DROPOUT DISCO

a sound / a scene / a story

DROPOUT DISCO's playlists are a project by music journalists Krystal Rodriguez and Zel McCarthy.Every week since June, 2020, Krystal and Zel hand select and program 100 new tracks over a range of cross-genre playlists.Additional seasonal and holiday playlists drop throughout the year, including the annual retrospective series, Year In Rewind.

SHOWS

BIG DUMB POP
(PREMIERING SUMMER, 2025)

A show about pop music and the politics of pop culture.

SKIP OR BOP
(FROM THE ARCHIVE)

SKIP OR BOP breaks down the week in new music, guiding you through the best and most relevant new releases so you know what you should listen to and what you should not.

DOUBLE BOP ELECTRIC

Electronic-infused bops from dance-pop to dream-pop with some K-pop, electro, alt, and casual edm too.

DOUBLE BOP ELECTRIC : YEAR IN REWIND

MAX CAP

The latest in tech house, deep house, and a little business techno too, this set is where to pull up peak hour.

NEW POWER SOCIETY

New electronic music that celebrates leaders of tomorrow’s trends and timeless stewards of innovation.

NEW POWER SOCIETY : YEAR IN REWIND

NIGHTLOCK

Fuxk a genre, it’s a vibe. Alternative / electronic R&B, beat scene tunes, mood trax, and other freshness.

PARADISE

House music all life long! Classic house, nü disco, and retro -inspired rhythms.

JUMPWORLD

Cool down with compositions from cats who fuse the avant garde with hat-tips to their roots.

THIRD STATE

Gentle beings, we are entering the world of the ambient, atmospheric, downtempo, and sublime. Transcend at your leisure.

THIRD STATE : YEAR IN REWIND

GLITTERBITCH

Disco divas, house honeys, and bass baddies unite under the most chaotic of mirrorballs to do WERK.

GLITTERBITCH : YEAR IN REWIND

#NO PROMO

Out and proud, soft or loud, this is the new queer alternative.

#NO PROMO : YEAR IN REWIND

YEAR IN REWIND

Celebrate each year through its best and most important records in this annual series.

SPECIAL DROPOUT VERSIONS

Released for holidays, events, and other occasions that need to sound good, these playlists shake up your aural routine with a curation of celebration and commemoration.

SONGS OF THE SUMMER

a sound, a scene, a season 😎

BILLBOARD'S 100 BEST DANCE SONGS

" A complete culture unto itself, dance music is vast and contains multitudes..."
Read more at Billboard.

HOUSE OF LOVE

Nothing says love better than four-on-the-floor ♡

DISCO UNDEMOLISHED

Nearly a half-century after the mass burning of records at the "Disco Demolition," disco music lives on. This 24 hour playlist is a celebration of disco's survival and a tribute to those who have blessed dancefloors with disco magic around the world… then, now, and forever ♡

GLITTERBITCH GOLD STARS

It’s PRIDE and we need all the LGBTQIA+ bass baddies, disco divas, and house honeys to report to the dancefloor.

LOS PIONEROS y LOS PRÓXIMOS

#BREAKTHEBIAS

International Women's Day challenges us to #BreakTheBias. On each track on this playlist you'll hear a woman artist, songwriter, producer, engineer, mixer, instrumentalist, vocalist, remixer, arranger, composer or more.

BLACK HISTORY IS...

Celebrate Black History Month by discovering disco classics, old and renewed, cross-generational classics from the genre Frankie Kunckles created, and a round-up of key tracks from the genre born in Detroit and heard around the universe.

TRICK OR BEAT

Spooky season beats from some of your favorite tricks, selected to make Halloween ghoulish af.

YEAR IN REWIND 2024

DOUBLE BOP ELECTRIC

The best electronic-infused bops of 2024 from dance-pop to dream-pop with electro, alt, K-pop and casual edm too.

MAX CAP

The best tech house, deep house, and business techno of 2024—this is where to pull up peak hour.

