Playlists

Music that soundtracks my life.

1. 

   Delta Sleep

   1. The Softest Touch
   2. Planet Fantastic
2. 

   Unprocessed

   1. Abandoned
   2. Snowlover
   3. Sacrifice Me
   4. Die On The Cross Of The Martyr
   5. Glass
3. 

   Caligula's Horse

   1. Autumn
   2. The World Breathes with Me
4. 

   Chon

   1. Perfect Pillow
   2. Story
   3. Book
   4. Can't Wait
   5. Knot
   6. Moon
   7. Ghost
   8. Thanks
   9. Rosewood
5. 

   Haken

   I enjoy vocals in most of the music I listen to, possibly because of the subcontinent I grew up in where most music is vocal-led. I enjoy modern progressive rock without vocals, which is why absolutely love Animals as Leaders. Haken fits a similar picture for me, it doesn't feel robotic, the vocals have a wide range of expression to them, and the drums always surprise me.

   1. Invasion
   2. Prosthetic
   3. Canary Yellow
   4. The Strain
   5. Initiate
   6. In Memoriam
6. 

   Gojira

   1. Born For One Thing
   2. The Gift of Guilt
   3. Born in Winter
   4. L'enfant sauvage
   5. The Trails
7. 

   Peach Pit

   stare at your socks, move a little, disappear into this feeling of pins and needles in your head

   1. Vickie
   2. Pepsi on the House
   3. Give Up Baby Go
   4. Yasmina
   5. Every Little Thing
   6. Little Dive
   7. Outta Here
   8. St. Mark's Funny Feeling
   9. Nowhere Next To Me
   10. Am I Your Girl
   11. Did You Love Somebody
8. 

   Ben Howard

   1. Nica Libres At Dusk
   2. A Boat To An Island On The Wall
   3. What The Moon Does
   4. The Wolves
   5. Only Love
   6. Black Flies
   7. Promise
   8. Bones
   9. Further Away
   10. All Down The Mines (Interlude)
   11. The Defeat
   12. A Boat To An Island Pt. 2 / Agatha's Song
   13. Small Things
   14. I Forget Where We Were
   15. In Dreams
9. 

   Katatonia

   1. Soil's Song
   2. Deliberation
   3. July
   4. My Twin
   5. Lethean
   6. Lilac
10. 

    Agalloch

    In my first year of college, I unplugged the earphones on my old Samsung laptop that had Linux Mint and lots of bugs instinctively, and the whole class ended up listening to Agalloch, screaming, shouting, and wailing. I hope my Electronics professor liked it.

    1. Limbs (2016 - Remaster)
    2. This White Mountain On Which You Will Die (2016 - Remaster)
    3. Fire Above, Ice Below (2016 - Remaster)
    4. Not Unlike The Waves (2016 - Remaster)
    5. Our Fortress Is Burning... I (2016 - Remaster)
    6. Our Fortress Is Burning... II - Bloodbirds (2016 - Remaster)
11. 

    Avicii

    Back when I was in school, I found dance music interesting and Avicii was one of the very few artists amongst the ones I heard who consistently surprised me with new sounds.

    1. Touch Me
    2. Dear Boy
    3. Hey Brother
    4. You Make Me
    5. Liar Liar (Avicii By Avicii)
    6. Derezzed (Remixed by Avicii)
12. 

    Alif

    1. Hosh Ha
    2. NOWON - Mukhtalif by Highway 61
    3. Zu Ha Wandai
    4. Jhelumus
    5. Dilgeer (Thok Mut Chum Shah)
    6. Lalnawath
    7. Malaal Kya Huwa
    8. Katyu Chuko by Alif- Live
13. 

    Myrath

    1. Dance
    2. Endure the Silence
    3. Beyond the Stars
    4. Tales of the Sands
    5. Nobody's Lives
    6. Merciless Times
    7. Until the End
14. 

    The Fray

    1. Absolute
    2. Syndicate
    3. Little House
    4. Heaven Forbid
    5. Look After You
    6. Trust Me
    7. Rainy Zurich
    8. Ungodly Hour
15. 

    The F16s

    1. Easy Bake Easy Wake
    2. WKND FRNDS
    3. Summer in My Lungs
    4. Sucks to Be Human
    5. Trouble in Paradise
    6. Who Robbed The Rogue
    7. Digital Dead
    8. I'm On Holiday
    9. You Could Use Me as a Weapon
16. 

