“There’s no good music anymore”
After hearing too many people say that the heyday of good music is over, I had the obvious response: I created a playlist:
- 219 songs from 219 artists, all released in the last 10 years
- Note that this does include older artists that have made new songs
- Spotify says 237 genres are represented, but there really is not THAT much variety
So, if you feel like there’s no good music anymore, I hope you find something new to like. I believe great music has always been created, but it was never as easy to find as it is today. But it’s also easy to get into a rut and finding new music takes time!
If you’re a Spotify member, click the logo in the upper right corner of the player below to login. If you don’t have Spotify, you can listen to 30 second previews of the first 100 songs.
Or you can create a free account to hear the entire playlist with occasional ads.
A searchable and sortable list of all songs:
| Artist | Track |
|---|---|
| The Struts | Kiss This |
| Anna Straker,Gabrielle Aplin,The Freelance Hellraiser | Good Days Bad Days – Golden Days Remix |
| Benjamin Gibbard | Proxima B |
| Foals | Mountain at My Gates |
| Unklevon,Boys Noize | Spa8cid |
| Green Day | Suzie Chapstick |
| Stand Atlantic | hair out |
| The Crystal Method | Moment Of Truth |
| P!nk | TRUSTFALL |
| Tycho | Awake |
| Måneskin | SUPERMODEL |
| OneRepublic | Sunshine |
| Cage The Elephant | Ball and Chain |
| Train | Lost and Found |
| Weezer | Feels Like Summer |
| Danny Black | Cascade |
| Parachute | Without You |
| Ruston Kelly | Breakdown |
| Lewis Del Mar | Painting (Masterpiece) |
| blink-182 | Happy Days |
| Kesha | Learn To Let Go |
| Olivia Rodrigo | get him back! |
| Dua Lipa | Dance The Night |
| Charlie Cunningham | Minimum |
| Bush | More Than Machines |
| Ripe | Settling |
| CHVRCHES | Graffiti |
| Tycho,nimino | Small Sanctuary – nimino Remix |
| The National Parks | I Better Go |
| A Great Big World,Futuristic | Hold Each Other |
| Brett Dennen | Kumbaya, Life Rolls On |
| Eels | JAZZ HANDS, Part I |
| Tycho | Time To Run |
| Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | The Distance |
| Nothing But Thieves | Trip Switch |
| Matt Lange,Deniz Reno,The Crystal Method | Ordinary Love – The Crystal Method Remix |
| Sia,Neneh Cherry,Chaka Khan | Immortal Queen (feat. Chaka Khan & Neneh Cherry) |
| The Head And The Heart | Missed Connection |
| Lael Neale | Every Star Shivers in the Dark |
| Sia | The Greatest |
| Yasmin Williams | Restless Heart |
| Beck,Phoenix | Odyssey |
| First Aid Kit | It’s a Shame |
| Taylor Swift | Hits Different |
| Sia,Chaka Khan | Immortal Queen (feat. Chaka Khan) |
| Sons Of Maria,Angelika Vee | Sweet Madness |
| MUNA | One That Got Away |
| Ray Laurél | MANIC PIXIE DREAM BOY |
| ILLENIUM,Nina Nesbitt | Luv Me a Little |
| Noga Erez | Off the Radar |
| The Naked And Famous | Higher |
| HEALTH,Boys Noize,Empress Of | STONEFIST – BOYS NOIZE x HEALTH x EMPRESS OF :: STONEFIST RMX |
| Sheryl Crow,Peter Gabriel | Digging In The Dirt |
| Ryan Adams | Atlantic City |
| Vampire Weekend | Harmony Hall |
| Dave Matthews Band | Do You Remember |
| Sia | Gimme Love |
| Fleet Foxes | Can I Believe You |
| Matilda Mann | Paper Mache World |
| El Ten Eleven | Reverie |
| Glass Animals | On the Run |
| Telekinesis | Sleep In |
| Tara George | No More |
| SACHI,Carla Wehbe | Lift Off |
| iamamiwhoami,ionnalee | fountain |
| The National Parks | Sunshine |
| BROODS | Peach |
| Foster The People | Sit Next to Me |
| Death Cab for Cutie | Pepper |
