Ron Bronson

Modern lullabies to help you drift on into a dream

...because there's a lot to look forward to. =) A mixtape for Jessica / New Years 2012

A soundtrack for dancing alone, in your room, at night.

I’ll tell you right now, New Year’s Eve is a sucker’s bet. It’s good for only a few things: 99-cent-store noisemakers, wearing those glasses shaped like the year, kissing someone as the clock strikes 12, and dance parties in someone’s living room. This playlist is good for background for the first two things (YACHT), will embolden you to do the third thing (the Zombies!), and will most definitely make it easy to set up that last thing (Robyn). Happy New Year, you guys!!!!

Whatever home means to members of our staff.

Sneaking out every. single. night to go party with Effy can be sort of dangerous, but I guess that's what you should expect from such a daredevil party girl. Her sneaky ways and destructive personality make it hard to get through to her, but Effy will always be a crazy queen of the night. So smear on the glitter eyeliner, get your brother to distract your parents, and sneak out tonight to dance the night away to these 10 tracks with Effy Stonem. Just don't get into TOO much trouble!

A glam playlist for cosmic dancers, suffragettes, and foxes on the run. Let all the children boogie.

Like the combination of roller skates and hot pants, the twangy funk and soul tunes of the seventies were somehow goofy and corny and sexy all at once. Even if you’re only going to a party at someone’s (brick?) house, these jams will get you and keep you feeling the grooviest you’ve ever felt, all night long:

All these songs were recorded in a home studio, a garage, a hospital room, a basement, bedroom, a bathroom—not in professional studios.

Twenty-one tracks including music by AM & Shawn Lee, Atlas Genius, and Beirut.

What to listen to while deciding whether to babysit, wishing you could babysit, thinking about how you're too old to be babysat, or babysitting kids who love Guns N' Roses.

Margot sure is secretive, isn't she? She spends all day in the bathroom watching the television, which, as she points out, IS in fact tied to the radiator for safety purposes. She stopped writing plays a long time ago but nobody really knows why. Actually, nobody really knows much about Margot at all. Maybe you should look into that? Grab a (CANDY) cigarette, put on your (CANDY) fur coat, and play these 10 songs to bring some Margot Tenenbaum vibes into your life.

Stuff to listen to while you decorate the tree or whatever weird thing it is that you do.

no judgement. just let loooose. life's too short. 16 tracks; a little bit of everything.

A bundle of tunes I've been collecting all year for this winter. Roast them over a warm cup of joe to enjoy in the morning. Twelve tracks including music by Wilco, Tom Waits, and Neil Young.

leaves of inspiration and anthologies

Track tracks... Artwork from: http://tottinyon.blogspot.com/2011/09/game-of-thrones.html

Eight tracks including music by Azure Ray, Craft Spells, and Crystal Castles.

Ladies of rap, classics, new jams, and all-female posse cuts.

Twenty-six tracks including music by Gigamesh, Class Actress, and Donora.

Fifteen tracks including music by 7 Year Bitch, Bikini Kill, and Bratmobile.

Bubble gum-popping, rhinestone cat eye-winking, burgers and beauty school dropouts. Ain't being a Pink Lady swell? Here are 10 songs to listen to behind the bleachers.

Songs about gossip, rumors, secrets, and conspiracies, chosen by our staff.

Girl groups of the '50s and '60s.

Dance, dance, dance your heart out!

Ten tracks including music by Blood Diamonds, Youth Lagoon, and Tycho.

Eight tracks including music by BALAM ACAB, Craft Spells, and Cults.

Photo Credit: http://chicktrick.tumblr.com/post/8923799200/fly

Between the ages of 17 and 21 I wore black velvet, lace, and fishnet; painted my face white and my lips black; and haunted the dance floors of every clove-cigarette scented goth club I could sneak into. Here are 13 of my favorite songs from that period.

Ever since Ginger got her period she's been acting really strange. It's not just the sex and drugs, she's been snarling at people and she might have killed a dog...or another girl. Is this just puberty, or does it have anything to do with that giant wolf-like creature that bit her? Here are 10 songs for you and Ginger to howl at the moon to. Just be careful, okay?

Seventeen tracks including music by Air France, Big Spider's Back, and Brothertiger.

All of these songs are super back-to-school/first-crush/first-kiss/first-love/first-heartbreak/first-heartache-friendly. At least they are to me?

A communal playlist from our staff for September.

As promised in my column, here's a mix of a ton of different songs that help you become an office superstar.

Thirteen tracks from North Coast Music Festival 2011 artists.

OMG, shut up! You're totally hanging out with The Plastics today! You're going to have an awesome time and listen to awesome music and sit around and soak up each others awesomeness. Here are 10 songs that are, like, totally Plastic. They're really fetch, I swear.

You're in love for the very first time and this is what your brain is playing and this is what your heart is singing ... until you get dumped (or do the dumping). Ten songs for a first love (from the glorious beginning all the way to the nasty end).

Eight tracks including music by Bombay Bicycle Club, Cults, and FISHING.

i ride an old paint

Nineteen tracks from the Roaring 90's including music by Beck, Better Than Ezra, and Blur.

Eight tracks including music by Cure, Meth Teeth, and Matt & Kim.

