2020/2021
1. The Wrong Party by Andy Grammer
2.
2021/2022
I stopped "The Song of The Week" this year because we read for the first ten minutes of class, and many students would simply come in my class and read, so I didn't want the music to distract them. But I missed the playlist, so although I will not play music every day next year, "The Song of The Week" is coming back.
2020/2021
1. Welcome Back by Mase
2. Might Be Right by White Reaper
3. Moving by The Happy Fits
4. Honeybee by The Head and the Heart
5. Call Me Joe by Jukebox The Ghost
6. So What! by jxdn
7. Beautiful Anyway by Judah & the Lion
8. Dearly Departed by Shakey Graves(It's Halloween)
9. Alaska by Little Hurt (It's the last week of the quarter, and it's cold!)
10. Buzz Cut by lovelytheband (I finally got my hair cut short since quarantine started)
11. Upside Down by Mondo Cozmo
12. Garden by The Happy Fits (Happy Thanksgiving)
13. We Haven't Looked at Our Phones by Jake Scott
14. Can We Hang On? by Cold War Kids (Can we hang on for two more weeks till Holiday Break?)
15. Girl by Jukebox The Ghost (I'm a girl dad! Summer Magnolia! Hence the song, Girl!)
16. Daydreamer by The Hip Abduction
17. Big Night by Anyway Gang (I'm getting my first vaccine shot tonight, so it's a Big Night!)
18. Bummerland by AJR (No midterm week! Bummer for me but probably great for you!)
19. Hoodie by PEABOD
20. All My Favorite Songs by Weezer
21. Better In College by Robert DeLong (feat. Ashe)
22. Head Up High by Fitz and The Tantrums (I'm back from quarantine!)
23. Level of Concern by Twenty One Pilots
24. Hey Larocco by Rayland Baxter
25. Heat Waves by Glass Animals
26. Deep Water by American Authors
A break in music for my student teacher
27. Good Days by Dr, JOE (We've only got 27 days left; let's make them all good days.)
28. All My Favorite Songs by Weezer & AJR (It's an AJR Remix - Revisiting week 20)
29. I Found You by Andy Grammer
2019/2020
1. Don't Throw Out My Legos by AJR
2. I Just Wanna Shine by Fitz and The Tantrums
3. Old Love by Luke O'Brien
4. Fred Astaire by Jukebox The Ghost
5. Mansion Door by Shakey Graves
6. Casualty by Lawrence
7. America (You're Freaking Me Out) by The Menzingers
8. Angeline by Rayland Baxter
9. Portland by Armors
10. Strangers Forever by The Menzingers
11. Medicine for Melancholy by Rivers Cuomo
12. Dissolve by Absofacto
13. Alright by Judah & the Lion
14. Anna by The Menzingers (I'm seeing them tonight)
15. Golden by Hippo Campus
16. Karma by AJR - "I've been so good this year"
17. Like a Radio by Keelan Donovan
18. It's Alright by Mother Mother
19. Family by Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
20. Good Things Fall Apart by Jon Bellion
21. All My Friends Are Falling In Love by The Vaccines
22. This Life by Vampire Weekend
23. Endless Summer by Grizfolk
24. Used To You by Foreign Air
25. Real Peach by Henry Jamison
26. Morning Clover by Long Range Hustle
Post-Quarantine
27. Good Day by Nappy Roots (cause we need to focus on the good)
27. 16 by Highly Suspect (it took me "one minute to lose ya" when Covid ended the year)
28. Something's Got to Give by Labrinth (cause you "need to give a little more" right now)
29. Sure Don't Miss You by The Dip (but I sure do miss you right now, so it's ironic)
2018/2019
1. These Are My Friends by lovelytheband
2. Saturday Sun by Vance Joy
3. All My Friends by The Revivalists
4. Burn the House Down by AJR
5. "45" by The Gaslight Anthem (because I'm seeing Brian Fallon play this week)
6. Dennis by Roy Blair
7. Take It All Back 2.0 by Judah and the Lion
8. Ride or Die by The Knocks
9. Glad I Tried (Isom Innis Remix) by Matt and Kim
10. She's Kerosene by The Interrupters (start of quarter 2)
11. Burning Man by Dierks Bently & Brothers Osborne
12. Simple by Florida Georgia Line (Thanksgiving)
13. Relentless by Arkells
14. YEAH! by Spirit Animal
15. So It Goes by Hi-Lo Jack
16. Trampoline by SHAED
17. This Will be Our Year by the Zombies
18. Hercules by Tokyo Police Club
19. Heard It All Before by Bend Sinister
20. Midterm Week: High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco
21. home by morgxn ft. WALK THE MOON
22. Low by The Driver Era
23. Miracle by CHVRCHES
24. Light On by Maggie Rogers
25. Funny Business by Alice Merton
26. Longshot by Catfish and the Bottlemen
27. Harmont Hall by Vampire Weekend
28. Missed Connection by The Head and the Heart
29. Apologize by grandson (last week of the third quarter)
30. Mot Too Late by Moon Taxi
31. I Won't Run From It by Big Red Machine
32. (Spring Break: I've been listening to Morbid Stuff by PUP)
