Activities: Driving In The Left Lane

The best songs from the groups that pioneered that ultra-cool surfer sound. Guitar-heavy and full of reverb, these tunes are perfect for strapping your board to the roof of your woodie and cruising to the beach.

The most important, influential, and definitive house recordings of all-time.

Listen to the most popular rap songs in America as determined by the Billboard charts.

Innovative producer Diplo is known for blending ghetto house, dubstep, baile funk, and dancehall. Listen to this collection of bangers produced by Diplo or released on his label, Mad Decent Records.

One of the most eclectic sub-genres in rock music, new wave features the punk-influenced, synth-dominated sound that defined pop music in the early 1980s.

A taste of the hottest new dancehall "riddims" created during the last decade, featuring hard, fast, reggae-based grooves that have influenced hit songs by Beyonce, Rihanna and more.

Party music. Big, loud, nasty, sweaty, party music from the 2000s.

From the land of long nights and longer winters come these white-hot electro and indie dance pop bangers that'll melt even the most frozen of faces.

Work your Wget magic while listening to these motivational electro-bangers.

From BBQs and honky-tonks to rodeos and hoedowns, this playlist of country songs is sure to bring out the "yee haw" in you.

With the fast tempos of traditional punk, today's pop punk prominently features electronic keyboards and hi-fi production for an accessible, radio friendly sound.

The first wave of punk bands in Britain produced some of the fastest, hardest, and grittiest rock music the world had ever heard. Hold on and get ready for "anarchy in the U.K."

Punk rock was born in New York City, but by the late '70s the genre's infectious primitivism had reached cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, where bands began playing a tougher, thrashier style of punk.

New York City is the birthplace of punk rock, and like the city that birthed it, the punk rock scene in the late 70s was diverse, contentious, noisy and unlike any other in the world. This is the sound of CBGB's and Max's Kansas City.

Listen to essential songs by Iggy & The Stooges as well as their greatest influences, contemporaries, and followers.

Electric Zoo is an electronic music festival that takes place on Randall's Island, NY on Labor Day weekend. Listen to a playlist of songs by artists in the 2011 lineup.

From Sabbath to Isis, a mix of heavy bands with influences and appreciation beyond the insular metal scene.

Fierce tracks from the thrash/speed-metal heyday of the 1980s and early '90s.

A collection of rock's hardest-hitting classics, from metal to glam to grunge.

Motorik, German for "motor skill," is a propulsive 4/4 drum pattern popularized in 1970s Germany by acts like Neu that's perfect for cruising down the Autobahn. This playlist features modern and classic songs built onto of the Motorik rhythm.

Wherever your dance party may be, let Songza transport you and your friends to the City of Light with these French electro and tech house dance floor fillers.

Garage rock and other hard-rocking songs from the '60s and early '70s that helped pave the way for The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, and other early punk rock bands.

The greatest 12-inch and club mixes from the 1980s' best new wave, synth-pop, dance and rock artists. Explore the '80s one foot at a time!

You don't need words to rock! Instrumental metal from the 1970s to today, including classic rock, thrash, post-metal and much more.

In honor of the new season of Jersey Shore, here are some electro bangers to make you sweat on the dancefloor. Hair gel and bronzer optional.

Feelin' down? These fun, upbeat and affirmative songs will get you back up on your feet and ready to get back out there.

Rediscover fun, upbeat electronic music from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, built on dancefloor-ready breakbeats, clever loops and lots of vocal samples. Check it out now, my funk soul brothas.

Rock radio staples from the current crop of mainstream hitmakers. The artists who grew up with Led Zeppelin and Queen in one ear and Nirvana and Red Hot Chili Peppers in the other are making their own hits now.

During the 1980s and '90s, D.C. was the place to be for hardcore. Enjoy the finest bands from that time and place, as well as their latter-day incarnations that branched out in different sonic directions.

The Gipsy Kings got this party started internationally, but there's much more to the Spanish rumba. Warning: playlist may cause exhaustion due to dancing on the table 'til dawn.

Enjoy the brash irreverence of these pop-punk bands from the early 2000s. Though the bandmembers may have been well into their 20s or even (gasp!) 30s, they understood the appeal of arrested adolescence.

Wham bam, thank you ma'am! Glossy and raucous tunes from the 1970s glam-rock era, from both leading lights and also-rans of the glitter scene.