2022 marks 15 years of Hardly Art and 15 years of sharing music we love from artists we love. From Chastity Belt to Hunx and His Punx to Protomartyr to La Luz to My Idea, Hardly Art we’ve been lucky to be the label home for some of our favorite artists from the past 15 years. One of our favorite ways to discover new music is through recommendations from friends and the artists we work with. In the spirit of celebrating continued music discovery, a few artists they work with put together guest mixes of some of their favorite tracks.

From Whitmer Thomas:
Here’s a mix of songs I listen to when I want to get inspired. There’s no real through line other than they all help remind me to approach songwriting with a playful sensibility.

Whitmer Thomas’ new album The Older I Get The Funnier I Was is out on October 21st on Hardly Art.

TRACKLIST:
1. Not Now by Blink
2. Grandmas Garden by Al Menne
3. Khala My Friend by Amanaz
4. Moon by Bachelor
5. Chin Chin by Bang Wa Cherry
6. Reality Check by Binary Star
7. New York City by Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek 8. Betty by Christian Lee Hutson
9. Grandad by Clive Dunn
10. Life by JEffrey Lewis
11. Volcano by Jimmy Buffett
12. Spinning Away by John Cale & Brian Eno 13. Fish And Whistle by John Prine
14. Summer Feeling by Jonathan Richmond 15. Bless The Telephone by Labi Saffri
16. Papa Was a Rodeo by The Magnetic Fields 17. 7 Seconds by Porridge Radio
18. All My Happiness is Gone by Purple Mountains 19. Pornstar by Remi Conti
20. She Chose Me by Randy Newman
21. Eulogy for You and Me by Tanya Davis 22. Campire Kanas by The Get Up Kids
23. Here Comes The Regular by The Replacements 24. Fake It by The Slow Fade
25. This Is Not Who I Want To Be by Johanna Sternberg 26. Secret Garden by Harrison Whitford
27. Life by Jeffrey Lewis
28. Catch by The Cure
29. Moon by Bachelor
30. You Fucked Up My Life by Blink 182