    Metallica

    1. For Whom The Bell Tolls (Remastered)
    2. Ride The Lightning (Remastered)
    3. Fade To Black (Remastered)
    4. Creeping Death (Remastered)
    5. Master Of Puppets (Remastered)
    6. Battery (Remastered)
    7. Orion (Remastered)
    8. ... And Justice for All (Remastered)
    9. Eye of the Beholder (Remastered)
    10. One (Remastered)
    11. Harvester of Sorrow (Remastered)
    12. Enter Sandman
    13. Sad But True
    14. Holier Than Thou
    15. The Unforgiven
    16. Wherever I May Roam
    17. Through The Never
    18. Nothing Else Matters
17. 

    Megadeth

    1. Family Tree
    2. Reckoning Day (Remastered 2004)
    3. A Tout Le Monde
    4. I Thought I Knew It All
    5. Symphony Of Destruction
    6. Skin O' My Teeth (2004 Remastered)
    7. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
    8. Hangar 18
    9. Poison Was The Cure
    10. Tornado Of Souls
18. 

    Parvaaz

    I discovered Parvaaz during my college years while exploring new artists on Bandcamp and Saavn. Their then-recent album Baran was a revelation, blending blues and psychedelic elements with Urdu lyrics, and even featuring some Kashmiri, which caught me completely off guard.

    1. Kauaʻi ʻōʻō
    2. Na Gul Na Gulistan
    3. Itne Arsay Ke Baad
    4. Behosh (feat. Jerome Mascarenhas)
    5. Dil Khush (feat. Neil Simon)
    6. Color White
    7. Ab Ki Yeh Subah (feat. Sanjeev Nayak)
    8. Gul Gulshan
    9. Roz Roz
    10. Baran
    11. Ghaib
    12. Ziyankar (feat. Seth Malloy)
    13. Harf
    14. Shabaan
    15. Mastaan
    16. Dasht-Ba-Dasht
19. 

    The Algorithm

    1. Mutex
    2. Graceful Degradation
    3. Hollowing
    4. By Design
20. 

    Iron Maiden

    My Fear of the Dark tshirt has gotten me in trouble enough times.

    1. Wasted Years (2015 Remaster)
    2. Wasting Love (2015 Remaster)
    3. Aces High (2015 Remaster)
    4. Dance of Death (2015 Remaster)
    5. The Clairvoyant (2015 Remaster)
    6. No Prayer for the Dying (2015 Remaster)
    7. Afraid to Shoot Strangers (2015 Remaster)
    8. Be Quick or Be Dead (2015 Remaster)
    9. Blood on the World's Hands (2015 Remaster)
    10. The Wicker Man (2015 Remaster)
    11. Rainmaker (2015 Remaster)
    12. Paschendale (2015 Remaster)
    13. The Legacy (2015 Remaster)
    14. For the Greater Good of God (2015 Remaster)
    15. When the Wild Wind Blows (2015 Remaster)
21. 

    that 2006 rock sound

    1. It's Beginning To Get To Me
    2. Somewhere Only We Know
    3. Everybody's Changing
    4. Everlong
    5. With Or Without You
    6. Linger
    7. Pretty
    8. Here Without You
    9. 21 Guns
    10. More Than Words
    11. New Divide
    12. Decode (Twilight Soundtrack Version)
22. 

    سرحد پار والا ہہِپ ہاپ

    گآنوں میں دِل چسپ لِکہائی ہے پر عورتون کی عزت نہی

    1. LAGA REH - Young Stunners | Talha Anjum | Talhah Yunus
    2. Waasta - Faris Shafi x Ali Sethi
    3. Talhah Yunus - Mera Bhai
    4. Bandish
    5. Raabta
    6. Shor
    7. HASEEN - Talhah Yunus
    8. Never There
    9. Khayal
    10. WASTED - Hasan Raheem | Shareh | Talhah Yunus
    11. TAKE YOUR TIME - Talhah Yunus | JJ47
    12. Moonlight
    13. Rung
    14. Kinaaray
    15. Umair, Natasha Noorani, JJ47 - INTENTIONS
    16. Umair, Talha Anjum, Abdullah Maharvi - COME THROUGH
    17. Umair, Shareh, Izzchughtai - AWAY FROM ME
    18. Maanu - faded
    19. One More Night
    20. Heartbreak Kid
    21. Run It Back
23. 

    Tigran Hamasyan

    1. Rain Shadow
    2. The Spinners
    3. Samsara
    4. Longing
    5. Someday My Prince Will Come
    6. A Fable
    7. The Poet
    8. Drip
    9. Road Song
    10. To Love
    11. Song for Melan and Rafik
    12. Kars 1
    13. Lilac
    14. Entertain Me
    15. The Apple Orchard in Saghmosavanq
    16. The Grid
    17. Markos and Markos
    18. New Baroque 1
    19. Etude No. 1
    20. Fides Tua
    21. Ancient Observer
    22. Tsirani Tsar
    23. Hoy Nazan
    24. Levitation 21
    25. New Maps
    26. Vortex (feat. Tosin Abasi)
    27. War Time Poem
    28. Dardahan
24. 

