Music

I've been on a mission the past few months. In February 2025 I finally got fed up with how the Spotify algorithm was deciding to show me new music and have taken it upon myself to better curate my listening. I listened to every song I clicked like on, decided if I still liked it, and put every artist and band that I liked into a spreadsheet. I'm now working through those artist's catalogs.

Since I'm already doing the work for fun, might as well share it here.

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100 gecs

Genre: Hyperpop
Years active: 2015-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 29%

"Hey, you little piss baby" is an objectively hilarious way to start a song.


3OH!3 (6/14/26)

Genre: Crunkcore
Years active: 2004-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 24%

Saying that I like 3OH!3 feels like a stretch, but they are fun in small doses and I'm happy that I saw them live.

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Adia Victoria

Genre: Gothic Country
Years active: 2013-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 26%


Against Me! ♥

Genre: Punk
Years active: 1997-2020 (I am in denial)
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 71%

Look, I wouldn't marry Laura, but I wake up every day with the delusion that we might get an Against Me reunion.


Alanis Morissette

Genre: Pop-rock
Years active: 1986-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 22%

I don't think she has ever topped Jagged Little Pill. I will never make Jagged Little Pill so that is not a complaint.


Alessia Cara

Genre: Pop
Years active: 2014-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 45%


Alkaline Trio (10/1/26)

Genre: Pop-punk
Years active: 1996-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 39%


All Time Low ♥ (5/24/25, 9/2/25, 11/22/25, 11/23/25)

Genre: Pop-punk
Years active: 2003-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 99%

I saw ATL at Boston Calling in 2025 and it altered my brain chemistry. I went from being a Dear Maria/Weightless/Monsters girlie to a superfan over the span of that set, man.

Blog about the November 2025 shows: here.


American Hi-Fi (6/14/26)

Genre: Pop-punk
Years active: 1998-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: --

Another Warped set. I need to go back and listen to their albums. I enjoyed seeing them.


Andrew W.K. (7/22/2010, 3/28/2012)

Genre: Party metal (obviously)
Years active: 1993-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: --


Jump scare of me hungover in 2010 at Warped Tour.

I had such a bad time at his show in 2012 that I stopped listening to him entirely. I'm not into people spitting on each other. It was just bad vibes all around. Prior to that I was the top-ranked member of his street team.

I plan on revisting with an open mind and a pure, party heart soon.


Ashnikko

Genre: Electropop
Years active: 2013-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 24%


Aurora

Genre: Alt pop
Years active: 2012-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 18%


Avril Lavigne (5/24/25)

Genre: Pop-punk
Years active: 1999-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 43%

I get the impression that she would rather be anywhere on earth other than on stage, but Let Go had a chokehold on me in middle school.

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Bad Cop/Bad Cop

Genre: Punk
Years active: 2011-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 47%


Bad Religion

Genre: Punk
Years active: 1980-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 16%

That's an abysmal % for a band that I would say I really like, but they have been reheating their own nachos for my entire life. I really like the albums that I have nostalgia for and the rest sound..just like them. I'm sorry Greg Graffin, I have ADHD.


Banks

Genre: Pop
Years active: 2011-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 23%

If her discography was fully acoustic this number would be 100%.


Bastille

Genre: Electropop
Years active: 2010-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 65%

We need to talk about his cover of City High's "What Would You Do" because my conflicted feelings on that are why he doesn't get a heart.


Bat For Lashes

Genre: Indie pop
Years active: 2006-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 14%


Bayside (6/13/26)

Genre: Pop-punk
Years active: 2000-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 41%

Write up of my Warped DC experience seeing them here.


Bea Miller

Genre: Pop
Years active: 2008-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 69%


Beauty School Dropout (6/13/26)

Genre: Pop-punk
Years active: 2020-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™:--

Warped blog here. I need to revisit these guys. I listened to their music before Warped and saw them live and can't remember a thing about them.


Billie Eilish

Genre: Pop
Years active: 2015-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 45%


Birdy

Genre: Indie pop
Years active: 2008-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 38%


Bjork

Genre: Art pop
Years active: 1977-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 12%

Fun personal trivia: I discovered Bjork as a kid through Jason Mraz concert recordings because he did a cover of Unravel. Then I popped her name into Pandora and it played Lights for me, and she's been my favorite ever since. Music discovery!!


Boston Manor (6/14/26)

Genre: Pop-punk (I ignore the rest)
Years active: 2013-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™:57%

I saw them at Warped and wrote about it here.
Honestly, I found the lead singer's stage persona really off-putting and it is keeping me from ever seeing them again. But he did make Be Nothing and I love Be Nothing.


Bowling For Soup

Genre: Pop-punk
Years active: 1994-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™:5%

I decided that my cutoff for whether or not I like a band is if I have liked 10 of their songs on Spotify. I have liked exactly 10 Bowling for Soup songs. I guess I like Bowling for Soup.


