I’ve just recently started listening to music at all while riding, and while I still don’t always, I have enjoyed doing so. I ride with just one headphone in, on the right side (since traffic is most often on my left), and I’ve felt able to still clearly hear what’s happening around me.
In any case, I’ve been sort of curating a list of music on my old 20gb iPod that I like listening to while riding, and I thought it would be fun to occasionally share which songs randomly came up that day.
This morning, my iPod started off with:
Then moved on to:
From there, we went to:
And last, but not least:
And then I arrived at work. Not a bad note to end on, eh?
Right now, the mix I’ve compiled has songs from Arcade Fire, The Beatles, Beck, Beyoncé, Big L, Björk, Bright Eyes, Broken Bells, The Cardigans, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Climber, Coldplay, The Cranberries, Dave Matthews Band, Eisley, Emilie Simon, Eminem, Feist, Fiona Apple, The Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac, The Fugees, Glen Phillips, Guns N’ Roses, H.I.M., Imogen Heap, Jay-Z, Jem, Jenny Lewis, John Lennon, Kanye West, Kent, Lady Gaga, Lauryn Hill, Michael Jackson, Moby, Mos Def, Mumford & Sons, Muse, My Brightest Diamond, OutKast, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Peter Schilling, The Police, The Postal Service, Prince, Queen, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Rasmus, Regina Spektor, Rilo Kiley, The Roots, Shiny Toy Guns, The Smashing Pumpkins, St. Vincent, Stars, Talib Kweli, Temple of the Dog, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Tom Petty, Tori Amos, Toto, Travis, U2, The Wallflowers, Weezer, The White Stripes, Yael Naïm, and Zwan.
What have you all been listening to lately?