33. Kids by PUP
34. Your Wild Years by The Menzingers
35. ALL MY WORDS by The Way Down Wanderers (great video)
36. Reasons Not To Be An Idiot by Frank Turner
37. Superposition by Young the Giant
38. Groceries by Mallrat
39. Left Alone by Houses (the last song of the week!)
40 Finals Week: I'll be blasting PUP and The Menzingers as I grade.
2017/2018
1. The Glow by Sylvan Esso
2. Song by Sylvan Esso (SEx2 - week 1 was only two days long)
3. Two High by Moon Taxi
4. Want You Back by Haim
5. The Gold by Manchester Orchestra
6. Suit and Jacket by Judah & The Lion
7. Take It back 2.0 by Judah and The Lion
8. Moonlight by Grace VanderWaal
9. Tongues by Joywave
10. No Roots by Alice Merton
11. Ahead of Myself by X Ambassadors
12. High Enough by K. Flay
13. Life Itself by Glass Animals
14. Sit Next To Me by Foster the People
15. Don't Take The Money by Bleachers
16. Young Dumb & Broke by Khalid
17. Someone To You by BANNERS
18. Goodmorning by Bleachers
19. Best Friend by Sofi Tucker
20. &Run by Sir Sly
SEMESTER 2
21 & 22 - Glorious by Macklemore
23. Broken by lovelytheband
24. Blood On Me by Sampha
25. Up All Night by Beck
26. The Sunshine by Manchester Orchestra
27. Astronaut by Mansionair
28. Everybody Wants To Be Famous by Superorganism
29. Live in The Moment by Portugal. The Man
30. Cassette Tapes by L.I.F.T
31. Had It All by Hembree
32. Say Amen (Saturday Night) by Panic! At the Disco
33. Get Out by CHVRCHES
34. We Fight by Dashboard Confessional
35. You Worry Me by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
36. Feels Like Summer by Weezer
37. It Must be Summer by Fountains of Wayne
2016/2017
1. Fool for Love by Lord Huron
2. Soundcheck by Catfish and the Bottlemen
3. We Don't Know by The Strumbellas
4. Welcome to Your Life by Grouplove
5. Rebel Heart by The Shelters
6. Supernatural Voodoo by Zuli
7. Take It All Back 2.0 by Judah & The Lion
8. Something by Gnash
9. Walking With a Ghost by Tegan and Sara (It's Halloween!)
10. Good Grief by Bastile
11. Favorite Liar by The Wrecks
12. Go! (feat. Mai Lan) by M83
13. Sweet Disaster by DREAMERS
14. Near To The Wild Heart Of Life by Japandroids
15. Small Bill$ by Regina Spektor
16. Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood
17. Roll Up by Fitz & The Tantrums
18. Fire Escape by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
19. Awesome Day by Tokyo Police Club (I'm seeing them this Friday!)
20. My House by Tokyo Police Club (One day before midterms)
SEMESTER 2
21. Favourite Colour by Tokyo Police Club (I'll stop playing TPC now)
22. Dangerous (feat. Joywave) by Big Data
23. Never Give Up by Jah Sun & House of Riddim (Going to the BVIs next week!)
24. Wind In Our Sail by Weezer (I just lived on a sailboat for the past week!)
It's March Madness! Throwback songs until April!
