Playlist: April 2026
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pheloniusfriartl;dr A list of "one a day" (-ish) songs I posted on social media in April 2026, each with a short description included below. There is also a YouTube playlist link to listen to them all easily. I am doing this to share exceptional music and/or music videos in hopes you will find something "new to you" that you'll like.
Since I pulled all my stuff down from YouTube in response to the threats they were making to users of ad-blocking technology, and had recently left all the servers I was in on Discord due to their deeply concerning and dangerous business practices that had come to light, I had no place left to share my musical finds and interests. To that end, in March 2026, I started posting one music video a day on the social media platforms I'm still on (Bluesky, Spoutible, Hey.Cafe).
For convenience, I have started creating a monthly playlist on YouTube (just a playlist, no new content from me) and plan to make it public early in the following month. I will post the itemized list of songs here as well because YouTube is not a stable hosting platform (in the sense that videos are often removed so the lists break over time). Here is April 2026's playlist (if you would ever like to go on a musical journey):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNV8IWqM1cK_d48zAhdkREZX6joVvZMlt
There's no particular rhyme or reason (much less musical era or genre) that I'm following, it's what I felt like posting that particular day. I seem to be favouring new music (because I find it hard to find good new music), but I definitely post older stuff as well. Here is the list of songs, in order of posting, including any comments I made (again, since social media platforms are not very good repositories of information, and old posts are effectively gone because "ain't nobody got time to scroll back without very good reason"):
04/01 Gena - HowWeFlow
The vibes I need. GENA = Singer Liv.e x drummer Karriem Riggins out of LA. Off their recently released album "The Pleasure Is Yours". Soulful jazz and reimagined Rhythm and Blues.
04/02 An article today instead of a link to a video, but it has links to two videos (listed below).
04/02 Tomora - Come Closer
04/02 Tomora - Ring The Alarm
Tom Roland and Aurora team up for a fun and wild ride!Interview article: "‘Ring the alarm! Wake up! Be human!’: Aurora and Tom Rowlands on their new dance-pop duo Tomora".
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/02/tomora-aurora-tom-rowlands-chemical-brothers-interview-come-closer
04/03 Igorrr - Limbo
Choir? Opera? Hardcore metal? Classical instruments? Must be music by French musician Igorrr (Gautier Serre)! Definitely one of my favourite artists these days. Intensity 11/10 and so creative! A truly unique artist. Dropped a couple of months ago, off his 2025 album "Amen".
04/04 Men Without Hats - I Sing Last
An emotional song for me that I feel is super relevant today by a criminally underrated band. I have listened to this version and album version hundreds of times. A live performance off their "Live Hats! Freeways Tour" DVD from 1985. ❤️💔
04/05 Boris Blank - Angel Base
A beautiful piece by Boris Blank (one half of the Swiss band Yello... you know, the "Oh yeah" band?). Atmospheric and evocative, and bringing to the table his renowned audio design, this is a side of Blank we don't always get to hear.
04/06 Faux Tales - Pulses
Dropped four days ago, this is a lovely solo electronica music performance with piano and synthesizers in a gorgeous location (the Maurerhalle Basel in Switzerland) by Swiss artist Timo Loosli as Faux Tales (cello added in post).
04/07 Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World
Today's music choice seemed appropriate for the way things are going these days.
04/08 Lemoncello - Articulate Animal
It's not "tomorrow" until you've been able to sleep, right? So, here's Wednesday's music post. 🙃 A wonderfully unique indie/folk experimental sensibility from this Dublin-based duo off their upcoming album. Made me happy. Video shot at a community centre. Simple and effective.
04/09 Pinkard and Bowden - I Lobster And Never Flounder
I was watching Feyincarnate livestreaming Stardew Valley on Twitch and she was sent on a quest for a lobster. It, unfortunately, reminded me of this very stupid song. It is now today's music drop. I am deeply sorry. "I lost her and never found her".
04/09 Freeze the Fall - The Seed (Aurora Cover)
Well, it's a twofer day. Out of Kelowna, BC. Streamer SallyWallick on Twitch (who I watch, she does improvisational live looping) is a music teacher and encouraged them in their endeavours (from what I understand). They're all 17/18 and attempting an Aurora cover has destroyed many... but they did it metal af.
04/10 Yussef Kamaal - Calligraphy (Brownswood Basement Session)
This live (in studio) music performance takes my breath away every time I watch it. Yussef Days' drumming has to be seen to be believed... I'm always amazed he doesn't just fly apart at the seams as he plays those impossible riffs. Jawdropping skill and determination.
04/11 Chassol - Rude Crude Lude
This was *not* what I expected. Absolutely brilliant, playful, and skilled music and video. What an incredible vibe! "Christophe Chassol is a French composer, pianist, arranger, and musical director known for combining voices and environmental sound with musical composition."
