Alex’s 25th Playlist

Flat Earther

Maisie Peters

• Love it! Thanks Sarah.

  — matthew

Click Clack Symphony. (feat. Hans Zimmer)

RAYE, Hans Zimmer

Alex you live on in my mind through your love of music - what a gift and inspiration x

Sweet July

The 4411

like always, best listened to outside and shared.

Is This Real?

overpass

Great idea Matt, loving the playlist and all the messages ❤️

Is Joy Easy

Mt. Joy

Sharing a little joy! Happy Birthday Alex!

White Horses

Wolf Alice

Ooh! You're allowed more than one!

Sisters With Me

Tom Misch

For all the sisters and the love they give

Rubber Band Man (with Hozier)

Mumford & Sons, Hozier

For Ben with love

Kid

Palace

Thinking of Alex - sending love from my family and I to yours. Hope to see you all soon!

Still Sincere

MJ Cole, PinkPantheress

A great remix of a classic ❤️

American Girls

Harry Styles

miss you Q!

Ride Lonesome

Beck

• 💙

  — Alex Trigg

One Step in the Right Direction

Joy Clark

Met her this week and just really moved by this artist’s talent and music.

Man I Need

Olivia Dean

Thinking of two great young men this morning who left us way way to early - god bless Alex and Jack C

• ❤️

  — Matthew

PSYCHO

NOTION, IRAH

Alex always had the funniest impressions and random quotes memorized

Hardy (feat. Clairo)

Rostam, Clairo

Thinking of Alex, and sending much love to all his friends and family!

I BELIEVE

Erin LeCount

• ❤️

  — matthew

Eden

Avalon Emerson

Love to Matt, Sophie & Harry and all Alex’s friends x

LOUD BOY

foamboy

A summery groove that makes me think of your moves on the afternoon of the wedding.

There's Just Something About Her

Cat Burns

summertime

• From a beautiful record about losing her granddad. That said, this song isn’t about that.

  — M

Before You Hit the Ground

Dean Johnson

From Brian Marcus

Brasil

M4IA

Summer of the World Cup, headed to Brazil Morocco as we speak. Remembering watching the euros in the summer (fateful afternoon at The dock) and World Cup in the frat. No one more fun to watch a game of footy with than Alex!!!

• ❤️

  — Matthew

• Enjoy the game, Sid.

  — Matthew

I Knew It, I Knew You

Taylor Swift

Happy heavenly birthday Alex..thinking of you

Berghain - Remix

Conrad Taylor, ROSALÍA, Björk, Yves Tumor

Thinking of you, Alex ❤️

When The Lavender Blooms

The Paper Kites

Thinking of all of you

what’s wrong with me

Olivia Rodrigo, Robert Smith

❤️

Love

improvjazzlab.

Happy Birthday Alex. ❤️

Where Light Settles

Jasmine Myra

Isaac got to know Alex as they serenaded sororities playing their guitars. They became close buddies DJ-ing together.

Withness

ANOTR

Quinlan was such a breath of fresh air to talk to. I remember standing towards the edge of a packed rooftop with him on our senior year of college “live out crawl” while a tune in this type of genre played, having one of those relaxing and genuine conversations. I’m sure he’s bumping something like this now

• ❤️

  — Matthew

Dollar Bill

Jack White

No memories. Just love.

Lost Scribe

MIKE

The recent weather has reminded me of one of the first times I hung out with Alex. It was a roasting hot day and the Quinlan's had recently moved over from the UK to Mercer Islamd. Our family came over and we hung out at your dock playing around on inner tubes while enjoying limeade and donut holes. A perfect day. Happy Birthday Q ❤️

• ❤️

  — Matthew

Blessings

Calvin Harris, Clementine Douglas

Because he was and is.

Chomping at the bit

GIMMY

Alex and our son Isaac were great friends.

• Such great friends. We love Isaac!

  — Matthew

Cobra

Geese

❤️

CPR

Wet Leg

Such a creative idea, can’t wait to listen❤️

• Thanks so much for contributing. Great song. There’s a link above the embedded playlist above which opens the whole list in Spotify.

  — Matthew

Dog Dribble

Getdown Services

I think Alex would have liked this lot, I certainly hope you lot do. Lots of love x

• Glorious!

  — Tony Q

I Found Lovin' - Folamour Remix

Fatback Band, Folamour

Happy Birthday, Q❤️

Bad Moons

American Football

happy birthday, alex. thank you for helping me explore new tunes. ❤️

Doctrine of Love

Jalen Ngonda

This really is a 2026 release! Honest!

Rain in July

Qendresa

🙏

Let The Music Play

The Coral

❤️

Tenderness

LEISURE

❤️

• Thanks Suzy. That Leisure album is the perfect vibe.

  — matthew

You Retreat In Time And Space

Boards of Canada

Happy birthday Alex ❤️

• hartelijk dank Keating

  — matthew

I Knew It, I Knew You

Taylor Swift

From Jo Furtado

See You Later, I'm Gone

Whitney

Happy birthday, Alex

In Your Hands

furthernotice

From Sophie Mayo

Inept Apollo

Nation of Language

• Such great picks, Jess. Thank you.

  — Matthew

Abracadabra

Lady Gaga

He seems like a wonderful young man you raised who left us too early. Would love to see the playlist at the end !

• Thanks so much Kunal. There’s a link above or you can click here. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1MwHVwFl8tL5qtT6fZIunL?

  — Matthew

Lonyo!

Bakar

Still remember when Bakar’s debut was creating buzz amount Alex, Connor and Jacob 🙂.

The Radiator

Getdown Services

Getdown Services - what great addition to Alex’s DJ mix this would be!

Luggin' Hurt

Little Barrie

• You did it! Proud of you.

