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THE ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS 2 mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 COME TO ME lily & madeleine
02 RAYS the feather
03 THE CROWS WERE TALKING danny vera
04 THE BREATH I INHALED FROM YOU (PART 1) the building
05 AVENGER the bamboos
06 RUN RUN RUN the notwist
07 ATHEISTS HAVE SONGS TOO rykarda parasol
08 OH MY LOVE brendan benson
09 NOBODY THERE veronica falls
10 COME SUMMER (COME STANDING OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR) kristofer astrom
11 WHIRLPOOL the chambermaids
12 HOLY BRANCHES radical face
13 UNDER THE SUN she talks
14 PRISMS temples
15 CALL ME IN THE DAY la luz
16 MY FAVOURITE SONGS dylan mondegreen
17 CULT OF LOVE dum dum girls
18 FOLLY ON THE MOUNTAIN the galleons
19 ONLY JUST BE FRIENDS jesse and the dandelions
20 SONGS OF SUMMER gossling [w/alexander burnett]
21 HOW WRONG I CAN BE hellogoodbye
22 THE RIVER OF SUFFERING k.s. rhoads
'Tis winter, 'tis true. But 'tis not a time for distemper or discontent...'tis not a time for recrimination or regret. No, 'tis a time to turn one's cheek... for forgiving sins... for making peace. A time to bury strife by righting wrongs... for dancing... laughing... seasoned, salty songs. A time to resecure the ties that bind... a time, in short, for auld lang syne.
So, as you hang your stockings with care not coal... as you get crocked on 'nog and kiss 'neath mistletoe... as you play games with reindeers, dreidels, or Festivus poles... please savor these ghosts of days drained gray (BEST OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, and DECEMBER 2006). When 2014's sun comes up -- as come up it must -- there'll be tunes anew just as sure as Rudolph's gay...
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THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: WINTER 2006.
TRACKLIST ---
01 BONES the killers
02 THE ONE the like
03 COME ON consequences
04 DRIVING THROUGH THE RED LIGHTS monster movie
05 CHELSEA stefy
06 DRAMA QUEEN moi caprice
07 ON AND ON boy kill boy
08 CAVALRY delays
09 TYPE A now it’s overhead
10 ONE LAST DANCE badly drawn boy
11 YOU DON’T NEED ME royal treatment plant
12 SUBSTANCES mark mallman
13 THINK I’M IN LOVE beck
14 SING SONGS ALONG tilly and the wall
15 A SIMPLE PLAN the information
16 PENNY ON THE TRAIN TRACK ben kweller
17 THIS IS MY DIRECTION yellowish
18 HEY MARY polar eyes
19 RAISE YOUR HANDS rock kills kid
20 IN TRANSIT albert hammond, jr.
21 DANCE TILL MORNING LIGHT starflower
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WHERE THEY'LL FIND THE DEAD, FRIENDLESS FARMER... mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 SAILING the strumbellas
02 HOW DO YOU KNOW gaoler’s daughter
03 GHOSTS strangefruit
04 PUT ME TO WORK papa
05 SMILE the happy
06 LOOKING AT THE SUN jesse and the dandelions
07 THE OTHER SIDE ambrosia parsley
08 THE WILDERNESS fanfarlo
09 GRAPEVINE western lows
10 HARD AS THIS lindi ortega
11 THE DEVIL’S SON danny vera
12 PRIDE whitley
13 IT’S GETTING BORING BY THE SEA blood red shoes
14 DIE YOUNG, DIE DUMB: NOT SOON hellogoodbye
15 CONFESSIONS TO A STREETLIGHT mark berube
16 PINK WONTON man man
17 QUI EST CE BAIGNEUR? thomas fersen & the ginger accident
18 BURN LIKE THE SUN my gold mask
19 TUNNEL INTO YOUR DREAMS the band in heaven
20 WE’VE GOT IT cults
