Ideal Songs For Porch Drinking: Let’s Get Weird

Karl Karlson6 years ago

Let’s cut the cutesy poop, folks. This week’s list went a little off the rails.

The original plan was simple:

1. Hit the people with something off ye (“No Mistakes?” Check.)

2. Work in a little indie psych funk (Returning visitors The Fontaines with the titular song off their new album Freak? Done.)

3. Round it out with a couple classics (“One Toke Over the Line” by Brewer & Shipley? BINGO.)

Then I fell down a rabbit hole.

My favorite thing about Spotify — aside from the playlist function, obviously — is their “Related Artists” feature. It’s the absolute best, but it’s dangerous. You see a name you don’t recognize is close to Iggy Pop and next thing you know you’re getting your eagle on to a group called The Vibrators. Life comes at you fast.

Thankfully, the new sounds I found in this weekend binge absolutely slap. Go ahead and grab a cocktail, rev up Spotify, and get to know folks like Colter Wall, the 22-year-old Canadian dynamo who looks like Chris Pratt and rumbles like a thunderstorm. I also included Flatland Cavalry, a five-piece folk/soul/bluegrass/country group from Lubbock who’ve been in the game since 2015 but are just now finding their way to my ears. Thrown in for good measure are old favorites like Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and Clipse, along with the Ozark Mountain Daredevils because, like I said, this week’s list got weird.

Peep it right here:

Once you’re finished, crank up the main list of over 450 songs below:

Make this weekend a chill sitch, folks, and — as always — don’t drink and drive..