CORNUCOPIA

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TRACKLIST ---

01 DRIVE r.e.m.
02 MONTY GOT A RAW DEAL r.e.m.
03 TRUTHS oh pep!
04 WINTER OF ‘98 cayucas
05 SUCH A REMARKABLE DAY charlotte gainsbourg
06 HIDE AND SEEK kodaline
07 THE SNOWFALLS whyte horses
08 VALENTINE coyle girelli
09 WE ARE FIRE sarah macdougall
10 PICTURE FRAME the kooks
11 IN DREAMS chorusgirl
12 NAKED BLUE kakkmaddafakka
13 FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND blackiebluebird
14 BORN & RAZED dispatch
15 TWO SCOOPS matt pond & chris hansen
16 RED pale waves
17 HEATHENS mona
18 DECEMBER’S CHILDREN whitehorse
19 YOU FINE saint motel
20 NIGHTSWIMMING r.e.m.
21 FIND THE RIVER r.e.m.

BEST OF 2018 (PART 1)

Of the 400 songs that appeared on the 19 "regular" P of A mixes of 2018, here follow the 41 that most successfully insinuated themselves into my oft-soporific, oft-sentimental, oft-sodden, oft-sophomoric, oft-insensate, oft-incorrigibly-incontinent subconscious.

[And, no, I cannot and will not endeavor to explain my current Troye Sivan fixation.]

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TRACKLIST ---

01 EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE FIRST TIME eli mardock
02 WHERE’S MY GIRL? coyle girelli
03 HOMO SAPIEN lenka
04 DO OR DARE modern space
05 RUNAWAYS the magic numbers
06 SONG FOR A SEAGULL teleman
07 STREETS OF EDINBURGH the proclaimers
08 LEARN TO HIDE katie herzig
09 THERE’S A LIGHT jonathan wilson
10 LEDA makthaverskan
11 I’M JUST ALRIGHT mating ritual
12 FINE NOT FINE spector
13 FIREWORKS first aid kit
14 CONFESSIONS IN THE POOL ash
15 RANDOM HAIKU GENERATOR sin fang, soley & orvar smarason
16 JADED LOVER, SHADY DRIFTER eric bachmann
17 DANCE TO THIS troye sivan [w/ariana grande]
18 SPARROW jump, little children
19 HOLD OUT YOUR HAND brandi carlile
20 YOU’RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY WANTS YOU DEAD saint motel

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BEST OF 2018 (PART 2)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 SUGAR robin schulz [w/francesco yates]
02 HEAVEN SENT sarah blasko
03 SEE ME talos
04 NO MUSE wild moccasins
05 CANDIES & FLOWERS a toys orchestra
06 CAME FOR THE FIRE dispatch
07 MORNING BELLS lola marsh
08 TIL THE GOIN’ GETS GONE lindi ortega
09 LET’S GO TO THE AIRPORT jason bajada
10 SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT coyle girelli
11 REBEL HEART first aid kit
12 FLIP FOR IT modern space
13 DANS LES BRAS DE L’AUTRE cœur de pirate
14 BERLIN the new faith
15 ROLLING STONES the vaccines
16 WE, THE DROWNED the colorist orchestra & lisa hannigan
17 BREADWINNER everything everything
18 SLEEP ALL SUMMER neko case & eric bachmann
19 NOTHING FOR FREE paul mccartney
20 FACE tracey thorn
21 SIREN makthaverskan

2018: 17 ALBUMS

I can't and won't say that 2018 was an especially good year for me. What with multiple falls (one resulting in a broken arm; one resulting in a broken rib), multiple doctor's visits, multiple X-rays and CAT scans, my student loans officially going into default, a crappy, grub-infested front lawn, a squirrel living in my attic, a snake living under my front porch, and a madman living in the White House.. well... it really just all kind of sucked.

Still, music -- as always -- made almost all things bearable. The following is a list of some of my favorite albums from this past year. Who knows... you may like them, too...

SARAH BLASKO/depth of field

COUER DE PIRATE/en cas de tempete, ce jardin sera ferme

COYLE GIRELLI/love kills

THE FAMILY CREST/the war (act 1)

FIRST AID KIT/ruins

THE FRATELLIS/in your own sweet time

GEOWULF/great big blue

KATIE HERZIG/moment of bliss

THE KOOKS/let's go sunshine

LISSIE/castles

MATING RITUAL/light myself on fire

METRIC/art of doubt

MODERN SPACE/flip for it

OH  PEP!/i wasn't only thinking about you...

OPHELIA/blackbox memories

THE SLOW READERS CLUB/build a tower

TELEMAN/family of aliens