21 LOVE WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL grouplove
22 ALL MY LOVE the preatures
23 SUNSHINER lacrosse
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ALL HAIL ALL HALLOWS! mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 WELCOME HOME radical face
02 POISON PRINCE amy macdonald
03 PENDULUM pearl jam
04 LES VOYAGES elephant
05 METHUSELAH san fermin
06 CANDY STORE tim & adam
07 CATFISH man without country
08 NICE CLEAN SHIRT eastern conference champions
09 GOODBYE TO ANYONE lily & madeleine
10 I GOT DRUNK AND I WROTE YOU A POEM songdog
11 BEANY BEAN ooberman
12 SHINE A LIGHT cults
13 MR. FOX the galleons
14 YOUNG RUT papa
15 NO ONE’S GONNA KNOW tristen
16 BRIGHTER! cass mccombs
17 ONE HEART leftover cuties
18 WHITE okkervil river
19 LIVED AND DIED ALONE lindi ortega
20 MOTHER TONGUE white lies
21 HOW LOUD YOUR HEART GETS lucius
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EH-OH! mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 PICTURE ME IN A HOSPITAL babyshambles
02 MAN neko case
03 SPEED OF LIGHT ola podrida
04 IT DON’T RYME swann
05 WHY’D YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN YOU’RE HIGH? arctic monkeys
06 DRIFT WITH IT steph barrak
07 BROKEN MIRROR piers faccini
08 MAYBE birdy
09 SO HIGH here is your temple
10 OUR STORY pretty broken things
11 ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH the indelicates
12 ISLAND LIVING cloud control
13 ALL TOMORROW’S PROMISES the lost patrol
14 WINGED BEAT DRUMS islands
15 SEA OF CONFUSION belako
16 THE BEATLES SONGS ARE WRONG protection patrol pinkerton
17 SMALL TOWN CREW the brunettes
18 SHOW ME THE WONDER manic street preachers
19 WISHFUL THINKING the happy
20 DOES IT SHOW the band in heaven
21 WISHFUL stars
22 DO YOU WANT A MAN? the vaccines
Autumn befalls us, causing me to yet again repair to my lair of musty mixes (BEST OF JULY, AUGUST, and SEPTEMBER 2006) in my never-ending quest to separate men from boys; wheat from chaff; cat's meow from cat's pajamas. And I'll be a monkey's uncle if you should come to judge the consequent collection of chants, carols, and canticles as anything less than the bee's knees and/or the dog's balls...
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THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: FALL 2006.
TRACKLIST ---
01 YOUNG FOLKS peter, bjorn and john [w/victoria bergsman]
02 IN THE MORNING razorlight
03 PARIS IS ON paul brill
04 WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG the killers
05 BARELY LISTENING pilot speed
06 HITCH A RIDE funky nashville
07 ANOTHER SUNDAY the legends
08 THE FIRST SINGLE the format
09 WE DON’T BLEED new london fire
10 DEATH WISH mark mallman
11 SUICIDE IS PAINLESS lady & bird
12 HEY NOW NOW the cloud room
13 GUESS WHO RAN AWAY WITH THE MILKMAN? the pipettes
14 SPLENDID ISOLATION pete yorn
15 WOODEN HEART the features
16 I WANT TO BE BURIED IN YOUR BACKYARD nightmare of you
17 THE NEW UNDERGROUND guster
18 UNDER THE FOLDING BRANCHES the veils
19 ACCELERATOR citizens here and abroad
20 SUMMERTIME COWBOY husky rescue
21 I BET IF WE KISSED the research
22 WHAT’S GOING ON? superheroes
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BUS STOPPED mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 SINCE YOU BEEN GONE rainbow
02 A SMALL PIECE OF HEAVEN club 8
03 FEVER night panther
04 EVIL GIRLS escondido
05 PROFONDEMENT SUPERFICIEL alex beaupain