    Peter Cat Recording Co.

    1. I Deny Me
    2. Suddenly
    3. Seed
25. 

    Daft Punk

    1. Instant Crush (Drumless Edition) (feat. Julian Casablancas)
    2. Make Love
    3. Digital Love
    4. Nightvision
    5. Something About Us
    6. Veridis Quo
    7. Derezzed (From "TRON: Legacy"/Score)
    8. Fall (Remixed by M83 VS Big Black Delta)
    9. Within
    10. The Game of Love
    11. Touch (feat. Paul Williams)
    12. Motherboard
    13. Horizon Ouverture
    14. Horizon (Japan CD)
    15. Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo) (feat. Julian Casablancas+The Voidz)
    16. Touch (2021 Epilogue) (feat. Paul Williams)
26. 

    The Strokes

    1. Ode To The Mets
    2. I'll Try Anything Once ("You Only Live Once" demo) (Heart In a Cage B-Side)
    3. Not The Same Anymore
    4. The Adults Are Talking
    5. Selfless
    6. One Way Trigger
    7. 80's Comedown Machine
    8. Slow Animals
    9. Chances
    10. Call It Fate, Call It Karma
    11. 12:51
    12. Reptilia
    13. I Can't Win
    14. Someday
    15. Last Nite
    16. Hard To Explain
    17. Trying Your Luck
27. 

    Good Kid

    I like how they play guitar in a synth-like fashion, similar to the Strokes. This upbeat, hopeful music is rare in my library. I'm not at IndieWebClub today and Tanvi thinks Good Kid is too basic for her taste.

    1. Pox
    2. Aloe Lite
    3. Drifting
    4. Mimi's Delivery Service
    5. Osmosis
    6. Madeleine
    7. Bubbly
    8. From the Start
    9. Summer
28. 

    sudan

    1. lighthouse
    2. ghost
    3. a hiatus
    4. omg
    5. can you?
    6. weakness
    7. honest
29. 

    Advaita

    1. GaMaPaNiPa
    2. Dust
    3. MoFunk
    4. Mandirva
    5. Tremor
    6. Meinda Ishq
    7. Gorakh
    8. Kaahe Na Laage (Live)
    9. Milan (Live)
    10. Rasiya
    11. Mere Yaar
    12. So Lost
    13. Drops of Earth
    14. Ghir Ghir
30. 

    Alfa Mist

    1. Teki
    2. People
    3. Run Outs
    4. Last Card (Bumper Cars)
    5. Attune
    6. Borderline
    7. Aged Eyes
    8. Cycles
    9. The Gist
    10. Genda (Go Away)
    11. Variables
    12. 4th Feb (Stay Awake)
    13. Anthem
31. 

    Novembre

    After listening to Opeth's Blackwater Park on repeat for about a month, I sought to find similar music and that is where I stumbled upon Novembre. They've gone through several stylistic changes over the years but remain one of the artists from my childhood that I look up to.

    1. Nostalgiaplatz
    2. Foto Blu Infinito
    3. Distances
    4. Come Pierrot
    5. Valentine
    6. Conservatory Resonance
    7. Verne
    8. Croma
    9. Reason
    10. Aquamarine
    11. The Promise
    12. Anaemia
    13. Triesteitaliana
    14. Architheme
    15. Nascence
    16. Argentic
    17. Umana
    18. Annoluce
    19. Fin
32. 

    Yussef Dayes

    1. Raisins Under the Sun (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
    2. Love Is the Message (Live at Abbey Road Studios)
    3. Afro Cubanism
    4. The Light (feat. Bahia Dayes)
    5. Istanbul (feat. Elijah Fox) (Live From Malibu)
    6. Rust (feat. Tom Misch)
    7. Tidal Wave
    8. Woman's Touch (feat. Jamilah Barry)
    9. Magnolia Symphony
    10. Birds of Paradise
    11. Crystal Palace Park (feat. Elijah Fox)
33. 

    جل

    Jal was synonymous with Urdu rock throughout my youth. Looking back, the lyrics feel melodramatic, yet there's no denying the brilliance of their vocal work that seamlessly blends rock and traditional elements.

