The Friendship Playlist

Abbie & Ansel

Two friends share their music playlists with you.

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    Halloween 2025 - The Friendshriek Slaylist

    We have a Halloween treat for you! It’s this spooky playlist! This is the first time we’ve created one together. Tracklist 1 - “Hey Hi” - Cillie Barnes - Happy Valley EP (2013) 2 - “What’s a Girl to Do?” - Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold (2006) 3 - “The Headless Horseman” - Bing Crosby - From The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949) 4 - “Lady in the Lake” - Elysian Fields - Bleed Your Cedar (1996) 5 - “Waking the Witch” - Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985) 6 - “Rhythmic Tiny Sand Ball Patterns” - Kaki King - Modern Yesterdays (2020) 7 - “If I Had a Heart” - Fever Ray - Fever Ray (2008) 8 - “10 Ghosts II” - Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (2008) 9 - “DONT WANT IT” - Lil Nas X - MONTERO (2021) 10 - “In the Room Where You Sleep” - Dead Man’s Bones - Dead Man’s Bones (2009) 11 - “Monster In the House” - Blurred - Spooktober Lofi (2022) 12 - “Humming” - Portishead - Portishead (1997) 13 - “Just Me and You” - The Dreamliners - Best Things in Life EP (2017) Listen to this Playlist Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/the-friendshriek-slaylist/pl.u-EdAVY4WuNeJPD Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LcaMQehRwnTy5uzmuhzXA?si=hNvKj5w3Ram5LaPuohs-Hg YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK2nFOk0rK58&si=SZmNParYE91c0kSG This podcast is human-made by Abbie & Ansel. Intro theme is by Abbie. Outro is by Ansel. Find us on Patreon (it’s all free): https://patreon.com/friendshipplaylist Make Spooky Friends, Play Spooky Music! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

    Halloween 2025 - The Friendshriek Slaylist
  2. 6d ago

    Late Summer 2026 - Unskippable

    Has Ansel created a playlist with no skips?? We definitely recommend you listen to the playlist before hearing this episode. Tracklist 1 - Defeat - Flock of Dimes (The Life You Save, 2025) 2 - Loser at Best - Wallice (Loser at Best - Single, 2023) 3 - Rust & Wire - Anjimile (You’re Free to Go, 2026) 4 - Flowers to My Demons - NNAMDÏ (BRAT, 2020) 5 - MMA - Hannah Cole (Switchbacks, 2026) 6 - Yamaha - Dijon (Baby, 2025) 7 - Don’t Cry Those Tears - Jack Colwell (SWANDREAM, 2020) 8 - Thorn - Loma (Don’t Shy Away, 2020) 9 - Too Late to Love You - Junebug & Ben Babbitt (Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack, 2020) 10 - Pretty Somehow - Gregory and the Hawk (On the Orange Mountain, 2017) The missing track! Abbie says she would NOT skip it. Available for streaming here: https://gregoryandthehawk.bandcamp.com/track/pretty-somehow-2 11 - You Can’t Always Get What You Want - Erika de Casier (Lifetime, 2025) 12 - Today - SAFIA (Today - Single, 2020) 13 - Runaway Deer - Arc De Soleil (Chameleon Sunday- EP, 2019) 14 - Clandestina - Cillie Barnes (Cobra Lily, 2018) 15 - I Can’t Sleep (2023 Remaster) - Still Corners (Strange Pleasures 10th Anniversary Edition, 2013) 16 - Pride - Flock of Dimes (The Life You Save, 2025) 17 - Don’t Shy Away - Loma (Don’t Shy Away, 2020) 18 - You and Your Dog (feat. Laurie Anderson) - Shearwater (The New World, 2026) Listen to this Playlist Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/late-summer-2026/pl.u-06oxNK6Iy5peY Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4BTEfTdI0sy8Tuvqj0VcLr?si=OS807x-xT5qToy6SM2Aa_g YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWlvOmMCZ1NA&si=FqpRb3LVaA8fU4I1 This podcast is human-made by Abbie & Ansel. Intro theme is by Abbie. Outro is by Ansel. Me and My Towel spoken word by Abbie, music by Ansel. Here’s the other podcast Ansel mentioned — Indiepocalypse Radio, Episode 222: https://youtu.be3-MOyY3Q3Q?si=CwFop3QsoGc_PqN Find us on Patreon (it’s all free): https://patreon.com/friendshipplaylist Make Friends, Play Music! And play Kentucky Route Zero!

