Friendos –
If you’re reading this, it means you’ve made it through this escalating catastrofuck of a year; here’s to the next one.
I wish you safety, sanity and health in 2022, and till then, have an end-of-year mixtape of 100 songs (new and old) that hit me just right this year:
THIS MAKES WAR: The Steel Ape Sessions Vol. 21
WITH!
- Sleepwalker – Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett
- So May We Start – Sparks, Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg & Chorus
- Lets Start – Mamud Band
- Papa Gene’s Blues – The Monkees (RIP Mike Nesmith)
- out of sight – Run The Jewels ft. 2Chainz
- Poke It Out – Wale ft. J. Cole, Cool & Dre
- Fight For You – H.E.R.
- Rumors – Lizzo ft. Cardi B
- No Going Back – Yuno
- Mandrake – MF DOOM
- hold yourself – tUnE-yArDs
- 4 American Dollars – U.S. Girls
- Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby – Donna Missal
- Can’t Stop the Rain – Neal Francis
- Headspace – Phil Augusta Jackson
- It’s Okay To Cry – SOPHIE
- Hopopono – GoGo Penguin
- Mr. Wiffen – Harry Belafonte
- Leave the Door Open – Silk Sonic
- ‘Til the Christ Come Back – Bill Fay
- Get It On Time – Black Lips
- Soft Spot – Claud
- Cham Cham – El Michels Affair ft. Piya Malik
- Last Day on Earth – beabadoobee
- Grumpy Old Man – Remi Wolf
- Wet Dream – Wet Leg
- Wonder Girl – Sparks
- Bulunur Mu – Altin Gün
- World Remember Me Now – The Go! Team
- Lost Ones – Ms. Lauryn Hill
- Renegade – Kavinsky ft. Cautious Clay
- Over – Lucky Daye
- Toast with the Butter – Blu DeTiger
- Strawberry Milkshake – SOFY
- One Day – Ten Towers
- The Earth Won’t Hold Me – Kathy Heideman
- Have You Been Good to Yourself – Johnnie Frierson
- Your Hollywood – Friedberg
- Be Free – Weyes Blood
- Rain Song – Emile Mosseri ft. Han Ye-ri
- Do Better – LaKeith Stanfield ft. Git
- Most Wanted – QUESSE HUNDO
- Psychedelic Weapons – Alejandro Jodorowsky
- New Scars – Fluorescent Beige
- Ritual Union – Little Dragon
- Città Vuota – Mina
- Simone, Naked, Cell Block-J Hobby Room – Alexandre Desplat
- What Makes Me Think About You – Nicolas Godin
- Aloha – Valley Boy
- Meet Me At Our Spot – THE ANXIETY
- The Path of the Wind – Joe Hisaishi
- Wanna Hear a Story? – Mica Levi ft. Taylour Paige
- Just a Friend – Biz Markie (RIP)
- Thot Shit – Megan Thee Stallion
- Guns Go Bang – Kid Cudi ft. Jay-Z
- SUN GOES DOWN – Lil Nas X
- Answer Me, My Love – Swamp Dogg
- Memories of U – Kiefer
- Show Me – Mark Ronson
- Puppy and a Truck – Jenny Lewis
- Baby Blue – Jetta Juriansz
- … At the Holiday Party – St. Vincent
- In There – Liz Phair
- Lay Up – Fana Hues
- Witchoo – Durand Jones & The Indications ft. Aaron Frazer
- Chemical Calisthenics – Blackalicious ft. Cut Chemist (RIP Gift of Gab)
- Break in the Action – Czarface ft. MF DOOM
- Alala – CSS
- Worry With You – Sleater-Kinney
- Claudia Kishi – The Linda Lindas
- bio – duendita
- Mufaro’s Garden – Georgia Ann Muldrow
- Say So – Doja Cat
- Better Days – NEIKED ft. Mae Muller & Polo G.
- Fly – Birdz ft. Ngaiire
- Automatic – Satin Jackets ft. Panama
- Solar Power – Lorde
- Amor Indio – Vicente Fernández (RIP)
- Butter – BTS
- Pink Yesterday – Too Many Zooz
- Pretty Please – The Triplett Twins
- Let Them Know – Mabel
- Walk The Beat – Tierra Whack
- Vitamins – Qveen Herby
- NICE OUT – Kilo Kish
- WUSYANAME – Tyler, The Creator ft. YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign
- honey (Phil from Havêa Remix) – url
- Tequila Shots – Kid Cudi
- Tes Larmes – Amouë
- Trampoline – SHAED
- Wild Side – Normani ft. Cardi B
- TASTE – Snoh Aalegra
- Middle Ground – Alessia Cara ft. CHIKA
- Jonny – Faye Webster
- Lost Cause – Billie Eilish
- One of These Days – Bedouine
- Right on Time – Brandi Carlile
- Break Her Heart For Me – KIRBY
- That Funny Feeling – Phoebe Bridgers
- The Rhythm Changes – Kamasi Washington
I wish you nothing but the loveliest of new years, and hope that this year reunites in joy what’s been parted in tragedy.
Till Then,
Yours in Apes,
AG.
The Steel Ape Sessions 