Sunday, December 25

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: WINTER 2009

So... what exactly was happening on this planet in October, November, and December of 2009? Glad you asked...

- The U.S. Federal government ceased prosecution of those in possession of medical marijuana.

- Residents of Maine voted to overturn a law allowing same-sex marriage.

- The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.

- Bombings in Baghdad killed 127 and wounded 448 in a single day.

- The D.C. Sniper was executed in Virginia.

- A shooting at Fort Hood in Texas left 13 dead and 29 injured.

- In the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup, the Montreal Alouettes defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 28-27

- President Obama announced that the U.S. would send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.

- The New York Senate voted down a same-sex marriage bill.

- In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a powerful storm dropped three years of rain in four hours -- sparking floods which killed over 150 people. 

- Rio de Janeiro was selected as host of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

- Bombings in Peshawar, Pakistan killed 117 and wounded 213 in a single day.

- "Avatar" was released.

So... I guess you could say... not ALL bad. (Just mostly.)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 INTO THE FIRING LINE scott matthews
02 LOOKING OUT brandi carlile
03 O MARIA! sea wolf
04 100 MPH (IN 2ND GEAR) gemma ray
05 SYMMETRY the mary onettes
06 BREAKING INTO CARS the raveonettes
07 HALF MOON STREET tap tap
08 LET’S GO SURFING the drums
09 GOLD GUNS GIRLS [acoustic] metric
10 TRUE LOVE 1980 ash
11 VANITY KILLS codeine velvet club
12 LAKES OF STEEP friska viljor
13 THOUSAND CRAZY NIGHTS music go music
14 WHOLE LOTTA LOSIN’ monsters of folk
15 CIGARETTE BURNS flunk
16 THE VIOLET HOUR sea wolf
17 OUR MOST BRILLIANT FRIENDS slow club
18 YOU CAN’T STEAL MY LOVE mando diao

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Sunday, December 11

SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER

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TRACKLIST ---

01 A GREAT BIG SLED the killers [w/toni halliday]
02 FOR SOMEONE flora cash
03 REALLY WANNA LOVE SOMEBODY the wind & the wave
04 HEAL strand of oaks
05 HALCYON BIRDS broken back
06 LOST IN THE MYSTERY shock machine
07 RELUCTANT RECLUSE we cut corners
08 SUDDEN AMBITIONS lust for youth
09 CALIFORNIA SUN baby strange
10 RUSSIAN ROMANCE michelle gurevich
11 YOU WANT IT DARKER leonard cohen
12 NEW SONG warpaint
13 SEBOLAVY mickey 3d
14 LONELY PEOPLE tinpan orange
15 AIR allan smithy
16 BIRTHDAY snowglobe
17 BOTCHED EXECUTION shovels & rope
18 MIMOSA cineplexx
19 LITTLE PIECE OF TRASH ezra furman
20 DIFFERENT BEDS abay
21 MUST BE SANTA she & him

Tuesday, November 15

JESUS EVOLVES...

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TRACKLIST --

01 AFROCHINA the herfsts
02 BE MINE & BE KIND loch lomond
03 BLOOD OF A MUTT the growlers
04 CASCADIA WAVING BACK ages and ages
05 END OF AN ERA michelle gurevich
06 HOLY COMMOTION pretenders
07 HURTS the slow show
08 JOSEPH autoheart
09 ORDINARY LIVES the slow show
10 OVER rachael yamagata
11 PATIENCE baru
12 REUNION skinny lister
13 RITUAL DANCE sam roberts band
14 SID snowglobe
15 SOMETHING’S GOTTEN HOLD OF ME cronin
16 TAKE IT OUT ON ME white lies
17 THE FEAR THE HATE society
18 TRAGEDIES OF A LOVE SONG gypsy & the cat
19 WOOL IN THE WASH crying

