Flora Fauna Fungi
In which I make weekly playlists of brand new music named after different seasonal plants, animals and mushrooms.
Red Deadnettle
4/5/25
This week’s new music for old people. Full playlist is at the bottom.
CCF (I’m Gonna Stay With You) - Car Seat Headrest
Claire’s Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Genres: Rock Opera, Indie Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Pop, Power Pop, Heartland Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, New Wave
Tags: cryptic, energetic, progressive, male vocalist, playful, sentimental, introspective, anthemic, quirky, love, bittersweet, passionate, natural, eclectic, lonely, existential, longing, LGBT
Enough Is Enough - The Hives
Claire’s Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Genres: Garage Rock Revival, Post-Punk Revival, Garage Punk
Tags: male vocalist, misanthropic, vulgar, repetitive, humorous, playful, aggressive, heavy, dense, noisy, rhythmic, raw, rebellious, energetic
Double Trio 2 - By Storm
Claire’s Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Genres: Experimental Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Rap, Nu Jazz, Glitch Hop, Experimental, Neo-Psychedelia, IDM
Tags: surreal, avant-garde, dense, progressive, psychedelic, abstract, dissonant, noisy, atmospheric, eclectic, poetic, passionate, male vocalist, lush, futuristic, energetic, chaotic, complex, technical, sampling, hypnotic, introspective, existential, ethereal, warm, bittersweet, manic, triumphant
Everybody’s Trying to Figure Me Out - HAIM
Claire’s Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
Genre: Indie Rock, Pop Rock, Bedroom Pop, Slacker Rock
Full playlist (39:00)
Western Honey Bee
3/29/25
Doing something different with Flora Fauna Fungi starting this week. These are all new singles that were released this past week. That is basically what New Music for Old People was, but I’m no longer aiming to fill a full hour. These are just the top handful of songs that I think are worth a listen in order to stay on top of what’s new in music. I’m also keeping the Flora Fauna Fungi naming convention of naming each playlist after a different seasonal species. I’m no longer limiting that to just those of the Puget Sound region, however. Songs are sorted from best-to-worst (IMHO).
This Week’s New Music:
Clean Heart
Perfume Genius
Genres: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Indie Rock, Chamber Pop, Art Pop
Tags: introspective, melancholic, male vocalist, noisy, ethereal, chaotic, eclectic, raw, existential
DOA
St. Vincent
Genres: New Wave, Synthpop, Film Soundtrack, Dance-Punk, Mutant Disco
For the Cold Country
Black Country, New Road
Genres: Progressive Folk, Art Rock, Chamber Folk, Progressive Rock, Post-Rock, Choral
Scene: Windmill Scene
Tags: medieval, lush, pastoral, epic, progressive, complex, suspenseful, poetic, female vocalist, choral, forest, passionate, sentimental, bittersweet, dense, winter, fantasy, longing, rain, melodic, warm, anxious, chamber music
Get Dumber
Pup feat. Jeff Rosenstock
Genres: Post-Hardcore, Pop Punk
Tags: male vocalist
Free
little Simz
Genres: Neo-Soul, Jazz Rap, Conscious Hip Hop
Scene: UK Hip Hop
Tags: lush, female vocalist, conscious, rhythmic
Doves
Model/Actriz
Genres: Industrial Rock, Electronic Body Music, Noise Rock, New Rave, Industrial Techno
Tags: repetitive, dark, cold, dissonant, noisy, rhythmic, male vocalist, mechanical
Full playlist
Rough-Skinned Newt
3/22/25
The rough-skinned newt is known for the strong toxin exuded from its skin. Music is:
Indie Rock - Sharon Van Etten, The Stone Roses, boygenius, Broken Social Scene, Haley Heynderickx, FIZZ, Japanese Breakfast
Singer-Songwriter - Frankie Cosmos, Lizzy McAlpine, Ethel Cain
Indie Pop: Breakup Shoes
Dream Pop: d4vd
Ambient Pop: By Storm, Jenny Hval
Emo Rap: Lil Peep
Full playlist
Pacific Wren
3/16/25
The first non-waterfowl feature of the Flora Fauna Fungi series. The Pacific wren is a very small songbird. It breeds along the Pacific coast from Alaska to California and inland as far as Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota. It migrates through and winters across the western half of the US and Canada.
They enjoy Indie Pop, Bedroom Pop, Dream Pop, Art Pop, and Sad Lo-Fi. If you’re so inclined, give one or more of these songs a listen. The full playlist of is at the bottom.
Indie Pop: Faye Webster, Dodie, Phoebe Bridgers, Big Thief, Haley Heynderickx
Bedroom Pop: Girl in Red, Strawberry Guy, Sidney Gish
Dream Pop: Cigarettes After Sex
Art Pop: Lana Del Rey
Sad Lo-Fi: Verzache
Full playlist
Pied-Billed Grebe
3/9/25
Pied-billed grebes are small, stocky, and short-necked. Their brown color serves as camouflage in the marshes they live in. Musically, they’re into Ambient Folk, Dream Pop, Pop, Indie, Bedroom Pop, Art Rock, Midwest Emo, Chill Pop, and Shoegaze. For a taste, give one or more of these songs a listen. Full playlist is at the bottom.
Ambient Folk: Novo Amor, Flower Face
Dream Pop: Cigarettes After Sex
Pop: Lana Del Rey, Hozier
Indie: Phoebe Bridgers
Bedroom Pop: Beabadoobee
Art Rock: Radiohead
Midwest Emo: Teen Suicide
Chill Pop: Tom Odell
Shoegaze: Duster
Full playlist
Double-Crested Cormorant
3/2/25
The double-crested cormorant is found near rivers and lakes and in coastal areas and is widely distributed across North America, from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska down to Florida and Mexico. Music is increasingly Dream Pop, Bedroom Pop, and Indie. Start with one or more of the tracks below. Full playlist is at the bottom.
Dream Pop: Cigarettes After Sex
Bedroom Pop: Johnny Goth, girl in red
Indie: Phoebe Bridgers, Death Cab for Cutie
Corecore: Your Anxiety Buddy
Ambient: Gigi Masin
Art Pop: FKA twigs
Indie Folk: Bon Iver
Full playlist
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