25. Shadow People by Dr. Dog (Song 27 in 2009/2010)
26. I'm Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys (Song 27 in 2010/2011)
27. I'm Amazed by My Morning jacket (Song 19 in 2011/2012)
28. Wish I Knew You by The Revivalists
29. SPRING BREAK - I'm listening to Hiccups by WATERS
30. Down by Marian Hill
31. Feels Like Summer by Weezer
32. On Hold by The xx
33. Talk Like That by The Weeks
34. Hot Thoughts by Spoon
35. Rhythm & Blues by The Head and the Heart
36. Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man
37. Machine by MisterWives
2015/2016
1. Could Have Been Me by The Struts
2. Tear In My Heart by Twenty One Pilots
3. Renegades by X Ambassadors
4. Ship To Wreck by Florence and the Machine
5. First by Cold War Kids
6. My Only Swerving by El Ten Eleven
7. America's Sweetheart by Elle King
8. T-Shirt Weather by Circa Waves
9. Sedona by Houndmouth
10. Greek Tragedy by The Wombats
1. Thank God for Girls by Weezer
2. Brazil by Declan McKenna
3. I Am by Awolnation
4. Pretty Pimpin by Kurt Vile
5. Train by Brick + Mortar
6. Drag by Day Wave
7. Return to the Moon by EL VY
8. Genghis Khan by Mike Snow
9. Gone by JR JR
1. Light Up by Mutemath
2. 2 Heads by Coleman Hell
3. Water by Ra Ra Riot
4. Spirits by The Strumbellas
5. Flesh without Blood by Grimes
6. Sister of Pearl by Baio
7. Little Spring by Rocky Votolato (It's the first week of Spring)
8. My Church by Maren Morris
9. Mess Around by Cage the Elephant
1. Wild Horses by Bishop
2. HandClap by Fitz and the Tantrums
3. SPRING BREAK - I'm listening to Purple Rain by Prince
4. Good Help (Is So Hard To Find) by Death Cab for Cutie
5. A Wonderful Life by Brian Fallon
6. Bored to Death by Blink 182
7. Cleopatra by The Lumineers
8. Love Me by The 1975
9. Strangers by Langhorne Slim & The Law
2014/2015
1. Schoolboy by Grouplove
2. Sunrise by Slaptop
3. Work It Out by Knox Hamilton
4. If You Wanna by The Vaccines
5. The Mother We Share by CHVRCHES (Stein's edit)
6. Weekend by PRIORY (second band in all caps!)
7. Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
8. Back To the Shack by Weezer
9. Mother & Father by Broods
10. Agora by Bear Hands
1. Left Hand Free by Alt-J
2. Mind Over Matter by Young the Giant
3. Shut Up and Dance by Walk The Moon
4. Cigarette Daydreams by Cage the Elephant
5. Black Out Days by Phantogram
6. Rollercoaster by Bleachers
7. HOLIDAY VACATION
8. Where the Kids Are by Blondfire
9. Cool Kids by Echosmith
10. San Francisco by The Mowgli's
1. A Beginning Song by The Decemberists
2. Cecilia and the Satellite by Andrew McMahon
3. VACATION
4. Bad Habit by The Kooks
5. Cardiac Arrest by Bad Suns
6. 40 Watt by ELEL
7. Get It by Matt and Kim
8. Hey Now by Matt and Kim
9. Riptide by Vance Joy
1. I Wanna Get Better by Bleachers
2. Bad Dream by The Mowgli's
3. Lampshades On Fire by Modest Mouse
4. Should Have Known Better by Sufjan Stevens
5. Lifted Up (1985) by Passion Pit
6. Ex's & Oh's by Elle King
7. If You Wanna Stay by The Griswolds
8. It Must Be Summer by Fountains of Wayne
2013/2014
1. The Swimming Song by Vetiver
2. Dreaming by Smallpools
3. Breezeblocks by Alt-J
4. If So by Atlas Genius
5. Take It As It Comes by J. Roddy Walston & The Business
6. Ways To Go by Grouplove
7. Diamonds by The Boxer Rebellion
8. Red Eye by the Moondoggies
9. I Love You by Said The Whale
10. Harlem by New Politics
1. All I Want by Kodaline
2. Do I Wanna Know by Arctic Monkeys
3. Royals by Lorde
4. Kids by Micky Ekko
5. The Wire by HAIM
6. Snow Falls Down by Good Old War
7. This Will Be Our Year by The Zombies
8. Without a Cause by Southerly
9. Colours by Young Liars
10. Shadows by Au Revoir Simone
1-3. Let Go by RAC (with midterm week & snow days, this song needed extra time)
4. Danger! High Voltage by Electric Six
5. How Can You Luv Me by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
6. This Year by The Mountain Goats ("I am going to make it through this year...")
7. Holding On for Life by Broken Bells
8. Bubblegum by Kevin Devine
9. Speak Plainly, Diana by Joe Pug
10. Just by Mark Ronson
1. Just by Mark Ronson (We only heard this for two days last quarter)
2. All Night by Icona Pop
3. Top Notch by Manchester Orchestra
4. Toy Guns by Tokyo Police Club
5. Miserable by Tokyo Police Club (They play this Thursday at Webster Hall)
6. Every Stone by Manchester Orchestra (They play this Thursday at Terminal 5)
7. Got To My Head by WATERS
8. Shark Attack by Grouplove
9. Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song) by Oscar Isaac & Marcus Mumford