Tuesday, November 1

LUNCH VIA LEARY

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TRACKLIST ---

01 FALSE ALARM the head and the heart
02 JESUS SAID SO july talk
03 BLOWN ROSE blossoms
04 DESTROYER phantogram
05 DO YOU LOVE SOMEONE? grouplove
06 CELLAR DOOR graveyard club
07 NELSON RIDDLE cronin
08 FAR GONE (DON’T LEAVE) pictish trail
09 FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH local natives
10 ON THE LEVEL leonard cohen
11 LUDLOW EXPECTATIONS butch walker
12 OVER IT ffe
13 PLEASURE CITY baby strange
14 TACHYCARDIA conor oberst
15 THE LAST HAWK shovels & rope
16 ETERNAL LONESOME draemings
17 ILL WIND radiohead
18 KINGS OF MEDICINE placebo
19 DAWN OF THE DARK josienne clarke & ben walker
20 ‘74-’75 the connells

Saturday, October 15

PUMPKINHEAD VIOLATES HIS PROBATION AT THE PARK...

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TRACKLIST --

01 BLOW blossoms
02 FIRST SIX MONTHS OF LOVE michelle gurevich
03 THE MIDDLE bosco rogers
04 FROM YOUR BRIGHT ROOM kid canaveral
05 NOCTURNAL ME loch lomond
06 WE WERE IN LOVE snowglobe
07 SEE THIS MAN cronin
08 ENDLESS TIME TO SEE the beauty of gemina
09 SADIST crystal castles
10 RIP autoheart
11 WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME montaigne
12 IS MY LOVE ENOUGH? white lies
13 MYCOSE la femme
14 DREAMWAVES the herfsts
15 DIMMING SON [ep] zen mantra
16 DRY MY BONES the slow show
17 NO HEART graveyard club
18 SUPERMOON case/lang/veirs
19 EUROPE IS OUR PLAYGROUND suede
20 ANGELEYES abba

Saturday, October 1

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: FALL 2009

The above, utterly autumnal tableau rather accurately reflects the rather resplendent ravine that abuts my unreservedly-suburban backyard. 

Raccoons: check. I feed them Cheerios and the periodic peanut.

Chipmunks: check. I feed them peanuts and the periodic Cheerio.

Foxes: check. I feed them neither peanuts nor Cheerios. (Though I would cheerfully feed Freddie, Laurence, Jorja, Matthew, Samantha, Vivica A., and Michael J.)  (And would have fed Redd.) 

[Not pictured: woodpeckers, possums, skunks, squirrels, cardinals, and coyotes.]

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: FALL 2009.

TRACKLIST ---

01 STARLET COLE cocktail slippers
02 POISED AND READY brendan benson
03 I WALK ALONE music go music
04 WHITE WATER, WHITE BLOOM sea wolf
05 MARIA johan
06 SHINING islands
07 3 AM kleerup [w/marit bergman]
08 NEW SENSATION don juan dracula
09 WITCHING STONE the black heart procession
10 HEART OF STONE the raveonettes
11 NEVER FORGET YOU noisettes
12 COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS sergeant
13 CARVE YOUR NAME the grates
14 HOSTAGE OF LOVE razorlight
15 254 new rhodes
16 JUST ME music go music
17 ONCE I WAS PRETTY the mary onettes
18 WHEN I GO slow club

Left-click [HERE] to go to the 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: FALL 2008.

Thursday, September 15

TOTEM

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TRACKLIST --

01 THE LIFE OF RILEY the lightning seeds
02 3 FEET FROM GOLD banta
03 CANDY LIONS my jerusalem
04 HOMETOWN haley bonar
05 HOT HOT COLD COLD oum shatt
06 A BOAT abay
07 QUEEN OF THE NIGHT fialta
08 MOTHER EMANUEL local natives
09 PURE EVIL baby strange
10 ANTARCTICA ed harcourt
11 LE VIDE EST TON NOUVEAU PRÉNOM la femme
12 LOVE IS THE CURE autoheart
13 CROSSROADS the beauty of gemina
14 I DON’T MIND joseph
15 WHIPPING BOY ball park music
16 PANACA draemings
17 FOREVER graveyard club
18 MICHAEL NESMITH the minus 5
19 PURE the lightning seeds

Wednesday, August 31

HOW NOW, BROWN COW?

