Winter 2015 Mixtape: Sounds of Now Playlist

Until we spring forward and hopefully see warmer days ahead, our new playlist (aka our Winter Mixtape) is here to add some heat to your life with some sweet, new ear candy.

As always, this playlist is culled from a combination of readers' suggestions, staff selections and music from artists recently feature in Variance. It's a blend of four hours of new or buzzworthy indie, underground and mainstream music. And we guarantee you'll discover something new—or your money back.

The playlist, which can be heard below via Spotify, features music from Young Fathers, Drake, BØRNS, Kygo, Best Coast, Mikky Ekko, Passion Pit, Laurel, Modest Mouse, Golden Coast, Alex Winston, PRhyme, Oh Wonder, Waterbed, Alabama Shakes, Shy Girls, LANY, Death Cab for Cutie, Penguin Prison and more.

Listen to the full set below (followed by the tracklist for reference).

Young Fathers - Rain or Shine
Listenbee - Save Me
Pauma - Bank
Laurel - Holy Water
ELEL - 40 Watt
Josef Salvat - Open Season
CHVRCHES - Dead Air
Alex Winston - Careless
BØRNS - Electric Love
The Decemberists - Make You Better
Belle & Sebastian - The Party Line
Little Big Town - Faster Gun
K. Flay - Make Me Fade
PRhyme - Dat Good Sound (ft. Ab-Soul, Mac Miller)
Seinabo Sey - Younger (Kygo Remix)
Kygo - Firestone
Tei Shi - Bassically
Speelburg - Kline
Hayley Kiyoko - This Side of Paradise
The Weeknd - Earned It
Cucoolander - Dumb Dee Diddy Dumb
Cherokee - Teenage Fantasy
Oh Wonder - The Rain
Osca - Blood
Purity Ring - Push Pull
Mikky Ekko - U
Pastel - Katuchat (ft. Rusty Hook)
The Night Vi - Too Late to Lie
Young Ejecta - Into Your Heart
Robert DeLong - Long Way Down
Brolin - Swim Deep
Golden Coast - Futurist
Aurora - Under Stars
Ruelle - Until We Go Down
Waterbed - Where You Are
Kwamie Liv - Lost in the Girl
Shy Girls - Xhampagne (ft. Antwon)
Penguin Prison - Never Gets Old
Alabama Shakes - Don’t Wanna Fight
Madeon - Pay No Mind (ft. Passion Pit)
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
Marina and the Diamonds - I’m a Ruin
Big Sean - Blessings (ft. Drake & Kanye West)
Death Cab for Cutie - Black Sun
LANY - Bad, Bad, Bad
Jeremih - Planes (ft. J. Cole)
Joey Bada$$ - Run Up On Ya (ft. Action Bronson & Elle Varner)
The Midnight Hollow - Walls
Matt and Kim - Get It
Until the Ribbon Breaks - Revolution Indifference (ft. Run the Jewels)
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
Years & Years - Memo
Action Bronson - Actin Crazy
POP ETC - Running in Circles
Kanye West - Only One (ft. Paul McCartney)
A$AP Rocky - Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2
JUDE - Drive
Modest Mouse - Lampshades on Fire
M+A - Do the Shout
Passion Pit - Lifted Up (1985)
Drake - 6PM in New York
Best Coast - California Nights