06 HEAD ON man man
07 RADIO STATIC minor alps
08 DIDN’T I WARN YOU golden suits
09 SUMMER STORM girls in hawaii
10 BLACK AND BLUE liz lawrence
11 MODERN JESUS portugal. the man
12 PAPER DOLL pyyramids
13 WHERE THE SPIRIT LEFT US okkervil river
14 ONLY LONELY LOVERS pure bathing culture
15 CARS NOT LEAVING gabriel bruce
16 TROUBLE IN MIND the house of love
17 UNITED sean bones
18 THIS IS OUR FUTURE kennedy cult
19 SHAKING THE MOTE the kissaway trail
20 TILL THE END the raveonettes
21 THERE GOES OUR LOVE AGAIN white lies
22 AT LAST! THE CELESTIAL BEING SPEAKS quiet company
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THE HOTEL MOJAVE mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 MOLLY AND PETE belako
02 BECOMING THE GUNSHIP islands
03 GLORY DAZE fur trade
04 HARLEQUIN DREAM boy & bear
05 SHADOWS just handshakes
06 MERCY tv on the radio
07 MEAT AND POTATOES belle and sebastian
08 BACHELORETTE bjork
09 CAN’T STOP FEELING [live in-studio] franz ferdinand
10 COLD HAND sad day for puppets
11 FAKE GUNS the kickdrums
12 IN TOO DEEP the lost patrol
13 CYRANO MASOCHISTE johnny borrell
14 OPOSSUM wardell
15 DEN OF LOVE hooded fang
16 SOON frances cone
17 DIFFICULT SITUATIONS the ballet
18 9 AND 10 imaginary cities
19 MELODY CALLING the vaccines
20 DREW goldfrapp
21 WALL OF DEATH r.e.m.
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SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 RUNNER laura stevenson and the cans
02 WOLVES fossil collective
03 NEW LOVE magic magic roses
04 PERFECT WEATHER gabriel bruce
05 I STILL FOLLOW YOU frankie & the heartstrings
06 JULIE-ANNE malojian
07 BE ALL BE EASY woods
08 FARAWAY pacific air
09 LOSE THAT GUN alfred hall
10 YELLOW RED SPARKS yellow red sparks
11 WAITING ON THE DOORSTEP filthy boy
12 MOTHER, I’M ALIVE hot as sun
13 BALLAD OF THE WAR MACHINE midnight juggernauts
14 WHEN YOU WALK AWAY rogue wave
15 LE DEPART maissiat
16 NEED YOU BY MY SIDE the sun parade
17 THE FRUG rilo kiley
18 BEEKEEPER keaton henson
19 SEE THAT STAR shear shazar
20 CAFE LIGHTS hey marseilles
21 SUBURBAN HOMEBOY sparks
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A LAISSEZ-FAIRE 4TH mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 DARK & STORMY hot chip
02 KEEP IN MIND clintongore
03 A.M.A. maps
04 FEINT PRAISE bell x1
05 TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU old daisy
06 BY THE SEA by the sea
07 AIN’T THAT THE WAY divine fits
08 FOOL PROOF smith westerns
09 WILLOW TREE escondido
10 IT’S LATE lloyd cole
11 CITY molly nilsson
12 SENSELESS sad day for puppets
13 IS HISTORY magic arm
14 LET’S STAY UNDECIDED the soulboy collective [w/antenne danger]
15 WHEEL OF FORTUNE the virgins
16 1983 - PRESENT pretty broken things
17 HIDDEN SIGN visage
18 BELLS OF COLOGNE imaginary cities
19 I WILL BE WAITING scarlet youth
20 BREAK IT TO YOU GENTLY camera obscura
21 JUST KIDS chapel club
To commemorate this first day of summer, Anno Domini 2013, I have strenuously re-immersed myself in my BEST OF APRIL, MAY, and JUNE 2006 mixes and selected the subsequent 21 cuts as best representative of my tastes at the time. These are the ones that still bring the vim & the vigor... these are the ones still rich with piss & with vinegar...
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THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SUMMER 2006.
