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In the Interest of Transparency: Aquatic Music (Themed Playlist)

The Water-Fall "With what deep murmurs through time’s silent stealth Doth thy transparent, cool, and wat’ry wealth Here flowing fall, And chide, and call, As if his liquid, loose retinue stay’d Ling’ring, and were of this steep place afraid; The common pass Where, clear as glass, All must descend Not to an end, But quicken’d by this deep and rocky grave, Rise to a longer course more bright and brave …" - Henry Vaughan As I completed the top tracks of the year posts (2010 - 2022) that I had been working on for well over a month, I thought it was time for another themed playlist. The genres represented on this list are varied, as are the moods, textures, and themes. The sequencing of the picks is very intentional, so I recommend listening in order. Thank you! 1. Ichiko Aoba - Pilgrimage  ||  Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter  ||  2020  ||  peaceful, ethereal  ||  Japan 2.  Sophie - Is It Cold In the Water?  ||  Bubblegum Bass, Art Pop  ||  2018  ||  surreal, dense  ||  UK 3. Fish

Beneath Your Blank and Rinsing Gaze: Top 25 Tracks of 2010

Limit one per artist. Format is  #. Artist - Song  || Genres ||  Country Related lists: Top 25 Tracks of 2011                   Top 25 Tracks of 2017 Top 25 Tracks of 2012                   Top 25 Tracks of 2018 Top 25 Tracks of 2013                   Top 25 Tracks of 2019 Top 25 Tracks of 2014                   Top 25 Tracks of 2020 Top 25 Tracks of 2015                   Top 25 Tracks of 2021 Top 25 Tracks of 2016                   Top 25 Tracks of 2022                   Top 50 Tracks of the 2020s (updated last year) 25.  Foals - Spanish Sahara   ||  Post-Rock, Art Rock, Indie Rock  ||   UK 24.  Waka Flocka Flame -  Hard in da Paint   ||  Trap, Southern Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop  ||   USA 23.  Broken Social Scene - World Sick   ||  Indie Rock  ||   Canada 22.  Huun-Huur-Tu - Orphan's Lament   ||  Tuvan Throat Singing  ||   Russia 21.  Nedry - A42   ||  Electronic, Trip Hop, Indietronica  ||   UK 20.  Gareth Liddiard - Strange Tourist   ||  Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Av

Call in the Mediation: Top 25 Tracks of 2011

Limit one per artist. Format is  #. Artist - Song  || Genres ||  Country Related lists: Top 25 Tracks of 2012                   Top 25 Tracks of 2018 Top 25 Tracks of 2013                   Top 25 Tracks of 2019 Top 25 Tracks of 2014                   Top 25 Tracks of 2020 Top 25 Tracks of 2015                   Top 25 Tracks of 2021 Top 25 Tracks of 2016                   Top 25 Tracks of 2022 Top 25 Tracks of 2017                   Top 50 Tracks of the 2020s (updated last year) 25.  HTRK - Synthetik   ||  Minimal Wave  ||   Australia 24.  Giles Corey - Blackest Bile   ||  Slowcore, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk  ||   USA 23.  Nero - Promises   ||  Dubstep  ||   UK 22.  Sólstafir - Djákninn   ||  Post-Metal, Sludge Metal  ||   Iceland 21.  Kendrick Lamar - F*k Your Ethnicity   ||  Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop  ||   USA 20.  Adele - Someone Like You   ||  Pop Soul, Adult Contemporary  ||   UK 19.  The Antlers - Putting the Dog to Sleep   ||  Indie Rock, Slowcore  ||   U

A Wishing Well and a Bolt of Electricity: Top 25 Tracks of 2012

Limit one per artist. Format is  #. Artist - Song  || Genres ||  Country Related lists: Top 25 Tracks of 2013                   Top 25 Tracks of 2018 Top 25 Tracks of 2014                   Top 25 Tracks of 2019 Top 25 Tracks of 2015                   Top 25 Tracks of 2020   Top 25 Tracks of 2016                   Top 25 Tracks of 2021 Top 25 Tracks of 2017                   Top 25 Tracks of 2022 Top 50 Tracks of the 2020s (updated last year) 25.   Silversun Pickups - Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)   ||  Indie Rock, Alternative Rock  ||   USA 24.  Imagine Dragons - Amsterdam   ||  Pop Rock  ||   USA 23.  Ásgeir Trausti - Dýrð í dauðaþögn   ||  Indie Folk, Art Pop  ||   Iceland   22.  Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You   ||  Neo-Psychedelia, Dream Pop  ||   France 21. LA Vampires - A Lover & a Friend   ||  Hypnagogic Pop, Outsider House, Lo-fi House  ||   USA 20.  Passion Pit - It's Not My Fault, I'm Happy   ||  Synthpop, Indietronica  ||   USA 19.  Lil Ugly Mane - Seriou

Lose No More Time: Top 25 Tracks of 2013

Limit one per artist. Format is  #. Artist - Song  || Genres ||  Country Related lists: Top 25 Tracks of 2014 Top 25 Tracks of 2015 Top 25 Tracks of 2016 Top 25 Tracks of 2017 Top 25 Tracks of 2018 Top 25 Tracks of 2019 Top 25 Tracks of 2020   Top 25 Tracks of 2021 Top 25 Tracks of 2022 Top 50 Tracks of the 2020s (updated last year) 25.  Cats Millionaire - Humans Are Terrifying   ||  Indietronica  ||   Canada 24.  Nine Inch Nails - Copy of A   ||  Industrial Rock  ||   USA 23.  The Joy Formidable - Cholla   ||  Alternative Rock  ||   UK 22.  Grizzly Bear - Will Calls (Marfa Demo)   ||  Indie Rock, Psychedelic Folk  ||   USA 21.  Julia Holter - Horns Surrounding Me   ||  Experimental, Art Pop, Dark Ambient  ||   USA 20.  Justin Timberlake - Mirrors   ||  Pop, Contemporary R&B  ||   USA 19.  Melt-Banana - Candy Gun   ||  Experimental Rock, Noise Rock  ||   Japan 18.  Boards of Canada - Reach for the Dead   ||  IDM, Ambient  ||   UK 17.  Yo La Tengo - Ohm   ||  Indie Rock, Noise Pop