'12's 10

[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....]

1.

SWEET SWEET LIES
The Hare, the Hound & the Tortoise

[MP3] "Valentine"

2.

EUGENE McGUINNESS
The Invitation to the Voyage

[MP3] "Sugarplum"


3.

FIRST AID KIT
The Lion's Roar

[MP3] "The Lion's Roar"


4.

SEA WOLF
Old World Romance

[MP3] "Dear Fellow Traveller"


5.

ASAF AVIDAN
Different Pulses

[MP3] "A Choice & a Gun"


6.

TWO WOUNDED BIRDS
s/t

[MP3] "Night Patrol"


7.

SMILE SMILE

Marry a Stranger

[MP3] "Statue"


8.

IMPERIAL TEEN
Feel the Sound

[MP3] "No Matter What You Say"

9.

GOLDEN FABLE

Star Map

[MP3] "Reconsider King"

10.

REVOLVER

Let Go

[MP3] "Parallel Lives"

IT'S A CLASSICAL X-MAS! (V. I)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 VIVALDI - concerto for 4 violins in b minor - 1st movement
02 PERGOLESI - stabat mater - excerpt
03 MOZART - turkish march
04 BEETHOVEN - symphony no. 5 - 1st movement
05 RACHMANINOV - prelude in g minor
06 TCHAIKOVSKY - swan lake - excerpt
07 MENDELSSOHN - symphony no. 4 - 4th movement
08 GRIEG - peer gynt - suite no. 1 - in the hall of the mountain king
09 PACHELBEL - canon and gigue for strings
10 ORFF - carmina burana - o fortuna - fortune plango vulnera
11 HANDEL - serse - largo
12 BRAHMS - concerto for violin - 3rd movement
13 SHOSTAKOVICH - sonata for cello and piano - 2nd movement
14 BIZET - carmen - habanera
15 PUCCINI - turandot - nessun dorma
16 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - sea songs - quick march
17 ALBINONI - adagio for strings and organ
18 J.S. BACH - sleepers awake

IT'S A CLASSICAL X-MAS! (V. II)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 SCHUBERT - symphony no. 8 - 1st movement
02 ROSSINI - carmen - chanson du toreador
03 ELGAR - sea pictures - where corals lie
04 LALO - symphonie espagnole - 3rd movement
05 BARBER - concerto for cello - 2nd movement
06 VIVALDI - the four seasons - winter - 3rd movement
07 DEBUSSY - clair de lune
08 MOZART - concerto for clarinet - 2nd movement
09 VERDI - otello - inaffia l’ugola!
10 DVORAK - symphony no. 7 - 3rd movement
11 COPLAND - rodeo - saturday night waltz
12 BARTOK - music for strings, percussion and celesta - 3rd movement
13 CHOPIN - prelude no. 4 - largo
14 R. STRAUSS - last songs - beim schlafengehen

IT'S A CLASSICAL X-MAS! (V. III)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 COPLAND - fanfare for the common man
02 MOZART - concerto for 2 pianos - 3rd movement
03 BEETHOVEN - symphony no. 7 - 2nd movement - excerpt
04 R. STRAUSS - zueignung
05 BRAHMS - symphony no. 3 - 3rd movement
06 BERLIOZ - la damnation de faust - ronde des paysans
07 PUCCINI - tosca - e lucevan le stelle
08 PROKOFIEV - romeo and juliet - dance of the knights - excerpt
09 J.S. BACH - concerto for 2 violins in d minor - 2nd movement
10 GRIEG - peer gynt - suite no. 1 - dawn
11 VIVALDI - cessate, omai cessate - larghetto & andante molto - excerpt
12 FAURE - pavane
13 BRAHMS - hungarian dance no. 5
14 MENDELSSOHN - concerto for violin - 3rd movement
15 MOZART - zaide - ruhe sanft
16 BEETHOVEN - concerto for piano no. 4 - 3rd movement
17 J.S. BACH - concerto for 4 harpsichords in a minor - 1st movement 

THE ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS

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TRACKLIST ---

01 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE nancy sinatra
02 MY WAY kopecky family band
03 CONFESSIONS OF A MILF viv albertine
04 OPEN BOOK almost charlie
05 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH maggie eckford
06 THE COLD, THE DARK & THE SILENCE sea wolf
07 ASK ME A QUESTION gabby young and other animals
08 AS I LAY MY HEAD DOWN other lives
09 THE WIND THAT MOVES THE CLOUDS my heart belongs to cecilia winter
10 NOT SUPPOSED TO guards
11 CRY BABY the rifles
12 POINTING AT THE MOON faded paper figures
13 SHIP motorama
14 ANOTHER LOVE tom odell
15 SILENCE [airscape mix] delerium w/sarah mclachlan
16 WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD iggy pop & david arnold
17 A GREAT BIG SLED the killers
18 O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL belle and sebastian
19 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK the pogues & kirsty maccoll
20 THE SWEETEST SOUNDS andy williams