    1. Ik Din Aye Ga
    2. Tery Bajoon
    3. Kaash Yea Pal
    4. Lamhay
    5. More Piya
    6. Panchi
    7. Bikhara Hoon Mein
    8. Dil Haray Pukaray
    9. Sajni
    10. Teri Yaad
    11. Aadat
    12. Tanhai
    13. Hai Jaga Hai Jaga
34. 

    Snail Mail

    This is what I imagine angst sounds like.

    1. Thinning
    2. Pristine
    3. Static Buzz
    4. Slug
    5. Habit
    6. c. et al.
    7. Glory
    8. Mia
35. 

    Damien Rice

    1. Cheers Darlin'
    2. Volcano
    3. My Favourite Faded Fantasy
    4. It Takes a Lot to Know a Man
    5. The Box
    6. Accidental Babies
    7. Sleep Don't Weep
    8. Song for Berta (Live at the Cabin)
36. 

    Coldplay

    1. Don't Panic
    2. Shiver
    3. Spies
    4. Sparks
    5. Parachutes
    6. High Speed
    7. We Never Change
    8. God Put a Smile upon Your Face
    9. A Rush of Blood to the Head
    10. Life in Technicolor ii
    11. Glass of Water
    12. Rainy Day
    13. Lovers in Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)
    14. Now My Feet Won't Touch the Ground
    15. Cemeteries of London
    16. 42
    17. Violet Hill
    18. Strawberry Swing
    19. Death and All His Friends
    20. O
    21. What If
    22. Talk
    23. Speed of Sound
37. 

    Leprous

    Leprous captures my perfect metal aesthetic. Long atmospheric build-ups, thoughtful dynamics where silence and volume serve the song rather than genre expectations, and drum patterns that groove while remaining completely unheadbangable.

    1. The Price
    2. Out of Here
    3. Moon
    4. Below
    5. On Hold
    6. The Flood
    7. Nighttime Disguise
    8. At the Bottom
    9. The Silent Revelation
    10. Red
    11. Castaway Angels
    12. Slave
    13. The Sky Is Red
    14. Bonneville
38. 

    Arooj Aftab

    Arooj's music feels like having my feet consumed by sea waves, little by little, piece by piece.

    1. Raat Ki Rani
    2. Aey Nehin
    3. Saaqi
    4. Mohabbat
    5. Autumn Leaves
    6. Na Ja Balam
    7. Arooj Aftab - Diya Hai (Feat. Badi Assad)
    8. Aey Na Balam
39. 

    Joe Satriani

    I found Joe through a curious coincidence. During Android 4.0+'s rise, someone ported Sony/Ericsson's excellent music player to all Android phones and posted it on XDA Forums. The demo screenshots featured The Extremist's cover art with "Cryin'" playing. Joe's guitar work caught my attention, though I didn't explore much of his music.

    1. Always with Me, Always with You
    2. If I Could Fly
    3. Cryin'
    4. Starry Night
    5. Chords of Life
    6. Sleep Walk
    7. Cause We've Ended as Lovers
40. 

    Animals as Leaders

    'The Joy of Motion' introduced me to the band and to instrumental metal itself. The experience was revelatory, like discovering what classical music could become in the modern era.

    1. Monomyth
    2. Red Miso
    3. Gestaltzerfall
    4. Asahi
    5. Thoughts and Prayers
    6. Gordian Naught
    7. Arithmophobia
    8. Ectogenesis
    9. Inner Assassins
    10. Private Visions Of The World
    11. The Glass Bridge
    12. The Brain Dance
    13. Apeirophobia
    14. Kascade
    15. Air Chrysalis
    16. Another Year
    17. Tooth and Claw
    18. The Future That Awaited Me
    19. Para Mexer
    20. The Woven Web
    21. Nephele
    22. Soraya
    23. On Impulse
    24. Behaving Badly
    25. The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
    26. Modern Meat
    27. Song of Solomon
41. 

    Thank You Scientist

    An old bassist friend of mine introduced me to Thank You Scientist through live recordings of FXMLDR and Mr. Invisible. The unpredictability had blown my circuits. What was next? Saxophone solos? Lithophones? Goats?

    1. Mr. Invisible
    2. Caverns
    3. A Wolf in Cheap Clothing
    4. Need More Input
    5. Psychopomp
    6. Amateur Arsonist’s Handbook
    7. FXMLDR
    8. Swarm
    9. Birdwatching
    10. Everyday Ghosts
    11. Feed the Horses
    12. Blood on the Radio
    13. Absentee
    14. Concrete Swan Dive
    15. In The Company of Worms
    16. My Famed Disappearing Act
42. 