2012/2013
1. Analog or Digital by Wildlife Control
2. Take a Walk by Passion Pit
3. It's Time by Imagine Dragons
4. Seek It Out by Fang Island
5. Anna Sun by Walk The Moon
6. Old Friend by Sea Wolf
7. Country by Hello Echo
8. Bigger Than Love by Benjamin Gibbard
9. HURRICANE SANDY - This Is A Test by Hurricane Bells
10. Time to Run by Lord Huron
1. Let's Go by Matt & Kim
2. The Only Place by Best Coast
3. Black Leaf by The Cave Singers
4. Encyclopedia of Classic Takedowns by A.C. Newman
5. Woo Hoo Hoo by Philistines
6. Sleigh Ride by fun.
7. Auld Lang Syne by Andrew Bird
8. This Will Be Our Year by The Zombies
9. Kites by Geographer
10. White Wolf by Thad Kopec
1. Forest Whitaker by Bad Books
2. Simple Song by The Shins
3. I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons (won a Grammy last night)
4. Sodom, South Georgia by Iron & Wine
5. Stubborn Love by The Lumineers
6. I Saw You Blink by Stornoway
7. Walking in Your Footsteps by Shout Out Louds
8. Little Numbers by Boy
9. SPRING BREAK - I listened to Josh Ritter's record, The Beast In Its Tracks
10. Lies by White Like Fire
1. Got to Have Rock and Roll by Heartless B
2. Changing by The Moondoggies
3. Lightning Bolt by Jake Bugg (also playing his song Two Fingers)
4. Entertainment by Phoenix
5. Make It To Me by Grouplove & Manchester Orchestra
6. Brother In the Night by The Weeks
7. Diane Young by Vampire Weekend
8. Now Is Exactly the Time by Noah & The Whale
9. Destination by Imagine Dragons
2011/2012
1. Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People
2. The Magic by Joan As Police Woman
3. Idiot by Oy Vey
4. Definite Darkness by Cymbals Eat Guitars
5. Life is Life by Noah And The Whale
6. Empire Waist by Halloween, Alaska
7. Impressions of a City Morning by Brown Recluse
8. It's Real by Real Estate
9. Equestrian by U.S. Royalty
10. Neighbors by Now, Now
1. Neighbors by Now, Now
2. Honey Bunny by Girls
3. Don't Haunt This Place by The Rural Alberta Advantage
4. Concrete Waves by Kendra Morris (watch her amazing video)
5. Boxcar (the Daytrotter Studio session) by Shovels and Rope
6. Main Street by Deer Tick
7. The Greeks by Is Tropical (recommended by Dan Flori)
8. This Will Be Our Year by The Zombies
9. I'm Amazed by My Morning Jacket
10. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths
1. Don't Move by Phantogram (Stein's remix)
2. I Belong In Your Arms by Chairlift
3. Tangie and Ray by The Fruit Bats
4. VACATION (I listened to Tim & Nicki Bluhm all break)
5. Ambling Alp by Yeasayer
6. Balance by Future Islands
7. Lonely Boy by The Black Keys
8. Do The Trick by Dr. Dog
9. The Rifle's Spiral by The Shins
10. Polish Girl by Neon Indian
1. Dark Into Light by AM & Shawn Lee (recommended by Ansh Hirani)
2. Hold On by Alabama Shakes
3. Take Ya' Dancing by Say Hi
4. Orpheo Looks Back by Andrew Bird
5. Friday I'm In Love by The Cure
6. California Sunrise by Dirty Gold
7. Alright, You Restless by AgesandAges
8. I Will Remain by Matthew And The Atlas
2010/2011
1. Paris (Ooh La La) - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
2. Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
3. Boy - Ra Ra Riot
4. Secret Meeting - The National
5. Empire - Jukebox the Ghost
6. Reasons Not To Be An Idiot - Frank Turner
7. Take Me Back - Aloe Blacc
8. Vanished - Crystal Castles
9. Sea Legs - The Shins
10. Grown So Ugly - The Black Keys
1. Fears - Fox In The Henhouse
2. Hannah - Freelance Whales
3. Cross Bones Style - Cat Power
4. Heaven's On Fire - The Radio Dept.
5. Did I Say - Teenage Fanclub
6. Dear Candy - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
7. HOLIDAY BREAK
8. This Will Be Our Years - The Zombies
9. Scissor Runner - Jenny and Johnny
10. Blood - The Middle East
1. Ready To Start by Arcade Fire
2. Colours by Grouplove
3. The Glory of Economy by Swim Party
4. MID-WINTER BREAK (I'll be listening to Gregory Alan Isakov)
5. I Can Talk by Two Door Cinema Club
6. Ghosts by The Head and the Heart
7. I'm Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys
8. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
9. I'm Not Ready by Surfer Blood
1. Under Cover of Darkness by The Strokes
2. Shell Games by Bright Eyes
3. PASSOVER/EASTER BREAK (I'll be listening to Andre Charles Theriault)
4. Frankie's Gun by The Felice Brothers
5. Will Do by TV On The Radio
6. Need You Now by Cut Copy
7. I Can Change by LCD Soundsystem
8. Darkness Is So Deep by Hurricane Bells
9. Model Son by The Heavenly States
10. Turn Off This Song and Go Outside by The Lonely Forest
2009/2010
2008/2009
I started teaching in 2004, and although I often played music to start each class, the “song of the week” did not become official until 2008. The period of 2004-2008 are known to Stein-Music-Historians as "The Lost Years."
1. The Wrong Party by Andy Grammer
2.
2021/2022
I stopped "The Song of The Week" this year because we read for the first ten minutes of class, and many students would simply come in my class and read, so I didn't want the music to distract them. But I missed the playlist, so although I will not play music every day next year, "The Song of The Week" is coming back.