NEW POWER SOCIETY

The best new electronic music of 2024, celebrating leaders of tomorrow’s trends and timeless stewards of innovation.

NIGHTLOCK

The best alternative / electronic R&B, beat scene tunes, mood trax, and other freshness of 2024. Fuxk a genre, it’s a vibe.

PARADISE

The best classic house, nü disco, and retro -inspired rhythms of 2024. House music all life long!

JUMPWORLD

Cool down with the best compositions of 2024 from cats who fuse the avant garde with hat-tips to their roots.

THIRD STATE

Highlights from 2024 of long-playing records of ambient, atmospheric, downtempo, and the sublime.

GLITTERBITCH

The best tracks of 2024 by the bass baddies, disco divas, and house honeys, who uniting beneath the most chaotic of mirrorballs to do WERK.

#NO PROMO

The best tracks of 2024 by LGBTQIA2S+ artists—this is the new queer alternative.

YEAR IN REWIND 2023

DOUBLE BOP ELECTRIC

The best electronic-infused bops of 2023 from dance-pop to dream-pop with some electro, alt, and casual edm too.

MAX CAP

The best tech house, deep house, and business techno of 2023, this is where to pull up peak hour.

NEW POWER SOCIETY

The best new electronic music of 2023, celebrating leaders of tomorrow’s trends and timeless stewards of innovation.

NIGHTLOCK

The best alternative / electronic R&B, beat scene tunes, mood trax, and other freshness of 2023. Fuxk a genre, it’s a vibe.

PARADISE

The best classic house, nü disco, and retro -inspired rhythms of 2023. House music all life long!

JUMPWORLD

Cool down with the year's best compositions from cats (or rabbits) who fuse the avant garde with hat-tips to their roots.

THIRD STATE

Highlights from 2023 in long-playing records of ambient, atmospheric, downtempo, and sublime.

GLITTERBITCH

The best tracks of 2023 by the most sparkling disco divas and house honeys, uniting beneath the most chaotic of mirrorballs to do WERK.

#NO PROMO

The best new queer alternative in 2023. Out and proud, soft or loud, music made by LGBTQ+ artists for everyone.

YEAR IN REWIND 2022

DOUBLE BOP ELECTRIC

The year's best tech house, deep house, and a little business techno too, this set is where we pulled up peak hour in 2022.

MAX CAP

The year's best tech house, deep house, and a little business techno too, this set is where we pulled up peak hour in 2022.

NEW POWER SOCIETY

The best new electronic music of 2022, celebrating leaders of tomorrow’s trends and timeless stewards of innovation.

NIGHTLOCK

Fuxk a genre, it’s a vibe. The year's best alternative / electronic R&B, beat scene tunes, mood trax, and other freshness.

PARADISE

House music all year long! The year's best classic house, nü disco, and retro -inspired rhythms.

JUMPWORLD

Cool down with the year's best compositions from cats who fuse the avant garde with hat-tips to their roots.

THIRD STATE

Highlights from the year in long-playing records of ambient, atmospheric, downtempo, and sublime.

GLITTERBITCH

The best of 2022 from the disco divas and house honeys who unite under the most chaotic of mirrorballs to do WERK.

#NO PROMO

Out and proud, soft or loud, this is the best of the year in the new queer alternative.

YEAR IN REWIND 2021

DOUBLE BOP ELECTRIC

[dance-pop to dream-pop with some electro, alt, and casual edm]

MAX CAP

[tech house, deep house, and a little business techno]

NEW POWER SOCIETY

[innovative, experimental, and forward-thinking electronic music]

NIGHTLOCK

[mood trax, alternative / electronic R&B, beat scene tunes, and other freshness]

PARADISE

[house music all life long]

JUMPWORLD

[avant garde soul, instrumental R&B, neo alternative, deeply rooted while breaking new ground]

THIRD STATE

[ambient, atmospheric, downtempo, new age, experimental, and sublime]

GLITTERBITCH

[werk, bxtch]

YEAR IN REWIND 2020