There’s a lot of exciting things going on in music right now. Hip hop titans Kanye West and Jay Z just dropped albums, Robin Thicke is making the album I’d hoped Justin Timberlake would make and there’s a few new indie pop bands I’m looking forward to blasting with the windows down all summer long. This playlist features a nice sampling of all that, plus a few other new(ish) treats to help get you through to work day … especially while you’re wishing you were playing outside instead.

  • “I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo” – Capital Cities
  • “Bound 2” – Kanye West
  • “Give it 2 U” Robin Thicke feat. Kendrick Lamar
  • “Around the Block” – Pretty Lights feat. Talib Kweli
  • “Made To Love” – John Legend
  • “Came Back Haunted” – Nine Inch Nails
  • “Lose Yourself to Dance” – Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams
  • “Do I Wanna Know?” – Arctic Monkeys
  • “Say Say” – Youngblood Hawke
  • “Right Action” – Franz Ferdinand

Author Bio:

by Andy Shore

Andy Shore found his way to Benchmark when he replied to a job listing promising a job of half blogging, half social media. His parents still don’t believe that people get paid to do that. Since then, he’s spun his addiction to pop culture and passion for music into business and marketing posts that are the spoonful of sugar that helps the lessons go down. As the result of his boss not knowing whether or not to take him seriously, he also created the web series Ask Andy, which stars a cartoon version of himself. Despite being a cartoon, he somehow manages to be taken seriously by many of his readers ... and few of his coworkers.