december download
the end of an era!
i’m a bit blurbed out after all the end-of-year music coverage, but i gotta say something because this is my final playlist for the alliterative series. i started the series in 2021 with february faves, which included a song for every day of the month. i realized i liked the challenge of coming up with descriptive titles using alliteration, so i kept the trend going until now.
i’m appreciative of what this curation offered me in terms of organization, structure, and perspective. now, i’m pursuing a change of pace and more thematic expansion. many exciting changes are coming to things i collected—stay tuned.
more 2025 releases
no summaries, just vibes.
Vayda — Don’t Lose the Groove (EP)
Nappy Nina — Sweets for Cynics (EP)
Pink Siifu — ONYX’!
Lucius — Lucius
Milk & Bone & Chromeo — A Little Lucky (EP)
Melody’s Echo Chamber — Unclouded
Adi Oasis — Silver Lining (EP)
JMSN — …it’s only about u if you think it is
redveil — sankofa
Folk Bitch Trio — Now Would Be A Good Time
Danny Brown — Stardust
BNYX®️ — LOADING… (EP)
Isaia Huron — CONCUBANIA
Acopia — Blush Response
Lucy Bedroque — Unmusique
Melissa Mary Ahearn — Kerosene
RIO KOSTA — Unicorn
SALIMATA — The Happening
NoSo — When Are You Leaving
Justin Nozuka — 二 (EP)
Justin Nozuka — 三 (EP)
Kwaku Asante — bygone
Jim Legxacy — black british music (2025)
music to look forward to
a new Choker album!! (date TBA)
Ya Tseen — Stand On My Shoulders (1/16)
reggie — UNDRA (1/23)
GENA — The Pleasure is Yours (2/27)
The Orielles — Only You Left (3/13)
sights to see
School Spirits
synopsis: if The Breakfast Club focused on a cast of multi-generational ghosts stuck in purgatory who lived in high school for perpetuity (+ a murder mystery).
december download: the playlist
the notes: eclecticism, evolution, the end of an era, new levels, lowkenuinely1, thank you!
(december download: the playlist on Apple Music)
a portmanteau of “low-key” and “genuinely,” this is my pick for best slang term of 2025 that won’t fully catch on until 2026.
I love School Spirits and am really looking forward to the new series!