The Mostly Music 2024 Playlist, Pt. 1 (Updated 1/14/24)

Happy New Year! We’re only two weeks in to 2024, and there has already been a lot of fantastic music released. I have compiled as many singles from the past fourteen days as I can into a Spotify playlist. This year, I’m doing a separate playlist for every three months instead of four, so there will be four parts total.

Here are the songs added from January 1st to today, January 14th.

My Top 50 Songs of 2023

I tried to trim my list down to 30, the way I did last year, but it was impossible. For one thing, I started compiling singles for 2023 in January – last year, I got a late start. And for another thing, there have been way too many good songs released over the past twelve months!

So here are my top 50 songs of 2023 (in no particular order). And here is a link to the full playlist!

The Mostly Music 2023 Playlist, Pt. 3 (Updated 11/19/23)

Here are the recent releases that have been added to part 3 of the playlist since November 5th.

Be sure to check out parts 1 and 2 of the 2023 playlist as well!

New Music Alert! Alive In Stone: “Fatboy” (Review)

Alive In Stone has kicked off 2023 with another banger. “Fatboy” grabs the attention of the listener from the get-go. With a beat that will have you bobbing your head, a groove-laden guitar riff, a bass line that fleshes out the sound, and a catchy chorus, this track had me rocking out in my car (and yes, I was drumming on my steering wheel).

The vocals have a nice grit in the verses that wouldn’t be out of place in a grunge song, but are wonderfully clear and clean at the chorus. Then there’s a wicked growl/scream at around the 2:26 mark, echoing the frustration and anger building throughout the track and showing off the singer’s versatility all at once.

The whole thing is rounded out with a short and sweet guitar solo, the chorus, and one final taunt: “Hey, Fatboy, swallow the cake like you swallow your life.”

“Fatboy” is a must-add to your playlist. I know I put it on mine! Check it out here and on your favorite streaming service.