04/12 Good Kid - Cicada
From Toronto... fun, upbeat music. On tour in Canada, the USA, and Europe this year. Great animated music video (video credits below the video, a big production)! "All Good Kid music is DMCA free and Content ID free" for you to use in your work, on Twitch, and on YouTube!
04/13 Marmozets - Cut Back
Dropped 3 days ago... I think I really like this UK band's music and vibe. Is this song power pop? Pop punk? Just a bop whatever it is? I like the chiptune motif as well. Super energetic video. The vocals manage to match that energy!
04/14 Supreme Beings of Leisure - Never the Same
Far throwback music video. Before we had broadband Internet (talking dial-up speeds), this video was created using Flash animation and would play as data in your browser's Flash plugin or a standalone Flash player. This is a video rendering of the Flash file. I love the song!
04/15 Pigeon - Mirror Test
Really not sure what's happening here, but I really like this music and this super fun bop with its silly and weird (and kind of adorable) video. It's rare to hear something fresh and these folks deliver. Out of Margate, UK and Conakry, Guinea. All their stuff is so creative.
04/17 Herbie Hancock – Footprints (Live Jazz Day 2023 All-Star Performance)
Thursday's music is a little live Herbie Hancock. A true modern jazz master. Top tier musicians grooving along with him.
04/18 Gnome - Wenceslas
I've realized I have enough music posted already that I can't remember everything I've posted (not an issue for new music, but for some older stuff mostly). But here's a favourite from the last few years. Very silly but super fun. Out of Belgium. Their guitar lessons rock too.
04/19 Modern Woman - Neptune Girl
Off their upcoming debut album Johnny's Dreamworld. A lilting indie song that "explores the strange poetry buried within the ordinary". An engaging claymation video by London-based director and animator Joseph Brett.
04/20 Antoine Baril - One Man RUSH (Medley)
Ready to have your noodle baked? An instrumental medley of Rush songs played by one person. All the parts (multitracked). Using some of the same instruments Rush did. In his Quebec basement studio. Filmed live performing the parts you hear. Strings, drums, keyboards. 🤯 ❤️
04/21 Jena Malone - Barstow
An unusual choice for today's music: Actress Jena Malone (Sucker Punch, Hunger Games, ...), is releasing her first solo album next month. I'm not usually a big fan of heavy voice effects, but here it is used to artistic outcome. The video is predictably beautifully cinematic.
04/22 Puscifer – Apocalyptical
Today's music is a video released during the pandemic lockdown (if that's not obvious); however the song was recorded in 2019. Love this band and this is one of my favourite songs and videos by them. Watch to the end for a true cultural moment of the plague times...
04/23 Odesza - The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette)
Today's post is is by the electronic music duo Odesza. I think this is the best song they've done. It features vocal samples by the amazing American soul singer-songwriter Bettye LaVette from her 1965 song "Let Me Down Easy". The jaw dropping visualizer is by Woosung Kang.
04/24 Clown Core - Hell
Today's mood music ... they use their amazing powers for evil (granted, they *are* clowns though...). The only parking lot porta-potty avant-garde jazzmetal live video I know of. Truly talented, but perhaps in a misdirected way, lol. I am concerned that I really like this.
04/25 Igorrr - Cheval
If you ever wondered what my brain would sound like if it were music ... this is exactly it. True story. Igorrr (Gautier Serre), out of France... truly one of the most unique music projects these days. The talent on display is next level.
04/26 Du Blonde and Samuel T. Herring - Pelican Canyon
This song always makes me emotional. There's an innocence, wonder, and honesty on display in this music with its "home video" that they shot after meeting for the first time and embarking on a cross-country trip from Baltimore to LA together. The song was recorded in one take.
04/27 Die Spitz - Riding With My Girls
Today's music post goes hard with one of my favourite bands lately. Out of Austin, Texas they somehow have something of a European vibe about them. "The real, explosive deal, unleashing some of the best rock and roll that Gen Z has to offer." Not a polite band or video. 🙂
04/28 MC 900 Ft. Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain
Crashed hard (fell asleep) at 8PM, so I am going to retroactively declare this Tuesday's music post. A classically trained musician out of Texas, he was active in the early 1990s before giving up on the music industry. I love this smart song and silly video.
04/29 Moon Radio - Shangri-La
Before I fall asleep again, here is today's music post. Smooth jazzy vibes, hints of flamenco, dreamy vocals, and ... video game arcades. "A lush collaboration between native New Yorker, singer-songwriter Julia Haltigan, and Japanese vibraphone wizard Yusuke Yamamoto".
04/30 Pearl and The Oysters - Doom Mood
It's time to join Gir and sing The Doom Song! A little more lounge though, heh. Very 80s looking video too (dropped yesterday). "Originated in Paris, later relocated to the US. Their music blends elements of indie pop, synth-pop, dream pop, and 1960s/70s-inspired sounds."
