Happy Friday, my sun-soaked sound seekers.
California has always carried its own soundtrack. Sometimes it’s the wide-open optimism of the coast, sometimes it’s the restless pulse of its cities, and sometimes it’s the desert’s echo of reinvention. This week’s Ear Candy playlist—Ode to California—rounds up tracks that tell those stories, each one a different snapshot of the state’s soundscape.
California isn’t just a place—it’s a frequency. It’s the surf-guitar shimmer of the ‘60s, the Laurel Canyon harmonies that defined the ‘70s, the G-funk bounce that rattled lowriders in the ‘90s, and the festival anthems that still echo off Coachella’s desert fields. The tracks on this list map out that mythology. They’re postcards, sometimes glossy, sometimes gritty, but always stamped with the idea that California is both dream and danger, sunshine and smog.
There’s wanderlust here, heartbreak, renewal, and plenty of starry-eyed promises—climb aboard and let the West Coast wash over you.
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