2017: 20 ALBUMS

Here follow 20 albums that most thoroughly goosed my moose during the year 2017. Perhaps you're already familiar with them; perhaps it's better if you're not.  Nothing quite like having new music to investigate and evaluate; nothing quite like that prickly, electric thrill of discovery and that first blush of love.  So please do feel free to left-click on the artists' names in order to invoke additional information, sound samples, and the like....

[A note: For reasons I think you can quite comprehend, these albums are not available for download from this website.]

CAMERON AVERY/ripe dreams, pipe dreams

RICHARD EDWARDS/lemon cotton candy sunset

EL GOODO/by order of the moose

FAST ROMANTICS/american love

NEIL FINN/out of silence

GIANT ROOKS/new estate [ep]

HA HA TONKA/heart-shaped mountain

MAKTHAVERSKAN/iii

LOLA MARSH/remember roses

MIDDLE KIDS/s/t

MOTHER MOTHER/no culture

TOM ROSENTHAL/fenn

ALEXANDRA SAVIOR/belladonna of sadness

THE SECRET SISTERS/you don't own me anymore

SIR SLY/don't you worry, honey

LUKE SITAL-SINGH/time is a riddle

SOLTERO/western medicine blues

VITA BERGEN/retriever

THE WILD REEDS/the world we built

WOLF PARADE/cry cry cry

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: WINTER 2010

Boys get discovered as winter melts/Flowers competing for the sun/Years go by and I'm still here waiting, withering where some snowman was/Mirror, mirror where's the Crystal Palace?/But I only can see myself/Skating around the truth of who I am/But I know, Dad, the ice is getting thin

When you gonna make up your mind?/When you gonna love you as much as I do?/When you gonna make up your mind?/'Cause things are gonna change so fast/All the white horses are still in bed/I tell you that I'll always want you near/You say that things change, my dear

Hair is gray/And the fires are burning/So many dreams/On the shelf/You say I wanted you to be proud of me/I always wanted that myself

WINTER/tori amos [HERE] or [HERE]

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: WINTER 2010.

TRACKLIST --

01 ANXIOUS/states

02 LET’S RUIN JULIE’S BIRTHDAY/eels

03 WISHING HE WAS DEAD/the like

04 WAIT AND SEE/diamond rings

05 LOST & FAR FROM HOME/katie costello

06 ON THE OCEAN/guster

07 WINTER ON THE WEEKEND/julia stone

08 I WANT THE WORLD TO STOP/belle and sebastian

09 ISARNA/sakert!

10 ARROW/kathryn calder

11 I WANT YOU/cee-lo green

12 SILVER TILES/matt & kim

13 THE MOTORCYCLE BOY REIGNS/broken records

14 TRUCKER’S SON/starflyer 59

15 BRING NIGHT/sia

16 AS IT COMES/fran healy

17 WHAT WE’VE BECOME/the concretes

18 YOU KNOW YOU’RE NOT DEAD/broken records

19 SOMETHING ELSE/diamond rings

20 ANNE SAYS PT. II/sad day for puppets

21 DOWN BY THE WATER/the decemberists

Left-click [HERE] to go to the 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: WINTER 2009.

BULLIED BUT UNBOWED

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the BULLIED BUT UNBOWED mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 SO IT GOES el goodo
02 VIENNA makthaverskan
03 ZOMBIE langhorne slim
04 LET IT SLIP the school
05 WATCHING FROM GREAT HEIGHTS sundara karma
06 EMPIRE MINE cajsa siik
07 YOU & I dangers of the sea
08 FADE AWAY susanne sundfør
09 OTHER WAY ROUND lime cordiale
10 CONSOLATION PRIZE sharon van etten
11 I WANT TO HAVE A BABY soltero
12 EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT empathy test
13 CREATURE COMFORT arcade fire
14 LE ROYAUME la féline
15 DARK PROMISES matt mays
16 WILD HEARTS the mynabirds
17 TOO SAD TO BE YOUNG the new faith
18 LA MANCHA SCREWJOB weezer
19 INCANTATION wolf parade
20 CLIMB tori amos
21 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK the pogues & kirsty maccoll

