This weekend is WVAU‰’s prom, Earth Day, and the beginning of the weekend before finals, so kick back with some carefully-curated tunes for your weekend festivities.

Friday

I picked quite a few feminine vocals with pop melodies like Chastity Belt, YACHT, and St. Vincent which feels fitting for getting ready whether you‰’re singing along in the shower, finding an outfit, or whatever you do. The first and last song of the playlist are intentionally out of place. Washed Out‰’s “Entrance‰” is dedicated to Earth Day—it‰’s the feel-good song in the mix that borrows from nature‰’s sounds. As for the final song, I wanted to finish abrasive and powerful to set the tone of the night and what better way to do that than with some Mykki Blanco?

Track list:

Entrance ‰ÛÒ Washed Out

Crawl ‰ÛÒ Is Tropical

Lipstick ‰ÛÒ Ariel Pink

Seattle Party ‰ÛÒ Chastity Belt

Young and Dumb ‰ÛÒ the bird and the bee

Psychic City – YACHT

Palm Nights ‰ÛÒ Soft Powers

Digital Witness ‰ÛÒ St. Vincent

H.S.K.T. ‰ÛÒ Sylvan Esso

Lovers Rock ‰ÛÒ TV Girl

Don‰’t Mean Jack ‰ÛÒ The Aquadolls

Walking Home ‰ÛÒ Hinds

Dance with Me ‰ÛÒ Native America

I Have the Wine ‰ÛÒ Sat. Nite Duets

Wreckin‰’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra) ‰ÛÒ The Vaccines

For The Homey‰’s ‰ÛÒ Mykki Blanco

Saturday

Got that PPD (post-prom depression)? Well you shouldn‰’t because that‰’s not real. But whatever you did with your Friday night, if you‰’re struggling to get out of bed, listen to some soft sounding, sort of sad, slow jams I got for you.

Shameless plug for WVAU‰’s very own Max “Hat Max‰” Gowan whose newly-released sophomore album  Mass Transit sounds like a cool morning in the summer. If you like twinkly acoustics that sounds like Real Estate, you‰’ll probably love this.

Track list:

Get Up ‰ÛÒ Washed Out

Woke Up Feeling Like Sleeping ‰ÛÒ Juan Wauters

100 Million ‰ÛÒ Charlie Hilton

Weird Honey ‰ÛÒ Elvis Depressedly

Big Mistake ‰ÛÒ Teen Suicide

Suzanne ‰ÛÒ Fran̤oise Hardy

Driving Alone Past Roadwork at Night ‰ÛÒ Ricky Eat Acid

Dixie ‰ÛÒ Palehound

Love Is Only a Feeling ‰ÛÒ HOMESHAKE

Into Black ‰ÛÒ Blouse

In the Moonlight ‰ÛÒ Blithe Field

Champagne/Holiday ‰ÛÒ Monster Rally

Chou Frise ‰ÛÒ Moss Lime

Love Is to Die ‰ÛÒ Warpaint

Survival ‰ÛÒ Adult Mom

Sunday

It‰’s time for excessive amounts of caffeine and work, and maybe a breakdown here and there!! I picked ambient instrumentals for the most part with some experimental songs in between. Treat yourself to some Monster Rally, Brian Eno, Sigur Rüs, and more while you study your life away.