| Sarah McLachlan | In Your Shoes |
| Imagine Dragons | Rise Up |
| Taylor Swift | The Great War |
| Ella Vos | Mindreader |
| Nathan Micay | Conga Album |
| Of Monsters and Men | Wolves Without Teeth |
| Phil Good | Sleeping In |
| The Revivalists | Wish I Knew You |
| lovelytheband | broken |
| Skott | Evergreen |
| Jade Bird | Headstart |
| Phoebe Ryan | Mine |
| Boys Noize,ABRA | Affection |
| Iron & Wine | Anyone’s Game |
| TOLEDO | Sunday Funday |
| Rachel Platten | Fight Song |
| Young the Giant | Superposition |
| Charlie Puth | Mother |
| BANKS | Beggin For Thread |
| The Paper Kites | June’s Stolen Car |
| Sia | Little Wing |
| Kygo,Imagine Dragons | Born To Be Yours |
| Glass Animals | Creatures in Heaven |
| Ratatat | Cream On Chrome |
| Gabrielle Aplin | Kintsugi |
| Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Ohio |
| Becca Mancari | Hunter |
| Glass Animals | Life Itself |
| Massive Attack,Azekel | Ritual Spirit |
| Alanis Morissette | Reasons I Drink |
| Sofi Tukker,NERVO,The Knocks,ALISA UENO | Best Friend (feat. NERVO, The Knocks & ALISA UENO) |
| Vance Joy | Georgia |
| Little People | Vowels |
| Sia,Kylie Minogue | Dance Alone |
| Unklevon,Alina Pash | High Key |
| Jai Wolf,Chelsea Jade | Lost (feat. Chelsea Jade) |
| Jordy Searcy | Dark in the City |
| Clams Casino,Imogen Heap | I’m God |
| DISPATCH | Curse + Crush |
| The Black Keys | Wild Child |
| Isla Noon | I Need to Go Home |
| League of Legends,Tori Kelly,DEEGAN | You & Me Makes Us |
| Tori Amos | Speaking With Trees |
| Ross Copperman | Stars Are on Your Side |
| Rita Ora | Your Song |
| Kodaline,Gabrielle Aplin | Everyone Changes |
| Hailee Steinfeld | Afterlife |
| Green Day | Oh Love – Otis Big Guitar Mix |
| Astrid S | Hurts So Good |
| The Weather Station | Atlantic |
| José González | Leaf Off / The Cave |
| Yaima | Citadella |
| Ten Fé | Coasting |
| The Cranberries | In the End |
| P!nk,Willow Sage Hart | Cover Me In Sunshine |
| HAIM,Toro y Moi | 3 AM – Toro y Moi Remix |
| Lucius | Stranger Danger |
| Foreign Air | Free Animal |
| Quinn XCII,Chelsea Cutler | Stay Next To Me (with Chelsea Cutler) |
| Big Thief | Simulation Swarm |
| Tomberlin | Wasted |
| Maggie Rogers | Light On |
| Emancipator | Tributary |
| Marshmello,CHVRCHES | Here With Me |
| Milky Chance | Stolen Dance |
| benny blanco,Marshmello,Vance Joy | You (with Marshmello & Vance Joy) |
| Taylor Swift | My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys |
| Sum 41 | Never There |
| Vera Ellen | Homewrecker |
| Sia,Labrinth | Incredible (feat. Labrinth) |
| Axel Flóvent | Have This Dance |
| Mick Flannery | Fool |
| Mumford & Sons | Woman |
| Noah Gundersen,Phoebe Bridgers | Atlantis |
| The National,Bon Iver | Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver) |
| Tall Heights | River Wider |
| Ra Ra Riot | Bad To Worse |
| Madonna | Ghosttown |
| Uffie | Drugs |
| Maggie Rogers | Don’t Forget Me |
| WILD | Silver & Gold |
| Runnner | Eggshell |
| Dua Lipa | IDGAF |
| Imogen Heap | Last Night Of An Empire |
| Taylor Swift | High Infidelity |
| Kevin Johansen,David Byrne | Last Night I Was Dreaming With You |
| Calexico,Iron & Wine | Father Mountain |
| The Passersby | I Know You |
| flor | unsaid |
| Porter Robinson,Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | Unfold |
| Dawes | Things Happen |
| William Tyler | Alpine Star |
| Coldplay,Little Simz,Burna Boy,Elyanna,TINI | WE PRAY – Single Version |
| Noah Kahan,Joy Oladokun | Someone Like You (feat. Joy Oladokun) |
