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It is officially that time of year: Spotify Wrapped has been released. This event is a much anticipated one by many a Spotify listener and I have decided to share my wrapped, unedited. Some of these songs have explicit content, so fair warning to everyone.
Ricky Montgomery is an artist who is overplayed in the niche he created… for good reason.
If you were a Millennial or Gen Z with working internet and access to TikTok during 2020, I can guarantee you’ve heard Montgomery’s hit singles “Mr. Loverman” and “Line Without a Hook” at least once.
But for those of you who are unfamiliar, Montgomery is an American singer and songwriter who composes music of the indie alternative pop rock variety. Today, his song “Line Without a Hook” has more than 840 million streams on Spotify and 200 million views on Youtube, with runner-up “Mr. Loverman” at 829 million streams and 70 million views as of December 2025. While both songs were already available in 2016, they only skyrocketed Montgomery to fame four whole years after their release. It isn’t hard to see why.
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GREYHAVEN | Keep It Quiet | Solid State |
| 2 | BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS | The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me | Prosthetic |
| 3 | SIDEREAN | Spilling the Astral Chalice | Edged Circle |
| 4 | DEAFHEAVEN | Lonely People With Power | Roadrunner |
| 5 | INTERCOURSE | How I Fell In Love With The Void | Brutal Panda |
| 6 | SPITE | The Third Temple | Invictus |
| 7 | CALLOUS DAOBOYS, THE | I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven | MNRK Heavy |
| 8 | DEADGUY | Near-Death Travel Services | Relapse |
| 9 | EMMA GOLDMAN | All You Are Is We | Zegema Beach |
| 10 | HEDONIST | Scapulimancy | Southern Lord |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLUT AUS NORD | Ethereal Horizons | Debemur Morti |
| 2 | CONVERGE | “Love Is Not Enough” [Single] | Epitaph |
| 3 | ROTTEN SOUND | “Idealist” [Single] | Season Of Mist |
| 4 | VOIDCEREMONY | Abditum | 20 Buck Spin |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | Tranquilizer | Warp |
| 2 | POLYANA | Pollyanna | Self-Released |
| 3 | HARVEY SUTHERLAND | Debt | Clarity/The Orchard |
| 4 | HAAI | Humanise | Mute |
| 5 | MACHINE GIRL | PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X | Future Classic |
| 6 | PICTUREPLANE | Sex Distortion | Music.Website |
| 7 | INDIGO CYPRESS | The Witness | Self-Released |
| 8 | NIGHT TAPES | portals//polarities | Nettwerk |
| 9 | DESTRATA | CDMUSIC013 [EP] | Club Designs |
| 10 | SYLVAN ESSO | “WDID” [Single] | Psychic Hotline |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MANWOLVES, CRASHPREZ, CRASHWOLVES | it all comes for me [EP] | Manwolves |
| 2 | MID CENTURY MODERN | Biorhythms | MADK |
| 3 | DANNY BROWN | Stardust | Warp |
| 4 | AJ TRACEY | Don’t Die Before You’re Dead | Revenge |
| 5 | CAUTIOUS CLAY | The Hours: Night | Fantasy/Concord |
| 6 | EV G | And Then I Go Up | Self-Released |
| 7 | PLANET GIZA | The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later (Vol. 3) | Quiet Note |
| 8 | QUADECA | Vanisher, Horizon Scraper | X8 |
| 9 | BILLY DEAN THOMAS | MX | Self-Released |
| 10 | HUMAN ERROR CLUB AND KENNY SEGAL | Human Error Club At Kenny’s House | Backwoods Studioz |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SHAREL CASSITY | Gratitude | Sunnyside |
| 2 | RYAN KEBERLE AND COLLECTIV DO BRASIL | Choro Das Águas | Alternate Side |
| 3 | WEB WEB | Plexus Plexus | Compost |
| 4 | BRANDON WOODY | For The Love Of It All | Blue Note |
| 5 | TRIOLOGY | The Slow Road | Cellar |
| 6 | PLANET D NONET | Doctor Professor Leonard King In Tribute To Joe Williams | Eastlawn |
