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Remember… it’s your day and it’s about what you want to hear. But here are a few ideas for putting together an awesome cocktail or dinner hour, and planning an awesome dance party playlist for the evening.
INDIE-ISH Adele / Alt-J / Amy Winehouse / Arcade Fire / The Bird & the Bee / Band of Horses / Bon Iver / Corinne Bailey Rae / Death Cab for Cutie / Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros / Feist / Fleet Foxes / Iron & Wine / Jack Johnson / Lumineers / M83 / MGMT / Mumford & Sons / My Morning Jacket / The National / Norah Jones / Passion Pit / Radiohead / Ray LaMontagne / Regina Spektor / Tame Impala / Vance Joy / The XX / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / etc
DOWNBEAT | ELECTRO Bonobo / Citizen Cope / Cut Copy / DJ Shadow / Empire of the Sun / Frou Frou / Jazzanova / Koop / Massive Attack / Moby / Postal Service / Royksopp / RJD2 / Stars / Telepopmusik / Thievery Corporation / Washed Out / Zero 7 / etc
THE STANDARDS Billie Holiday / Bobby Darin / Count Basie / Dean Martin / Duke Ellington / Ella Fitzgerald / Etta James / Frank Sinatra / Harry Connick, Jr. / John Coltrane / Louis Armstrong / Louis Prima / Miles Davis / Nina Simone / Stan Getz / etc
OLD SOUL Al Green / Ben E. King / The Drifters / The Four Tops / Jackie Wilson / Marvin Gaye / Otis Redding / The Platters / Ray Charles / Sam Cooke / Smokey Robinson / Stevie Wonder / The Supremes / The Temptations / Van Morrison / etc
THE PACKED DANCE FLOOR 1960s-00s / 90s throwbacks / Avicii / The Beatles / Bel Biv Devoe / Beyonce / Boyz II Men / Bruno Mars / Calvin Harris / The Clash / The Cure / Daft Punk / David Bowie / Drake / Earth, Wind & Fire / Flo Rida / Frank Sinatra / Fugees / Hall & Oates / Isley Brothers / Jackson 5 / James Brown / Jason Derulo / Jay Z / Justin Timberlake / Kanye West / LCD Soundsystem / Madonna / Michael Jackson / Missy Elliot / New Order / Notorious BIG / Old Crow Medicine Show / Outkast / Parliament Funkadelic / Passion Pit / Paul Simon / The Pixies / Pitbull / Prince / Queen / Pop throwbacks / R. Kelly / Rihanna / Rob Base / The Roots / Run DMC / Stevie Wonder / Sugar Hill Gang / Talking Heads / Taylor Swift / Usher / etc
AND maybe these are a few songs we leave OFF the playlist Pretty much all slides and shuffles / ‘Celebration’ / ‘Chicken Dance’ / ‘Macarena’ / Dances that involve random hand motions / ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ / Conga lines / Dances requiring further instruction / Novelty country songs / Other cheesy wedding clichés
But again, this night is all about you. You want to hear crazy, random guilty pleasures? We love that, too. We are happy to work off of your “play” and “do not play” lists in preparation for the big night. We’ve got you covered.
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