TRACKLIST ---
01 BANG BANG YOU’RE DEAD dirty pretty things
02 BAD EDUCATION tilly and the wall
03 SWIMMING IN FICTION the glass family
04 THE LETTER the black heart procession
05 ADVICE FOR YOUNG MOTHERS TO BE the veils
06 LONG LOST PENPAL hello saferide
07 BREAKING THE ICE mojave 3
08 THURSDAY asobi seksu
09 PARLIAMENT SQUARE [the knife remix] stina nordenstam
10 RING OF FIRE johnny cash
11 BLACKENED BLUE EYES the charlatans uk
12 LLOYD, I’M READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN camera obscura
13 RECONNECT director
14 ONE NIGHT brothers and sisters
15 DON’T ASK ME TO DANCE arab strap
16 KILL KILL KILL the upper room
17 PULL SHAPES the pipettes
18 COME LIE DOWN WITH ME (AND SING MY SONG) elf power
19 SPARKLE my life story
20 ANSAPHONE pulp
21 FALLING mcalmont and butler
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CHARMED, I'M SURE mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 SAINTS the breeders
02 LOST THAT EASY cold war kids
03 GARDE A VOUS hotel morphee
04 SAFE & SOUND alfred hall
05 LACKING RISK rainbow arabia
06 IN A SENSE young man
07 FEVER young galaxy
08 AS IT COMES fran healy
09 ZOMBIES radiation city
10 MY LOVE TOOK ME DOWN TO THE RIVER TO SILENCE ME little green cars
11 FOR A MINUTE THERE trevor moss & hannah-lou
12 TAKE IT AS IT COMES the doors
13 ON AND ON fossil collective
14 PALM OF YOUR HAND paper aeroplanes
15 NEVER SEEN SUCH GOOD THINGS devendra banhart
16 IF THIS ISN’T REAL texas
17 HERE san saba county
18 LIGHTER elessar
19 PRESIDENT iamx
20 CLIPPED WINGS matt costa
21 I WAS AN ISLAND allison weiss
22 COMETS fanfarlo
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WITHOUT A PADDLE mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 ENTERTAINMENT phoenix
02 ALL THE DRUGS rilo kiley
03 EVEN WHEN THE WATER’S COLD !!!
04 I’M NOT GONNA GROW OLD club 8
05 GOODBYE JOHNNY primal scream
06 ISJAKI sigur ros
07 JUVENILES french films
08 SEA OF LOVE the national
09 MONSTERS WITH MISDEMEANORS yellow red sparks
10 WEIGHT mikal cronin
11 PAINT THE MOON the czars
12 I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER, SON she & him
13 SPARK fitz and the tantrums
14 CHANGE churchill
15 STEP vampire weekend
16 SABOTAGE suede
17 THERE WILL BE A RECKONING billy bragg
18 WHEN I WAS YOUR GIRL alison moyet
19 BLIND the house of love
20 GET UP r.e.m.
21 THIRTEEN big star
22 KING LEER morrissey
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THE PEACEFUL, EASY SOUNDS OF THE '70s, V. 1 mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 JOHN DENVER annie’s song
02 ELTON JOHN your song
03 CARLY SIMON you’re so vain
04 JIM CROCE i got a name
05 THE O’JAYS love train
06 CAT STEVENS peace train
07 THE 5TH DIMENSION (last night) i didn’t get to sleep at all
08 JAMES TAYLOR handy man
09 BREAD if
10 FRANK MILLS music box dancer
11 BOBBY WOMACK across 110th street
12 ROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATHAWAY where is the love
13 DOBIE GRAY drift away
14 BARBRA STREISAND the way we were
15 AMERICA sister golden hair
16 ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY i’d really love to see you tonight
