Grab your map, fill your tank with gas, and turn up your stereo, it’s time for your Pacific Northwest Road Trip. Here are the songs to guide you on your journey.
There are a handful of crucial things everyone needs for every road trip: snacks, drinks, good company, and a rocking playlist.
These days, the Pacific Northwest is most known for its indie rock and alternative music scene. Folk music has also seen its fair share of popularity in the region.
Here are 20 songs to fill your PNW road trip playlist.
Mother Love Bone – “Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns”
Band of Horses – “No One’s Gonna Love You”
Shakey Graves – “Late July”
The Decemberists – “Down By the Water”
Pearl Jam – “Alive”
The Head and the Heart – “Rivers and Roads”
Vance Joy – “Mess is Mine”
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – “Home”
Death Cab for Cutie – “Northern Lights”
Elliot Smith – “Between the Bars”
Eddie Vedder – “Setting Forth”
Fleet Foxes – “Mykonos”
Glen Hansard – “Lowly Deserter”
Gregory Alan Isakov – “Dark, Dark, Dark”
Hollow Coves – “Coastline”
James Taylor – “Something in the Way She Moves”
Jared & The Mill – “Breathe Me In”
Kodaline – “Love Like This”
Lord Huron – “Ends of the Earth”
Maggie Rogers – “Alaska”