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TRACKLIST ---

01 EXTREME WAYS moby
02 TEXIA blossoms
03 KNOWN TO RUN twin river
04 YOU ARE ALL I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR biink
05 MARCHE juniore
06 I WASTE MY TIME lawrence arabia
07 LIKE SNOW tinpan orange
08 ONE MORE LITTLE THING snowglobe
09 CALLOUS PARTING GIFT kid canaveral
10 MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME) peter schilling
11 RIPPIN KITTIN golden boy [w/miss kittin]
12 A CHILDREN’S CRUSADE ON ACID margot & the nuclear so and so’s
13 LOST ON YOU lp
14 ANVERS bosco rogers
15 HAWAII islands
16 RUN THROUGH MY HEAD best coast
17 WHY rooney
18 A MOMENT TO RETURN why we run
19 DOWN case/lang/veirs
20 WEEKENDS AWAY math and physics club
21 HANDCLAP fitz and the tantrums
22 WHEN IT’S COLD I'D LIKE TO DIE moby [w/mimi goese]

Tuesday, August 2

MAX VON

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TRACKLIST --

01 STARS future generations
02 SUNDAY LOVE bat for lashes
03 TRUE ROMANCE bosco rogers
04 FULL BLOWN LOVE broods
05 DREAMING eric bachmann
06 HANDS the duke spirit
07 SMOKE AND MIRRORS the legends
08 FLOWERS tinpan orange
09 MERRY CHRISTMAS, MARIE red sleeping beauty
10 DAMNED banta
11 IDENTIKIT radiohead
12 THE BEGINNING OF THE END marsheaux
13 FRENCH BOYFRIEND alphabetic
14 COLT young moon
15 DANS LE NOIR juniore
16 THE WORLD IS WAITING the crookes
17 FOR KICKS metric
18 THE NIGHT IS ALL OURS rick redbeard
19 KILL V. MAIM grimes
20 RUNAWAY TRAIN soul asylum
21 SLEEPERS AWAKE j.s. bach

Sunday, July 17

DOG ATOP LOBSTER-PUMPKIN UNDER RAINBOW

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TRACKLIST ---

01 CIAO! lush [w/jarvis cocker]
02 DRAG QUEEN the strokes
03 BLOWING FIRE the joy formidable
04 EVERYTHING CHANGES sweet jean
05 TWO KINGS the burning hell
06 DELIRIUM case/lang/veirs
07 VOLUNTEERS paul dempsey
08 A LOVE SONG ladyhawke
09 SOMEONE ELSE’S BET david bazan
10 MICHIGAN AND AGAIN the accidentals
11 NOSTALGIC INTELLECT peter bjorn and john
12 MARMALADE misty miller
13 SUMMER ENDS bel plaine
14 LA ROUTE juniore
15 AURÉLIA mickey 3d
16 FALLIN’ IN LOVE britta phillips
17 CLOSING DOWN SALE the goldhearts
18 LAKE HOUSE beverly
19 LEAN ON YOU caveman
20 RAPTURE kitten
21 WALL OF DEATH r.e.m.

Friday, July 1

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SUMMER 2009

Alas, in early summer 2009, I was not napping upon a hippo; I was navigating my Japanese-but-made-in-Michigan Mazda to Ann Arbor... to get out of the house... to get out of my head... to wistfully watch the college kids traversing the streets I had traversed some two decades previous... and to blast those college kids -- be they interested listeners or indignant dismissers -- with the attached satchel of songs...

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] or [HERE] to download the 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SUMMER 2009.

TRACKLIST ---

01 HOW WE ROLL plushgun
02 GIMME SYMPATHY metric
03 CLICK, CLICK martt mardie
04 BLACK TEARS miss derringer
05 PAPILLON editors
06 GOD GIVEN GRACE the troubadors
07 KISS AND RESOLVE the maccabees
08 DAMARIS peter wolf
09 FAST FUSE kasabian
10 CRY the love me nots
11 RING THE BELLS james
12 MATHEMATICS little boots
13 SMOKE IN YOUR DISGUISE new roman times
14 SONG AWAY hockey
15 NOT THE ONLY PERSON the rumble strips
16 IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE BEAUTIFUL slow club
17 RIOT ACT pint shot riot
18 TRUTH OR DARE they live by night
19 WAVES metric
20 GREAT EXPECTATIONS my sad captains

Left-click [HERE] to go to the 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SUMMER 2008.