17 GILBERT O’SULLIVAN alone again (naturally)
18 ART GARFUNKEL all i know
19 THE CARPENTERS rainy days and mondays
20 THE VILLAGE PEOPLE y.m.c.a.
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THE '60s,
V. 1-3.
Go
[HERE] for
THE '80s,
V. 1-3.
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THE PEACEFUL, EASY SOUNDS OF THE '70s, V. 2 mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL have you ever seen the rain
02 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN have you never been mellow
03 SEALS & CROFTS summer breeze
04 BONNIE TYLER it’s a heartache
05 THE CHI LITES oh girl
06 RANDY CRAWFORD street life
07 DAVID GATES goodbye girl
08 THE SPINNERS could it be i’m falling in love
09 LINDA RONSTADT long, long time
10 LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA love’s theme
11 GARY WRIGHT dream weaver
12 PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS another day
13 CHICAGO if you leave me now
14 DAVID SOUL don’t give up on us
15 DOLLY PARTON here you come again
16 STEVIE WONDER my cherie amour
17 JANIS IAN at seventeen
18 SIMON & GARFUNKEL my little town
19 THE CARPENTERS superstar
20 THE DELFONICS didn’t i (blow your mind this time)
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THE PEACEFUL, EASY SOUNDS OF THE '70s, V. 3 mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 BEE GEES stayin’ alive
02 DONNA SUMMER hot stuff
03 EXILE kiss you all over
04 STEVIE WONDER you are the sunshine of my life
05 JOHN LENNON imagine
06 THE 5TH DIMENSION one less bell to answer
07 AMERICA lonely people
08 JAMES TAYLOR fire and rain
09 ROBERTA FLACK feel like makin’ love
10 ISAAC HAYES theme from ‘shaft’
11 AL STEWART year of the cat
12 PAUL SIMON kodachrome
13 CAT STEVENS morning has broken
14 ELTON JOHN goodbye yellow brick road
15 BARBRA STREISAND & NEIL DIAMOND you don’t bring me flowers
16 JOHN DENVER looking for space
17 JUDY COLLINS send in the clowns
18 NILSSON without you
19 THE CARPENTERS yesterday once more
20 VAN McCOY the hustle
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SELF-LOATHING mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 IF YOU DIDN’T SEE ME (THEN YOU WEREN’T ON THE DANCEFLOOR) dale earnhardt jr. jr.
02 SCARE ME major lazer [w/peaches & timberlee]
03 ON THE WAGON piano club
04 RECOVER chvrches
05 ARGONAUTS the little ones
06 WARM LUCID NIGHTS scarlet youth
07 SOULE maissiat
08 PANIC on and on
09 WITHOUT A BACKING TRACK kid canaveral
10 DO OR DIE hungry kids of hungary
11 50‘s house of wolves
12 SUSPICION dez mona
13 THE SEA TONIGHT gliss
14 I FOUND THE ENDING dead gaze
15 WHATEVER THAT MEANS highasakite
16 MIRACLE MILE cold war kids
17 COLD OCTOBER escondido
18 THAT LIFE filthy boy
19 TONGUE TIED grouplove
20 NEW CEREMONY [acoustic] dry the river
21 ASLEEP makthaverskan
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FEEDING JESUS mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 ESCAPE nightmare air
02 EUROPEAN ME johnny marr
03 RED ROVER paper aeroplanes
04 PATRON SAINT PROCRASTINATE lonely tourist
05 ONLY A CLOWN caitlin rose
06 IN THE MORNING ardentjohn
07 JUST TO MAKE ME FEEL GOOD adam green & binki shapiro
08 FUR HILDEGARD VON BINGEN devendra banhart
09 I THINK I LIKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND MORE THAN YOU bentcousin
10 TU VAS RIRE albin de la simone
11 THE SYMPHONY mesparrow
12 EDINBURGH woodpigeon
13 ONLY YOU cee-lo green [w/lauriana mae]
14 14TH OF JULY shout out louds
15 SILENT TREATMENT the joy formidable
16 SNOWBLIND suede
17 STEP OFF THE TRAIN urusen
18 LAZY EYE bigbang
19 LET ME BACK IN rilo kiley
20 FUNERAL to kill a king
21 JUST BE SIMPLE songs: ohia
I decided to take a temporary, two-day break from my ever-consuming pursuit of new tunes in order to engage in a nostalgic gambol down Memory Lane. The subsequent mix has been freshly-distilled from my BEST OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY, and MARCH mixes from the year 2006. These are the ones that still row and/or float my boat... the ones that still knock off my socks, blow back my hair, and blow up my proverbial skirt...
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THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SPRING 2006.
