- “Booyabaze” – Tolliver
- “Massachusetts” – Jensen McRae
- “All Saints” – Toussaint Morrison
- “Right Here, Right Now” – Judith Hill & GSHARP
- “Big Hit Single” – Gen and the Degenerates
- “Close to You” – Gracie Abrams
- “Best Behavior” – Gustaf
- “Arcadia” – Lana Del Rey
- “Love of a Girl” – The Avett Brothers
- “Bastards of Young” – The Replacements
- “Adore Adore Adore” – SPRINTS
- “Heads Will Roll” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- “Changes” – The Muffs
- “Bury Me” – Alejandro Escovedo
- “Doolally” – Hak Baker
- “All My Fault” – Fantastic Cat
- “Lounge Lizard” – Molly Lewis
- “Smoke in the Limousine” – Pearl Charles
- “Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
- “Take a Bite” – beabadoobee
- “Find My Love” – Davina & The Vagabonds
- “Great Things” – Echobelly
- “Summer Girl” – HAIM
- “Heart of Glass” – Nouvelle Vague
- “The Wild One” – Suzi Quatro
- “PEARL DIVER” – TIKYAKI minus orchestra
- “Margaritaville” – Zac Brown Band
- “Spanish Moon” – Little Feat
- “Solar Power” – Lorde
- “Rat Fight” – mega cat
- “Out in the Sun” – Michael Franti & Spearhead
- “Too Much of a Good Thing” – NIKI
- “I’ll Be You” – The Replacements
- “No Cocina Cualquiera” – Alex Cuba & Mama Maria
- “Chick Habit” – April March
- “California Star” – Billy Bragg & Wilco
- “Everywhere I Go” – Cat Clyde
- “Starting and Staring” – Gustaf
- “Low Sun” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
- “Alibi” – Hurray for the Riff Raff
- “Cherry Baby” – Jenny Lewis
- “Blue Bannisters” – Lana Del Rey
- “Don’t Give Up” – The Noisettes
- “Our Lips are Sealed” – Nouvelle Vague
- “World on Fire” – Oddisee
- “Clydesdale” – Polyrythmics
- “SUNDOWN IN SURFSIDE” – TIKYAKI minus orchestra
- “Sunshine” – Atmosphere
- “Goodthing” – Bette Smith
- “Charmless Man” – Blur
- “Llegaste tarde” – Cheo
- “Cool Kids” – Echosmith
- “Easy Fun” – gglum
- “Boca Chica” – Jarina De Marco
- “Psychos” – Jenny Lewis
- “The Early Bird Catches” – Karate Boogaloo
- “Caribbean Amphibian” – Kermit the Frog & Jimmy Buffett
- “Gods & Monsters” – Lana Del Rey
- “Love Will Tear Us Apart” – Nouvelle Vague
- “Quoi, Quoi, Quoi” – Sarah McKenzie
- “EL MATADOR” – TIKIYAKI minus orchestra
- “The Line” – Vera Sola
- “Body Electric” – Lana Del Rey
- “Master and Servant” – Nouvelle Vague
- “A PACIFIC ISLE SOUNDSCAPE” – TIKIYAKI minus orchestra
- “Gaslight” – Travis
- “Pirates & Parrots” – Zac Brown Band
- “Pumpkin” – Been Stellar
- “Disappointment Rock” – Bent Outta Shape
- “Old Engine Oil” – The Budos Band
- “Good Friend” – Cloud Cult
- “Romeo and Juliet” – Dire Straits
- “Everything’s Beautiful” – Hiatus Kaiyote
- “Bel Air” – Lana Del Rey
- “Do It Faster” – Miltarie Gun
- “Blue Monday” – Nouvelle Vague
- “Toyota Nuevo” – Pachyman
- “Staggolee” – Pacific Gas & Electric
- “New Noise” – Refused
- “Alex Chilton” – The Replacements
- “Broken Man” – St. Vincent
- “Smart Iowa” – Trousdale
- “Dream Job” – Yard Act
- “God Gave Me Feet for Dancing” – Yazmin Lacy & Ezra Collective
- “Funplex” – The B-52’s
- “Advert” – Blur
- “Impressively Average” – Brigitte Calls Me Baby
- “Carbondale” – Great Big Cow
- “Resolution/Revolution” – The Linda Linda
- “Bali Hai” – Martini Kings
- “Dancing With Myself” – Nouvelle Vague
- “Parlor Strut” – Parlor Greens
- “Tough” – Quavo & Lana Del Rey
- “Performative” – Subsonic Eye
- “It’s So Easy” – Willy DeVille
- “Homicide” – 999
- “ONE MORE TIME” – Blink-182
- “Popscene” – Blur
- “Down in Mexico” – The Coasters
- “He Will Follow You With His Eyes” – Corinne Bailey Rae
After years of having it recommended to me, I finally read The Lies of Locke Lamora, which was — as promised — one of my favorite fantasy novels of all time.
Unfortunately for Locke Lamora, I also read The Bright Sword in 2025, which is easily one of the best books I’ve ever read. An astonishingly good book and, like Lonesome Dove, a book that transcends its genre (in this case, Arthurian fantasy). I cannot recommend it highly enough.
- Jan. 5: Gone Fishin’
- Jan. 26: Wrecker
- Feb. 22: The Lies of Locke Lamora
- Feb. 24: Thief of Time
- Feb. 25: The Mysteries
- March 19: Lore & Legends
- March 25: Red Sails Under Red Skies
- April 26: The Republic of Thieves
- April 30: The Last Hero
- May 18: World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
- May 22: 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams
- May 28: Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
- June 20: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
- June 28: A Master of Djinn
- July 14: Miranda in Milan
- July 18: The Tombs of Atuan
- Aug. 15: The Bright Sword
- Aug. 27: Night Watch
- Sept. 28: Smuggler’s Cove
- Oct. 19: Wee Free Men
- Oct. 23: Mexican Gothic
- Nov. 30: Absolution
- Dec. 11: A Brief History of Time
- Dec. 24: The Wood at Midwinter