Thursday, June 16

GOING ALL OLD TESTAMENT...

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the GOING ALL OLD TESTAMENT... mix.

TRACKLIST --

01 DRIVE britta phillips
02 WELL BELL (FIRE WALK WITH ME) pegase
03 FEEL IT TOO oscar
04 ROMANTIC THINGS melody pool
05 PATTERN the last shadow puppets
06 LIGHT ACROSS THE WATER tinpan orange
07 SETTLE DOWN red jezebel
08 ACROSS THE WATER the goldhearts
09 WON’T GO CRAZY kyle forester
10 ANOLA the duke spirit
11 CRY CRY grant-lee phillips
12 ON THE WIRE air traffic controller
13 J’ATTENDS MYLÈNE mickey 3d
14 ME HE CONVERTIDO hello seahorse!
15 FUCK THE GOVERNMENT, I LOVE YOU the burning hell
16 GLORY HALLELUJAH teleman
17 MERCY eric bachmann
18 SHOOTING SHADOWS dreamers
19 WHISPERING STILL charity children
20 IT’S A CURSE wolf parade
21 DRIVE the cars

Wednesday, June 1

THE CLOWN CRUSADE

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TRACKLIST --

01 FUL STOP radiohead
02 THE JOKE islands
03 I GO TOO FAR soda fountain rag
04 LOVERS OF THE SUN the jayhawks
05 THE FINAL CALL the clear
06 CLAIR DE LUNE little green cars
07 POLITICS OF FREE woods
08 CHEAP THRILLS sia
09 LUNATIC, LUNATIC, LUNATIC [demo] margot & the nuclear so and so’s
10 LA CONQUÊTE françoiz breut
11 ALL MY PRIDE black honey
12 WHO ARE YOU wintersleep
13 SILHOUETTE birdy
14 BEGINNERS carrick
15 THE BROOK the joy formidable
16 MR. RAINBOW the bankrobber
17 SONGBIRD haroula rose
18 NEXT TO YOU misty miller
19 HOW TO FIGHT LONELINESS wilco
20 CHURCH kitten

Monday, May 16

LIBERACE'S GROUPIES

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the LIBERACE'S GROUPIES mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 CRAZY ON YOU heart
02 PEN TO PAPER modern space
03 WATER FALLS air traffic controller
04 SMOKE AND SPARKS grant-lee phillips
05 EVIL operators
06 LA ROSE BLANCHE mickey 3d
07 MY LAST LOVE weeping willows
08 UNDISCLOSED captain kid
09 NOTHING BUT LOVE james
10 DUSSELDORF teleman
11 STILLNESS de rosa
12 KILLING TIME charity children
13 TRY escondido
14 WOLVES (YOU GOT ME) dreamers
15 REMAINS OF ELMER the magnetic north
16 DREAMBOY the prettiots
17 MASTERS OF THE DEAL eric bachmann
18 GO GO GO panic is perfect
19 TOO MUCH LOVE get well soon
20 THE LAST ONE laura gibson
21 WISHFUL THINKING moving units
22 DREAMBOAT ANNIE heart

Sunday, May 1

A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 I KNOW IT’S OVER the smiths
02 FALL ON ME kitten
03 OUTER DODGE red jezebel
04 MAKE IT GO AWAY eliza shaddad
05 RED FLAG the moth & the flame
06 THE PROMISE mint julep
07 THE STAIN part-time friends
08 THE SWITCH dma’s
09 LA DANSE DES OMBRES françoiz breut
10 WORKING ON THE FIELD eerie wanda
11 ALL I THINK ABOUT carrick
12 KEEPING YOUR HEAD UP birdy
13 ELECTRIC LOVE børns
14 BRINGING DOWN THE BODY COUNT winterpills
15 SUDDEN AMBITIONS lust for youth
16 ONLY FRIEND cub sport
17 YOU ARE KILLING ME the dandy warhols
18 THE ORANGE MONKEY pj harvey
19 I KNOW IT’S OVER jeff buckley