2020/2021
1. Welcome Back by Mase
2. Might Be Right by White Reaper
3. Moving by The Happy Fits
4. Honeybee by The Head and the Heart
5. Call Me Joe by Jukebox The Ghost
6. So What! by jxdn
7. Beautiful Anyway by Judah & the Lion
8. Dearly Departed by Shakey Graves(It's Halloween)
9. Alaska by Little Hurt (It's the last week of the quarter, and it's cold!)
10. Buzz Cut by lovelytheband (I finally got my hair cut short since quarantine started)
11. Upside Down by Mondo Cozmo
12. Garden by The Happy Fits (Happy Thanksgiving)
13. We Haven't Looked at Our Phones by Jake Scott
14. Can We Hang On? by Cold War Kids (Can we hang on for two more weeks till Holiday Break?)
15. Girl by Jukebox The Ghost (I'm a girl dad! Summer Magnolia! Hence the song, Girl!)
16. Daydreamer by The Hip Abduction
17. Big Night by Anyway Gang (I'm getting my first vaccine shot tonight, so it's a Big Night!)
18. Bummerland by AJR (No midterm week! Bummer for me but probably great for you!)
19. Hoodie by PEABOD
20. All My Favorite Songs by Weezer
21. Better In College by Robert DeLong (feat. Ashe)
22. Head Up High by Fitz and The Tantrums (I'm back from quarantine!)
23. Level of Concern by Twenty One Pilots
24. Hey Larocco by Rayland Baxter
25. Heat Waves by Glass Animals
26. Deep Water by American Authors
A break in music for my student teacher
27. Good Days by Dr, JOE (We've only got 27 days left; let's make them all good days.)
28. All My Favorite Songs by Weezer & AJR (It's an AJR Remix - Revisiting week 20)
29. I Found You by Andy Grammer
2019/2020
1. Don't Throw Out My Legos by AJR
2. I Just Wanna Shine by Fitz and The Tantrums
3. Old Love by Luke O'Brien
4. Fred Astaire by Jukebox The Ghost
5. Mansion Door by Shakey Graves
6. Casualty by Lawrence
7. America (You're Freaking Me Out) by The Menzingers
8. Angeline by Rayland Baxter
9. Portland by Armors
10. Strangers Forever by The Menzingers
11. Medicine for Melancholy by Rivers Cuomo
12. Dissolve by Absofacto
13. Alright by Judah & the Lion
14. Anna by The Menzingers (I'm seeing them tonight)
15. Golden by Hippo Campus
16. Karma by AJR - "I've been so good this year"
17. Like a Radio by Keelan Donovan
18. It's Alright by Mother Mother
19. Family by Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
20. Good Things Fall Apart by Jon Bellion
21. All My Friends Are Falling In Love by The Vaccines
22. This Life by Vampire Weekend
23. Endless Summer by Grizfolk
24. Used To You by Foreign Air
25. Real Peach by Henry Jamison
26. Morning Clover by Long Range Hustle
Post-Quarantine
27. Good Day by Nappy Roots (cause we need to focus on the good)
27. 16 by Highly Suspect (it took me "one minute to lose ya" when Covid ended the year)
28. Something's Got to Give by Labrinth (cause you "need to give a little more" right now)
29. Sure Don't Miss You by The Dip (but I sure do miss you right now, so it's ironic)
2018/2019
1. These Are My Friends by lovelytheband
2. Saturday Sun by Vance Joy
3. All My Friends by The Revivalists
4. Burn the House Down by AJR
5. "45" by The Gaslight Anthem (because I'm seeing Brian Fallon play this week)
6. Dennis by Roy Blair
7. Take It All Back 2.0 by Judah and the Lion
8. Ride or Die by The Knocks
9. Glad I Tried (Isom Innis Remix) by Matt and Kim
10. She's Kerosene by The Interrupters (start of quarter 2)
11. Burning Man by Dierks Bently & Brothers Osborne
12. Simple by Florida Georgia Line (Thanksgiving)
13. Relentless by Arkells
14. YEAH! by Spirit Animal
15. So It Goes by Hi-Lo Jack
16. Trampoline by SHAED
17. This Will be Our Year by the Zombies
18. Hercules by Tokyo Police Club
19. Heard It All Before by Bend Sinister
20. Midterm Week: High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco
21. home by morgxn ft. WALK THE MOON
22. Low by The Driver Era
23. Miracle by CHVRCHES
24. Light On by Maggie Rogers
25. Funny Business by Alice Merton
26. Longshot by Catfish and the Bottlemen
27. Harmont Hall by Vampire Weekend
28. Missed Connection by The Head and the Heart
29. Apologize by grandson (last week of the third quarter)
30. Mot Too Late by Moon Taxi
31. I Won't Run From It by Big Red Machine
32. (Spring Break: I've been listening to Morbid Stuff by PUP)
