up From a Dream”

River Whyless – “Motel 6”

Coldplay – “Shiver”

The Weepies – “Gotta Have You”

Goo Goo Dolls – “Black Balloon”

Foo Fighters – “Ain’t It The Life”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zewuy3QJJ8c0jGnuH9IaTyih

Parsons Playlists: Free @ Last

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Danny (class of 2023) and features music that makes him feel good.

Free @ Last

Running kitten

The Killers – “Andy, You’re A Star”

LANY – “4EVER!”

Rex Orange County – “Keep It Up”

Pink Sweat$ – “I Feel Good”

The 1975 – “UGH!”

Ed Sheeran – “Happier”

The Brilliance – “Oh Dreamer”

Valley – “You”

The Bad Suns – “Life Was Easier When I Only Cared About Me”

The Raspberries – “I Saw The Light”

Kygo – “Woke Up In Love”

JVKE – “I Can’t Help It”

Charlie Burg – “Chicago (Take It Or Leave It)”

Lauv – “All 4 Nothing (I’m So In Love)”

Boy Pablo – “Be Mine”

Tom Jones – “You Can’t Stop Love”

The Summer Set – “Teenagers”

Harry Styles – “Late Night Talking”

Joshua Bassett – “Heaven Is You”

Ant Saunders – “Yellow Hearts”

JVKE – “This Is What Falling In Love Feels Like”

Clinton Kane – “I Guess I’m In Love”

Malia Civetz – “Champagne Clouds”

Andra Day – “Rise Up”

Dear Evan Hansen – “You Will Be Found”

The Script – “If You Could See Me Now”

Paul McCartney & Phoebe Bridgers – “Seize the Day”

Michael Bublé – “Feeling Good”

Ashe & FINNEAS – “Till Forever Falls Apart”

The Killers – “Joy Ride”

Fleetwood Mac – “Go Your Own Way”

The Partridge Family – “I Woke Up In Love This Morning”

Sleeping at Last – “Next To Me”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZeyG4_BWJ_3ZHXbBPtbBH8sG

Parsons Playlists: Sounds of Bedroom Pop

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist features a selection of bedroom pop tunes curated by Music Library student manager Christian (class of 2023).

This playlist features popular and obscure artists with a unique do-it-yourself sound.

Dayglow – “Can I Call You Tonight?”

MyKey – “Kneepads”

Still Woozy – “Kenny”

Yot Club – “YKWIM?”

Cavetown – “Boys Will Be Bugs”

Wallows featuring Clairo – “Are You Bored Yet?”

Sunflower – “Rex Orange County”

Boy Pablo – “Sick Feeling”

again&again – “eighty-five”

Bedroom Pop collage

khai dreams – “Lost in You”

NASAYA & Floyd Fuji – “JUNE”

Danny Dwyer – “Chinatown Market”

Abhi the Nomad – “Somebody to Love”

Sarcastic Sounds – “say goodbye”

Forrest. – “Backwards”

Grace Lee – “Heat Lightning”

Charlie Burg (feat. Bluets) – “Lovesong (The Way)”

khai dreams feat. Atwood – “All I Need”

MacLaine – “ALICE”

Here’s a link to the full playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZeyS3iWm8EQNgM_TJuJdBATT