Since I pulled all my stuff down from YouTube in response to the threats they were making to users of ad-blocking technology, and had recently left all the servers I was in on Discord due to their deeply concerning and dangerous business practices that had come to light, I had no place left to share my musical finds and interests. To that end, in March 2026, I started posting one music video a day on the social media platforms I'm still on (Bluesky, Spoutible, Hey.Cafe).
For convenience, I have started creating a monthly playlist on YouTube (just a playlist, no new content from me) and plan to make it public early in the following month. I will post the itemized list of songs here as well because YouTube is not a stable hosting platform (in the sense that videos are often removed so the lists break over time). Here is April 2026's playlist (if you would ever like to go on a musical journey):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNV8IWqM1cK_d48zAhdkREZX6joVvZMlt
There's no particular rhyme or reason (much less musical era or genre) that I'm following, it's what I felt like posting that particular day. I seem to be favouring new music (because I find it hard to find good new music), but I definitely post older stuff as well. Here is the list of songs, in order of posting, including any comments I made (again, since social media platforms are not very good repositories of information, and old posts are effectively gone because "ain't nobody got time to scroll back without very good reason"):
04/01 Gena - HowWeFlow
The vibes I need. GENA = Singer Liv.e x drummer Karriem Riggins out of LA. Off their recently released album "The Pleasure Is Yours". Soulful jazz and reimagined Rhythm and Blues.
04/02 An article today instead of a link to a video, but it has links to two videos (listed below).
04/02 Tomora - Come Closer
04/02 Tomora - Ring The Alarm
Tom Roland and Aurora team up for a fun and wild ride!Interview article: "‘Ring the alarm! Wake up! Be human!’: Aurora and Tom Rowlands on their new dance-pop duo Tomora".
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/02/tomora-aurora-tom-rowlands-chemical-brothers-interview-come-closer
04/03 Igorrr - Limbo
Choir? Opera? Hardcore metal? Classical instruments? Must be music by French musician Igorrr (Gautier Serre)! Definitely one of my favourite artists these days. Intensity 11/10 and so creative! A truly unique artist. Dropped a couple of months ago, off his 2025 album "Amen".
04/04 Men Without Hats - I Sing Last
An emotional song for me that I feel is super relevant today by a criminally underrated band. I have listened to this version and album version hundreds of times. A live performance off their "Live Hats! Freeways Tour" DVD from 1985. ❤️💔
04/05 Boris Blank - Angel Base
A beautiful piece by Boris Blank (one half of the Swiss band Yello... you know, the "Oh yeah" band?). Atmospheric and evocative, and bringing to the table his renowned audio design, this is a side of Blank we don't always get to hear.
04/06 Faux Tales - Pulses
Dropped four days ago, this is a lovely solo electronica music performance with piano and synthesizers in a gorgeous location (the Maurerhalle Basel in Switzerland) by Swiss artist Timo Loosli as Faux Tales (cello added in post).
04/07 Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World
Today's music choice seemed appropriate for the way things are going these days.
04/08 Lemoncello - Articulate Animal
It's not "tomorrow" until you've been able to sleep, right? So, here's Wednesday's music post. 🙃 A wonderfully unique indie/folk experimental sensibility from this Dublin-based duo off their upcoming album. Made me happy. Video shot at a community centre. Simple and effective.
04/09 Pinkard and Bowden - I Lobster And Never Flounder
I was watching Feyincarnate livestreaming Stardew Valley on Twitch and she was sent on a quest for a lobster. It, unfortunately, reminded me of this very stupid song. It is now today's music drop. I am deeply sorry. "I lost her and never found her".
04/09 Freeze the Fall - The Seed (Aurora Cover)
Well, it's a twofer day. Out of Kelowna, BC. Streamer SallyWallick on Twitch (who I watch, she does improvisational live looping) is a music teacher and encouraged them in their endeavours (from what I understand). They're all 17/18 and attempting an Aurora cover has destroyed many... but they did it metal af.
04/10 Yussef Kamaal - Calligraphy (Brownswood Basement Session)
This live (in studio) music performance takes my breath away every time I watch it. Yussef Days' drumming has to be seen to be believed... I'm always amazed he doesn't just fly apart at the seams as he plays those impossible riffs. Jawdropping skill and determination.
04/11 Chassol - Rude Crude Lude
This was *not* what I expected. Absolutely brilliant, playful, and skilled music and video. What an incredible vibe! "Christophe Chassol is a French composer, pianist, arranger, and musical director known for combining voices and environmental sound with musical composition."