33. Kids by PUP
34. Your Wild Years by The Menzingers
35. ALL MY WORDS by The Way Down Wanderers (great video)
36. Reasons Not To Be An Idiot by Frank Turner
37. Superposition by Young the Giant
38. Groceries by Mallrat
39. Left Alone by Houses (the last song of the week!)
40 Finals Week: I'll be blasting PUP and The Menzingers as I grade.
2017/2018
1. The Glow by Sylvan Esso
2. Song by Sylvan Esso (SEx2 - week 1 was only two days long)
3. Two High by Moon Taxi
4. Want You Back by Haim
5. The Gold by Manchester Orchestra
6. Suit and Jacket by Judah & The Lion
7. Take It back 2.0 by Judah and The Lion
8. Moonlight by Grace VanderWaal
9. Tongues by Joywave
10. No Roots by Alice Merton
11. Ahead of Myself by X Ambassadors
12. High Enough by K. Flay
13. Life Itself by Glass Animals
14. Sit Next To Me by Foster the People
15. Don't Take The Money by Bleachers
16. Young Dumb & Broke by Khalid
17. Someone To You by BANNERS
18. Goodmorning by Bleachers
19. Best Friend by Sofi Tucker
20. &Run by Sir Sly
SEMESTER 2
21 & 22 - Glorious by Macklemore
23. Broken by lovelytheband
24. Blood On Me by Sampha
25. Up All Night by Beck
26. The Sunshine by Manchester Orchestra
27. Astronaut by Mansionair
28. Everybody Wants To Be Famous by Superorganism
29. Live in The Moment by Portugal. The Man
30. Cassette Tapes by L.I.F.T
31. Had It All by Hembree
32. Say Amen (Saturday Night) by Panic! At the Disco
33. Get Out by CHVRCHES
34. We Fight by Dashboard Confessional
35. You Worry Me by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
36. Feels Like Summer by Weezer
37. It Must be Summer by Fountains of Wayne
2016/2017
1. Fool for Love by Lord Huron
2. Soundcheck by Catfish and the Bottlemen
3. We Don't Know by The Strumbellas
4. Welcome to Your Life by Grouplove
5. Rebel Heart by The Shelters
6. Supernatural Voodoo by Zuli
7. Take It All Back 2.0 by Judah & The Lion
8. Something by Gnash
9. Walking With a Ghost by Tegan and Sara (It's Halloween!)
10. Good Grief by Bastile
11. Favorite Liar by The Wrecks
12. Go! (feat. Mai Lan) by M83
13. Sweet Disaster by DREAMERS
14. Near To The Wild Heart Of Life by Japandroids
15. Small Bill$ by Regina Spektor
16. Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood
17. Roll Up by Fitz & The Tantrums
18. Fire Escape by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
19. Awesome Day by Tokyo Police Club (I'm seeing them this Friday!)
20. My House by Tokyo Police Club (One day before midterms)
SEMESTER 2
21. Favourite Colour by Tokyo Police Club (I'll stop playing TPC now)
22. Dangerous (feat. Joywave) by Big Data
23. Never Give Up by Jah Sun & House of Riddim (Going to the BVIs next week!)
24. Wind In Our Sail by Weezer (I just lived on a sailboat for the past week!)
It's March Madness! Throwback songs until April!