SHE WASN'T NAKED, IT WASN'T A SNAKE, & THERE WEREN'T ANY APPLES

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TRACKLIST ---

01 TAKE US ALIVE other lives
02 BETTY WANG hospitality
03 EVIE cub scouts
04 SPARROW savoir adore
05 DANCE WITH THE DEVIL the tiger & me
06 TRYING TO FORGET rebekah delgado
07 SAN NARCISCO faded paper figures
08 UNDER THE TREE jim noir
09 DO FOR ME the peach kings
10 BOSS the bewitched hands
11 WILDERNESS 2 the last names
12 BLACK LEAF FALLS sea wolf
13 SOFIA VACATION honeycut
14 YOU’RE ONE imperial teen
15 YOUNG THROATS parenthetical girls
16 HEARTBEAT kopecky family band
17 YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG almost charlie
18 THE SILENT VEIL theodore, paul & gabriel
19 WHO TOOK THE WHEEL blaudzun
20 EVERY MILE OF THE RIDE lindi ortega
21 DYING STAR winterpills
22 I’D PICK YOU EVERY TIME noel gallagher’s high flying birds
23 WHISTLE-CLAP-HEY! lucy & the cloud parade

THE DANCE OF DAPHNE & DIGGORY

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TRACKLIST ---

01 MUST LAND RUNNING stepdad
02 MENAGE A MOI rebekah delgado
03 TOLD YOU SO cub scouts
04 WHAT YOU DO TO ME hannah georgas
05 TONITE jarvis cocker
06 SOMETHING FUNNY carice van houten
07 IT’S A FINE LINE gypsy & the cat
08 MATTERHORN jason lytle
09 UNTITLED the lighthouse and the whaler
10 HOLLY CROWN the last names
11 IT KEEPS YOU UP generationals
12 THE WAY IN porcelain raft
13 JOLIET andy prieboy
14 FISHERMAN the peach kings
15 ROBOTS dan mangan
16 GOD-FEARING sarah blasko
17 THE NEWS ABOUT WILLIAM [live] calexico
18 ART AND A WIFE rah rah
19 SUNNY jim noir
20 SPITTING IMAGE freelance whales
21 WORK the bewitched hands
22 ARROW the irrepressibles

TRACKS OR TREAT

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TRACKLIST ---

01 RIDE lana del rey
02 WONDERFUL WORLD lucy & the cloud parade
03 THE BIRDS IN YOUR GARDEN pulp
04 MELODY DEAN amanda palmer & the grand theft orchestra
05 TWICE AROUND THE ISLAND duke special
06 GIVING IT ALL AWAY matt pond pa
07 CONSPIRATORY VISION OF GOMORRAH asaf avidan
08 POOR MISGUIDED FOOL starsailor
09 STAY WITH YOU parlours
10 EVELYN McHALE (REPRISE) parenthetical girls
11 MARIE-LISE francoiz breut
12 SHOTGUN eugene mcguinness
13 BIRMINGHAM shovels and rope
14 ASK NO QUESTIONS jason collett
15 BURST APART the lighthouse and the whaler
16 BEE efrat ben zur
17 SIZE MEETS THE SOUND woods
18 GET USED TO THE SOUND earlimart
19 THE ONE I LOVE r.e.m.
20 MODERN LOVE david bowie
21 SURRENDER cheap trick

THE '60s, V. 1

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TRACKLIST ---

01 THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS california dreamin‘
02 PETULA CLARK downtown
03 CHAD & JEREMY a summer song
04 THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS unchained melody
05 THE BEATLES i want to hold your hand
06 THE ANIMALS don’t let me be misunderstood
07 SIMON & GARFUNKEL the sound of silence
08 JOHNNY CASH ring of fire
09 PATSY CLINE back in baby’s arms
10 LOUIS ARMSTRONG what a wonderful world
11 THE BEACH BOYS good vibrations
12 NANCY SINATRA these boots are made for walkin’
13 THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE all along the watchtower
14 ARETHA FRANKLIN (you make me feel like) a natural woman
15 ROY ORBISON oh, pretty woman
16 NEIL DIAMOND solitary man
17 TAMMY WYNETTE stand by your man
18 BEN E. KING stand by me
19 RICKY NELSON travelin’ man
20 LITTLE PEGGY MARCH i will follow him (chariot)
21 DIONNE WARWICK i say a little prayer
22 MARVIN GAYE what’s going on
23 THE ZOMBIES time of the season
24 BARRY McGUIRE eve of destruction
25 PETER, PAUL & MARY where have all the flowers gone?

THE '60s, V. 2

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TRACKLIST ---

01 BOB DYLAN like a rolling stone
02 THE RONETTES be my baby
03 THE BOX TOPS the letter
04 THE STONE PONEYS different drum
05 TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS crimson and clover
06 THE MONKEES i’m a believer
07 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD you don’t have to say you love me
08 THE DOORS break on through
09 JAN & DEAN surf city
10 THE BEAU BRUMMELS just a little
11 JUDY COLLINS both sides now
12 THE TURTLES it ain’t me babe
13 BOBBY VINTON mr. lonely
14 HERMAN’S HERMITS no milk today
15 CONNIE FRANCIS where the boys are
16 THE ANIMALS house of the rising sun
17 ELVIS PRESLEY suspicious minds
18 THE SUPREMES love child
19 THE RASCALS good lovin’
20 THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP gimme some lovin’
21 ROY ORBISON crying
22 THE VENTURES “hawaii five-0“ theme
23 SCOTT McKENZIE san francisco (be sure to wear flowers in your hair)
24 THE ROLLING STONES paint it, black
25 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE white rabbit