Saturday, April 16

BOY CRIES WOLF, WOLF EATS BOY

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the BOY CRIES WOLF, WOLF EATS BOY mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 A MI MANERA (COMME D’HABITUDE) gipsy kings
02 TRUE CONFESSIONS blondfire
03 TWENTY-SOMETHING pet shop boys
04 METROPOLIS wintersleep
05 GET IT OVER WITH air traffic controller
06 SPACE NEEDLE operators
07 CINNAMON cullen omori
08 BLUE SPLINTER VIEW me and my drummer
09 THE SKY IS FULL OF LIGHTS the shooting of
10 HULLS loney dear
11 SATURDAY SMILE gin wigmore
12 DROP OUT teleman
13 DON’T LOOK BACK frøkedal
14 DEAR JOHN james
15 THE CASHIER the clear
16 SLEEPWALKING MAN sivert høyem
17 TWO KIDS laura gibson
18 AVIATION the last shadow puppets
19 MURDER SONG (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) aurora
20 MY WAY frank sinatra

Friday, April 1

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SPRING 2009

These were the 21 songs that had me happy as a pig in shit during the first three months of 2009. [Also during those three months, I was enjoying Canadian bacon, German sausage, green eggs & ham, McDonald's McRib sandwiches, pork 'n' beans, sweet 'n' sour pork, and pigs-in-a-blanket. (Not to mention Kevin Bacon, Jon Hamm, Little Miss Piggy, and the piggy that went to market.)]

Now here's your trough of songs. Just don't make a pig of yourself and hog them. Remember: You reap what you sow...

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the 7-YEAR- ITCH MIX: SPRING 2009.

TRACKLIST --

01 HELP I’M ALIVE metric

02 GASOLINE the airborne toxic event
03 I HEARD OF A GIRL miss li
04 TWILIGHT OMENS franz ferdinand
05 THINKING OF YOU tracy chapman
06 LOVE WILL FIND YOU findlay brown
07 EVERYBODY LOVES A SCENE new rhodes
08 EVERYTHING TURNS TO YOU loney, dear
09 THIS IS YOUR LIFE the killers
10 BALLAD OF A BROKEN MAN duke special
11 G-SURF the bookhouse boys
12 FUCK YOU lily allen
13 EARTHQUAKE the von bondies
14 BUNNY CLUB polly scattergood
15 DANCING IN A MINEFIELD plushgun
16 RED TIDE neko case
17 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE oasis
18 WHAT HAVE I DONE anna ternheim
19 ZIGGURAT peter adams
20 ALL HATE AND NO PLANS my sad captains
21 KINGDOM OF RUST (radio edit) doves

Left-click [HERE] to go to the 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SPRING 2008.

Wednesday, March 16

ADAM & EVE EXCLUDED AT EASTER

[A question: Is anybody out there not seeing the pic at the top of this post? Apparently, there may be some "technical difficulties" at play here that are affecting some folks. If you have a moment, please let me know by leaving a quick comment below. Thank you very much.]

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TRACKLIST ---

01 DREAMS the cranberries
02 IT’S ONLY A DREAM modern space
03 BOSPHORE grand blanc
04 HOWL francis
05 TURN BACK INTO STARS panic is perfect
06 BABY MOSES jordan klassen
07 TROUBLE cage the elephant
08 REVERIE chris isaak
09 WITH OUR TROUBLE gabrielle papillon
10 LONDON the wild wild
11 BARE wildes
12 I FOLLOWED YOU HOME eliot sumner
13 IT HELPS TO SEE YOU HURT de rosa
14 TO SEE YOU SMILE charity children
15 NIGHT FLIGHT astorian
16 UNDISCLOSED captain kid
17 DID YOU KNOW? the go! team
18 ALRIGHT supergrass
19 THE GREATEST cat power
20 SISTERS radical face
21 IT’S A MESS get well soon