25. Shadow People by Dr. Dog (Song 27 in 2009/2010)
26. I'm Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys (Song 27 in 2010/2011)
27. I'm Amazed by My Morning jacket (Song 19 in 2011/2012)
28. Wish I Knew You by The Revivalists
29. SPRING BREAK - I'm listening to Hiccups by WATERS
30. Down by Marian Hill
31. Feels Like Summer by Weezer
32. On Hold by The xx
33. Talk Like That by The Weeks
34. Hot Thoughts by Spoon
35. Rhythm & Blues by The Head and the Heart
36. Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man
37. Machine by MisterWives
2015/2016
1. Could Have Been Me by The Struts
2. Tear In My Heart by Twenty One Pilots
3. Renegades by X Ambassadors
4. Ship To Wreck by Florence and the Machine
5. First by Cold War Kids
6. My Only Swerving by El Ten Eleven
7. America's Sweetheart by Elle King
8. T-Shirt Weather by Circa Waves
9. Sedona by Houndmouth
10. Greek Tragedy by The Wombats
1. Thank God for Girls by Weezer
2. Brazil by Declan McKenna
3. I Am by Awolnation
4. Pretty Pimpin by Kurt Vile
5. Train by Brick + Mortar
6. Drag by Day Wave
7. Return to the Moon by EL VY
8. Genghis Khan by Mike Snow
9. Gone by JR JR
1. Light Up by Mutemath
2. 2 Heads by Coleman Hell
3. Water by Ra Ra Riot
4. Spirits by The Strumbellas
5. Flesh without Blood by Grimes
6. Sister of Pearl by Baio
7. Little Spring by Rocky Votolato (It's the first week of Spring)
8. My Church by Maren Morris
9. Mess Around by Cage the Elephant
1. Wild Horses by Bishop
2. HandClap by Fitz and the Tantrums
3. SPRING BREAK - I'm listening to Purple Rain by Prince
4. Good Help (Is So Hard To Find) by Death Cab for Cutie
5. A Wonderful Life by Brian Fallon
6. Bored to Death by Blink 182
7. Cleopatra by The Lumineers
8. Love Me by The 1975
9. Strangers by Langhorne Slim & The Law
2014/2015
1. Schoolboy by Grouplove
2. Sunrise by Slaptop
3. Work It Out by Knox Hamilton
4. If You Wanna by The Vaccines
5. The Mother We Share by CHVRCHES (Stein's edit)
6. Weekend by PRIORY (second band in all caps!)
7. Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
8. Back To the Shack by Weezer
9. Mother & Father by Broods
10. Agora by Bear Hands
1. Left Hand Free by Alt-J
2. Mind Over Matter by Young the Giant
3. Shut Up and Dance by Walk The Moon
4. Cigarette Daydreams by Cage the Elephant
5. Black Out Days by Phantogram
6. Rollercoaster by Bleachers
7. HOLIDAY VACATION
8. Where the Kids Are by Blondfire
9. Cool Kids by Echosmith
10. San Francisco by The Mowgli's
1. A Beginning Song by The Decemberists
2. Cecilia and the Satellite by Andrew McMahon
3. VACATION
4. Bad Habit by The Kooks
5. Cardiac Arrest by Bad Suns
6. 40 Watt by ELEL
7. Get It by Matt and Kim
8. Hey Now by Matt and Kim
9. Riptide by Vance Joy
1. I Wanna Get Better by Bleachers
2. Bad Dream by The Mowgli's
3. Lampshades On Fire by Modest Mouse
4. Should Have Known Better by Sufjan Stevens
5. Lifted Up (1985) by Passion Pit
6. Ex's & Oh's by Elle King
7. If You Wanna Stay by The Griswolds
8. It Must Be Summer by Fountains of Wayne
2013/2014
1. The Swimming Song by Vetiver
2. Dreaming by Smallpools
3. Breezeblocks by Alt-J
4. If So by Atlas Genius
5. Take It As It Comes by J. Roddy Walston & The Business
6. Ways To Go by Grouplove
7. Diamonds by The Boxer Rebellion
8. Red Eye by the Moondoggies
9. I Love You by Said The Whale
10. Harlem by New Politics
1. All I Want by Kodaline
2. Do I Wanna Know by Arctic Monkeys
3. Royals by Lorde
4. Kids by Micky Ekko
5. The Wire by HAIM
6. Snow Falls Down by Good Old War
7. This Will Be Our Year by The Zombies
8. Without a Cause by Southerly
9. Colours by Young Liars
10. Shadows by Au Revoir Simone
1-3. Let Go by RAC (with midterm week & snow days, this song needed extra time)
4. Danger! High Voltage by Electric Six
5. How Can You Luv Me by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
6. This Year by The Mountain Goats ("I am going to make it through this year...")
7. Holding On for Life by Broken Bells
8. Bubblegum by Kevin Devine
9. Speak Plainly, Diana by Joe Pug
10. Just by Mark Ronson
1. Just by Mark Ronson (We only heard this for two days last quarter)
2. All Night by Icona Pop
3. Top Notch by Manchester Orchestra
4. Toy Guns by Tokyo Police Club
5. Miserable by Tokyo Police Club (They play this Thursday at Webster Hall)
6. Every Stone by Manchester Orchestra (They play this Thursday at Terminal 5)
7. Got To My Head by WATERS
8. Shark Attack by Grouplove
9. Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song) by Oscar Isaac & Marcus Mumford