THE '60s, V. 3

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TRACKLIST ---

01 CHUBBY CHECKER the twist
02 THE BEATLES twist and shout
03 THE ROLLING STONES get off of my cloud
04 THE SUPREMES my world is empty without you
05 THE BEACH BOYS god only knows
06 THE KINKS all day and all of the night
07 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD i only want to be with you
08 PETER & GORDON i go to pieces
09 PETULA CLARK my love
10 BEE GEES i started a joke
11 PETER, PAUL & MARY if i had a hammer
12 MASON WILLIAMS classical gas
13 THE 5TH DIMENSION aquarius/let the sunshine in
14 THE DOORS light my fire
15 NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD summer wine
16 THE TURTLES happy together
17 NEIL SEDAKA breaking up is hard to do
18 LESLEY GORE maybe i know
19 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL who’ll stop the rain
20 THE SHIRELLES will you love me tomorrow
21 DEL SHANNON runaway
22 THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS go where you wanna go
23 THE TEMPTATIONS get ready
24 THE EXCITERS tell him
25 BOB DYLAN i want you

WOLF TRACKS

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TRACKLIST ---

01 CHEROKEE/cat power
02 IN NOTHING/sea wolf
03 I GOT NOTHING/dum dum girls
04 MY LONESOME/two wounded birds
05 ALL KINDS OF GUNS/tilly and the wall
06 SHE OWNS THE STREETS/the raveonettes
07 AMBER WAVES/erin mccarley
08 BAD BLOOD/race horses
09 I FOLLOW YOU/melody’s echo chamber
10 PANIC ATTACK/the vaccines
11 CROSSFIRE/golden fable
12 JOSHUA/eugene mcguinness
13 TENDERLOIN/tilbury
14 JULY/parlours
15 BAD DRUGS AND MINOR CHORDS/neil halstead
16 A GAME/ski lodge
17 DIFFERENT PULSES/asaf avidan
18 AGAIN/tamara schlesinger
19 DOWNWIND/sean rowe
20 THROUGH THE MINES/stars
21 THE RUBETTES/the auteurs
22 TIME/blonds

DUAL DALI DUEL

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TRACKLIST ---

01 SAME OLD SCENE roxy music
02 SATURDAY NIGHT SEEMS SO FAR AWAY jon windle
03 THAT GIRL noisettes
04 NEEDLES & PINS life in film
05 CANDLELIGHT paul cook & the chronicles
06 TEENAGE ICON the vaccines
07 MIRACLE CURE sea wolf
08 WONDERLAND urusen
09 GREY SHIRT & TIE spector
10 LAKE CHARLEVOIX dana falconberry
11 GO EGO eight and a half
12 MEAN bloc party
13 I KNOW lightning love
14 IF ONLY WE REMAIN two wounded birds
15 SUNBLINDS tilbury
16 GALLONS winter people
17 MARRY A STRANGER smile smile
18 THE BALLAD OF RUNNING BEAR drawn from bees
19 ANALYSE thom yorke
20 ROLAND, I FEEL YOU get well soon
21 SANDY allah-las
22 FREE angel olsen

LINCOLN, A'TRAINING...

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TRACKLIST ---

01 JUST WHAT I NEEDED the cars
02 SPEED THE COLLAPSE metric
03 THE CLOCK the view
04 RUN blonds
05 IT’S NOT UP TO YOU two wounded birds
06 IN SEARCH OF THE DELTA urusen
07 ZONES wintersleep
08 I WOULD alu
09 THE FIRE DID GO royal wood
10 SAME MISTAKES the echo friendly
11 WHAT YOU WANTED spector
12 GENEVIEVE stealing sheep
13 JULY cocoanut grove
14 KEBNEKAISE erevan tusk
15 SUGARPLUM eugene mcguinness
16 MALE VERSION OF ME gabby young & other animals
17 THE BOY WITH THE GINGER HAIR jon windle
18 STUPID bobby womack
19 CASUALTIES OF WAR gossip
20 FEEL LIKE GOING HOME the walkabouts [w/mark lanegan]

THE '80s, V. 1

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TRACKLIST ---

01 INXS don’t change
02 BERLIN the metro
03 THE SMITHS panic
04 KIM WILDE kids in america
05 MEN AT WORK down under
06 EURYTHMICS sweet dreams (are made of this)
07 PET SHOP BOYS opportunities (let’s make lots of money)
08 DEAD OR ALIVE you spin me ‘round (like a record)
09 FLOCK OF SEAGULLS i ran (so far away)
10 R.E.M. it’s the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)
11 OMD if you leave
12 HUMAN LEAGUE don’t you want me
13 SOFT CELL tainted love
14 NEW ORDER bizarre love triangle
15 LOVE AND ROCKETS so alive
16 TEARS FOR FEARS shout