Monday, February 29

KING OF THE WORLD

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TRACKLIST ---

01 (INTRO)
02 PEOPLE WHO DIED the jim carroll band
03 THE SIGN frøkedal
04 MY THIEVING HEART sivert høyem [w/marie munroe]
05 THE SOUND OF A HEART THAT BREAKS [midsummer version] astropol
06 LOST THE FEELING the saint johns
07 LA LA LIE basia bulat
08 YOU COULD BE GREAT photo ops
09 LONELY CITIES tigertown
10 COME ON, BOY alex da ponte
11 ROMANCE IN RAINCOATS burning astronomers
12 #1 CRUSH garbage
13 FOOL’S RAZOR jon derosa
14 HEY HO gin wigmore
15 THE BEAT WITHOUT THE NOISE gold sounds
16 KEEP ME AROUND turin brakes
17 THESE PAINTINGS NEVER DRY marble sounds
18 WALLFLOWER martha ffion
19 BEATIN’ OFF IN PUBLIC margot & the nuclear so and so’s
20 ALL OUR MONEY elsa & emilie
21 TALK SHOW HOST radiohead
22 (OUTRO)

Sunday, February 14

RAPUNZEL REDUX

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the RAPUNZEL REDUX mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 500 lush
02 COLD COLD COLD cage the elephant
03 BLACK SHEEP gin wigmore
04 DIAMOND TOOTH dogheart
05 HOLDING UP jabberwocky
06 EYES ON YOU hey marseilles
07 TURNING A HAND francis
08 IT WON’T BE LONG L-shaped room
09 YOU’RE ALIVE panic is perfect
10 I’M PAINTING MONEY get well soon
11 THE SHADE metric
12 CARPET DIAMONDS modern space
13 DOING THE RIGHT THING daughter
14 GENGHIS KHAN miike snow
15 THE GIRL THAT BROKE MY HEART chris isaak
16 HANDS the duke spirit
17 OUR MOMENT alex da ponte
18 NIGHT FLIGHT astorian
19 BREAKS TODAY the slow show
20 OFF TRACK lilly hiatt
21 WEST radical face

Friday, January 29

OCULAR

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TRACKLIST ---

01 THE TWO SIDES OF MONSIEUR VALENTINE spoon
02 JUST BEFORE OUR LOVE GOT LOST astropol
03 TAKE IT FROM ME gold sounds
04 NOVEL TWO cyrus (the great)
05 IGNITES why we run
06 COME AND GONE gabrielle papillon
07 EASTBOUND delaney davidson
08 RAIN reverieme
09 ISOLATION alberta cross
10 THE FIRST TRY marble sounds
11 BIRDS coldplay
12 RUN elsa & emilie
13 PHOTOGRAPH weezer
14 WONDERFUL WINTER MORNING hymns from nineveh
15 BABY WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES sweet spirit
16 HERE’S THE SITUATION jesse malin
17 SLEEPLESS NIGHTS BLUES jonas carping
18 THE SONG THEY PLAY EVERY NIGHT little green cars
19 SAD SONG the cars
20 SPECTRE radiohead
21 24 lana del rey
22 THE CLASS OF ‘86 brideshead
23 WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE will young

Thursday, January 14

STALINGRAD

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TRACKLIST ---

01 SPACE ODDITY david bowie
02 MESS AROUND cage the elephant
03 POISON gin wigmore
04 PLEASE DON’T CALL chris isaak
05 TOO BAD lilly hiatt
06 DEAD LOVE dogheart
07 DON’T YOU WAIT cloves
08 COMES TO AN END sydney eloise & the palms
09 INSIDE JOB practical lovers
10 LIGHT FROM A DEAD STAR [demo] lush
11 SUFFRAGETTE CITY david bowie
12 LMHY plaitum
13 THIEF the fratellis
14 PARADIS PERDUS christine and the queens
15 BOUM BOUM BOUM mika [w/l’orchestre symphonique de montreal]
16 FOG jabberwocky
17 ODELL lowland hum
18 YOU’RE STILL HAUNTING ME jon derosa
19 BOYS CAN NEVER TELL shovels & rope [w/j. roddy walston]
20 ALONE / WITH YOU daughter
21 HEROES david bowie

Friday, January 1

BEST OF 2015 (PART I)

Of the 383 songs that appeared on the 18 "regular" P of A mixes of 2015, here follow the 42 that most successfully insinuated themselves into my oft-soporific, oft-sentimental, oft-sodden, oft-pseudo-sociopathic subconscious. 