TRACKLIST ---
01 STEADY, AS SHE GOES the raconteurs
02 CHA CHA TWIST the detroit cobras
03 CRAZY gnarls barkley
04 NOISY AT THE CIRCUS head like a kite
05 HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF mighty six ninety
06 THE FUNERAL band of horses
07 IT’S GETTING LIGHT OUTSIDE clearlake
08 HOLD ON, HOLD ON neko case
09 LET’S NOT FALL APART david & the citizens
10 TO BE GONE anna ternheim
11 STARDUST irene
12 DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH ladytron
13 DEMONS battle
14 FELT TIP love is all
15 INSIDE OF ME starlight mints
16 LOVER sing-sing
17 LOVE AND LONGING stellastarr*
18 PORQUE TE VAS? los super elegantes
19 DAYENU division day
20 ROSCOE midlake
21 TURN INTO yeah yeah yeahs
22 WE HATE THE KIDS [demo] the indelicates
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SAVING DAYLIGHT mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 HEAVY MOON elephant stone
02 I LOVE YOU woodkid
03 ARE YOU LISTENING kopecky family band
04 ALL OVER AGAIN the last royals
05 THE BIRDS apparatjik presents lowell
06 COVER YOUR TRACKS young galaxy
07 WESTSIDE sugarplum fairies
08 I LOVE IT icona pop [w/charli xcx]
09 TOWER SONG my heart belongs to cecilia winter
10 FALLING DOWN hotel lights
11 IN THE MIDDLE lily & madeleine
12 BETTY’S A BOMBSHELL grouplove
13 I’D RATHER liz lawrence
14 SYSTEMS OF THE SON before the brave
15 WAVES gliss
16 LES NUITS PARISIENNES manu larrouy
17 SATURDAYS ARE THE GREATEST kristina train
18 SHE’S A RIOT the jungle giants
19 1957 milo greene
20 RUBY SOHO rancid
21 TRAFFIC GIRL indochine
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ABE IN A CAVE mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 SHINE ON the house of love
02 LOVE IS A SHOW julia stone
03 GARDEN lost in the trees
04 ROOFTOPS trouble & daughter
05 I FEEL EVEN BETTER northern portrait
06 GOOD LUCK magic magic roses
07 WHAT WE WANT goodman
08 RELATED ARTIST the embassy
09 EVERY SONG on and on
10 THE TURNAROUND the joy formidable
11 IMPOSSIBLE TIMES darren hayman & the long parliament
12 MOTHER EARTH, FATHER GOD torres
13 41 naked lunch
14 HEY C’MON sweden
15 COOL KIDS scarlet youth
16 PERMANENT BLISS smile smile
17 ROBIN SONG woodpigeon
18 HOLD BACK the revival hour
19 CASANOVA adam green & binki shapiro
20 WITH A GIRL LIKE YOU the troggs
21 WHEN YOU SLEEP wasted fangs
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CAT MAD-DOGS CAR AS, OFF IN THE DISTANCE, BOBBY & CINDY GIVE A HUNGRY LITTLE INDIAN BOY NAMED JIMMY A FLASHLIGHT FULL OF FRANKS 'N' BEANS... mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 WE ARE NOTHING ALIKE the indelicates
02 WE ARE THE BOYS pulp
03 ALL THOSE MEN miss li
04 HOW LONG elephant stone
05 CLOUDS deep time
06 WINTER WINDOWS sea wolf
07 ONE LITTLE HEART mrs. greenbird
08 ANGRY EYES kopecky family band
09 LOSE YOUR MIND so many wizards
10 A WANT THAT YOU WOULDN’T the tiger & me
11 PANIC ATTACK the vaccines
12 PILEDRIVER faded paper figures
13 LET GO OF ME madrid
14 OLD STATUES other lives
15 CONGRATULATIONS agnes kain
16 BORNHOLMER concrete knives
17 GREY DAYS sugarplum fairies
18 PUT YOUR SUNSHINE AWAY gospel claws
19 YOU & I the boxer rebellion
20 BOW AND ARROWS little casino
21 HELIX RD. norman palm
22 HARD LOVE the bewitched hands
23 GALVESTON glen campbell
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AFTERMATH mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 HAZY SHADE OF WINTER the bangles
02 RIDE ‘EM COWBOY sparks
03 POP GUN erin mccarley
04 THE GRANDFATHER PLAN maia
05 DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL my heart belongs to cecilia winter
06 L’AMOUR EST ETERNEL cali
07 HEARD THE NEWS guards
08 SPECTATOR & PUPIL violens
09 CAVALIER shovels and rope
10 WINTERSUN brendan perry
11 THE ONE twin shadow
12 TEENAGE veronica falls
13 ALONE TOGETHER by the sea
14 TILL THINGS FALL APART madrid
15 DARK PARTS perfume genius
16 MERCY sugarplum fairies
17 LITTLE VESSELS the lighthouse and the whaler
18 BITTERSWEET sin cos tan
19 LIGHT AND EASY amanda jenssen
20 IN THIS SHIRT the irrepressibles
21 WINTER KILLS yaz
Of the 345 songs that appeared on the 16 "regular" P of A mixes of 2012, here follow the 39 that most successfully insinuated themselves into my oft-soporific, oft-sentimental, oft-sodden subconscious. That they appeared here once means that I liked them; that they appear here twice means that I've officially gone all Sally-Field-ass-over-Oscar-speech for them. In other words, over the course of one short year, these once-bashful tracks have grown from giddy Gidgets to noble Norma Raes, and I'm proud as punch to present them to you in all their newly-uncocooned beauty.