THE '80s, V. 2

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TRACKLIST ---

01 THE BUGGLES video killed the radio star
02 BLONDIE call me
03 BILLY IDOL dancing with myself
04 THE GO-GO’s we got the beat
05 CROWDED HOUSE don’t dream it’s over
06 TONI BASIL hey mickey
07 TOMMY TUTONE 867-5309/jenny
08 THE POLICE spirits in the material world
09 YAZOO only you
10 PETE TOWNSHEND let my love open the door
11 THE MOTELS suddenly last summer
12 REAL LIFE send me an angel
13 MADNESS our house
14 ABC the look of love (part one)
15 GREG KIHN BAND the break-up song
16 ALPHAVILLE forever young [extended version]

THE '80s, V. 3

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TRACKLIST ---

01 THE CULT she sells sanctuary
02 TALK TALK it’s my life
03 DEPECHE MODE people are people
04 MODERN ENGLISH i melt with you
05 ERASURE oh l’amour
06 THE ROMANTICS what i like about you
07 THE CURE lovesong
08 BANANARAMA cruel summer
09 THE FIXX one thing leads to another
10 CULTURE CLUB do you really want to hurt me
11 THE CARS tonight she comes
12 MIDNIGHT OIL beds are burning
13 U2 new year’s day
14 THE DREAM ACADEMY life in a northern town
15 A-HA take on me
16 THE B-52‘s private idaho

HATE, IN TRAINING...

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TRACKLIST ---

01 TO BE YOUNG two wounded birds
02 BURNING LOVE the shh
03 TRUE MEN jon derosa
04 HURRY HURRY air traffic controller
05 ARMAGEDDON OR THE KINGDOM the pale
06 THE STAIRS family of the year
07 DEBRIS holmes
08 BREATHING UNDERWATER metric
09 NOTHING IS ANYTHING (WITHOUT YOU) wintersleep
10 SUNRIDER husky rescue
11 THE WRESTLER reverend & the makers
12 PARLIAMENT SQUARE (the knife remix) stina nordenstam
13 CROOKED DREAMS masha qrella
14 WAIT A MINUTE the hives
15 DON’T DIM THE LIGHTS tatiana kochkareva
16 HALLELU nils olav
17 STRANGE FILM caracol
18 HIPS AND LIPS (acoustic) maximo park
19 NOW AND FOREVER zebra and snake
20 I’M NO SAVIOUR two wounded birds
21 QUELLE IMPORTANCE mademoiselle nineteen
22 HAPPY HEART andy williams

PRODUCT PLACEMENT ON PARADE

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TRACKLIST ---

01 SOUVENIR micatone
02 REPLICATE fanfarlo
03 LA GRANDE laura gibson
04 SUMMERCAT billie the vision & the dancers
05 ADIEU coeur de pirate
06 EVERY LITTLE THING soft swells
07 THE GARDEN solander
08 TRAKTOR francis
09 SERAPHINE big deal
10 A VIEW THAT ALMOST KILLS we invented paris
11 ONE LAST TRY ane brun
12 HOUSE patrick wolf
13 FIRE ANT alex winston
14 WIND SONG revolver
15 HURRY HURRY jessie baylin
16 BLEEDS bishop morocco
17 WHAT BEATS WITHIN jenny owen youngs
18 MINXY winterpills
19 COONSKIN CAP margot & the nuclear so and so’s
20 LAND OR SEA sleeping at last
21 POISON meg myers
22 PAPA WAS A RODEO the magnetic fields
23 BREAKING MY HEART chains of love

MONKEYS SEEN, MONKEYS DONE

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TRACKLIST ---

01 SILENT SHOUT the knife
02 TURN OFF THE MOON the primitives
03 KICK IT dirt farmer
04 DIRTY WORK sydney wayser
05 IT’S NOT THE SAME the school
06 PARALLEL LIVES revolver
07 TROU DE LOUP gemma ray
08 THE SHAKE SHAKE king of prussia
09 WATCH THE MOON DISAPPEAR the spring standards
10 TEDDY’S NOOK nils olav
11 FISHING BUDDIES (brokeback version) masha qrella
12 WILD beach house
13 SPACE absynthe minded
14 ALL THE ROWBOATS regina spektor
15 NO ONE LIKE YOU best coast
16 OTHER SIDE the beth edges
17 TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES sinead o’connor
18 WELCOME TO AUSTERITY doyle & the fourfathers
19 KARAOKE FREIGHT TRAIN auditorium
20 BUILD A GREAT CLIFF tu fawning
21 HALO balthrop, alabama

I LIKE IKE AT NITE

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TRACKLIST ---

01 MYTH beach house
02 LONELY IN YOUR ARMS deep sea arcade
03 FALLING the civil wars
04 MY GIRL yukon blonde
05 THE CITY STILL bears
06 KEEP THEM ALIVE the spinto band
07 LET GO revolver
08 SIMPLE SONG the shins
09 GOLDEN EYELIDS lost in the trees
10 REMEMBER rover
11 A THOUSAND THOUSANDS pearl and the beard
12 IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING the walls
13 ARROW ravens & chimes
14 SPIN MY WHEELS [ELECTRIC] cotton mather
15 ECHO OF LOVE the shutes
16 WAITING holmes
17 WORLDS AWAY benjamin schoos [w/mark gardener]
18 LONELINESS AND SWEET ROMANCE the frank and walters
19 ADVENTURES IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD patrick watson
20 OH ME king of prussia
21 CARELESS TEENS the bilinda butchers