OF DOUGLAS SIRK STEAKS & DURWARD KIRBY BURGERS

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the OF DOUGLAS SIRK STEAKS & DURWARD KIRBY BURGERS mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN the smiths
02 HUMBUG loney dear
03 PARIS lana del rey
04 I WISH YOU WERE FUN sparks
05 FLUORESCENT LIGHT stars
06 WEEKEND WOMAN weezer
07 FATAL GIFT emily haines & the soft skeleton
08 DREAMING OF FRANCO majken
09 ELECTRIC little coyote
10 THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT the smiths
11 TE LO DIGO A TI vetusta morla
12 UNDERWATER elizabeth and the catapult
13 AMERICAN LOVE fast romantics
14 ECHO SAW YOU kaleida
15 DAY I DIE the national
16 LE SUD lola marsh
17 TERRORISE ME neil finn
18 EDEN makthaverskan
19 SEPTEMBER el goodo
20 I KNOW IT’S OVER the smiths

FREAKY FRIDAY

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the FREAKY FRIDAY mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 GIN SOAKED BOY the divine comedy
02 IT’S A SHAME first aid kit
03 BLACK CAT reverend & the makers
04 JUPITER on dead waves
05 EVERYTHING NOW arcade fire
06 I CAN’T TAKE YOU WITH ME (CHARLENE’S THEME) whitehorse
07 NO DISTRACTION beck
08 DISPOSABLE cameron avery
09 GLASS JAR tristen
10 NOW I KNOW ramona falls
11 ABSENT FRIENDS the divine comedy
12 KAMIKAZE susanne sundfor
13 LAZARUS ONLINE wolf parade
14 WALK girls in hawaii
15 IN A SONG black kids
16 I DON’T BELIEVE IN LOVE the school
17 ASTRONAUT sir sly
18 KING OF A ONE HORSE TOWN dan auerbach
19 DNA jonah
20 EVERYBODY KNOWS (EXCEPT YOU) the divine comedy

THE RUBIKON

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download THE RUBIKON mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 SUPERSTAR the carpenters
02 RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS the carpenters
03 I SIT AND WONDER el goodo
04 THINK kaleida
05 POLITICS OF LOVE alex cameron
06 MISSIONARY POSITION sparks
07 RAINED ON frightened rabbit
08 WHY WE FIGHT fast romantics
09 THE MOTH manchester orchestra
10 NOTHING ELSE angus & julia stone
11 STRANGE WAVES shock machine
12 GIVE IT UP intergalactic lovers
13 RUN FOR COVER the killers
14 YOU’RE MINE lola marsh
15 SECOND NATURE neil finn
16 CALM ME DOWN mother mother
17 SIREN emily haines & the soft skeleton
18 ONE MORE TIME omd
19 SOLITAIRE the carpenters
20 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE the carpenters

BUFFY & JODY & UNCLE BILL CELEBRATE THE DEATH OF MR. FRENCH

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the BUFFY & JODY & UNCLE BILL CELEBRATE THE DEATH OF MR. FRENCH mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 LET’S GO the cars
02 CANDY-O the cars
03 YOUR SOUL gothic tropic
04 DANCE WITH ME cameron avery
05 IN UNDERTOW alvvays
06 HIGH AS A KITE fairchild
07 EPITAPH IN TONGUES whitehorse
08 EVERYONE YOU MEET the clientele
09 FUN sir sly
10 GOLDEN AGE the mynabirds
11 OUR MUTUAL FRIEND the divine comedy
12 HOLLOW on dead waves
13 RÉVEILLE-TOI mickey 3d
14 REMAINS zola jesus
15 OUIJA graveyard club
16 BEING SPECIAL sophia kennedy
17 GHOST OF HIS LOVE jenny don’t & the spurs
18 LOST IN THE MYSTERY shock machine
19 ALL I WANNA DO the school
20 GOT A LOT ON MY HEAD the cars
21 DANGEROUS TYPE the cars

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: FALL 2010

There's a problem, feathers, iron/Bargain buildings, weights and pulleys/Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air/Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky and tell the sky/Don't fall on me/(What is it up in the air for?)/(It's gonna fall)/Fall on me/(If it's there for long)/(It's gonna fall)/Fall on me/(It's over, it's over me)/(It's gonna fall)/There's the progress we have found/(When the rain)/A way to talk around the problem/(When the children reign)/Building towered foresight/(Keep your conscience in the dark)/Isn't anything at all/(Melt the statues in the park)/Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky/Don't fall on me/(What is it up in the air for?)/(It's gonna fall)/Fall on me/(If it's there for long)/(It's gonna fall)/Fall on me/(It's over, it's over me)/(It's gonna fall)

FALL ON ME/r.e.m. [HERE] or [HERE]

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the 7-YEAR ITCH MIX: FALL 2010.

