36 mixes with tracks by “Splashdown”

45 great tracks

(But it's Kind of Your Fucking Fault)

Dreamy, wandering tracks by pretty ladies like Imogen Heap, Émilie Simon, and Poe

Smooth and cerebral. Tracks from Iron & Wine, Bjork, The Beatles, and more

The 17 tracks that make up and define 2011 for me. Not all of them were necessarily released during 2011, but I only just discovered them or had them on heavy rotation throughout the year.

Electronic music in various genres

You had a friend in high school you thought was way too cool for you. You only spoke online. You share crushes, insecurities. It's like your friendship is a secret.

Later, you have a falling out, because you are a teenager, and these things happen. In college, you write a poem about the feeling of being cut up like paper. Your class likes it.

One day, you have just enough perspective to get over it. And that day is the best day of your life.

This playlist is what living with your mother in an attic feels like.

Fourteen tracks including music by Billy Joel, Cat Power, and Cold War Kids.

our ill-fated expedition

Best music for a rainy day, when you just wanna sit around and relax. Mellow, a little upbeat and calm. Fourty tracks including music by Ana Tijoux, Beck and Billie Holiday.

chromatic, kaleidoscopic, motley, multicolored, multihued, polychromatic, polychrome, prismatic, rainbow, varicolored, varied, variegated, colorful

A few of the best female vocalists