Britney Spears

Genre: Pop
Years active: 1992-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 13%

I asked my grandmother for the Baby One More Time CD for my birthday in 2000 and I am still mad that she bought me the Mandy Moore Candy SINGLE instead. She said she thought they were the same person. I still can't decide if she didn't know how to read or if my cousin just didn't want it.

One year for Christmas she gave me a rubber duck from her garage. I can be mad about this.


Broken Social Scene (7/27/2026)

Genre: Indie rock
Years active: 1999-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 0%

They sound fine and were charming/fun to watch. Just not my thing. I think I counted sixteen people on stage at one point? I don't even understand how that works logistically.


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Cage The Elephant (5/24/25)

Genre: Alt rock
Years active: 2006-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™:--

I saw them at Boston Calling and need to revisit them. I know two songs, but I do like the two songs that I know.


Carly Rae Jepsen

Genre: Pop
Years active: 2007-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 11%


Cary Ann Hearst

Genre: Folk
Years active: 2007-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 90%


Caskets (6/14/26)

Genre: Metal
Years active: 2018-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 94%

I saw them at Warped but think it was an off day. We need a do-over.


Chappell Roan ♥

Genre: Pop
Years active: 2014-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™:93%


Charli xcx (10/4/2014)

Genre: Electropop
Years active: 2008-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 28%

Is this a safe space to mention that I thought she was so bad at this show that I couldn't listen to her music for 12 years and missed the brat hype entirely?

I still believe that you should be able to rework your songs to perform them live without mostly just blasting a backing track or you shouldn't go on tour, but I have gotten a lot better at picking what shows I think I would enjoy.


Chloe Moriondo ♥ (11/20/25)

Genre: Indie/hyperpop
Years active: 2014-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 77%

Blog about the show I went to: here


Christina Perri

Genre: Pop
Years active: 2010-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 49%


Chvrches

Genre: Synthpop
Years active: 2011-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 52%


CMAT

Genre: Country pop
Years active: 2017-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 94%


Coheed and Cambria (6/14/26)

Genre: Prog rock
Years active: 1995-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 20%

I know in my heart that percentage is higher. Does anyone have, like, a powerpoint to get me into the lore?
Saw them at Warped.


Coeur de pirate

Genre: Indie pop
Years active: 2007-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 48%

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Demi Lovato

Genre: Pop
Years active: 2002-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 8%

Okay. This is the one where I think I need to require more than 10 songs that I like. Because do I like Demi Lovato or has she worked with a competent producer 10x? I think the latter.


Destroy Boys

Genre: Punk
Years active: 2015-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 79%


Die Toten Hosen

Genre: Punk
Years active: 1982-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: N/A

I find their discography really overwhelming and need to come back to them. But I like them!


Doechii

Genre: Rap
Years active: 2016-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 66%


Doll Skin

Genre: Rock
Years active: 2013-2023
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 48%

Still so torn up about them calling it quits that I saw a girl wearing one of their shirts at Warped and wanted to cry.

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Echosmith
Their live album is so good!

Etta James

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Faith Hill
Are you sleeping on 90s country? Because you shouldn't.

Fame on Fire

Florence + The Machine ♥ (4/20/2026)

A flawless witch angel.

Blog about the show that I went to: here.

Freddie Mercury ♥

Four Year Strong (11/22/2025)
They put on a good show and it was really fun to watch the pit and crowd surfing from my seat in the balcony, they just aren't my thing.
Blog about the show that I went to: here.

fun.

Some Nights is a no-skip album for me and I will hear no Jack Antonoff slander.

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Girlfriends (6/13/26)

I refuse to take a man with an apple logo tattoo seriously but my husband wanted to see them so we did. Blog here.

Glassjaw

Grandson (6/14/26)

My husband likes him so we saw him at Warped.


GWAR (6/13/26)

GWAR fucking rules and we don't deserve them. Blog about seeing them at Warped here.

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Halsey
I genuinely like their music but have relegated them to secondhand vinyl-only after their NFT foray and signing on to play Riyadh.

Hawthorne Heights (6/13/26)
I mean, does it count as seeing them if I only stayed for two songs? I'm counting it. Warped write up is here.

Hayley Williams ♥ (4/4/2026)
I won the ticket war for her Ego Death tour! I'm not sure how I managed, either. It was fine, which makes it sound like I do not think this album was a masterpiece. I do. Blog here.

I will forever love that she went on Jimmy Fallon after he said he wasn't going to make his show political and played the most political song she's ever written.

Hoobastank (6/14/26)
Hoobstank won me back over at Warped.

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Icona Pop (12/8/2012)

Imogen Heap

Initiate

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Janelle Monae

Jason Mraz ♥ (7/6/2024, 6/5/2026)

Blog about the second show that I went to: here


Jhariah (11/20/25)
Blog about the show I went to: here

Jimmy Eat World ♥ (6/14/26)

I'm bobbing my head to this live performance while I update the site today:

I had the honor of experiencing a full playthrough of Bleed American at Warped.