TRACKLIST ---

01 RIO hey marseilles
02 DREAMIN’ feldberg
03 RUN the forest & the trees
04 OUTCAST timo raisanen
05 DO YOU BELIEVE the sirens of venice
06 TRUST ME I’M A THIEF the guggenheim grotto
07 KING OF ROME goldheart assembly
08 SQUARE ONE the like
09 COME WITH ME ceo
10 ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE drawn from bees
11 WELCOME HOME [touch the sky ep] radical face
12 NIGHTMARE DAY the moons
13 PINK SUGAR ELEPHANTS mates of state
14 MODERN MAN arcade fire
15 RECORD COLLECTOR lissie
16 PRECIOUS TO ME maria haukaas storeng [w/mans zelmerlow]
17 BROKEN HORSE/freelance whales
18 RELEASE ME the like
19 SOUNDS LIKE HALLELUJAH the head and the heart
20 YOU AND ME the sirens of venice
21 SPRING AND FALL: TO A YOUNG CHILD natalie merchant

Left-click [HERE] to go to the 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: FALL 2009.

THE NEW BLACK

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download THE NEW BLACK mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 CALIFORNIA (ALL THE WAY) luna
02 SIGNS OF LIFE arcade fire
03 DIE YOUNG sylvan esso
04 NO TIME/IT’S NOT TOO LATE swarming branch
05 FENN tom rosenthal
06 UNKNOW nadeah
07 SHOW ME MERCY dreamcar
08 VANISHING POINT alexandra savior
09 ROUGH DIAMOND FALLS luke sital-singh
10 EVERYBODY’S TRYING TO STEAL YOUR HEART fast romantics
11 A LITTLE CRAZY nicole atkins
12 ON ME DIT TU fishbach
13 WISHING GIRL lola marsh
14 SPIT IT OUT the maccabees
15 DARLING SHADE the new pornographers
16 WON’T KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT sun seeker
17 TOMORROW NEVER CAME lana del rey [w/sean ono lennon]
18 STILL SUMMER matt pond pa
19 FEEL IT ALL majken
20 STOLEN BOOTS trevor sensor
21 MOONSHOT dean wareham & britta phillips

GOD IS DEAD

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the GOD IS DEAD mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 BREAK ON THROUGH the doors
02 HOLLYWOOD pumarosa
03 WHERE I END AND YOU BEGIN radiohead
04 I HAVE A DREAM abay
05 BACK TO IT islands
06 LADYBUG sera cahoone
07 THE GOLD manchester orchestra
08 HE’S FINE the secret sisters
09 NIGHTHAWKS whitehorse
10 ON YOUR WAY DOWN the jungle giants
11 DEAD BALLOONS on dead waves
12 BABY DON’T DANCE mother mother
13 NEGOTIATING tristen
14 BRAND NEW DAY vita bergen
15 HOT TO TROT jessica hernandez & the deltas
16 DO YOU KNOW ME BY HEART cameron avery
17 DINO JAY surfer blood
18 THE ONLY THING zola blood
19 SI UN JOUR la femme
20 FOUND YOU OUT sir sly
21 I HAVE A DREAM abba

FALSE GODS

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] or [HERE] to download the FALSE GODS mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 LET’S GO CRAZY prince
02 FOLIE A DEUX burning hearts
03 OH NO jessica hernandez & the deltas
04 SNOW angus & julia stone
05 J vita bergen
06 WHEN YOU SAID GOODBYE coco hames
07 THE DARKNESS the sounds
08 HEAVEN’S ALRIGHT fast romantics
09 BLUE INSIDE on dead waves
10 SEXY AND I KNOW IT lmfao
11 LIONS tristen
12 LION’S PRIDE trevor sensor
13 YOUNG MOPES louise burns
14 SENSITIVE GUY baio
15 OH MY GOD beth ditto
16 BIG TOWN GIRL cameron avery
17 EVERYTHING LOOKS BETTER (IN HINDSIGHT) the wild reeds
18 CONFETTI satellite stories
19 SHE’S A RAINBOW lola marsh
20 WHEN DOVES CRY prince

TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] or [HERE] to download the TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 UNDER PRESSURE queen w/david bowie
02 DUSTY LUNGS sera cahoone
03 RICH KIDS the drums
04 PEARLY GATES kevin morby
05 WE CALLED IT LOVE stars
06 WASTED ON FIDELITY cameron avery
07 IN THE ARMS OF CALIFORNIA roddy hart & the lonesome fire
08 THE DAMAGE the secret sisters
09 TIME TO START GIVING first hate
10 UNTIL THE NIGHT IS DONE luke sital-singh
11 DON’T STOP ME NOW queen
12 TAKE IT ALL IN saint etienne
13 HEIGHT OF MY FEARS ha ha tonka
14 PLAY OUT zola blood
15 WISH I KNEW YOU the revivalists
16 KEEP IN THE DARK temples
17 JUNK OF THE HEART (HAPPY) the kooks
18 BLEEDING BLUE woods
19 THEORY OF LIFE molly nilsson
20 SOMEBODY TO LOVE queen

BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] or [HERE] to download the BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU françoise hardy
02 SHINE ON ME dan auerbach
03 WORK OF ART burning hearts
04 MANAGEMENT OF SAVAGERY richard edwards
05 M.T.M.E alexandra savior
06 IT WON’T BE ME tom rosenthal
07 CHARMED LIFE (NEVER GIVE IN) gene loves jezebel
08 I’M NOT RUNNING AWAY feist
09 SLIP AWAY perfume genius
10 APOCALYPSE cigarettes after sex
11 IN AND OUT beth ditto
12 TIDAL WAVE portugal. the man
13 ONLY TROUBLE IS ron sexsmith
14 IMAGINARY INTERVIEWS !!!
15 FRUITION the wild reeds
16 OOH LA the kooks
17 I PROMISE radiohead
18 THIS WORLD IS EMPTY (WITHOUT YOU) the raveonettes
19 ADELINE alt-j
20 CHÈRE AMIE marc lavoine & françoise hardy

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SUMMER 2010

I know what you did last summer in the wind with the wine and those boys and that breeze and Joaquin and the smoke in the school in the city -- that endless, ceaseless eve -- with the Bionic Woman and Donna and Sam and sad, ditzy Chrissy and that little baby-sister of Rain, River, Liberty, and Joaquin. It may have been '42 or '69, but, no: It was 2010 and thus have I summarily summarized what I know you did. Last summer. In the wind. With the wine. Those boys. That breeze. Joaquin. In the school. In the city.

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] or [HERE] to download the 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SUMMER 2010. 

TRACKLIST --

01 MARMALADE [g. cadillac] sea of bees
02 BRITTANY’S BACK the love language
03 THIEVES she & him
04 EARLY GRAVE moto boy
05 KISS THAT GRRRL kate nash
06 I’M SORRY BUT I’M BEGINNING TO HATE YOUR FACE eagle seagull
07 HAND-IN-HAND GRENADE bedroom eyes
08 WISDOM the guggenheim grotto
09 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN faded paper figures
10 THE EAST WOOD FOX drawn from bees
11 NEIGHBORHOOD #2 (LAIKA) arcade fire
12 BORDERLINE amanda jenssen
13 FALLEN ROSES (I JUST WANT TO GO HOME) the unisex
14 MEDICINE tibursky
15 CHANDELIER haley hutchinson
16 WAR ON SOUND moonbabies
17 ABOUT YOU NOW timo räisänen
18 THE SEX HAS MADE ME STUPID robots in disguise
19 SWIM FOR THE TREES the owens
20 WIZBOT sea of bees
21 ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH the indelicates

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

BARBARIANS AT THE GATE

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] or [HERE] to download the BARBARIANS AT THE GATE mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 CHILDREN robert miles
02 QUEEN OF DISASTER lana del rey
03 OH MY GOD luke sital-singh
04 THAT THING hazel english
05 ALWAYS HARDCORE [scooter medley] abay
06 OTHER PEOPLE lp
07 WAY IT GOES hippo campus
08 LINE LIE violents & monica martin
09 BORN TO LIE dreamcar
10 SONG sylvan esso
11 DRAG DOWN freddie dickson
12 FALLING AWAY empty houses
13 EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING mother mother
14 SYMPATHETIC MAGIC charming disaster
15 OVER YOU satellite stories
16 NEVER START middle kids
17 COUNTING SHEEP [salutations version] conor oberst
18 WASTED kasabian
19 MIND DEAR sue the night
20 HÄR KOMMER HEN ossler
21 AUF WIEDERSEHEN, MY DEAR jerry vale