KONG ON EASTER

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TRACKLIST ---

01 CRY CRY CROW the pines
02 ALL THE GIRLS caracol
03 MY BEFORE AND AFTER cotton mather
04 FEATHERS fanfarlo
05 WHAT DID WE DO the chap
06 EYES IN THE NIGHT anchorless
07 AND LOVERS CAME the raveonettes
08 OLD BOYS bishop morocco
09 RUM RUMSPRINGA alex winston
10 MIDNIGHT ROOM [PRAGUE] blaudzun
11 I’D GO ANYWHERE WITH HUGH the magnetic fields
12 ROCK LOBSTER the b-52's
13 ANCHOR birdeatsbaby
14 INDIE LOVE SONG the frank and walters
15 REASON WITH ME sinead o’connor
16 SHAKE IT OFF soft swells
17 THE DAY I CHANGE sweet sweet lies
18 THE FOUNTAIN veronica falls
19 AN ARTIST’S SONG lost in the trees
20 CROSSFIRE the elkcloner
21 GENERATIONS LOST solander
22 I HOPE YOU DIE molly nilsson 

GORILLA MY DREAMS

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TRACKLIST ---

01 OUR MUTUAL FRIEND the divine comedy
02 OBLIVION grimes
03 WE RIDE THE OUTSKIRTS FOREVER the afternoons
04 NEON NIGHTMARE rosie vanier
05 LET’S GET TOGETHER revolver
06 ANOTHER GHOST ROCKET blaudzun
07 I FOUND A WAY first aid kit
08 GO GO GOLIAT king melodies
09 BOHEME we invented paris
10 LET’S PRETEND WE’RE BUNNY RABBITS the magnetic fields
11 WE ARE YOUNG fun. [w/janelle monae]
12 NIGHT ravens & chimes
13 THIS HEAD I HOLD electric guest
14 MUSEUM OF FLIGHT damien jurado
15 WILL I EVER BE READY the mary onettes
16 FOREVER IN YOUR ARMS the raveonettes
17 PROZAC ROCK margot & the nuclear so and so’s
18 DIFFERENT SIDES leonard cohen
19 OVERTAKEN imperial teen
20 NO ONE WILL LOVE YOU (LIKE I DO) sweet sweet lies
21 THE SEX OFFENDERS auditorium
22 THE DEAD ONLY QUICKLY the 6ths [w/neil hannon]

FOR ORNA

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TRACKLIST ---

01 SORROW IS THE COLOUR katharina nuttall
02 THE LETTER the black heart procession
03 ME & MY LOVER matthew ryan
04 OF THIS GOODBYE cousteau
05 TIME IS COMING the elected
06 BIRD GEHRL antony and the johnsons
07 THE END OF EVERYTHING KNOWN jeff hanson
08 CHERE AMIE marc lavoine & francoise hardy
09 SEA OF DOUBTS azure ray
10 WE RULE THE SCHOOL belle and sebastian
11 LET’S GO OUT TONIGHT paul buchanan & craig armstrong
12 ANGEL MINE cowboy junkies
13 MERCY STREET peter gabriel
14 MY MADRIGAL patti smith
15 CLIMBING TO THE MOON eels
16 MARIANNE tori amos
17 THEONE lambchop
18 FIND THE RIVER r.e.m.

LINCOLN MEETING JESUS IN THE MEATERY

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TRACKLIST ---

01 VALENTINE’S DAY hello saferide
02 ANDREW IN DRAG the magnetic fields
03 THIS TIME IT WILL jeff hanson
04 LIFE’S A BEACH django django
05 BORN TO LOSE jenny owen youngs
06 WORKING TITLES damien jurado
07 STIRRING BONES del bel
08 PORTLAND the bailey hounds
09 LOVE IS WASTED ON LOVERS jessie baylin
10 SHOW ME THE PLACE leonard cohen
11 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW gotye
12 ROBIN tennis
13 SUCH A FUNNY FEELING gabriel lynch
14 NOTHING TO SAY we invented paris
15 RUNAWAY imperial teen
16 ELEVEN A.M. bears
17 THIS OLD ROUTINE first aid kit
18 A TENDER AGE the holiday crowd
19 EDELWEISS julien ribot
20 ROLLING BLACKOUTS the go! team
21 SERPENTS sharon van etten
22 FOR PAOLO woodpigeon

CUE CHRIS HANSEN

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TRACKLIST ---

01 THE GIRL ON THE BILLBOARD del reeves
02 JOLENE dolly parton
03 TIME TO LEAVE TOWN the wave pictures
04 HAVE THEM SEND ANOTHER ONE taylor project
05 AYLA the maccabees
06 LET’S GET WRECKED the love me nots
07 ISLAND foreign slippers
08 ROONEY literature
09 EMMYLOU first aid kit
10 WEIGHTS & MEASURES dry the river
11 DON’T REMEMBER ME communist daughter
12 OLD BONES guided by voices
13 WHAT IF WE WIN liam dullaghan
14 BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE katie herzig
15 THE WAY WE MOVE oriel joans
16 LES AMOURS DEVOUEES coeur de pirate
17 WILLOW TREE MARCH the paper kites
18 THE WAY I AM talia caradus
19 LETTERS IN THE SEA the dimes
20 ROLLING UNIVERSE jonathan wilson
21 HEARTBREAKERS feathers
22 DANGEROUS DIAMONDS rogue valley
23 SEE YOU ON NEW YEAR’S DAY my tiger my timing
24 A DEADLY MARK michael moller

BEST OF 2011 (PART 1)

Another year passes, a couple more end-of-year Best Ofs rear their pretty heads.  Well... pretty to me, anyway.  All of the following tunes appeared on previous 2011 mixes here, of which there were 16, ultimately.  In choosing my favorite 41 songs of the year, I of course made use of my ears, gut, and -- dare I say -- heart.  These were the ones that got into my head and under my skin -- the ones I couldn't keep out.  Hope they resonate somewhere/somehow/someway with you, as well.

