In this episode, we count down a definitive Top 20 tracklist sourced straight from the music curators of the X timeline. We’re spinning everything from the kaleidoscopic, genre-shifting blog-rock of Animal Collective and the haunting, nocturnal synth-pop of Bat for Lashes, to the arena-sized alternative anthems of Kings of Leon and Depeche Mode. Finally, we build all the way down to the minimalist, nocturnal masterpiece from a group of south London teenagers that completely redefined the sound of the decade: The xx. Broadcast 29 March 2026

Songs in this episode:

0:09 James – P.S.
1:13 Animal Collective – My Girls
3:45 Manic Street Preachers – Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
4:49 Radiohead – These Are My Twisted Words
5:53 The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
8:17 White Lies – Death
9:21 Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
10:25 Editors – Papillon
12:19 Morrissey – I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
13:23 Thom Yorke – Hearing Damage
14:27 Owl City – Fireflies
16:37 Kings Of Leon – Notion
17:41 P!nk – Please Don't Leave Me
18:45 Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able
20:47 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
21:51 La Roux – Bulletproof
23:59 Bat For Lashes – Daniel
25:03 Pet Shop Boys – More Than a Dream (2018 Remaster)
26:07 Florence + the Machine – Cosmic Love
27:11 Depeche Mode – Wrong
30:13 The xx – Crystalised