OK so here’s the deal. In 2024 we made a bunch of “new release” playlists…approximately a shit ton , or maybe more like 12 to be precise as in monthly “new release” playlists just like we did in 2023.
But the whole thing veered a little out of control in terms of the playlists becoming quite long and unwieldy as we discovered and dumped more and more great tracks into each of them as the year went on and on and on—meaning that given theie overall unwieldiness given the usual onslaught of life we never got around to going back and editing/sequencing the playlists properly as we’re typically wont to do not to mention posting or sharing them…
But fuck it! We assembled ‘en together so we’re gonna share ‘em gooddamit, unwieldy or not (editor’s note: really, must one curse so fucking much!?!) and what’s more going forward we’ve made a new year’s revolution to shit out three new-release playlists each month as in every early/mid/late of the given but yeah we’ll see how it goes…
…and at least we”re off to a good start cuz we already got an “early January 2025” playlist made (see above) for 1/1/25 through 1/11/25 which clocks at a svelte 30 tracks and believe it or not it’s less than 2 hours long (!) and we must say it kicks major ass for shizzle starting off with a block of what some might call “indie rock” before veering off into manifold maniacal other directions and digressions many of which’ll make your jaw hit the floor with wonderment and delight we promise or your money back…
…and as a bonus check out the Jan. 2024 playlist below (and ALL OF THE MONTHY 2024 PLAYLISTS BELOW) with the Jan. ’24 FIRST EDITION quite fittingly kicking off with Bay-Area combo Dear Banshee’s beautifully foreboding “Smell the Smoke” (btw our playlists ARE NOT geographically site specific even if they may be a bit NYC-centric) cuz if 2024 was all about an overweening sense of dread for what’s to come (editor’s note: it was) as suggested by the familiar phrase “where there’s smoke, there’s fire”…
…then 2025 is to reason is gonna be all about FIRE in multiple senses of the word though we hope and pray the conflagrations still raging will be the last of that type of fire tho’ who knows…WE LOVE YOU, LA! this whole man-made tragedy has made for an incredibly heartbreaking start to the year…
…but also conflagrations of a we hope more positive and constructive type seeing as the smoke has pretty much cleared from last year seeing as for better or for worse at least now we more fully know where we stand and girding ourselves to fight fire with fire as the old saying goes (figuratively, that is) and whatever your inclination and station happen to b in this life we’re guessing yr prob gonna need some kindling in the form of fire music…
…and we’re here to help you find it cuz that’s what we do and the amount of truly inspiring and galvanizing music being released both recently and at present is pretty awe-inspiring (hard times breed great music once again) so why not hop aboard our playlist train by following the Deli Stop-i-fried account for starters and of course our IG page too quite naturally and we’ll take a little ride together side- by-side so hang on tight…