I make monthly Spotify playlists, and (mostly) update them on this page. They are

  1. free.
  2. AWESOME. (This verdict is unanimous, although if you watch X-Factor unironically you may disagree.)

These are they, in revoyse order:

13. Orbyn’s AWESOME Easter playlist

It’s short, but I’m sick. Includes Broken Bells, Tom Vek, Band of Skulls, Simian, She & Him, Pixies, and I Monster. The only Kate Nash song that I like (below) is on the playlist only in spirit; Spotify doesn’t carry it.

April 2010
» Orbyn’s AWESOME Easter playlist in Spotify.

12. Orbyn’s AWESOME spring playlist

Including Gorillaz, Soulwax, Rage Against the Machine, Bumblebeez, and this:

Random sample: The Cramps – Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs.
March 2010
Spring has sprung
The grass is riz
This is where your playlist am.
» Orbyn’s AWESOME spring playlist in Spotify.

11. Orbyn’s AWESOME 2010 playlist

Video perhaps NSFW if you W with UPs (uptight peoples).

Random sample: Irving – I Want to Love you in my Room.
January 2010
It’s the Willennium! Or not.
» Orbyn’s AWESOME 2010 playlist in Spotify.

10. Orbyn and @MatthewLaidlow’s AWESOME robot music playlist


Random sample: Battles – Atlas
December 2009
It’s like, music that sounds like it was made by robots, yeah?
» Listen to Orbyn and @MatthewLaidlow’s AWESOME robot music playlist in Spotify.

9. Orbyn’s AWESOME Christmas 2009 playlist


Random sample: Mr Garrison – Merry Fucking Christmas
December 2009
Strictly a no-Slade zone. Although you may find a Womble in there somewhere.
» Listen to Orbyn’s AWESOME Christmas 2009 playlist in Spotify.

8. Orbyn’s AWESOME inaugural orbyn.co.uk playlist


Random sample: Spektrum – Don’t be Shy
December 2009
» Listen to Orbyn’s AWESOME inaugural orbyn.co.uk playlist in Spotify.

7. Orbyn’s AWESOME NaNoWriMo playlist


Random sample: Plastiscenes – Loser
November 2009
SO awesome that it caused me to only write 30,000 words this year
» Listen to Orbyn’s AWESOME NaNoWriMo playlist in Spotify

6. Orbyn’s AWESOME Indian Summer playlist


Random sample: XX Teens – Onkawara
September/October 2009
» Listen to Orbyn’s AWESOME Indian Summer playlist in Spotify

5. Orbyn’s AWESOME birthday playlist


Random sample: Clor – Outlines
August 2009
SO awesome it actually caused me to BE BORN in the 1970s.
» Listen to Orbyn’s AWESOME birthday playlist in Spotify

4. Orbyn’s BODACIOUS 1980s playlist


Random sample: Wax – Bridge to your Heart (on Top of the Pops!)
July 2009
‘Bodacious’ is ’80s for ‘awesome’. WARNING: Includes Kenny Loggins.
» Listen to Orbyn’s BODACIOUS 1980s playlist in Spotify

3. Orbyn’s AWESOME summer playlist


Random sample: Flight of the Conchords – Business Time
July 2009
» Listen to Orbyn’s AWESOME summer playlist in Spotify

2. Orbyn’s AWESOME bad news blaylist


Random sample: The Knife – We Share our Mothers’ Health
June 2009
I made this playlist while awaiting bad news. I got good news instead. THAT’S HOW AWESOME IT IS.
» Listen to Orbyn’s AWESOME bad news playlist in Spotify

1. Orbyn’s AWESOME lo-fi playlist


Random sample: Bat for Lashes – What’s a Girl to Do
June 2009
» Listen to Orbyn’s lo-fi playlist in Spotify