Six songs. Hand-picked. New every Friday.

Six tracks for the Q train when it's running local for no reason. Coral indigo, slow tempos, headphones-on weather.

• Made to Measure · Mount Kimbie
• Punisher · Phoebe Bridgers
• Self Control · Frank Ocean
• Mariners Apartment Complex · Lana Del Rey
• Both Sides Now (2000) · Joni Mitchell
• A Burning Hill · Mitski

Tracks for the first 70-degree afternoon. All windows open, sunglasses indoors, wave at strangers.

• Levitating · Dua Lipa
• Heat Waves · Glass Animals
• Africa · TOTO
• I Wanna Dance With Somebody · Whitney Houston
• Heard It Through the Grapevine · Marvin Gaye
• Walking on a Dream · Empire of the Sun

Driving songs at the hour when nobody's on the road. Indigo and amber, slow tempos, decisions you can't make in daylight.

• Nick of Time · Bonnie Raitt
• Dreams · Fleetwood Mac
• Wicked Game · Chris Isaak
• Black · Pearl Jam
• Time After Time · Cyndi Lauper
• Don't Stop Believin' · Journey

Light, slightly weird, the kind of mix that gets you through making chili while a friend reads a book in the corner.

• Caroline · MUNA
• Saint Honesty · Sara Bareilles
• Cosmic Dancer · T. Rex
• Peg · Steely Dan
• Just Like Honey · The Jesus and Mary Chain
• Daydream · Lovin' Spoonful

High BPM that doesn't insult your taste. Six songs that get you through the third mile.

• Dancing On My Own · Robyn
• Get Lucky · Daft Punk
• Heroes · David Bowie
• One More Time · Daft Punk
• Mr. Brightside · The Killers
• Take On Me · a-ha

Songs to put on while someone you haven't seen in a year is in your kitchen catching you up. Loud enough, not too loud.

• Such Great Heights · The Postal Service
• Float On · Modest Mouse
• Strawberry Swing · Coldplay
• Jolene · Dolly Parton
• Tiny Dancer · Elton John
• The Less I Know the Better · Tame Impala