04/12 Good Kid - Cicada
From Toronto... fun, upbeat music. On tour in Canada, the USA, and Europe this year. Great animated music video (video credits below the video, a big production)! "All Good Kid music is DMCA free and Content ID free" for you to use in your work, on Twitch, and on YouTube!
04/13 Marmozets - Cut Back
Dropped 3 days ago... I think I really like this UK band's music and vibe. Is this song power pop? Pop punk? Just a bop whatever it is? I like the chiptune motif as well. Super energetic video. The vocals manage to match that energy!
04/14 Supreme Beings of Leisure - Never the Same
Far throwback music video. Before we had broadband Internet (talking dial-up speeds), this video was created using Flash animation and would play as data in your browser's Flash plugin or a standalone Flash player. This is a video rendering of the Flash file. I love the song!
04/15 Pigeon - Mirror Test
Really not sure what's happening here, but I really like this music and this super fun bop with its silly and weird (and kind of adorable) video. It's rare to hear something fresh and these folks deliver. Out of Margate, UK and Conakry, Guinea. All their stuff is so creative.
04/17 Herbie Hancock – Footprints (Live Jazz Day 2023 All-Star Performance)
Thursday's music is a little live Herbie Hancock. A true modern jazz master. Top tier musicians grooving along with him.
04/18 Gnome - Wenceslas
I've realized I have enough music posted already that I can't remember everything I've posted (not an issue for new music, but for some older stuff mostly). But here's a favourite from the last few years. Very silly but super fun. Out of Belgium. Their guitar lessons rock too.
04/19 Modern Woman - Neptune Girl
Off their upcoming debut album Johnny's Dreamworld. A lilting indie song that "explores the strange poetry buried within the ordinary". An engaging claymation video by London-based director and animator Joseph Brett.
04/20 Antoine Baril - One Man RUSH (Medley)
Ready to have your noodle baked? An instrumental medley of Rush songs played by one person. All the parts (multitracked). Using some of the same instruments Rush did. In his Quebec basement studio. Filmed live performing the parts you hear. Strings, drums, keyboards. 🤯 ❤️
04/21 Jena Malone - Barstow
An unusual choice for today's music: Actress Jena Malone (Sucker Punch, Hunger Games, ...), is releasing her first solo album next month. I'm not usually a big fan of heavy voice effects, but here it is used to artistic outcome. The video is predictably beautifully cinematic.
04/22 Puscifer – Apocalyptical
Today's music is a video released during the pandemic lockdown (if that's not obvious); however the song was recorded in 2019. Love this band and this is one of my favourite songs and videos by them. Watch to the end for a true cultural moment of the plague times...
04/23 Odesza - The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette)
Today's post is is by the electronic music duo Odesza. I think this is the best song they've done. It features vocal samples by the amazing American soul singer-songwriter Bettye LaVette from her 1965 song "Let Me Down Easy". The jaw dropping visualizer is by Woosung Kang.
04/24 Clown Core - Hell
Today's mood music ... they use their amazing powers for evil (granted, they *are* clowns though...). The only parking lot porta-potty avant-garde jazzmetal live video I know of. Truly talented, but perhaps in a misdirected way, lol. I am concerned that I really like this.
04/25 Igorrr - Cheval
If you ever wondered what my brain would sound like if it were music ... this is exactly it. True story. Igorrr (Gautier Serre), out of France... truly one of the most unique music projects these days. The talent on display is next level.
04/26 Du Blonde and Samuel T. Herring - Pelican Canyon
This song always makes me emotional. There's an innocence, wonder, and honesty on display in this music with its "home video" that they shot after meeting for the first time and embarking on a cross-country trip from Baltimore to LA together. The song was recorded in one take.
04/27 Die Spitz - Riding With My Girls
Today's music post goes hard with one of my favourite bands lately. Out of Austin, Texas they somehow have something of a European vibe about them. "The real, explosive deal, unleashing some of the best rock and roll that Gen Z has to offer." Not a polite band or video. 🙂
04/28 MC 900 Ft. Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain
Crashed hard (fell asleep) at 8PM, so I am going to retroactively declare this Tuesday's music post. A classically trained musician out of Texas, he was active in the early 1990s before giving up on the music industry. I love this smart song and silly video.
04/29 Moon Radio - Shangri-La
Before I fall asleep again, here is today's music post. Smooth jazzy vibes, hints of flamenco, dreamy vocals, and ... video game arcades. "A lush collaboration between native New Yorker, singer-songwriter Julia Haltigan, and Japanese vibraphone wizard Yusuke Yamamoto".
04/30 Pearl and The Oysters - Doom Mood
It's time to join Gir and sing The Doom Song! A little more lounge though, heh. Very 80s looking video too (dropped yesterday). "Originated in Paris, later relocated to the US. Their music blends elements of indie pop, synth-pop, dream pop, and 1960s/70s-inspired sounds."
