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25. Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 24. Big Wreck - 7.2 23. Muse - Will of the People 22. Wet Leg - Wet Leg 21. Collective Soul - Vibrating 20. Painted Shield - Painted Shield 2 19. Maggie Rogers - Surrender 18. Bruce Springsteen - Only The Strong Survive 17. Editors - EBM 16. Interpol - The Other Side of Make Believe 15. Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point 14. Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation 13. The Lumineers - Brightside 12. Arcade Fire - WE 11. Marcus Mumford - Self-Titled 10. Michael Giacchino - The Batman Score 9. Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever 8. Jack White - Entering heaven Alive 7. Eddie Vedder - Earthling 6. Death Cab for Cutie - Asphalt Meadows 5. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention 4. Metric - Formentera 3. Arctic Monkeys - The Car 2. Jack White - Fear of the Dawn 1. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa

25. Big Wreck - 7.1 24. Royal Blood - Typhoons 23. Liquid Tension Experiment - LT3 22. Dream Theater - A View From The Top 21. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Georgia Blue 20. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home 19. Ament -  I Should Be Outside 18. Sufjan Stevens - A Beginner's Mind 17. Luch Dacus - Home Video 16. Cold War Kids - New Age Norms 3 15. Needtobreathe - Into The Mystery 14. Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight 13. Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last 12. John Mayer - Sob Rock 11. Robert Plant & Allison Krauss - Raise The Roof 10. Explosions In The Sky - Big Bend 9. Colony House - Rotten Tomatoes 8. Leon Birdges - Gold-Digger Sound 7. Inhaler - It Won't Always Be Like This 6. The War On Drugs - I Don't Want to Live Here Anymore 5. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions 4. Brandi Carlile - In The Silent Days 3. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God 2. Halsey -  If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power 1. The Killers - Pressure Machine

Sometime quite a while back I became consciously aware that I wake up with a song in my head  every single morning . No exceptions. Every morning. So at the end of 2019 I made the decision that I was going to track and log every song for the next year. I thought it would be an interesting exercise to track and analyze the songs, and see if the stats said anything interesting about the jukebox that is my mind. So here we are, finally 2021 and I have officially completed this exercise. I've analyzed the songs, the artists, which decades are represented, and made Spotify playlists for each month. It was interesting because sometimes it was a song or artist that I had been listening to recently, and sometimes my brain came up with a song/artist that I hadn't thought about in years. So here are some interesting stats and links to the playlists. Have fun perusing, discovering, or rediscovering some music I think is pretty darn great, and that I apparently hold pretty near and dear in

25. Monophonics – It’s Only Us 24. Ryan Adams - Wednesdays 23. Fleet Foxes - Shore 22. Jonsi - Shiver 21. Fantastic Negrito – Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? 20. The Flaming Lips – American Head 19. Cold War Kids – New Age Norms 2 18. The Artisanals - Zia 17. Travis – 10 Songs 16. beabadoobee – Fake It Flowers 15. Paul McCartney – Mccartney III 14. Rolling Blackouts Costal Fever – Sideways to New Italy 13. Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison 12. Fiona Apple – Fetch The Bolt Cutters 11. Needtobreathe – Out of Body 10. Painted Shield – Painted Shield 9. Bruce Springsteen – Letter to You 8. Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension 7. Jason Isbell - Reunions 6. The Strokes – The New Abnormal 5. Doves – The Universal Want 4. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 3. The Killers – Imploding The Mirage 2. Pearl Jam - Gigaton 1. Colony House – Leave What’s Lost Behind

Sometime last year I became consciously aware that I wake up with a song in my head every single morning . I thought it would be an interesting exercise to document each song for an entire year and then make Spotify playlists for each month.  Well, starting back on January 1, I started to do just that.  The subconscious is an odd thing and it has been really interesting seeing seeing what my mind comes up with every morning. Sometimes it is a song or artist I have been listening to recently, sometimes it a band or song that I haven't thought of in years. Below are the first 6 playlist for the year, but I thought I'd include some stats about the year so far as well: Number of Days: 182 Total Number of Songs: 178 Number of Repeated Songs: 4 Total Number of Artists: 116 Most Frequent Artist: Pearl Jam (s hocking, I know)  / 18x w/ only one song repeated   So enjoy a glimpse into the jukebox of my brain. Maybe you'll be reminded of some songs you haven't thought

25. Idlewild - Interview Music 24. Keane - Cause & Effect 23. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time 22. Tool - Fear Innoculum  21. Jimmy Eat World - Surviving 20. Of Monsters & Men - Fever Dream 19. The Lumineers - III 18. Glen Hansard - The Wild Willing 17. Sturgil Simpson - Sound & Fury 16. Alice Merton - Mint 15. Hozier - Wasteland, Baby 14. Collective Soul - Blood 13. The Black Keys - Let’s Rock 12. The National - I Am Easy to Find 11. Jenny Lewis - On The Line 10. Big Wreck - ..But For The Sun 9. The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger 8. Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars 7. Cold War Kids - New Age Norms 6. Bon Iver - i,i 5. Beck - Hyperspace 4. Wilder Woods - Wilder Woods 3. Maggie Rogers - Heard it in a Past Life 2. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride 1. Coldplay - Everyday Life

25. First Aid Kit - "Ruins" 24. Dawes - "Passwords" 23. Snail Mail - "Lush" 22. The Decemberists - "I'll Be Your Girl" 21. Florence + The Machine - "High As Hope" 20. Interpol - "Marauder" 19. Phosphorescent - "C'est La Vie" 18. Our Lady Peace - "Somethingness" 17. Glen Hansard - "Between Two Shores" 16. Boygenius - "Boygenius" EP 15. Needtobreathe - "Forever On Your Side" EP 14. Paul McCartney - "Egypt Station" 13. Brandi Carlile - "By The Way, I Forgive You" 12. Fantastic Negrito - "Please Don't Be Dead" 11. Andrew Osenga - "The Painted Desert" 10. Death Cab For Cutie - "Thank You For Today" 9. Muse - "Simulation Theory" 8. The Boxer Rebellion - "Ghost Alive" 7. Editors - "Violence" 6. Leon Bridges - "Good Thing" 5. The Artisanals - "The Artisanals&qu

25. The Artisanals, "Literally Anywhere" EP 24. St. Vincent, "Masseduction" 23. The Flaming Lips, "Oczy Mlody" 22. Big Wreck, "Grace Street" 21. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, "Who Built The Moon?" 20. Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, "Choir of the Mind" 19. David Bazan, "Care" 18. Derek Webb, "Fingers Crossed" 17. Matt Cameron, "Cave Dweller" 16. Starsailor, "All This Life" 15. The War on Drugs, "A Deeper Understanding" 14. MuteMath, "Play Dead" 13. The Killers, "Wonderful Wonderful" 12. Ryan Adams, "Prisoner" 11. U2, "Songs of Experience" 10. Queens of the Stone Age, "Villians" 9. Foo Fighters, "Concrete and Gold" 8. The National, "Sleep Well Beast" 7. Arcade Fire, "Everything Now" 6. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, "The Nashville Sound&quo