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TRACKLIST ---

01 BLACKOUT anna calvi
02 POST BREAK-UP SEX the vaccines
03 SICK LOVE scanners
04 SAME MISTAKE clap your hands say yeah
05 WAY TO THE FUTURE katie herzig
06 BRIGHT & EARLY sleeping at last
07 RECORDS alamo race track
08 ALL THE SAND IN ALL THE SEA devotchka
09 CREDIT CARD BABIE$ men
10 GHOSTS OF UTOPIA iamx
11 TEN DON’TS TO LIVE BY don lennon
12 APPREHENSION manchester orchestra
13 GROW wake! owl
14 I HATE YOU BUT I LOVE YOU russian red
15 NEW ZEALAND french films
16 SPRAWL II (MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS) arcade fire
17 LOTUS FLOWER radiohead
18 COLD BLACK KITTY pete and the pirates
19 STARING AT THE SUN katharina nuttall
20 EUPHORIA, TAKE MY HAND glasvegas

BEST OF 2011 (PART 2)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 GRACE the view
02 THE NO NO SONG the sounds
03 MAJESTY the panics
04 BABY, I WILL LEAVE YOU IN THE MORNING marissa nadler
05 THE WEEPING SONG the michael j. epstein memorial library
06 IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THING the loose salute
07 FRIENDS mexican elvis
08 NO CHILDREN communist daughter
09 BONES david j. roch
10 WASH U CLEAN beth thornley
11 DADDY WON’T PAY YOUR BILL jon fratelli
12 SUICIDE IS PAINLESS lady & bird
13 UBERLIN r.e.m.
14 HOMEWORK big deal
15 OH FOR THE SPRING neil cousin
16 BAD WINE AND LEMON CAKE the jane austen argument
17 PUT YOUR HANDS UP nerina pallot
18 WALLS royseven
19 AS YOU WALK AWAY michael moller
20 WASTED AWAY dum dum girls
21 GAY PIRATES cosmo jarvis

RECONCILED

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TRACKLIST ---

01 LONELY BOY the black keys
02 DEMONS the love me nots
03 DAVE SHARKEY TO THE DANCE FLOOR hotel lights
04 GOLDEN BABY coeur de pirate
05 TIGER MAN OF THE MASSO GRATTO this old ghost
06 THE SHELTER talia caradus
07 WHITE WINTER HYMNAL birdy
08 NOTHING BEATS THE LOVE oriel joans
09 CUT YOU OUT big fox
10 ROSEBUD the jezabels
11 LONG WAY DOWN azure blue
12 BURN FIRE BURN rodeo massacre
13 SCENARIO flare acoustic arts league
14 ACCIDENTAL LIGHT sleeping at last
15 WAY TO THE FUTURE katie herzig
16 SINFUL WISHING WELL caitlin rose
17 OH FOR THE SPRING neil cousin
18 ROUGH IT OUT beast make bomb
19 THIS LIFEBOAT IS FOR GOLD, NOT PEOPLE this old ghost
20 THOSE DEVILS DON’T SCARE ME the bailey hounds
21 LO AND BEHOLDEN patti smith
22 NO CHILDREN communist daughter

YET ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE...

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TRACKLIST ---

01 WASH U CLEAN beth thornley
02 MID-CENTURY MODERN CHAIR the western states motel
03 KINDA OUTTA LUCK lana del rey
04 WHAT REMAINS? anna ternheim
05 DANSE ET DANSE coeur de pirate
06 ALONE ON THE ROPE noel gallagher
07 MAKE A NOISE katie herzig
08 TERRIBLE LOVE birdy
09 COME AWAY JOE nikki lane
10 BREAKING FALLS dan michaelson
11 SPRAWL II (MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS) arcade fire
12 AFTER YOU’RE GONE the len price 3
13 THAT’S WHAT YOU DO BEST adaline
14 GROW wake! owl
15 OWN SIDE caitlin rose
16 NEW ZEALAND french films
17 INTO BLACK blouse
18 WHAT ELSE ARE WE TO DO? doyle & the fourfathers
19 ODI ET AMO elizaveta
20 CATCH ME the jezabels

THE SMITHS (REMASTERED) (PART 1)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 HOW SOON IS NOW?
02 IS IT REALLY SO STRANGE?
03 ASK
04 CEMETRY GATES
05 SWEET AND TENDER HOOLIGAN
06 STOP ME IF YOU THINK YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE
07 SHEILA TAKE A BOW
08 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT
09 SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE
10 VICAR IN A TUTU
11 RUBBER RING
12 WELL I WONDER
13 YOU JUST HAVEN’T EARNED IT YET, BABY
14 GIRL AFRAID
15 THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE
16 OSCILLATE WILDLY
17 I KNOW IT’S OVER

