Disc 1
1. animal collective – did you see the words (fatcat)
2. four tet – smile around the face (domino)
3. jason forrest – the walls of the city shake (sonig)
4. lcd soundsystem – daft punk is playing at my house (dfa/capitol)
5. supersystem – miracle (touch and go)
6. deerhoof – wrong time capsule (5rc/kill rock stars)
7. matt & kim – silver tiles (self-released)
8. why? – sanddollars (anticon)
9. sage francis – dance monkey (epitaph)
10. clipse – zen (mixunit.com)
11. the streets f. kano, donae’o, lady sovereign and tinchy stryder – fit but you know it (679)
12. blueprint – fresh (rhymesayers)
13. farm fresh – limelight (peanuts & corn)
14. quasimoto – players in the game (stones throw)
15. jamie lidell – a little bit more (warp)
16. richard swift – lovely night (secretly canadian)
17. chad vangaalen – after the afterlife (sub pop)
18. puerto muerto – muerto county (fire)
19. mary gauthier – mercy now (lost highway)
20. antony and the johnsons – hope there’s someone (secretly canadian)
21. odd nosdam ft. jessica bailiff – untitled three (anticon)
22-26. fm3 – 5 (staalplaat)

Disc 2
1. father’s day – i have so much respect for women (self-released)
2. blowfly – i believe my dick can fly (alternative tentacles)
3. p.o.s. – sarah silverman (doomtree/rhymesayers)
4. edan ft. dagha – rock and roll (lewis)
5. dälek – culture for dollars (ipecac)
6. subtitle – leave home (gold standard labs)
7. kill the vultures – 7-8-9 (locust)
8. japanther – the gravy (menlo park)
9. every time i die – apocalypse now and then (ferret)
10. big bear – untitled track two (monitor)
11. white mice – the white mice (load)
12. high on fire – brother in the wind (relapse)
13. jesu – walk on water (hydra head)
14. wooden wand and the vanishing voice – i am the one i am and he is the caretaker of my heart
15. felipe and forte – hoof lager or horse pills (soft abuse)
16. mouthus – this is my snow (troubleman)
17. growing – freedom towards death (troubleman)
18. earth – an inquest concerning teeth (southern lord)
19. justice yeldham and the dynamic ribbon device – denver, usa, 030405 (self-released)

I loves me some whiney mixes, disc one moreso, the more accessible stuff, haven't heard most of the 2nd one...I never did send that self addressed stamped envelope for the last mix...

best trackk on the four tet album and the clipse...but there are so many good tracks on that one.


1.Edan - Polite Meeting
2.Killer Mike - Fuck U Musick
3.The Detroit Cobras - I wanna Holler
4.Lightning Bolt - Dead Cowboy
5.LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
6.Sleater - Kinney - What's mine is yours
7.Crooked Fingers - Call to Love
8.Ike Reilly Assasination - The Mixture
9.The Constantines - Soon Enough
10.Iron and Wine - Jezebel
11.Preceptionists - What Have We Got to Lose
12.AZ - AZ's Chillin
13.Dj Muggs and GZA - Unstopable Threats
14.Quas - Strange Piano
15.Jamie Lidell - Multiply
16.M.Ward - Fuel For Fire
17.Langhorne Slim - Sisterhood
18.My Morning Jacket - Gideon
19.Clap your Hands Say Yeah - Is This Love?
20.Big Boi feat. Killer Mike - Kryptonite
21.RAekwon - State of Grace
22.Nas - Saints Ft. Killer Priest
23.Slim Thug feat. T.I.- What Ya Know

at the end of every year, i create a playlist of the top 17 singles of the year, the top 17 albums i listened to and a year-long retrospective usually of one song per month, one song per quarter and one song per artist with a couple extra so i don't leave anything important out.


top 17 singles airplay

17 "sing me spanish techno" the new pornographers
16 "forever lost" the magic numbers
15 "use it" the new pornographers
14 "heavy lifting" ambulance ltd
13 "destroy everything you touch" ladytron
12 "sweet troubled soul" stellastarr*
11 "the engine driver" the decemberists
10 "the hardest part" ryan adams & the cardinals
09 "we both go down together" the decemberists
08 "neighborhood #3 (power out)" the arcade fire
07 "heard 'em say" kanye west
06 "come on! feel the illinoise!!" sufjan stevens
05 "rebellion (lies)" the arcade fire
04 "the sporting life" the decemberists
03 "chicago" sufjan stevens
02 "me and mia" ted leo and the pharmacists
01 "let it ride" ryan adams & the cardinals


top 17 albums airplay (represented by one song from each album)

17 "like eating glass" bloc party "silent alarm"
16 "your eyes open" keane "hopes and fears"
15 "on top" the killers "hot fuss"
14 "addiction" kanye west "late registration"
13 "my 1st single" eminem "encore"
12 "the coast is always changing" maximo park "a certain trigger"
11 "a kiss before i go" ryan adams & the cardinals "jacksonville city nights
10 "bleeding powers" ted leo and the pharmacists "shake the streets"
09 "light polution" bright eyes "digital ash in a digital urn"
08 "streetlights" josh rouse "nashville"
07 "star bodies" the new pornographers
06 "this devil's workday" modest mouse "good news for people who love bad news"
05 "haiti" the arcade fire "funeral"
04 "They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhhh!" sufjan stevens "illinois"
03 "land locked blues" bright eyes "i'm wide awake, it's morning"
02 "the mariner's revenge song" the decemberists "picaresque"
01 "magnolia mountain" ryan adams & the cardinals "cold roses"


