Weekend Playlist: Piano

Weekend Playlist: Piano

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Mog looking at X/twitter selections (05/11/2025) with Songs that feature or reference piano.
This was commemorate World Pianist Day on Sunday (8th November)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Ole Piano
Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland Illinois
Diana Ross - My old piano
Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu
Stanley Holloway - Pick up tha musket
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great balls of fire
Billy Preston - Nothing from Nothing
Bonus: Ray Charles - What'd I say Pt1&2

[Side 2] Let's do it
Victoria Wood - Ballad of Barry & Freda
Ben Folds - Landed
Winifred Atwell - Black & White Rag
Tom Waits - Piano has been drinking
Bruce Hornsby - The way it is
Tim Minchin - Rock and Roll Nerrd
Bonus: Damien Rice - Unplayed Piano

[Side 3] The Piano
Michael Nyman - The Piano
Charlatans - One to another
Squeeze - Another nail in my heart
Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No 1
U2 - New Year's day
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Bonus: Eddy Grant - Gimme hope Jo'anna

[Side 4] Piano Men
Nick Cave & Bad Seeds - Into my arms
Elton John - Bennie & the Jets
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Bernard Cribbins - Right said Fred
George Ezra - Budapest
Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind
Bonus: Robert Miles - Children

Midnight Mixtape: Garden

Coming soon..

Weekend Playlist: Scary Sounds

Weekend Playlist: Scary Sounds

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Snail looking at X/twitter selections (29/10/2025) with Songs that reference scary sounds (scream, shieks, boo, etc)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Unholy Spirits
1. Sepultura - Uma Cura
2. John Carpenter - Halloween Theme
3. Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
4. Moontrekkers - Night of the vampire
5. Aphex Twin - Come to daddy
6. Ashley Serena - Lullaby of woe

[Side 2] In the name of...
7. Eminem (ft Dido) - Stan
8. Sam the sham & Pharoahs - L'il red riding hood
9. Death in Vegas - Aisha
10. Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack the Ripper
11. Supergrass - Mary
12. Pink Floyd - Careful with that axe Eugene

[Bonus]
Bobby Pickett & Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash
Michael Jackson - Thriller

Midnight Mixtape: Scary Songs

Midnight Mixtape: Scary Songs

On the midnight mixtape, Qasa Alom was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (28/10/2026) with Songs that reference Scary Songs!

Songs in contention

• Fleetwood Mac - Black magic woman
• Elvis - Devil in disguise
• Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil
• Wizard of Oz - We're off to see the wizard
• Frankie Teardrop - Suicide
• Ramones - Pet Sementary
• Stranglers - In the shadows
• Napoleon XIV - They're coming to take me away
• Nancy Sinatra - These boots are made for walking
• Josh Wink - Don't Laugh
• John Williams - Jaws Theme
• Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper
• Laurie Anderson - Superman
• Damned - These hands
• Smiths - Suffer little children
• Dr Who Theme
• Kate Bush - Wuthering heights
• Rentaghost Theme
• Round the twist Theme
• Ghosts Theme
• Horrible histories Theme
• Doors - Riders on the storm
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
• Alice Cooper - Poison
• Tales of the Unexpected Theme
• ELO - Fire on high
• Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme
• Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays
• Tears for fears - Mad world
• Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
• Carl Orff - O Fortuna
• Whodini - Freaks come out at night
• Screaming Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you
• Stranglers - waltzinblack
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
• Eagles - Hotel California
• Metallica - Enter sandman
• X Files Theme
• Talking Heads - Psycho killer
• Joy Division - Dead souls
• Yeah yeah yeahs - Heads will roll
• Enya - Orinoco Flow
• Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
• Rockwell - Somebody's watching over me
• Simon & Garfunkel - Sun is burning

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
2. Ramones - Pet Sematary
3. Laurie Anderson - Superman
4. Smiths - Suffer little children
5. Talking Heads - Psycho killer
6. Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil
[Side 2]
7. John Williams - Jaws Theme
8. Frankie Teardrop - Suicide
9. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
10. Yeah yeah yeahs - Heads will roll
11. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
12. Carl Orff - O Fortuna
Hidden: Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 4 acts had never been on before Angelo Badalamenti, Frankie Teardrop, Laurie Anderson, Mike Oldfield (1) (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: Talking Heads (8)
• 4: Rolling Stones (11)
• 3: Black Sabbarh (6), Warren Zevon (5)
• 2: John Williams (4), Smiths (4)
• 1: Yeah Yeah Yeahs (1), Carl Orff (1)

Weekend Playlist: Banned

Weekend Playlist: Banned

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Wee Bear looking at X/twitter selections (22/10/2026) with Songs that reference banning or banishment or songs that been banned.
This was inspired by the release of Frankie goes to Hollywood's Relax on Saturday which go on to be banned and become a UK #1 in 1983.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist! Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list

