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

Left-click [HERE] and [HERE] to go to former BEST OF mixes.

BEST OF 2015 (PART II)

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

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.]