It is with great sadness, yet much pride, that I’ve retired the addition of songs to the infamous “Random Musings” spotify playlist. 432 songs, 35 hours and 33 minutes of music later, it’s still a go to for any party, chill out sesh, bike ride…You name it.

BUT…When one door closes, another one opens. And that door is “Indian Summer”. It’s currently sits at 15 songs at just under an hour, but will serve as this quarter’s progressive playlist for Everything Ecstatic. Peep it below, press play, subscribe to it and follow along. Also see further down for a quick breakdown of the first slew of songs on the list and discover some new artists!

Young Galaxy – “Hard To Tell” – An absolutely infectious track from the Montreal-based Young Galaxy.

Gold Panda – “Reprise” – Perfect in every way. My favorite cut off of Gold Panda’s 2013 release Half Of Where You Live (on Ghostly)

Tennis – “I’m Callin'” – The Madonna-sounding single off of Tennis’ new LP, Ritual In Repeat. (Peep my review of the album in Paste Magazine).

TV on the Radio – “Mercy” – Hoping this track ends up on TVOTR’s upcoming album.

Kelela – “Bank Head” – Part of the revolutionary female-fronted electro r&b wave.

Jungle – “Julia” – Jungle will be  on repeat at my next BBQ.

ODESZA – “Say My Name (feat. Zyra)” – My song of the summer. Get on ODESZA’s new album, In Return NOW!

Ibeyi – “River” – These French/Cuban twins are on XL Recordings. Very awesome.

Avi Buffalo – “Overwhelmed With Pride” – Saw him open for Owen Pallett last week. The new album is smooth.

Slow Magic – “Waited 4 U” – Get your dancy vibes going. Slow Magic is very mysterious….

Bear In Heaven – “If I Were To Lie” – Love their new record. killer Brooklyn band.

SBTRKT – “New Dorp, New York (feat. Ezra Koenig)” – This is a game-changing collaboration. More to come on SBTRKT, but if you’ve already been following along on EE, we’re all over this record. 

ODESZA – “It’s Only (feat. Zyra)” – ODESZA and Zyra again. Yearning to learn more about this wonderful vocalist.

The Juan MacLean – “Charlotte” – An electro throwback track, the way only a DFA artist can do it.

Flying Lotus – “Never Catch Me” – It’s laughable how amazing this collab is. Saw this track premiered live at FYF Fest and it was released to HIGH praise and rightfully so.

and get on this ODEZSA album! Seriously.

Almost two years to the day following 2012’s debut LP Summer’s Gone, Odesza released In Return.  The electronic production duo from Seattle gained notoriety by opening on tour for Pretty Lights and a had a handsome amount of viral success thereafter.

But their beats are more accessible than Pretty Lights…there’s a certain smooth and uplifting quality to their music. Where Summer’s Gone was largely a chill-out electronica record, In Return  evokes shades of a successful contemporary like Flume, but not as hard.

On one of the album’s early released tracks, “Say My Name” (feat Zyra), they masterfully incorporate the vocalist into a track that’s both danceable and relaxing. It’s the kind of production that seemingly understands precisely the state of electronic music today, it’s prevalent styles and nuances.

It’s a beautiful record. Click the title below to hear it and see them on tour. 

Karen O dropped her new album Crush Songs, which she apparently wrote sometime around 2007 after the Yeah Yeah Yeahs made Show Your Bones. 

The album sounds like a solo ukelele session with a slew of songs that are akin to 2013’s “The Moon Song” off of the Her soundtrack… A song which REALLY should’ve won the Oscar for Best Song over that Idina Menzel track from Frozen. At any rate, if you like (love) Karen O, then Crush Songs is for you. Hear it here via NPR First Listen. 

The 3rd track off of SBTRKT’s upcoming Wonder Where We Land is out and it features Atlanta MC/producer Raury. It’s a spacey beat, littered with effects as Raury silky voice raps over it and punctuates on a soulful chorus.