[Side 1] Strange Fruit
1. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
2. Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
4. Bessie Smith - Nobody knows you when you're down and out
5. Stranglers - Peaches
6. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

[Side 2] A little respect
7. Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam
8. Five man electrical band - Signs
9. Erasure - A little respect
10. Amyl & Sniffers - Chewing gum
11. Prince - Darling Nikki
12. Gainsbourg & Birkin - Je t'aime

[Bonus]
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Alexandre Desplat - Cleared of all charges
Chuck Berry - My ding-a-ling

Midnight Mixtape: Insects

Midnight Mixtape: Insects

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (21/10/2026) with Songs that reference Insects! Theme was based on the news of a massive wasps' nest in an office being dismantled.

Songs in contention

• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the bumblebee
• Melanie - Alexander Beetle
• XTC - Ladybird
• Who - Boris the spider
• Altered Images - Insects
• Bob Lind - Elusive butterfly
• Nancy Sinatra & Lee Aizlewood - Lady bird
• Cure - Lullaby
• Cure - Caterpillar
• U2 - The Fly
• XTC - Fly in the wall
• XTC - Across the ante
• XTC - I'm bugged
• Modest mouse - Do the Cockroach
• Depeche Mode - Fly on a windscreen
• Wire - I am the fly
• Echo & Bunnymen - Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
• Richard Thompson - Beeswing
• Fall - Cyber insekt
• Disney Studio Chorus/Mousercise - Bug a boo
• Gary Lucas - Glo worm
• Christy Moore - Reel in the flicking light
• Slim Harpo - I'm a king bee
• Wham! - Wake me up (before you go go)
• Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon
• Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
• Blur - Beetlebum
• Jim Stafford - Spiders & Snakes
• Brian Eno - Spider & I
• Funkadelic - Maggot brain
• Herb Alpert - Spanish Flea
• Shaggy - Boombastic
• Editors - Escape the nest
• Adam Ant - Ant music
• Edgar Broughton - Moth
• B Bumble & Stingers - Nut rocker
• Elvis - I got stung
• Mission - Butterfly on the wheel
• Dolly Parton - Love is like a butterfly
• Norah Jones - What am I to
• Wings - Little lamb Dragonfly
• Bob Dylan - Locusts
• Cole Porter - Let's do it
• Burl Ives - Ugly bug ball
• Val Doonican - Elusive Butterfly

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Altered Images - Insect
2. Cure - Caterpillar
3. Herb Alpert - Spanish Flea
4. Modest Mouse - Doin' the cockroach
5. Gary Lucas - Glo worm
6. B Bumble & Stingers - Nut rocker
[Side 2]
7. Adam & Ants - Ant music
8. XTC - Lady bird
9. Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly
10. Blur - Beetlebum
11. Jim Stafford - Spider & Snakes
12. Christy Moore - Reel in the flickering light
HIDDEN TRACK: Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 8 acts had never been on before B Bumble & Stingers, Bob Lind, Curtis Mayfield (3), Gary Lucas, Herb Alpert, Jim Stafford, Modest Mouse (1), XTC (1) (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 7: Adam Ant (10)
• 5: Blur (13)
• 2: Christy Moore (3)
• 1: Altered Images (1), Cure (8)

Weekend Playlist: TV & Radio

Weekend Playlist: TV & Radio

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Louise looking at X/twitter selections (16/10/2026) with Songs that reference TV and Radio.
This was commemorate BBC being founded in 1922 (Oct 18)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final double playlist!

[Side 1] BBC1
Public Service Broadcasting - Theme from PSB
Of Monsters & Men - Television Love
Bruce Springsteen - 57 Channels (and nothin' on)
Freak Power - Turn On Tune In Cop Out
Fountains of Wayne - Hackensack
Black Flag - TV Party

[Side 2] Radio 1
Robbie Williams - Radio
Rush - Spirit of Radio
Selecter - On my Radio
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Jason Isbell - Traveling alone
Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves

[Bonus]
Ming Tea - BBC
Buggles - Video killed the Radio Star


[Side 3] BBC2
A-ha - Sun always shines on TV
Lily Allen - Chinese
Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy - Television...
Dire Straits - Money for nothing 
James - Lost a friend
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill your Television

[Side 4] Radio 2
Stefanie Sun - Radio
Joy Division - Transmission 
Sam Cooke - Having a party
Donna Summer - On the Radio
Stereophonics - I wouldn’t believe your radio
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Radio Radio

[Bonus]
TV on the Radio - Dreams
CHVRCHES - Dead Air