  — Matthew

Kick Stones (The Boys)

Westside Cowboy

Just a few songs I’ve enjoyed this year and would love to share in memory of a fellow music hound.

Talk To You (ft. 54 Ultra)

ANOTR, 54 Ultra

Miss you. Sending love to the whole family ❤️

We Will Sing

Citizens of the World Choir

We promise we will x

DANCING IN THE SUN

Sedric Perry, Raven Iman

would have loved a wig boogie with alex and this track

• No idea what a wig boogie is but I'm sure it's jolly fun.

  — matthew

• And *love* the song.

  — matthew

Heseeny

TUL8TE

Sending lots of love x

HYPE - Extended Mix

Darude, Mashd N Kutcher

Oldsters choosing tunes for the cool kids is very stressful! Defy anyone not to bust out some moves to this one though.

Doors

Noah Kahan

Happy birthday Alex ❤️ Thinking of you all Sophie, Matthew and Harry x

• 🩷

  — matthew

The Boy Who Played the Harp

Dave

We rewrite our story every time we tell it

Click Clack Symphony. (feat. Hans Zimmer)

RAYE, Hans Zimmer

Happy Birthday Alex 🫶🏽

• Love it! Thanks Mahima.

  — matthew

Lose Your Mind

Cumulus

Love to all the Quinlans x

• 🩷

  — matthew

• 🩷

  — matthew

The Wave

Jungle

I got the pleasure of meeting Alex at a daytime house exchange in the very beginning of college. We did an egg toss together :) He was always so kind to me. This song has good sunny vibes like Alex. Thanks for sharing ❤️

• Such good vibes. Thanks Julia.

  — matthew

Golden

HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

I had Zen playing yesterday on the bus . However Alex will forever be racing around Lakeridge driving me bonkers . My elementary kids adore to dance and jive to Golden by K-pop demon hunters . I can totally imagine Alex jiving with them . Alex will always inhabit a piece of my heart and memory! ❤️

• The kids on the bus go round and round.

  — matthew

In This Shirt

The Irrepressibles

x

• That's lovely, thanks Gabs.

  — matthew

God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey)

Ezra Collective, Yazmin Lacey

For Alex ♥️ I hope you all enjoy this song. I loved the line “So here we are identical strangers…” it made me think of all of us here united in our celebration of Alex.

DNA (More Than A Game)

Andrea Bocelli, David Guetta, EJae, Megan Thee Stallion

Hopefully Alex is enjoying a game of soccer up in the sky … I love this anthem for the 2026 soccer World Cup!

So Below

Tinned Meats

Big love to you all

Slow Tonight

Tom Misch

• 🩷

  — matthew

Dream

Collect 200

Think Q would’ve enjoyed this

The Field (feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar)

Blood Orange, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, The Durutti Column

• Thanks Carla, this is beautiful.

  — matthew

NUEVAYoL

Bad Bunny

Holding your smile in our memories forever❤️

The Cold Collar

Andrew Wasylyk, Gruff Rhys

🧡

This Thing We Call Love

Thundercat, Channel Tres

• Absolute tunes, Jacob. I definitely hear Alex in all of these.

  — matthew

Richard 2

Champion Trees

I hope the Quinlans are doing well! I miss Alex a lot, and think of him often. We had a paddling pool out last weekend and it reminded me of one of my favourite photos of us together, where Alex, Harry, Hal, Johnny and I are all splashing about. This is such a lovely way to honour him.

• 🩷

  — matthew

Cobra

Geese

Happy Birthday Alex ❤️

Game On (ft. JT)

Little Simz, JT

What a lovely idea. I never had the pleasure of meeting Alex but sending much love to all the Quinlan family x

• Thanks Sean x

  — matthew

Nighthawk - Reprise

Re:um

Late night chillin with Q

Countryside (feat. Eva Tolkin, Liam Benzvi & Ian Isiah)

Blood Orange, Eva Tolkin, Liam Benzvi, Ian Isiah

Happy Birthday Alex 🥰

After Hours

Karine Polwart, Pippa Murphy, Dave Milligan

I can imagine Alex chilling after a gig when I listen to this. A little bit of folk amongst the modern music. Lots of love.

Piece Of Heaven

Tame Impala

💕

Sign of the Lion

Tony Joe White, Flying Mojito Bros

I see him loving the dance floor to this one. Much love xx

• Can definitely see that. 🩷

  — matthew

Rock o’ Stone

Kurt Vile

• Great picks, Connor. The apprentice becomes the master. 🩷

  — matthew

• ha I threw a lot in here :) kurt always makes me think of Q

  — connor grady

EURO-COUNTRY

CMAT

Embracing half of Alex's roots and missing him terribly.

• Banger 🩷

  — matthew

• Hooj choon!

  — Damien

• You got there before us! Top choice Carrie!

  — Dan and Sarah Wheeler

Middle of Nowhere

Kacey Musgraves

• This is lovely, Den.

  — matthew

Red Moon

Tom Misch

• 100% Alex approved

  — matthew

the van

Bleachers

Something mellow. Thoughts with you all at what must be a hugely emotional time of year. What a beautiful way to celebrate the life of your son, grandson, brother, friend, musical-guru ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much for letting me participate in this tribute to Alex ❤️

• Thanks Jespers. Love this.

  — matthew

Bittersweet Dreams

David Kushner

Sending love to you lovely Quinlans, and holding Alex’s memory close x

• Love you guys.

  — matthew

BIG MONEY

Jon Batiste

• Thanks for kicking us off, Téa. Love the song.

  — matthew

Beach House

LEISURE

Here we go now, here we go...

• Love this one

  — Natalie Debray

Hit the Nail on the Head

The Infamous Stringdusters

Would’ve loved to see what dance moves Q came up with for this one.