| 7 | ISAIAH J THOMPSON | The Book Of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry | Mack Avenue |
| 8 | JOE ALTERMAN FEATURING HOUSTON PERSON | Brisket For Breakfast | Self-Released |
| 9 | FERDI AND SOFIANE PAMART | “MONTREAUX PALACE” [Single] | Demain/PIAS |
| 10 | ALABASTER DEPLUME | A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole | International Anthem |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | OKONSKI | Entrance Music | Colemine |
| 2 | ANTIBALAS | Hourglass | Daptone |
| 3 | ART HIRAHARA | Peace Unknown | Posi-Tone |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FLORRY | Sounds Like | Dear Life |
| 2 | GOOD FLYING BIRDS | Talulah’s Tape | Carpark |
| 3 | ACOPIA | Blush Response | Scenic Route |
| 4 | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | “Love On The Big Screen” [Single] | Domino |
| 5 | FIND MY FRIENDS | Find My Friends [EP] | Bloody Knuckles |
| 6 | HALLOWEEN | Shadow House | Funeral Party |
| 7 | NATIVE SUN | Concrete Language | TODO |
| 8 | APRIL MARCH | “Surfing Castafiore” [Single] | Bong Load |
| 9 | FOXWARREN | 2 (Two) | Anti- |
| 10 | HATCHIE | Liquorice | Secretly Canadian |
| 11 | JOYER | On The Other End Of The Line… | Julia’s War |
| 12 | MAMALARKY | Hex Key | Epitaph |
| 13 | MEI SEMONES | Kurayami/Get Used To It + Itsumo [EP] | Bayonet |
| 14 | PHOEBE RINGS | Aseurai | Carpark |
| 15 | STEREOLAB | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Warp/Duophonic |
| 16 | ABIGAIL DOWD | Saints & Warriors | Self-Released |
| 17 | ANNIE TAYLOR | “Perfect Pretender” [Single] | Taxi Gauche |
| 18 | ARLO GUTHRIE | Alice’s Restaurant | Reprise |
| 19 | BLONDSHELL | Another Picture | Partisan |
| 20 | DISCUS | To Relate To | Sun-Rom |
| 21 | FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE | “This Is Real” [Single] | Saddle Creek |
| 22 | FILLERHOOK | Apricity | Self-Released |
| 23 | HELL | Submersus | Self-Released |
| 24 | LIGHTHEADED | Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! | Slumberland |
| 25 | NO JOY | Bugland | Hand Drawn Dracula |
| 26 | OZZY | “Amber” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 27 | POT-POT | Warsaw 480km | felte |
| 28 | ROCKET | R Is For Rocket | Transgressive |
| 29 | SEA LEMON | Diving For A Prize | Luminelle |
| 30 | SEXTILE | yes, please. | Sacred Bones |
If youre looking for a digital kiki, some parasocial comradery or takes on current events,
Give these a try–
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CLAIRVOYANCE | “Eternal Blaze” [Single] | Carbonized |
| 2 | STARFORCE | Beyond the Eternal Night | Self-Released |
| 3 | BLOOD ABSCISSION | I I | Debemur Motri |
| 4 | HOODED MENACE | Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration | Season of Mist |
| 5 | KARDASHEV | Alunea | Metal Blade |
| 6 | KILLING OF A SACRED DEER | A Visage of a Mangled Body | Wax Vessel |
| 7 | AGRICULTURE | The Spiritual Sound | The Flenser |
| 8 | SCIMITAR | Scimitarium I | Crypt of the Wizard |
| 9 | LIFE | My Heart the Dreaming Memory | Self-Released |
| 10 | EMMA GOLDMAN | All You Are Is We | Zegema Beach |
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Another day, another dollar, another “DJ Dragonfly’s Favorites.”
The end of the semester is upon us but that isn’t stopping me from keeping this series going. This month, my tastes seem all over the place. As the temperature cools and the days grow shorter, my music tastes usually grow more distorted. I move away from the upbeat indie beachy Summer-y feel to a more alternative rock, grungey, nu metal feel. Despite this, I have quite a few choices in this playlist that do not fit into that box. So without further ado, the playlist. Some of these songs have explicit content, so fair warning to everyone.