AFTERMATH

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TRACKLIST ---

01 HAZY SHADE OF WINTER the bangles
02 RIDE ‘EM COWBOY sparks
03 POP GUN erin mccarley
04 THE GRANDFATHER PLAN maia
05 DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL my heart belongs to cecilia winter
06 L’AMOUR EST ETERNEL cali
07 HEARD THE NEWS guards
08 SPECTATOR & PUPIL violens
09 CAVALIER shovels and rope
10 WINTERSUN brendan perry
11 THE ONE twin shadow
12 TEENAGE veronica falls
13 ALONE TOGETHER by the sea
14 TILL THINGS FALL APART madrid
15 DARK PARTS perfume genius
16 MERCY sugarplum fairies
17 LITTLE VESSELS the lighthouse and the whaler
18 BITTERSWEET sin cos tan
19 LIGHT AND EASY amanda jenssen
20 IN THIS SHIRT the irrepressibles
21 WINTER KILLS yaz

BEST OF 2012 (PART 1)

Of the 345 songs that appeared on the 16 "regular" P of A mixes of 2012, here follow the 39 that most successfully insinuated themselves into my oft-soporific, oft-sentimental, oft-sodden subconscious.  That they appeared here once means that I liked them; that they appear here twice means that I've officially gone all Sally-Field-ass-over-Oscar-speech for them.  In other words, over the course of one short year, these once-bashful tracks have grown from giddy Gidgets to noble Norma Raes, and I'm proud as punch to present them to you in all their newly-uncocooned beauty.

Oh, and... just to be clear... neither the songs nor the mixes are listed in order of preference, merely arranged in what I hope will make for a smooth-yet-varied listening experience.  Also, not all tracks are, technically, from the year 2012.  My mixes would sooner contain a Miley Cyrus song than be confined by calendars.

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Go [HERE] for the BEST OF 2011 (PART 1) mix.
Go [HERE] for the BEST OF 2011 (PART 2) mix.

Go [HERE] for the BEST OF 2010 (PART 1) mix.
Go [HERE] for the BEST OF 2010 (PART 2) mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 MYTH beach house
02 TEENAGE ICON the vaccines
03 RUN blonds
04 NEEDLES & PINS life in film
05 ARROW ravens & chimes
06 LAND OR SEA sleeping at last
07 ALL THE GIRLS caracol
08 TEDDY’S NOOK nils olav
09 MALE VERSION OF ME gabby young and other animals
10 TRUE MEN jon derosa
11 ALL THE ROWBOATS regina spektor
12 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW gotye
13 I GOT NOTHING dum dum girls
14 LIFE’S A BEACH django django
15 ALL KINDS OF GUNS tilly and the wall
16 BIRMINGHAM shovels and rope
17 GENERATIONS LOST solander
18 MELODY DEAN amanda palmer & the grand theft orchestra
19 DIFFERENT PULSES asaf avidan
20 WE RIDE THE OUTSKIRTS FOREVER the afternoons

BEST OF 2012 (PART 2)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 TAKE US ALIVE other lives
02 BORN TO LOSE jenny owen youngs
03 THE WIND THAT MOVES THE CLOUDS my heart belongs to cecilia winter
04 ZONES wintersleep
05 CONFESSIONS OF A MILF viv albertine
06 FEATHERS fanfarlo
07 ART AND A WIFE rah rah
08 AN ARTIST’S SONG lost in the trees
09 BREATHING UNDERWATER metric
10 ELEVEN A.M. bears
11 DANCE WITH THE DEVIL the tiger & me
12 ROBOTS dan mangan
13 TRYING TO FORGET rebekah delgado
14 SHOW ME THE PLACE leonard cohen
15 EMMYLOU first aid kit
16 ROLAND, I FEEL YOU get well soon
17 THAT GIRL noisettes
18 TO BE YOUNG two wounded birds
19 ARROW the irrepressibles

'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