WE BACK AND WE SWEATING. 11 TRACKS. YES, "OTIS" IS ON HERE.

Ten tracks including music by Alex Winston, Dean and Ravo, and G-Eazy.

10: send your ears on a rollercoaster ride.

Eight tracks including music by Aether, Best Coast, and Magnetic Heads.

Tracks that either my dad liked or might have liked

Just play it all the way through.

Ten tracks including music by Bikini, Billy Comfort, and Com Truise.

Ten tracks including music by Attractive Eighties Women, Big Sean, and Death From Above 1979.

Eight tracks including music by Agent A & Omae, Beach House, and Best Coast.

A set of tasty jazz music. Nine tracks including music by Ahmad Jamal, Cassandra Wilson, and Kenny Dorham.

Eleven tracks including music by Blondie, Bubba Sparxxx, and Doobie Brothers.

We're on a mission... and failure is not an option.

Thirteen tracks to get you up to speed including music by Big K.R.I.T., Machine Gun Kelly and Kids These Days.

Eight tracks including music by Broken Bells, CocoRosie and Grizzly Bear.

8 tracks including Robert Cray, The Streets, Duffy

Here are 10 songs from new(er) artists who I plan to have on the playlist all summer!

Eight more jams for those of you too busy to keep up with new rap. Internet tested, Wingman approved.

Eight tracks including music by , Blues Women Anthology and Crash Test Dummies.

Eight tracks including music by AZ & Nas, Bassnectar and Common.

During my high school years, these were the songs I learned to play on the guitar. Then it was rock. Today it's jazz. Thirteen tracks including music by AC/DC, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix.

Eight rap tunes for people who may have missed them. Jamsby Big K.R.I.T., Childish Gambino, Yelawolf and more.

Eight tracks including music by Bikini, Caribou and Casa del Mirto.

Ten tracks including music by Camp Lo, Oingo Boingo and Das Racist.

nine tracks including music by Gorillaz, PJ Harvey and Warren Zevon.

12 tracks incl Wanda Jackson, Warren Zevon, The Burning Hell

Le menu deluxe: - Make sure your sound system has a little bass - Invite your hippest friends over - Cook up sometime tasty with a little grease - Save the herb for after desert Nine tracks including music by Jaco Pastorius, Soulive and Miles Davis.

Eight tracks including music by Aphex Twin, Baths and Boards Of Canada.

One sound placed into many sounds... forming one.

Thousands of Jazz24 listeners voted for the songs they felt were the 100 quintessential jazz songs of all time. http://www.jazz24.org/jazz100.html Ten tracks including music by Dave Brubeck Quartet, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane.

Eight tracks including music by human beings. This mix was made just for you. Because you're simple.

Fifteen tracks to keep you dancing while you're hunkered down! Songs from Freez, the Cool Kids, and more!

Eight tracks including music by Lil Wayne, Ester Dean and Hoodie Allen.

Eight tracks including music by Baths, Bibio and Blockhead.

Have you ever woke up tired as hell but somehow in a perfect state of ease and satisfaction—entirely comfortable? Those are always the best mornings. Image from: http://weheartit.com/entry/6421586

10 tracks you should listen to at least once.

Ten Tracks I Loved From Chicago Artists in 2010 (In No Particular Order)

it hurts.

Eight tracks including music by Best Coast, Kaki King and Magic Man.

9 tracks to put a little bounce in your step. Listen to the original: http://8tracks.com/danklammer/lite-hearted

Some medicine from the good doctor. Eight tracks including music by Jimmy Smith, The Meters and James Brown.

Random Rap Tunes From The Depths of Andrew Barber's Inner Psyche

Few tracks I'm diggin' right now... Artwork from http://bit.ly/eKLT4P

Eight tracks including music by Bon Iver, Why? and Florence & The Machine.

Eleven tracks that should help you burn through that big-ass pile of e-mails.

Taken directly from my Itunes, here's the 20 songs I listened to most in 2010 (not in order). I'm a weird kid

8 tracks including music by Chris Rea, Soulsavers and Buck 65.

Songs to jam to when your office is a ghost town. Partake.

13 tracks including music by Betty Davis, Ella Fitzgerald and Kate Nash.

Grammy says so many tunes so little time and she should know because they named an awards show after her. Eight tracks including music by Ani DiFranco, Emmylou Harris and George Harrison.

Let's not kid ourselves, you're already tired of Christmas music. Here's some music to have a swagged-out Christmas.

Fourteen tracks including music by BBU, Dom Kennedy, Soul For Real, and Jackson Browne. No, seriously.

Eight tracks including music by Bishop Lamont, Freezepop and LCD Soundsystem.

Chill out to this mix... grooves and tasty beats. Nine tracks including music by Brother Ali, Cool Calm Pete and Dangerdoom.

10 crazy chill, good feelin' tracks. Artwork of Jeremy Geddes: http://jeremygeddesart.com/

Eight tracks including music by Bot'Ox, Cults and First Aid Kit.

Eight tracks including music by Beach Fossils, Human Highway and Pepper Rabbit.

Ten tracks including music by Buck 65, Champion and City And Colour Feat. Gordon Downie.

Eight tracks including music by Baths, Fever Ray and Pretty Lights.

Twenty-one tracks including music by Matt & Kim, The Knocks and Bedouin Soundclash.