Hi, I made a playlist for you.

Panda Bear. (Aside (already?): For some reason, I so badly want to compare him to Sin Fang. They're similar, but very different in other ways. I don't know. I feel like I'm setting myself up to talk more about this, but I really haven't put more thought into it beyond that.) In my opinion, Panda Bear translates better recorded, but when I experienced Sin Fang in Iceland (hey, I should write about Iceland on this here blog), I was mesmerized by everything that was happening on stage and in my ears.

"Boys Latin" has the same effect on me. The music video, while bizarre and frightening at first, is incredibly beautiful. I have to admit, it brought me to tears.

Life is full of hard things, but as human beings learning to connect in an increasingly disconnected world, part of overcoming the murky times is helping people currently in the same situation you were in. Sometimes that means helping them to accept their circumstances, just as you have.

Plug for Panda Bear's Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper.

Moving on to the actual topic of this post.

Inspired by friend Jesse Hancock, I decided to create a monthly playlist of the music I'm listening to. New stuff, old stuff, covered stuff, shared stuff, remixed stuff. All the stuff.

I know, I know, it's mid-month. But I wanted to keep these playlists somewhat short / equal the number of days in the month.

So, here's are my favorites from January. Follow the playlist or, better yet, follow me on Spotify if you want. (Update: I've added a new playlist for every month from this post to present time.)

Enjoy.