    Porcupine Tree

    1. Bornlivedie
    2. Waiting Phase One
    3. Waiting Phase Two
    4. Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
    5. Russia On Ice
    6. Don`t Hate Me
    7. Sentimental
    8. Anesthetize
    9. Way out of Here
    10. Sleep Together
    11. Heartattack In A Layby (2017 Remaster)
    12. Lazarus
    13. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
    14. Start Of Something Beautiful
    15. Open Car
    16. Nil Recurring
    17. Normal
43. 

    Buckethead

    Buckethead performs wearing a KFC bucket on his head.

    1. Sail on Soothsayer (In Memory of Aunt Susie 1932-2007)
    2. Padmasana
    3. For Mom
    4. Ghost
    5. Electric Sea
    6. Baptism of Solitude
    7. Witches on the Heath
    8. Angel Monster
    9. Electric Tears
    10. Spell of the Gypsies
44. 

    Opeth

    1. Harvest
    2. Burden
    3. Ghost of Perdition
    4. Ending Credits
    5. Blackwater Park
    6. Deliverance
    7. Benighted (Remastered)
    8. Bleak
    9. Would?
    10. To Rid the Disease
    11. To Bid You Farewell (2023 Abbey Road Remaster)
    12. Madrigal (Abbey Road Remaster)
    13. Opeth - Still Day Beneath the Sun
    14. Dirge for November
    15. Patterns in the Ivy
45. 

    long way away from home

    This music takes me back to a particular drive home. We were 12 hours out and chose to push through the night without any coffee or cigarettes to help us stay awake.

    1. Mohabbat Karne Wale
    2. Mere Shauk Da Nahin Aitbaar (Live)
    3. Zindagi Jab Bhi
    4. Mera Yar Ni Aya
    5. Tse Gesta Haiyee
    6. Jab Bahar Aai To
    7. Thumri: Jangla Bhairavi - Aaja Balam Pardesi
    8. Aaye Na Balam - Thumri
    9. Woh Ishq Jo Hamse Rooth Gaya
    10. Woh Jo Ham Mein Tum Mein
    11. Kuch Hosh Gawane
    12. Na Siyo Hont
    13. Sarkati Jaye Hai Rukh Se Naqab Ahista Ahista - Live
    14. Chupke Chupke Raat Din Aansoon Bahanayaad Hai
    15. Begum Akhtar, Kis Shaan Se Wo Aaj
    16. Karsa Myon Nyay Anday
46. 

    Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

    1. Raah Aasaan Ho
    2. Je Toon Akhian De Samne Nahin Rehna
    3. Kivain Mukrhe Toon Nazran Hatawan
    4. Mere Baad Phir Kisie Se
    5. Chhap Tilak Sab Chheeni
    6. Lament
    7. Sweet Pain
    8. Mast Nazron Se
    9. Gham Hai Yaa Khushi
    10. Woh Hata Rahe Hain Pardah
    11. Biba Sada Dil Morr De
    12. Yaadan Vichhre Sajan Dian Aiyan
    13. Sanson Ki Mala Pey
    14. Un Ke Dar Pen Pohchne To Payen
    15. Maki Madni
    16. Sahib Teri Bandi
    17. Kina Sohna
    18. Tere Darwaze Peh Chilman Nahin Dekhi Jati
    19. Unse Hi Unki Mulaqat Ho Gayee
    20. Nami Danam Che Manzil Bood
    21. Diyar-e-Ishq Main Apna Maqam Paida Kar
    22. Hussain Hai Hussain Hai - Marsiya
    23. Dil Pe Zakham Khate Hain
    24. Mere Baad Phir Kisie Se
    25. Farsooda Jahan
    26. Bujhi Huyie Shama Ka Dhooan
47. 

    Adrianne Lenker

    It's all so simple, yet you carry such sadness, Adrianne, and somehow you make me feel it too. She writes with unflinching honesty and crafts dissonant soundscapes with technical guitar parts.

    1. Evol
    2. two reverse
    3. Hours Were the Birds
    4. ingydar
    5. anything
    6. forwards beckon rebound
    7. Indiana
    8. heavy focus
    9. come
    10. Snow Song
    11. zombie girl
    12. A Love of Some Kind
    13. not a lot, just forever
    14. from
48. 

    Sleep Token

    Growing older, I've grown less focused on lyrics in music. Sleep Token's lyricism doesn't resonate with me, but their unparalleled fusion of metal, rap, dance, and hip-hop sets them apart from any band I know.

    1. The Apparition
    2. Rain
    3. Take Me Back To Eden
    4. Look To Windward
    5. Caramel
    6. Gethsemane
    7. Infinite Baths
    8. Hypnosis
    9. Alkaline
    10. Telomeres
    11. High Water
    12. Vore