Julien Baker

My first exposure to Julien Baker was This Song Exploder episode.


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Kacey Musgraves

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Lady Gaga

Lights ♥ (6/3/2025, 3/10/2026)

My favorite singer for over a decade. Name someone else who has a concept album based on a comic book that they wrote and drew and colored themselves. (No really, tell me if there is more!)

Blog post for my second Lights concert here.


Linkin Park
A corner of my brain will always be dedicated to Meteora. I gave myself some space to decide if I thought the Emily backlash was warranted or misogyny and unfortunately went with warranted. Hunting for that secondhand Meteora vinyl.

Lorde

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Marina and the Diamonds (12/8/2012)

Mayday Parade (11/22/25, 11/23/25)

They sound better in person than they do their studio albums, which is wild. Unfortunately I think my time on antidepressants was too successful for me to get into them without the nostalgia factor.

I wish that man would wear shoes.

Blog about the shows that I went to: here.

Meet Me @ the Altar

Millington

Mirah ♥ (5/2/2026)

Blog about the show that I went to here.

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New Found Glory (6/14/26)

Was it even Warped tour if you didn't see NFG?

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Of Monsters And Men

Olivia Rodrigo ♥

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People R Ugly (6/13/26)
These guys are so much fun. Blog about my Warped experience is here.

Purity Ring

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Queen

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Rollins Band

Genre: Girl idk. Jazz metal??
Years active: 1987-2006ish
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 91%

Henry Rollins is the only man on earth that I would not roast for writing 'Wrong Man', because you know what? He's right.

Ripe (7/6/2024)

Rise Against ♥ (6/13/26, 10/1/26)

Genre: Punk
Years active: 1999-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 85%

We don't talk about Ricochet.


Blog about the show that I went to is here.

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Sabrina Carpenter

Softcult (3/10/2026)

I feel bad for not liking them.

Blog about the show that I went to here.


Sofia Isella (4/20/2026)

Just not my thing despite all parts of my personality suggesting she would be!

Blog about the show that I attended: here.

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Taking Back Sunday ♥ (6/13/26)

YOUR LIPSTICK, HIS COLLAR, DON'T BOTHER ANGEL. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT GOES ON.
It wasn't a phase, etc. Blog about Warped is here.


Taylor Swift
I think TLOAS is one of the most blatant money-grubbing acts I have ever seen and that it is utterly devoid of artistry or thought. Aaron Dessen and Jack Antonoff can cook, though, so I have some vinyl I'm looking for.

Teen Mortgage (10/1/26)

I don't like their sound but they seem like solid dudes!


The Civil Wars

Genre: Americana
Years active: 2009-2014
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 46%


The Dollyrots (6/14/26)
Blog about Warped here.

The Early November

The Home Team (6/13/26)

I don't know what songs I heard at Warped, but I'm slapping these guys on my list so I remember that I saw them and can check them out later. It seemed like fun over there. Blog here.


The Paradox (11/22/25)
I'm not a fan of their stage personalities. I thought they sounded fine, but the singer's guitar straight up came unplugged during a song and I couldn't tell the difference.
Blog about the show that I went to: here.

The Story So Far

The Used (6/13/26)

I thought the kids in middle school that were allowed to listen to The Used were the coolest, most hardcore kids. And then when I finally saw them live they had a four year old on stage with them. We all grew up. :'). Blog about Warped here.


Third Eye Blind (6/13/26)

I said it here, but I'll say it again: WHY WAS I ALLOWED TO SING ALONG TO SEMI-CHARMED LIFE AS A CHILD.


tiLLie

I will never stop feeling FOMO for not attending the Pep show in Boston where tiLLie opened for Lights. And Lights broke her foot. Not that I want my girl to break her foot, but it's a part of her lore now and I missed it! It was too close to covid for my comfort so I didn't buy tickets.

I also missed her at Warped DC because security took so long. One day.


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Vana

Vance Joy

ViRG

Genre: Synthpop
Years active: 2024-present
The Distillation Hit Percentage™: 91%


You know how sometimes you realize you're hearing a new favorite for the first time and the moment sears itself into your brain? I was baking cheesecake brownies one Sunday listening to Henry Rollins' radio show when he played ViRG. My husband came in and tried to talk to me and I made him be quiet for two more songs so I could wait for Rollins to repeat her name.

The brownies were good.

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Water From Your Eyes (4/4/2026)
Opened for the always perfect Hayley Williams. I hated them. There's no nice way to say it.

Waterparks ♥ (11/20/25)
Blog about the show I went to: here

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Yellowcard (6/14/26)

I thought Yellowcard was so punk rock in middle school. They still hit.

I saw them at Warped.

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