| Radical Face | Hard of Hearing |
| Wilco | Love Is Everywhere (Beware) |
| Guster | Overexcited |
| Hailaker | M3 |
| Bear’s Den | Shadows |
| MØØNWATER,NOCTURN | Darkside |
| Sharon Van Etten | Our Love |
| Samia | Honey |
| Lady Gaga | The Cure |
| Brett Dennen | Another Day In Babylon |
| Riley Pearce | Windmill |
| Iron & Wine | Call It Dreaming |
| Sam Smith | I’m Not The Only One |
| Caroline Polachek | Breathless |
| Axel Flóvent | When the Sun Goes Down |
| Charlie Cunningham | So It Seems |
| Coldplay | Magic |
| Taylor Mecca | Empty Promises |
| Tyrone Wells | Days I Will Remember |
| Trevor Hall | Moon / Sun – Instrumental |
| Casual Healing | Driftwood |
| Glass Animals | Lost in the Ocean |
| Brett Dennen | The Ballad of Lily and Tres |
| Yo La Tengo | Aselestine |
| Billie Marten | Blue Sea, Red Sea |
| Tunng | Death Is the New Sex |
| Ella Vos | Superglue |
| Sylvan Esso | Coffee |
| Jon Bryant | Headphones |
| flora cash | You’re Somebody Else |
| Chris Staples | Dark Side of the Moon |
| Amy Shark | Adore |
| Harrison Storm | Be Slow |
| Swedish House Mafia | Ray Of Solar (B Side Edit) |
| Cigarettes After Sex | Heavenly |
| RITUAL,Lisa Hannigan | Josephine |
| Kacey Musgraves | Slow Burn |
| Ruston Kelly | Asshole – Demo |
| Death Cab for Cutie | Flirted With You All My Life |
| Good Old War | Part of Me |
| Khruangbin | So We Won’t Forget |
| MEG + JAC,Megan Davies,Jaclyn Davies | Makes No Sense |
| Taylor Swift | Maroon |
| Holly Humberstone | Dive |
| Ella Vos | You Don’t Know About Me |
| Calum Graham | In Lak’ech |
| Billie Eilish | bury a friend |
| Selena Gomez | My Mind & Me |
| Novo Amor | Me v2 |
| Rosa Linn | SNAP – Acoustic |
| Christine and the Queens | People, I’ve been sad |
| Beck | Morning |
| Dustin Tebbutt | Resin |
| machineheart | Stonecold |
| Sasha Alex Sloan,Charlie Puth | Is It Just Me? (feat. Charlie Puth) |
| Christine and the Queens | Tilted |
| Michael Marcagi | In The Light |
| SYML | Believer |
| Taylor Swift | the 1 |
| LAUREL | Fire Breather |
| Sun June | Everything I had |
| SYML | Girl |
| Novo Amor | Opaline |
| Etaoin | Dead to Me |
| Tall Tree 6ft Man | The Way It Shapes You |
| Laura Stevenson | Living Room, NY |
| Ailbhe Reddy | Last To Leave |
| Johnny Flynn | Detectorists (Full Studio Version) |
| James Bay | Let It Go |
| Megan Davies | What’s up? |
| Sia,Sofiane Pamart | Gimme Love – Sofiane Pamart Remix |
| Daisy Clark | Hope It Hurts You |
| Floraleda Sacchi | Primavera |
| Skullcrusher | Song for Nick Drake |
| S. Carey | Rose Petals |
| Axel Flóvent | Quiet Eyes |
| Oh Wonder | Lonely Star |
| Roo Panes | Little Giant |
| Jay Brannan | Burn Into the Son |
| Phoebe Bridgers | Funeral |
| Sia | Titanium (Megan’s V3rsion) |
| Passenger | Sword from the Stone (Patchwork Version) |
| Complete Mountain Almanac | February |
| City of the Sun | Everything |
| The Black Dog | Cup Noodle |
| Richard Walters | Unconditional |
| Etaoin | Pale Damp Cheeks |
| Charlie Cunningham | End of the Night |
| Laura Zocca | The Art Of Getting By |
| Ludovico Einaudi,Amsterdam Sinfonietta | Night |
| Fenne Lily | Bud |
| The Japanese House | Chewing Cotton Wool |
| Charlie Cunningham | Friend of Mine |
| Lucy Wainwright Roche | Little Beast |
| Greta Isaac | FU |
| Haux | Ricochet |
| Novo Amor | Ornaments |
| Joy Oladokun | Who Do I Turn To? |
| Greta Svabo Bech,Ludovico Einaudi | Circles (based on Ludovico Einaudi Experience) |
| Samia | Is There Something in the Movies? |
| Tomo | The Old Parade |
| Pieter de Graaf | Dew Drops |
