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Dookie, Green Day, 1994 Happy 30th anniversary, Dookie. Doing life without you the past three decades would have sucked, my friend....

Shakermaker, Oasis, 1994 So, hey. How was that for a self-care Sunday? I don't want to jinx it but the universe is showing out with the...

Cape II, The Burning Peppermints, 2019 Sure, I've been in love. Yeah, I've been in love at least a time or two or twenty. To all the...

Dead of Night, Orville Peck, 2019 For some reason, even though I've had the new Orville Peck album in my daily mix since it dropped a few...

19-2000, Gorillaz, 2001 Hello, sweet funky sass -- fill me up, please. Yeah, it's an imperfect declaration but as of right now, 19-2000...

See You Again, Tyler, the Creator (feat. Kali Uchis), 2017 I've had more than my share of, "OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK," moments this week....

Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division, 1980 You know, there are worse things in life than waking to a Joy Division song filling my...

Do You Like Me, Fugazi, 1995 Gotta love Fugazi, friends -- anything else would be un-American. 🤭 When I think of DC, I think of Fugazi....

Won't Fall in Love Today, Suicidal Tendencies, 1983 I'm easing into this morning after a restless night here ringside of what I'm sure...

Plowed, Sponge, 1994 This song rattles me in an oh so very 90s sort of way. Is there a more perfect pairing than the opening guitar riff...

The Sound of Leaving, Veruca Salt, 2015 I have a complicated relationship with this song. I am truly, madly, deeply in love with it but...

Fight Like a Girl, Zolita, 2018 This song never fails to save me from negative nonsense 70 times 7. Thank you, Zolita. This song always...

Maps, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 2003 Some songs exist to keep us moving forward. Case in point = Maps. Even when the thorns of life continually...

*1989, DC -- that's me far right on the bottom row* War Pigs, Black Sabbath, 1970 That first note vibrates through your body. Stand up...

Lips Like Sugar, Echo & the Bunnymen, 1987 To all of the beautiful virgin souls discovering the magic of the 1980s for the first time:...

Kaleidoscope, Chappell Roan, 2023 My brain is the musical version of a kaleidoscope right now. What a great way to wake up. Does it get...

Nothing Matters, The Last Dinner Party, 2023 My my my. Hello there, indie/alt rock queens -- so nice to have you in my headspace this...

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Rebel Girl, Bikini Kill, 1993 Girls to the front! I've always had a love/hate relationship with Bikini Kill. Bless her -- she's an avid...

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