2012/2013
1. Analog or Digital by Wildlife Control
2. Take a Walk by Passion Pit
3. It's Time by Imagine Dragons
4. Seek It Out by Fang Island
5. Anna Sun by Walk The Moon
6. Old Friend by Sea Wolf
7. Country by Hello Echo
8. Bigger Than Love by Benjamin Gibbard
9. HURRICANE SANDY - This Is A Test by Hurricane Bells
10. Time to Run by Lord Huron
1. Let's Go by Matt & Kim
2. The Only Place by Best Coast
3. Black Leaf by The Cave Singers
4. Encyclopedia of Classic Takedowns by A.C. Newman
5. Woo Hoo Hoo by Philistines
6. Sleigh Ride by fun.
7. Auld Lang Syne by Andrew Bird
8. This Will Be Our Year by The Zombies
9. Kites by Geographer
10. White Wolf by Thad Kopec
1. Forest Whitaker by Bad Books
2. Simple Song by The Shins
3. I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons (won a Grammy last night)
4. Sodom, South Georgia by Iron & Wine
5. Stubborn Love by The Lumineers
6. I Saw You Blink by Stornoway
7. Walking in Your Footsteps by Shout Out Louds
8. Little Numbers by Boy
9. SPRING BREAK - I listened to Josh Ritter's record, The Beast In Its Tracks
10. Lies by White Like Fire
1. Got to Have Rock and Roll by Heartless B
2. Changing by The Moondoggies
3. Lightning Bolt by Jake Bugg (also playing his song Two Fingers)
4. Entertainment by Phoenix
5. Make It To Me by Grouplove & Manchester Orchestra
6. Brother In the Night by The Weeks
7. Diane Young by Vampire Weekend
8. Now Is Exactly the Time by Noah & The Whale
9. Destination by Imagine Dragons
2011/2012
1. Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People
2. The Magic by Joan As Police Woman
3. Idiot by Oy Vey
4. Definite Darkness by Cymbals Eat Guitars
5. Life is Life by Noah And The Whale
6. Empire Waist by Halloween, Alaska
7. Impressions of a City Morning by Brown Recluse
8. It's Real by Real Estate
9. Equestrian by U.S. Royalty
10. Neighbors by Now, Now
1. Neighbors by Now, Now
2. Honey Bunny by Girls
3. Don't Haunt This Place by The Rural Alberta Advantage
4. Concrete Waves by Kendra Morris (watch her amazing video)
5. Boxcar (the Daytrotter Studio session) by Shovels and Rope
6. Main Street by Deer Tick
7. The Greeks by Is Tropical (recommended by Dan Flori)
8. This Will Be Our Year by The Zombies
9. I'm Amazed by My Morning Jacket
10. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths
1. Don't Move by Phantogram (Stein's remix)
2. I Belong In Your Arms by Chairlift
3. Tangie and Ray by The Fruit Bats
4. VACATION (I listened to Tim & Nicki Bluhm all break)
5. Ambling Alp by Yeasayer
6. Balance by Future Islands
7. Lonely Boy by The Black Keys
8. Do The Trick by Dr. Dog
9. The Rifle's Spiral by The Shins
10. Polish Girl by Neon Indian
1. Dark Into Light by AM & Shawn Lee (recommended by Ansh Hirani)
2. Hold On by Alabama Shakes
3. Take Ya' Dancing by Say Hi
4. Orpheo Looks Back by Andrew Bird
5. Friday I'm In Love by The Cure
6. California Sunrise by Dirty Gold
7. Alright, You Restless by AgesandAges
8. I Will Remain by Matthew And The Atlas
2010/2011
1. Paris (Ooh La La) - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
2. Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
3. Boy - Ra Ra Riot
4. Secret Meeting - The National
5. Empire - Jukebox the Ghost
6. Reasons Not To Be An Idiot - Frank Turner
7. Take Me Back - Aloe Blacc
8. Vanished - Crystal Castles
9. Sea Legs - The Shins
10. Grown So Ugly - The Black Keys
1. Fears - Fox In The Henhouse
2. Hannah - Freelance Whales
3. Cross Bones Style - Cat Power
4. Heaven's On Fire - The Radio Dept.
5. Did I Say - Teenage Fanclub
6. Dear Candy - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
7. HOLIDAY BREAK
8. This Will Be Our Years - The Zombies
9. Scissor Runner - Jenny and Johnny
10. Blood - The Middle East
1. Ready To Start by Arcade Fire
2. Colours by Grouplove
3. The Glory of Economy by Swim Party
4. MID-WINTER BREAK (I'll be listening to Gregory Alan Isakov)
5. I Can Talk by Two Door Cinema Club
6. Ghosts by The Head and the Heart
7. I'm Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys
8. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
9. I'm Not Ready by Surfer Blood
1. Under Cover of Darkness by The Strokes
2. Shell Games by Bright Eyes
3. PASSOVER/EASTER BREAK (I'll be listening to Andre Charles Theriault)
4. Frankie's Gun by The Felice Brothers
5. Will Do by TV On The Radio
6. Need You Now by Cut Copy
7. I Can Change by LCD Soundsystem
8. Darkness Is So Deep by Hurricane Bells
9. Model Son by The Heavenly States
10. Turn Off This Song and Go Outside by The Lonely Forest
2009/2010
- At The Beach - The Avett Brothers
- Buttons - The Weeks
- Sick Muse - Metric
- Two Shoes - Cat Empire
- West Coast - Coconut Records
- Long Distance Call - Phoenix
- Roll On By - Opus Orange
- All Is Love - Karen O and the Kids
- Lost Fur - Carter Burwell
- Worried Shoes - Karen O and the Kids
- Hell - Teegan and Sara
- Fidelity - Regina Spektor
- Never Ending Math Equation - Sun Kil Moon
- I've Got Friends - Manchester Orchestra
- Razorblade - The Strokes
- The Garden You Planted - Sea Wolf
- Pieces of What – MGMT
- Taller Children - Elizabeth & The Catapult
- Put the Phone Down - Pilot Speed
- Heart It Races - Dr. Dog
- Swim - Surfer Blood
- The Cave - Mumford & Sons
- Sweet Talk - Dear & The Headlights
- The High Road - Broken Bells
- It's Thunder and It's Lightning - We Were Promised Jetpacks
- Weightless - Nada Surf
- Shadow People - Dr. Dog
- Symphonies - Dan Black
- Laredo - Band Of Horses
- Conversation 16 - The National
- The Gardner - The Tallest Man On Earth
- It's Summertime - The Flaming Lips
- 8. Tighten Up - The Black Keys
2008/2009
- Du Og Meg – Of Montreal
- Marker In The Sand – Pearl Jam
- Kids – MGMT
- Wildcat – Ratatat
- Bruises – Chairlift
- And I Was a Boy From School – Hot Chip
- Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur – Sigor Ros
- Last Nite – The Strokes
- Same Old Drag – The Apples In Stereo
- Shake – Cataldo
- No More Empty Words – The Thrills
- Take Me to the Riot – Stars
- Campus – Vampire Weekend
- Rain – Bishop Allen
- Thunderstruck – AC/DC
- Oh Sister – Andrew Bird
- Anonanimal – Andrew Bird
- Paper Planes – M.I.A.
- No One Said It Would Be Easy - Cloud Cult
- It’s What You Need – Cloud Cult
- No One Said It Would Be Easy – Cloud Cult
- It’s What You Need –Cloud Cult
- 15 Steps – Radiohead
- Jai Ho – AR Rahman
- With All My Heart – Clem Snide
- One Red Thread – Blind Pilot
- Paper Thin Walls – Modest Mouse
- The Underdog – Spoon
- Believe – The Bravery
- Jenny and the Ess-Dog – Stephen Malkmus
- Wake Up – The Arcade Fire
- Listomania – Phoenix
- 1901 – Phoenix
- You Remind Me of Home – Benjamin Gibbard
- Brackett, W9 – Bon Iver
- Lua – Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
- So Far Around The Bend – The National
I started teaching in 2004, and although I often played music to start each class, the “song of the week” did not become official until 2008. The period of 2004-2008 are known to Stein-Music-Historians as "The Lost Years."