Oh, and... just to be clear... neither the songs nor the mixes are listed in order of preference, merely arranged in what I hope will make for a smooth-yet-varied listening experience. Also, not all tracks are, technically, from the year 2012. My mixes would sooner contain a Miley Cyrus song than be confined by calendars.
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BEST OF 2012 (PART 1) mix.
Go
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BEST OF 2011 (PART 1) mix.
Go
[HERE] for the
BEST OF 2011 (PART 2) mix.
Go
[HERE] for the
BEST OF 2010 (PART 1) mix.
Go
[HERE] for the
BEST OF 2010 (PART 2) mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 MYTH beach house
02 TEENAGE ICON the vaccines
03 RUN blonds
04 NEEDLES & PINS life in film
05 ARROW ravens & chimes
06 LAND OR SEA sleeping at last
07 ALL THE GIRLS caracol
08 TEDDY’S NOOK nils olav
09 MALE VERSION OF ME gabby young and other animals
10 TRUE MEN jon derosa
11 ALL THE ROWBOATS regina spektor
12 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW gotye
13 I GOT NOTHING dum dum girls
14 LIFE’S A BEACH django django
15 ALL KINDS OF GUNS tilly and the wall
16 BIRMINGHAM shovels and rope
17 GENERATIONS LOST solander
18 MELODY DEAN amanda palmer & the grand theft orchestra
19 DIFFERENT PULSES asaf avidan
20 WE RIDE THE OUTSKIRTS FOREVER the afternoons
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BEST OF 2012 (PART 2) mix.
TRACKLIST ---
01 TAKE US ALIVE other lives
02 BORN TO LOSE jenny owen youngs
03 THE WIND THAT MOVES THE CLOUDS my heart belongs to cecilia winter
04 ZONES wintersleep
05 CONFESSIONS OF A MILF viv albertine
06 FEATHERS fanfarlo
07 ART AND A WIFE rah rah
08 AN ARTIST’S SONG lost in the trees
09 BREATHING UNDERWATER metric
10 ELEVEN A.M. bears
11 DANCE WITH THE DEVIL the tiger & me
12 ROBOTS dan mangan
13 TRYING TO FORGET rebekah delgado
14 SHOW ME THE PLACE leonard cohen
15 EMMYLOU first aid kit
16 ROLAND, I FEEL YOU get well soon
17 THAT GIRL noisettes
18 TO BE YOUNG two wounded birds
19 ARROW the irrepressibles
[Alas, no new mixes for you just yet, fine folks. But be ye not impatient: Mixes ye shall have, forthrightly. But, first, if I may be permitted this most desultory of diversions.... In recent weeks, in sorting through and summing up and making sense of my various aural enjoyments of 2012, it occurred to me that it might not be altogether inappropriate to fashion a list of my favorite albums from this past year. This would be that list -- vertically-arranged (for ease of scroll) and with cover art, flag-of-origin, and previously-unseen-on-Plague-of-Angels MP3 track accompanying. If you should feel the desire -- if you can find the time -- you'd be doing yourself a service to research them further....]
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