Friday, December 17, 2010

Erik's 2010 Mixes

Hey All! Here are my mixes for 2010 in review. It's 2 discs, one of which has all male singers and the other all female. Enjoy!

Mix #1 - One For The Boys


Track List:
01. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies
02. Deerhunter - Memory Boy
03. The Walkmen - Angela Surf City
04. Woods - Suffering Season
05. Harlem - Friendly Ghost
06. Wavves - King of the Beach
07. Flight - Real Estate
08. Yeasayer - Madder Red
09. The National - Terrible Love (Alternate Version)
10. Perfume Genius - Mr. Peterson
11. The Morning Benders - Excuses
12. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Vocal Chords
13. The Books - Beautiful People

Download: http://ge.tt/5kJDdtc

Mix #2 - Girlz Rule!


Track List:
01. Dum Dum Girls - Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout
02. Best Coast - Happy
03. Marnie Stern - Cinco De Mayo
04. No Joy - Hawaii
05. Land of Talk - Swift Coin
06. Warpaint - Shadows
07. Cults - Go Outside
08. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
09. Beach House - Walk in the Park
10. Janelle Monae - Oh, Maker
11. jj - And Now
12. Joanna Newsom - On A Good Day
13. Zola Jesus - Lightstick

Download: http://ge.tt/7FeFdth

Enjoy!
Erik

Saturday, December 11, 2010

TK's Best of 2010

2010 bombarded me with excellent songs. Here are 5 mixes, trying to make sonic sense of what I heard throughout the year:

Mix 1: The Warmth of Your Way (2010 Runners-Up Vol. 1)


01. Avi Buffalo - What's In It For?
02. Lower Dens - Tea Lights
03. Wye Oak - I Hope You Die
04. Phosphorescent - Mermaid Parade
05. Laura Veirs - Where Are You Driving?
06. Kurt Vile - Invisibility: Nonexistent
07. Sharon Van Etten - One Day
08. Tobin Sprout - Wedding Song
09. Andrew Cedermark - Hard Livin'

Mix 2: A Break In Time (2010 Runners-Up Vol. 2)


01. Twin Sister - All Around And Away We Go
02. Here We Go Magic - Collector
03. Cosmetics - Sleepwalking
04. Deerhunter - Desire Lines
05. MGMT - Flash Delirium
06. Casiokids - Finn Bikkjen!
07. Police Academy 6 - Fill In The Blanks
08. Spoon - Out Go The Lights

Mix 3: Dazzle Them All (Best of 2010 Vol. 1)



01. The Walkmen - Angela Surf City
02. Gauntlet Hair - Our Scenery
03. Boston Spaceships - Come On Baby Grace
04. Wild Nothing - Chinatown
05. Reading Rainbow - Always On My Mind
06. Ganglians - My House
07. Spoon - The Mystery Zone
08. Harlem - Friendly Ghost
09. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round And Round
10. Family Trees - Sleep Talkin
11. Dum Dum Girls - Pay For Me
12. Pineapple - Harvey
13. Harlem - Gay Human Bones
14. Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus 3 - Luckiness

Download Dazzle Them All

Mix 4: Food For The Gods (Older Songs Discovered in 2010)


01. Guided By Voices - If We Wait (1996)
02. Sonny Smith - Good Folks Bad Folks (2007)
03. Caravan - Love To Love You (1971)
04. Jeff Mangum - Sign The Dotted Line (2009)
05. Cosmos - Nude Metropolis (2009)
06. The Fresh and Onlys - Peacock and Wing (2009)
07. Guided By Voices - Hey Aardvark (1993)
08. Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk - 3 (2007)
09. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Le Chat Du Cafe Des Artistes (2009)
10. Manishevitz - Eiji (2007)
11. Twin Sister - I Want A House (2008)

Download Food For The Gods

Mix 5: Great Are The Sounds (Best of 2010 Vol. 2)


01. Pill Wonder - Restless
02. Frightened Rabbit - Living In Colour
03. Woods - Suffering Season
04. Beach House - Zebra
05. The Bees - Silver Line
06. Gord Downie and The Country Of Miracles - Gone
07. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
08. The War On Drugs - Comin' Through
09. Closed Cassette - Time Trials
10. Steve Mason - All Come Down
11. jj - And Now
12. Tobin Sprout - Fix On The Races
13. Midlake - Acts Of Man

Download Great Are The Sounds

What do you think? What did I miss? What else should I be listening to these last 3 weeks of the year?

As always, thanks for reading.


tk