Two Playlists for Valentine's Day

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Whether you’re interested in exploring the emotional duality of Valentine’s Day or just looking for two hours of great music, we’ve got you covered.

Glazin’ For You (MP3)

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We just did your job of wooing your crush for you with a decades-spanning collection of lovestruck jams that range from surfy lo-fi to ’80s new wave to bass-heavy dub. You’re welcome! We won’t, however, tell you when to put this playlist on, nor will we give you instructions on how to make it into a mixtape High Fidelity-style – though if you want to do that, that’s totally cool.

Jacuzzi Boys “Glazin” from Glazin
The Black Keys “Everlasting Light” from Brothers
Spoon “You Got Yr Cherry Bomb” from GaGaGaGaGa
Real Estate “It’s Real” from Days
Twin Sister “Lady Daydream” from Color Your Life
tUnE-yArDs “Powa” from W H O K I L L
Talking Heads “Take Me To The River” from More Songs About Buildings and Food
Echo and the Bunnymen “Lips Like Sugar” from Lips Like Sugar
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes “40 Day Dream” from Up From Below
the morning benders “Excuses” from big echo
Beach House “Real Love” from Teen Dream
Liars “The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack” from Drum’s Not Dead
Panda Bear “You Can Count On Me (Acapella)” from Tomboy
Peaking Lights “All the Sun That Shines” from 936
Clues “You Have My Eyes Now” from Clues

The Cruelest Month (MP3)

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T.S. Eliot dropped the ball when he said April was crueler than February, are we right? Whether you’ve been hurt before or just find the whole display of emotions thing a little too jarring to embrace, we’ve got you covered with everything from scuzzy revenge barnburners to chamber-pop knife-twisters to the saddest song Bradford Cox has ever written (maybe). Have some tissues on hand, and try not to grind your teeth too much.

Harlem “Someday Soon” from Hippies
The Dodos “So Cold” from No Color
Oberhofer “Heart” from Time Capsules II
Cat Power “He War” from You Are Free
The Babies “Voice Like Thunder” from The Babies
Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” from Love Will Tear Us Apart
Cults “You Know What I Mean” from Cults
The Walkmen “Thinking of a Dream I Had” from Bows + Arrows
Ramona Falls “Salt Sack” from Intuit
Widowspeak “Ghost Boy” from Widowspeak
Deerhunter “Twilight at Carbon Lake” from Microcastle