Playlists

The Bluetones Anniversary Jukebox

As you probably know from previous articles I've written, The Bluetones are celebrating their 20 year anniversary this year by touring the UK in September.  As a small tribute to one of my all-time favourite...

Piano Day Playlist

In case you missed it, last Sunday was Piano Day, an idea dreamed up by the supremely gifted Nils Frahm. It was a day for celebrating the grandest of all the instruments and also, it...

New music playlist 2015//13

'The new music playlist for week 13 covers another pretty fantastic week of new releases across the usual wide spectrum of styles and sounds: from electropop to indie rock, from electronica to freak folk, RRP...

Happiness is hard to pin down

Last Friday was International Day of Happiness. In case you missed it while you were doing your best to stay ahead in the nasty, brutish, but never quite short enough rat race I've put together...

New music playlist 2015//11

'The new music playlist for week 11 - another week of free downloads, new releases and album previews, from debutants and old hands alike.'

New music playlist 2015//10

The new music playlist seems to get better each week. Can this trend continue indefinitely? I'll be a quivering wreck by the end of the year if it does...

New music playlist 2015//08

New music playlist 2015//08 sees the return of Sufjan Stevens, Public Service Broadcasting out on the floor, Beach Baby introduce themselves in magnificent style, Damn Vandals getting angry, Absofacto dissolving, Attic Fowler in the sunshine,...

New music playlist 2015//07

The new music playlist for week seven is an absolute belter, featuring the dreamy sounds of Summer Heart and Parrot Dream, darkness and foreboding from Marika Hackman, high quality indie disco fare from Girl Friend...

New music playlist 2015//06

Record Rewind Play's new music playlist 2015//06 is another high-quality collection of indie-pop, indie rock, electropop and more. This week's playlist features Lisa Alma, Shannon Wardrop, San Fermin, Kuroma, Villagers, The Native Architects, the award-winning...

New music playlist 2015//05

Here’s a quick measure of how things have progressed here at Record Rewind Play.

Give up, but don't give in

Give up the ghost, but don't give up your day job. Give out but don't give up, give in, give over, give it away give it away give it away now. I'm a change giver,...

Romantic Roulette

'Come, play romantic roulette with us now. Hit shuffle and prepare to improvise romantic moments around tunes from the likes of Ballboy, Arab Strap, The Frank and Walters, Minnie Riperton, The Beautiful South, Nick Drake,...

New Music round-up

'New Music Round-up #17, featuring Erica Glyn, Phone Home, and Young Braves'

Albums of the Year playlist, 2014

I was tempted to call this playlist 'The Arkhive', making use of a clever pun based on it consisting of two tracks from each of my favourite 25 albums of the year, but sense prevailed....

The Musical Advent Calendar of Mystery

'The Musical Advent Calendar: like a regular advent calendar, only more music-based, more mysterious, and way more fun.'

Sounds of 2014

This is not one of those lists like you see everywhere else at this time of year (though there may yet still be an RRP round-up of the year's finest). It's more of a ramble,...

The Foolingest Playlist Ever

Fools rush in, work (along with horses), fall in love, think it's over, and think themselves wise. Also, they provide for an eclectic playlist.

How Could They Be Wrong - a Playlist of Mercury Losers

Down the years the award panel has handed over-sized cheques to many worthy winners; the shortlist system working as it does means that many credible nominees have failed to land the prize. Or, to put...

Emergent Thrumming - a Playlist of Mercury Prize Winners

The Mercury Music Prize has been going since 1992, and no matter what the naysayers say (nayingly) it's not without merit, as this selection of tracks from winning albums can testify.

There is no Ending

What happens if you take the opening track from each of 20 albums and construct a playlist from them, then take the closing tracks from the same 20 albums, and create a playlist out of...