    Late Summer 2026 - Unskippable
  3. Oct 22

    September 2013 - Iconic standards

    Back to school, football season, hot and dry days, waning sunlight… We’re building the sounds of late summer in this playlist from 2013. Tracklist 1 - Transparence - Asobi Seksu (Simple Mental Math compilation album, 2009) 2 - Crush - Sleigh Bells (Reign of Terror, 2012) - Alexis Krauss (she/her) and Derek Miller 3 - Dressed Sharply - An Horse (Walls, 2011) 4 - Finger Back - Vampire Weekend (Modern Vampires of the City, 2013) 5 - Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward - Jenny Wilson (Love and Youth, 2005) 6 - Hopscotch - CocoRosie (Grey Oceans, 2010) 7 - Brainwash - Cillie Barnes (Happy Valley EP, 2013) 8 - Green Garden - Laura Mvula (Sing to the Moon, 2013) 9 - Lay Me Down - The Frames (For the Birds, 2001) 10 - Credo Deus - Leah Kardos (Machines, 2013) 11 - Transportation - Julia Kent (Character, 2013) 12 - Smells Like Content - The Books (Lost and Safe, 2005) 13 - Boston (ft. Chris Mansfield of Fences) - John-Allison Weiss (The Teenage Years, 2012) 14 - Sleep - Pil & Liv (Hangovers, 2012) 15 - 100 Whales - An Horse (Walls, 2011) 16 - Jesus Camp - Now, Now (Neighbors: The Remixes EP, 2011) 17 - Publisher - Blonde Redhead (23, 2007) 18 - Left Right Behind - Express Rising (Express Rising, 2013) 19 - Tin Can Ride - Gregory and the Hawk (Leche, 2010) 20 - Eyes o’ Eyes (Fresh Pair of Eyes Remix) - Brooke Waggoner (Heal for the Honey, 2008) Listen to this Playlist! Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/september-2013/pl.u-MDAWqJ9IXg9mA Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PyxPF8NStdHJn7qEpKRQ2?si=EGlnnWvWQYia2bsZwlN3OA YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNXeX4CQPtJc&si=e33lvSWf05bp4ydi This podcast is human-made by Abbie & Ansel. Intro theme is by Abbie. Outro is by Ansel. Find us on Patreon (it’s all free): https://patreon.com/friendshipplaylist Make Friends, Play Music!

    September 2013 - Iconic standards
  4. Oct 18

    Birthday. (2012) - Where it all started

    We kick-off this podcast about music and friendship by taking our sweet time talking about each and every song on this playlist from 2012. Tracklist 1 - “Birthday” - The Sugarcubes (Life’s Too Good, 1988) 2 - “When I Grow Up” - First Aid Kit - Ghost Town - Single (2012) 3 - “Undertow” - Warpaint - The Fool (2010) 4 - “For the Best” - Gregory and the Hawk - Leche (2010) 5 - “Help I’m Alive” - Metric - Fantasies (2009) 6 - “Infinity Guitars” - Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010) 7 - “Bees” - Warpaint - The Fool (2010) 8 - “May You Never” - Land of Talk - Fun and Laughter (2009) 9 - “Endless Summer” - Still Corners - Creatures of an Hour (2011) 10 - “The Lion’s Roar” - First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar (2012) 11 - “Running” - Kirsten & Marie - Kirsten & Marie - EP (2010) 12 - “Bad Habit” - Gregory and the Hawk - In Your Dreams (2007) 13 - “Closer to Fine” - Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989) 14 - “What We Want” - Bess Rogers - Bess Rogers Presents Bess Rogers - EP (2010) 15 - “Shadows” - Warpaint - The Fool (2010) 16 - We picked obscure Kaki King songs that aren’t available to stream everywhere. In the episode, we talk about “I’ve Enjoyed As Much As I Can Stand” - Kaki King - Junior (2010) This track is available for streaming here: https://youtu.be/UlcwCFuWxOA?si=AJeDtQBOiib94uNP The original song on this playlist was “Gouge Both Your Eyes Out (But Eat Only One)” - Kaki King - Mexican Teenagers EP (2009), which you can listen to here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAYuXoj2rnE On the playlist on Apple Music and Spotify, I’ve substituted “Spit It Back in My Mouth” - Kaki King - Junior (2010) 17 - “All Damn Day Long” - The Pack A.D. - Tintype (2008) 18 - “Black Forest” - Jane Woodman - Poéme Électronique - EP (2010) This track is available for streaming here: https://janewoodman.bandcamp.com/track/black-forest 19 - “Birchwood Beaker” - This is the Kit - Krulle Bol (2008) 20 - “The Daylight Here” - My Terrible Friend - Room for Ghosts - EP (2010) Listen to this Playlist! Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/birthday-2012/pl.u-MDAWqaqtXg9mA Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3vFqntWXmu8T001FHu2sKm?si=g-r8R_0mRParENrUiqtfvQ YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMY1THTWcLHE&si=Dz0ds5VOfAk5FXCY Here’s the friendship quiz we did, if you want to play along! https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/which-iconic-duo-are-you-your-bff This podcast is human-made by Abbie & Ansel. Intro theme is by Abbie. Outro is by Ansel. Find us on Patreon (it’s all free): https://patreon.com/friendshipplaylist Make Friends, Play Music!

    Birthday. (2012) - Where it all started

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Two friends share their music playlists with you.