THE SMITHS (REMASTERED) (PART 2)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
02 HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW
03 BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN
04 PANIC
05 SOME GIRLS ARE BIGGER THAN OTHERS
06 NOWHERE FAST
07 WILLIAM, IT WAS REALLY NOTHING
08 BARBARISM BEGINS AT HOME
09 A RUSH AND A PUSH AND THE LAND IS OURS
10 FRANKLY, MR. SHANKLY
11 I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN’T FINISH
12 HALF A PERSON
13 GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA
14 GOLDEN LIGHTS
15 LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME
16 THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT
17 ASLEEP

BESKIRTED TURKISH CAPUCHIN & PIXY-STIX STAFF (w/CLOWN)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 MEANT elizaveta
02 PRETTY IN DECADENCE french films
03 THAT AIN’T RIGHT pyyramids
04 COME HOME serenades
05 DEEP WIDE OCEAN the jezabels
06 I DON’T FEEL SO GOOD the medics
07 ARROW kathryn calder
08 H-H-HIGHSCHOOL hexes & ohs
09 I FEEL LOVE daniela & ben spector
10 LIVING ON LOVE family of the year
11 YOUTH daughter
12 NOTHING TO HIDE diego garcia
13 NOEL laura jean
14 HYSTERICAL clap your hands say yeah
15 LOST IN TV suede
16 FIRE the myth & the mirror
17 ANIMALS & FREAKS husky
18 TAKE IT TO THE COUNTRY katie herzig
19 ONLY COLOUR martin john henry
20 BLOOD GETS THIN pete & the pirates
21 JUST FOR THE TOURISTS eleanor mcevoy

SUEDE (REMASTERED) (PART 1)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 WE ARE THE PIGS
02 HEROINE
03 THE WILD ONES
04 CAN’T GET ENOUGH
05 EVERYTHING WILL FLOW
06 SATURDAY NIGHT
07 SO YOUNG
08 SADIE
09 SEE THAT GIRL
10 UNTITLED
11 GOLDEN GUN
12 ANOTHER NO ONE

SUEDE (REMASTERED) (PART 2)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 MY DARK STAR
02 KILLING OF A FLASH BOY
03 WHIPSNADE
04 MOVING
05 REFUGEES
06 EUROPE IS OUR PLAYGROUND
07 STREETLIFE
08 BY THE SEA
09 INDIAN STRINGS
10 LONELY GIRLS
11 THE 2 OF US
12 STILL LIFE

GIVING UP THE GHOST

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TRACKLIST ---

01 GIRL IN THE FRENCH FILM cosmo jarvis
02 TO CARRY MANY SMALL THINGS mina tindle
03 DANCE INTO THE DARK the medics
04 HOMEWORK big deal
05 DOROTHY promise and the monster
06 YOUR BONES of monsters and men
07 ONLY IN YOUR HEAD marketa irglova
08 SUMATRA katie herzig
09 BODY OF WATER elsinore
10 SAME MISTAKE clap your hands say yeah
11 BEDROOM HYMNS florence + the machine
12 MAJESTY the panics
13 EVEN IF I DON’T rachael yamagata
14 AKA... WHAT A LIFE! noel gallagher
15 ABOUT YOU computer magic
16 PUT YOUR HANDS UP nerina pallot
17 THE NEXT ONE LIVING big talk
18 THEY ARE NOT LIKE US the walkabouts
19 WASTED AWAY dum dum girls
20 HONEY sakert!
21 GAY PIRATES cosmo jarvis

OF ANTLERED TREE CREATURES

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TRACKLIST ---

01 TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW herman dune
02 THE LAKES WE SKATE ON sakert!
03 DAYS the drums
04 DON’T RUN howling bells
05 I AM THE BUTCHER butcher boy
06 ILLUMINATION lindsey buckingham
07 MISSPENT YOUTH clap your hands say yeah
08 NOT QUITE A HOME the panics
09 THE BLACK SHEEP & THE SHEPHERD quiet company
10 CLAIRE baxter dury
11 ONE ane brun
12 OUI CAMERA OUI the heavenly states
13 TOTAL SERENDIPITY mates of state
14 THE FEAR OF CHARLIE SUNRISE baby monster
15 THE TWIST a.a. bondy
16 CITY MORGUE kelli schaefer
17 OLD FRIEND caveman
18 IN THE TIME IT TAKES THE LIGHTS TO CHANGE her space holiday
19 BOREDOM lars eriksson
20 AS YOU WALK AWAY michael moller
21 BEDROOM EYES dum dum girls

TEGAN AND SARA

Had a request to re-post this one, so here it is...

