Watch the Breakdown

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Watch the Breakdown track list

  1. Can’t Hardly Wait- The Replacements – CANON
  2. New Ways to Fail – Sarah Shook and the Disarmers – FOMO
  3. Mockingbird – Ruston Kelly – FML
  4. Stolen Car – Patty Griffin – DUPE
  5. My Own Worst Enemy – Lit – Y2K
  6. Do You Remember – Jarryd James – LMGTFY
  7. If Love Was a Crime – Poli Genova – RULZ
  8. There Stands the Glass – Patty Loveless – OOTD
  9. Nice For What – Drake – AF
  10. Night Shift – Lucy Dacus – IMHO
  11. You Worry Me – Nathaniel Rateliff + the Night Sweats – TL;DR
  12. Duo – Aterciopelados – BRB
  13. symbol – Adrianne Lenker – OBV
  14. Hounds – New Reveille – NFLX
  15. Straw Man – The Geb – TFW
  16. Nina Cried Power – Hozier ft. Mavis Staples- BFF
  17. Mr. Brightside – The Killers – New phone who dis?
  18. The Best Thing – Doveman ft. Matt Berninger – TY
  19. Bound For Glory – Tedeschi Trucks – TL
  20. Another Mother’s Son – Phil Cook – YOLO

Liner notes

1. CANON: I discovered the Replacements in the last couple of years but I would have loved them if I bothered to listen to them when they were making music.

2. FOMO: Sarah Shook is my spirit animal. (also AF)

3. FML: Pretty much every Ruston Kelly song is sad because he tells the story of hard, substance abuse fueled living. But this song talks about singing a sad, sad song and it mentions Parker Posey.

4. DUPE: I had a really hard time thinking of a cover song for this mix, and then I realized while singing this song to myself in the car that I’ve been singing it to myself in the car on the regular since it came out in 2002. I love Bruce, but this version knocks the air of me. (Also FOMO)

5. Y2K: there were endless better songs that came out in 1999-2000, but this one reminds me of my life during that era–or at least, many of the people who surrounded me during that era, I say with love.

6. LMGTFY: the words of this song are pretty straightforward when you look them up but I couldn’t figure out what the F he was saying. Also, it still sounds to me like he is saying “do you remember the way HE made you feel?” which was why I was like, what the F is he singing about. I do love this song, though.

7. RULZ: the last decade witnessed my introduction to Eurovision, the amazing European song contest that rocks my world every May. Lots of over the top 80s-like pop, and this one is one of my faves.

8. OOTD: this is one of my comfort songs. Most of my other comfort songs also involve drankin’. Go figure. (Also DUPE, which I didn’t realize until I was looking up this song on Spotify to include it).

9. AF: This song also samples Ms. Lauryn Hill’s Ex-Factor which was getting heavy play by me in 1999.

10. IMHO: great gets me right there lyrics, great build up, great guitar distortion. This song has everything I love in a song, and I can’t stop listening to it. (also TL)

11. TL;DR: Not really sure why this song gets my freebie when there has been so much music I’ve listened to over the last 20 years, but I love it, and I play it a lot.

12. BRB: Had to get in some of my beloved Rock en Espanol. Aterciopelados had their most recent comeback this year. I went to their show and it was amazing. (also FOMO, RULZ).

13. OBV: I have a slew of indie girls I listen to right now–soccer mommy, snail mail, boy genius, the Beths, Caroline Rose. Adrianne Lenker gets the feature here.

14. NFLX: love this local band. (also OBV)

15. TFW: OK, this is a shameless plug of my band, featuring yours truly wailing “nobody cares”

16. BFF: one word: Mavis.

17. New phone, who dis: I forget about this song, and I hear it, and it makes me happy. On repeat.

18. TY: I had a really hard time with this category, but this seems like a compliment to me. (also BFF)

19. TL: this is my favorite too long song in rotation. I’m not afraid of long songs, tho.

20: YOLO: a story that is told all too often, but not enough by white people. Lean into it.