year-long retrospective

JAN "it's a hit" rilo kiley
FEB "pressure point" the zutons
MAR "neighborhood #1 (tunnels)" the arcade fire
1Q1 "evil" interpol
APR "hate it or love it" the game
MAY "bitches ain't shit" ben folds
JUN "easy/lucky/free" bright eyes
2Q1 "first day of my life" bright eyes
2Q2 "born in the 70s" ed harcourt
JUL "the infanta" the decemberists
AUG "this year" the mountain goats
SEP "Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!" sufjan stevens
3Q1 "i want you to stay" maximo park
OCT "love me like you" the magic numbers
NOV "history of lovers" iron & wine and calexico
DEC "gemini (birthday song)" why?
4Q1 "beautiful sorta" ryan adams & the cardinals
4Q2 "is this love?" clap your hands say yeah!

Here's mine:

01. Foo Fighters (No Way Back)
02. Dredg (Not That Simple)
03. The Posies (Second Time Around)
04. Doves (Snowden)
05. Feeder (Pilgrim Soul)
06. The All-American Rejects (Move Along)
07. Swirl 360 (Oblivion)
08. John Davis (Too Far Out)
09. Two Hours Traffic (Better Sorry Than Safe)
10. Longwave (There's A Fire)
11. Wintersleep (Danse Macabre)
12. Nine Black Alps (Shot Down)
13. Maximo Park (Graffiti)
14. Broken Social Scene (7/4 (Shoreline)
15. Catlow (Added Up)
16. Of Montreal (Wraith Pinned To The Mist And Other Games)
17. Damone (Out Here All Night)
18. Morningwood (Nth Degree)
19. Marjorie Fair (Empty Room)
20. Sigur Rós (Glòsòli)


It can be downloaded here.

Send me one, and I'll send you BOTH mixes!

I have 12 monthly and 4 quarterly 2005 mixes but I guess this sums up my fav tracks actually released from 2005 for one disc:

1 the hand that feeds - NINE INCH NAILS
2 the rest will follow - AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
3 ain't no easy way - BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
4 yflmd - GIANT DRAG
5 get him back - FIONA APPLE
6 good sons - STARFLYER 59
7 lilian - DEPECHE MODE
8 the walk - IMOGEN HEAP
9 inside and out - FEIST
10 plenty of paper - EISLEY
11 your heart is an empty room - DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
12 the everthere - ELBOW
13 x&y - COLDPLAY
14 nobody gets a smooth ride - THE CHOIR
15 jetstream - NEW ORDER
16 i turn my camera on - SPOON
17 hell yes - BECK
18 heard 'em say - KANYE WEST
19 losing my edge - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

What's weird is that some of the CDs that these songs came from didn't have much else I liked.

Ah hell, I can't stop at just one CD....

2005 Part 2:

1 in my head - QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
2 four kicks - KINGS OF LEON
3 do you want to? - FRANZ FERDINAND
4 oh my god - KAISER CHIEFS
5 sing me spanish techno - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
6 the latest toughs - OKKERVIL RIVER
7 concrete bed - NADA SURF
8 black and white town - DOVES
9 chicago - SUFJAN STEVENS
10 this is the countdown - MAE
11 rick young ruler - DEREK WEBB
12 spark - OVER THE RHINE
13 sweet the sting - TORI AMOS
14 all coming back - SARAH BLASKO
15 nothing brings me down - EMILIANA TORRINI
16 dayvan cowboy - BOARDS OF CANADA
17 quite quieter than spiders - JOY ELECTRIC
18 destroy everything you touch - LADYTRON
19 slide in - GOLDFRAPP
20 bucky done gun - M.I.A.

my 2005 mix cds are basically going to look like i went through everyone else's mixes and took my favorite songs from them. i'll post it soon

these are pretty tame, not much that isn't on a lot of other mixes. the first tape is more rock-oriented and the second isn't as much. there are only 2-3 segues that i'm not absolutely satisfied with, but i suppose that's a pretty good percentage.

A
*
stereophonics - dakota
the tears - refugees
rogue wave - publish my love
the national - all the wine
clap your hands say yeah - details of the war
athlete - wires
the cardigans - i need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
hot hot heat - middle of nowhere
franz ferdinand - the fallen
maximo park - going missing
stars - reunion
doves - sky starts falling

B
*
the white stripes - blue orchid
the howling hex - apache energy plan
locksley - she does
the hold steady - chicago seemed tired last night
robbers on high street - bring on the terror
harvey danger - little round mirrors
brendan benson - the alternative to love
sufjan stevens - john wayne gacy jr
ryan adams & the cardinals - cherry lane
the lucksmiths - the music next door
okkervil river - the latest toughs
elbow - forget myself

C
*
vitalic - my friend dario
robyn - be mine
the sugababes - push the button
rachel stevens - i said never again (but here we are)
girls aloud - biology
saint etienne - stars above us
basement jaxx - oh my gosh
lcd soundsystem - daft punk is playing at my house
keane - we might as well be strangers (dj shadow remix)
lindstrom - i feel space
kanye west - gold digger

D
*
shout out louds - the comeback (big slippa mix by ratatat)
gorillaz - d.a.r.e.
walter meego - weekday
death from above 1979 - black history month (alan braxe / fred falke remix)
depeche mode - john the revelator
goldfrapp - ooh la la
madonna - hung up
beck - girl
super furry animals - lazer beam
ivy - four in the morning
sigur ros - glosoli

This may be a shot in the dark, but is this Matt Johnson from Brooklyn and his girlfriend by any chance?