A rainbow says we’re now in spring. No more snow! Sweatdown the warmth! Find it on YouTube and all playlists on The Sweatdown!

The Sweatdown has existed since April of 2018 as a monthly collection of music I’ve been listening to. Sometimes it’s old tracks but it’s usually new music. Everything from indie to synthwave to rock to alternative and more. Every December is a culmination of the music I’ve listened to. Originally posted to Spotify, these playlists can now all be found on YouTube where they will be updated monthly for YouTube Music.

Some of what’s here for April

I had to kick it off with this Sneaker Pimps song from their 1996 album and was released as a single in 1997. Listen with headphones. It has some incredible production from Jim Abbiss and Flood. The song sounds really modern. It took me aback with how much it sounds modern when it’s 30 years old.

I have decided I’m officially a HEALTH fan. I had HEALTH on this way back in 2019 so I’ve been listening to them for a long time. I just wasn’t a fan. I wasn’t dipping into their discography or listening to all of their songs just what I saw released as singles. That’s changed with A.L.O.N.E. which I thought was one of their best songs. It got me to dipped into the rest of their work and check out the band and I am so in. Need to see them live.

I love the way Social Order finds a way to surprise me. The BPM on this sound and the quick bass is so good in this. It gives me a Cult kick but it’s so distinctly Social Order. They are absolutely making music that fits my mood in the past few years. I really regret not seeing them in Detroit now, even though it’s a good thing to keep my U.S. trips to a minimum.

Congratulations to Culture Wars for releasing their new album Don’t Speak today. Be sure to check out the new album and I’ll probably have to see them live when they come to Toronto in the late summer. Most of the album I’ve already heard so Don’t Speak is one of the few new songs. Love the guitar and drums in it.

I guess I’m on a bass guitar kick recently for what’s been scratching my itch because ALEXSUCKS song Duct Tape has a great bass line throughout and it’s why the song is grabbing me more than other songs on their recent album.

Speaking of new albums, Tigercub released Nets to Catch the Wind recently as well and much like Don’t Speak being the track one on Culture Wars new album, so is Silver Smile and that ended up being the song that caught me the quickest.

The SOFY track Wishbone has a very good music video that feels like it references previous videos in a way I haven’t figured out yet but I enjoy it. Great chorus.

Great to see Frost Children a band I saw live when I saw George Clanton get remixed by The Dare.

April Sweatdown 2K26 features:

Sneaker Pimps – Post Modern Sleaze
HEALTH – A.L.O.N.E.
Social Order – Say It
Culture Wars – Don’t Speak
ALEXSUCKS – Duct Tape
Trevor Something – Electricity
Tigercub – Silver Smile
Pro Wrestling The Band – Tarps
Kadeema – Little Spiders
almost monday – leaving is easy
Basement – The Way I feel
Koethe – Release
SOFY – Wishbone
Frost Children – WHAT IS FOREVER FOR (The Dare Remix)

Thank you for reading, thank you for listening, and hope you look forward to another year of The Sweatdown!

Photo by me of a rainbow on my street taken April 5th, 2026.