[Note:  Neither the songs nor the mixes appearing here are listed in order of preference, and -- technically-speaking -- not all of the tracks appearing here were released in the year 2015.]

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the BEST OF 2015 (PART 1) mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 BABY WHAT’S WRONG? whitehorse
02 LET’S GO ALL THE WAY citizens!
03 SUMMER munroe
04 A PART OF THIS asaf avidan
05 BATTLES hudson taylor
06 THE WORLD ENDER lord huron
07 MAYBE ON THE MOON aaron
08 DREAM imagine dragons
09 ROOMS ex cops
10 LITTLE SEA sea of bees
11 A SIMPLE SONG stars
12 SOME THINGS LAST FOREVER many things
13 NORTHERN LIGHTS elias
14 JOHNNY JOHNNY part-time friends
15 THE HARROWED AND THE HAUNTED the decemberists
16 IN MY SHOES fiction plane
17 TAKE ME ON THE FLOOR the veronicas
18 OVER THE BOW jenny owen youngs
19 WHO WEARS THE PANTS?? soko
20 BORN TO DIE lana del rey

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BEST OF 2015 (PART II)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 LOVE IS BLINDNESS jack white
02 PANTS ON FIRE the smittens
03 TRUE ROMANCE citizens!
04 WRONG the airborne toxic event
05 PINK & BLUE the van jets
06 CARRY ON cœur de pirate
07 LIVE YOUR LIFE tom degrazia
08 DAD TOLD ME hello saferide
09 A THOUSAND TIMES oh honey
10 WE SINK of monsters and men
11 YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL [dh orchestral] lana del rey
12 BURN TOGETHER many things
13 I FORGED THE BULLET zachary cale
14 ECHOES painted palms
15 DOWN TO THE WATER jonas carping
16 PAUL IS ALIVE el vy
17 DOMINO duke special
18 SHADES OF BLUE aaron
19 WHY WOULD I NOW? the decemberists
20 DEAR IRONY whitehorse
21 WE OWN THE WORLD (TODAY & TOMORROW) fawn and rabbit
22 WELCOME dan bern

2015: 35 ALBUMS


On this day, it gives me great pains to say that the year 2015 has officially met its inevitable end. Still, incapacitated by nostalgic sadness as I am, I feel quite confident in positing that the year 2015 will ultimately go down in history as... "the year 2015." Whatever the Rapture-is-Upon-Us-People may mumble while speaking in tongues and building their bomb shelters -- Leviticus and Revelation swirling about them like so much unholy smoke -- one year tends to play out pretty much the same as the one that came before it and the one that will come after. All things considered: not such a catastrophous, Chicken Licken-clinging concept to wrap one's head around.

As I did in December 2014, I felt compelled in the waning days of 2015 to compile an alphabetical list of some of my favorite albums from the past annum. These were the albums that had me snapping my brittle, arthritic fingers and tapping my egregiously-fungusy feet. (Not to mention engaging in some spectacularly-miscalculated dancing.)

To see if they have a similar effect on you, simply left-click this boldly-bracketed-thing right -->> [HERE].

[PLEASE NOTE: These albums are not available for download from my site. With the record companies and RIAA forever-attempting to stick people like me in the stocks and present us as a collective, scarlet-lettered scourge, it's the best I can do to offer the mixes I do. That said, if you should indeed decide to do the left-clicky- thing on the boldly-bracketed-thing, you will find links to all of the artists -- as well as a mini-little-flaggy-thing that will provide you invaluable and fascinating insight into their places of origin.]