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TRACKLIST ---

01 you wouldn’t like me [2004]
02 walking with a ghost [2004]
03 underwater [2002]
04 relief next to me [2007]
05 back in your head [2007]
06 city girl [2002]
07 i won’t be left [2004]
08 my number [2000]
09 fix you up [2004]
10 hell [2009]
11 i know i know i know [2004]
12 dark come soon [2007]
13 take me anywhere [2004]
14 the con [2007]
15 monday, monday, monday [2002]
16 the ocean [2009]
17 speak slow [2004]
18 more for me [2000]
19 wake up exhausted [2004]
20 the first [2000]

BEARY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE

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TRACKLIST ---

01 I BELIEVE r.e.m.
02 GLITTER IN THEIR EYES patti smith
03 TRELLIC baxter dury
04 AT LEAST I HAVE YOU mates of state
05 WALK THAT MILE ALONE the panics
06 THIS COULD TAKE A LIFETIME maria taylor
07 MAGIC & MAYHEM jon fratelli
08 LOVE YOU STRONGLY amy stroup
09 ANOTHER ONE the features
10 OLDER BROTHER pepper rabbit
11 HOLD MY HAND mister heavenly
12 SAVE IT FOR SOMEONE WHO CARES the leisure society
13 ANYTHING FOR PROGRESS her space holiday
14 NEVER MEANT TO KNOW tally hall
15 THE GIFT AND THE CURSE the sand band
16 REARRANGE miles kane
17 BAD WINE AND LEMON CAKE the jane austen argument
18 SUNSTORMS the sorry kisses
19 I DON’T MIND parlour
20 FRESH BISCUITS baby monster
21 MUMMY timo raisanen

ACID REDUX

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TRACKLIST ---

01 HOW IT STARTS the features
02 HEY! darkness falls
03 PERFECT WORLD the kickdrums
04 JUST LIKE ZEUS jenny and johnny
05 QUEEN OF (K)NOTS matt nathanson
06 FEVER burning hearts
07 ANGEL FACE the feeling
08 THESE HANDS hhymn
09 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH the man whom
10 a moment allowed THE REAL TUESDAY WELD
11 DADDY WON’T PAY YOUR BILL jon fratelli
12 ISABEL baxter dury
13 WITHOUT A DOUBT vespertina
14 COLORS the kickdrums
15 AUTOPILOT taken by cars
16 APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA paul thomas saunders
17 APPREHENSION manchester orchestra
18 ALL I EVER TOLD YOU WERE LIES doctors & dealers
19 JUNK OF THE HEART (HAPPY) the kooks
20 BACK TO BLACK [rumble strips remix] amy winehouse
21 TEMPOMANIC bipolar empire
22 LAST NIGHT’S PARTY something beginning with L

BAD ACID FLASHBACK

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TRACKLIST ---

01 RAMBO the features
02 BALTIMORE kindest lines
03 CORINNE metronomy
04 ROSE RED sons & daughters
05 SURFACING chapel club
06 NEVER BE THE SAME little majorette
07 SHOWDOWN viva city
08 I DARE YOU kaiser chiefs
09 SOFT SOUND OF YOUR VOICE sparrow and the workshop
10 HAVE YOU BEEN CHEATED the elected
11 PALE BLACK EYE manchester orchestra
12 I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN’T FINISH sparkadia
13 GO AHEAD the rosebuds
14 HOLD ON the elliots
15 BALLAD OF THE A.T.F. the indelicates
16 SUNDIAL the travelling band
17 KINGCRAWLER miles kane
18 BONES david j. roch
19 COMMITTED jenny and johnny
20 HALF MOON STREET pete and the pirates

LOLITA, LEVITATING

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TRACKLIST ---

01 THE WEEPING SONG/the michael j. epstein memorial library
02 POWDER BLUE/elbow
03 A SINGLE THROWN GRENADE/the indelicates
04 SUMMER DRESS/gus black
05 POLLEN ON THE DUST/boat beam
06 BABY, I WILL LEAVE YOU IN THE MORNING/marissa nadler
07 SOMETHING’S TURNING OVER/low
08 OLD OWL/katie costello
09 BRIGHT & EARLY/sleeping at last
10 CODEX/radiohead
11 IRON/woodkid
12 LET ME COME/katharina nuttall
13 BIRDS OF PASSERINE/jesse sykes & the sweet hereafter
14 TEN DON’TS TO LIVE BY/don lennon
15 AVALANCHE/cerys matthews
16 IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THING/the loose salute
17 FRIENDS/mexican elvis
18 RECORDS/alamo race track
19 WALLS/royseven
20 STRANGER/the michael j. epstein memorial library

A STEAK TO THE HEART

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TRACKLIST ---

01 THE CITY patrick wolf
02 PERHAPS SHE’LL FLY the loose salute
03 LAST MINUTE hooray for earth
04 SEA OF TEARS eilen jewell
05 ROSES AND WINE diego garcia
06 SAY GOODBYE falcon
07 WHO ARE YOU the elected
08 WAR IN HEAVEN the raveonettes
09 WOODS the rosebuds
10 I HATE YOU BUT I LOVE YOU russian red
11 TURN YOUR FACE title tracks
12 TIME TO WANDER gypsy & the cat
13 BIG WAVE jenny and johnny
14 NAKED IN PUBLIC don lennon
15 RUBIES girls in trouble
16 TEACHERS buchanan
17 MARY sparkadia
18 COLD BLACK KITTY pete and the pirates
19 CODES AND KEYS death cab for cutie
20 DON’T LOOK BACK the elliots
21 FEEL THAT YOU OWN IT bipolar empire