Greetings,
Enjoy the track lists for this years mix(es). Various other lists follow below. Who doesn't love lists?
No disc three this year, and no song write-ups either. I blame the economy and a weak year in music.
You didn't get a disc two, but want one? Ask me, and all your dreams will come true. Or at least, all your disc-two-related dreams.
2008: Music We Can Believe In
Side A:
1. Drive-By Truckers – Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife
“Is there vengeance up in Heaven / Or are those things left behind? / Maybe every day is Saturday morning / Two daughters and a wife / Two daughters and a beautiful wife.”
From the album Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
iTunes Playcount: 48
2. Glasvegas – Geraldine
“When you’re lost in the deepest darkest place around / May my words walk you home safe and sound.”
From the album Glasvegas
iTunes Playcount: 23
3. The Kills – Last Day Of Magic
“My little tornado / My little hurricane-o.”
From the album Midnight Boom
iTunes Playcount: 43
4. MGMT – Time To Pretend
“We’ll choke on our own vomit / And that will be the end / We’re fated to pretend.”
From the album Oracular Spectacular
iTunes Playcount: 34
5. TV On The Radio – Golden Age
“Let it move right in / Let it kiss your face / Let it sow your skin / In perpetual embrace.”
From the album Dear Science
iTunes Playcount: 19
TV On The Radio appeared on Disc 1 of the 2006 mixes with their song “Wolf Like Me.”
6. Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
“Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!”
From the album Vampire Weekend
iTunes Playcount: 45
7. Lil’ Wayne – Mr. Carter
“Next time you mention Pac, Biggie and Jay-Z, don’t forget Weezy baby.”
From the album Tha Carter III
iTunes playcount: 23
8. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
“And Michael you would fall / And turn the white snow red as strawberries in summertime.”
From the album Fleet Foxes
iTunes playcount: 27
9. Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes
“Stop trying to catch my eye / I see you good you forced faker.”
From the album Santogold
iTunes Playcount: 35
10. Ra Ra Riot – Dying Is Fine
“No more of this living, dying / Just scientific analyzing.”
From the album The Rhumb Line
iTunes Playcount: 10
11. Laura Marling – Ghosts
“Lover please, do not fall to your knees, / It’s not like I believe in everlasting love.”
From the album Alas, I Cannot Swim
iTunes Playcount: 25
Side B:
12. Love Is All – Big Bangs, Black Holes, Meteorites
“Big Bangs, black holes, meteorites, / A hundred things keep me up all night.”
From the album A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
iTunes Playcount: 4 (a last minute addition when I realized I had 2 minutes left to fill)
13. The Hold Steady – Constructive Summer
“Let this be my annual reminder / That we can all be something bigger.”
From the album Stay Positive
iTunes Playcount: 43
The Hold Steady appeared on disc one of the 2006 mixes with their song “Stuck Between Stations,” and on disc three of the 2005 mixes with their song “Cattle & The Creeping Things.”
14. Amanda Palmer – Runs In The Family
“If wellness is this what in hell’s name is sickness?”
From the album Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
iTunes Playcount: 34
15. Elbow – Grounds For Divorce
“There’s a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall.”
From the album The Seldom Seen Kid
iTunes Playcount: 30
16. Be Your Own Pet - Becky
“If only what you wrote in my yearbook was true / Then I wouldn’t be stuck in fucking cell block two.”
From the EP Get Damaged
iTunes Playcount: 52
Be Your Own Pet appeared on disc one of the 2006 mixes with their song “Adventure.”
17. Passion Pit – Sleepyhead
“They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin / Against your thoughts against your rules against your skin.”
From the EP Chunk Of Change
iTunes Playcount: 13
18. The Cool Kids – What Up Man
“Just a F.Y.I, I’m F.L.Y., and for those that can’t spell, I’m a pretty swell guy.”
From the EP The Bake Sale
iTunes Playcount: 16
19. Goldfrapp – A & E
“I think I want you still / But it may be pills at work.”
From the album Seventh Tree
iTunes Playcount: 17
Goldfrapp appeared on disc one of the 2006 mixes with their song “Ooh La La.”
20. Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
“You are the girl that I’ve been dreaming of ever since I was a little girl.”
From the album Partie Traumatic
iTunes playcount: 22
21. Titus Andronicus – Titus Andronicus
“There’ll be no more cigarettes / No more having sex / No more drinking till you fall on the floor / No more indie rock / Just a ticking clock / There’s no time for that anymore.”
From the album The Airing Of Grievances
iTunes Playcount: 34
22. The Raconteurs – Carolina Drama
“The white milk dripped down with the blood / And the boyfriend fell down dead for good.”
From the album Consolers Of The Lonely
iTunes Playcount: 16
The Raconteurs appeared on disc three of the 2006 mixes with their song “Store Bought Bones.”
23. Bon Iver – Skinny Love
“Now all your love was wasted? Then who the hell was I?”
From the album For Emma, Forever Ago
iTunes Playcount: 33
2008: Music First
Side A:
1. Duffy – Rockferry
“I’ll move to Rockferry tomororow / And I’ll build my house baby with sorrow.”
From the album Rockferry
iTunes Playcount: 22
2. Neon Neon – I Lust U
“You and I get along strenuously / Carrying the burden of publicity.”
From the album Stainless Style
iTunes Playcount: 20
3. The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
“Young girls, young boys, ain’t supposed to die on a Saturday night.”
From the album The '59 Sound
iTunes Playcount: 7
4. Spiritualized – Soul On Fire
“Sweetheart, you get so much freedom / But freedom is just another word / When you’ve no one left to hurt.”
From the album Songs In A & E
iTunes Playcount: 11
5. The Wombats – Let’s Dance To Joy Division
“Let’s dance to Joy Division / And celebrate the irony / Everything is going wrong / But we’re so happy.”
From the album A Guide To Love, Loss And Desperation
iTunes Playcount: 19
6. The Dodos – Fools
“Now he lies on his back and they tell him it’s that / It’s just a heart attack, it’s just a heart attack.”
From the album Visiter
iTunes Playcount: 28
7. Man Man – Top Drawer
“People claim I’m possessed by the devil / But mama I know I’m poseesed by your daughter.”
From the album Rabbit Habits
iTunes Playcount: 18
8. The Walkmen – I Lost You
“I knew you when I was young / The loveliest girl in town / I wish you were still around.”
From the album You & Me
iTunes Playcount: 11
9. Aimee Mann – It’s Over
“But you sit there in the darkness / And you make plans / But they’re hopeless / And you blame God when you’re lonely / And you’ll call it fate, when you show up too late, and it’s over.”
From the album @#%&! Smilers
iTunes Playcount: 17
10. Los Campesinos! – Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks
“Oh when the smaller picture’s the same as the bigger picture / You know that you’re fucked.”
From the album Hold On Now, Youngster…
iTunes Playcount: 18
Los Campesinos! Appeared on disc one of the 2007 mixes with their song “You! Me! Dancing!”
Side B:
11. Shearwater – Leviathan, Bound
“The trembling jaw / The unfathoming sounds / Of leviathan, bound.”
From the album Rook
iTunes Playcount: 18
12. Die! Die! Die! – Sideways Here We Come
“See you’re the kind of person who needs to know / There’s no difference between a knife in your hand and a gun at your back.”
From the album Promises Promises
iTunes Playcount: 16
13. Okkervil River – Pop Lie
“He’s the liar who lied in his pop song / And you’re lying when you sing along.”
From the album The Stand-Ins
iTunes Playcount: 15
Okkervil River appeared on Disc Three of the 2007 Mixes with their song “Unless It’s Kicks,” and on Disc One of the 2005 mixes with their song “For Real.”
14. Cut Copy – Lights & Music
“Lights and music / Are on my mind.”
From the album In Ghost Colours
iTunes Playcount: 15
15. These New Puritans – Elvis
“And if there is a God / Then please take me up.”
From the album Beat Pyramid
iTunes Playcount: 20
16. Lykke Li – I’m Good, I’m Gone
“Cause I’m working, I sweat, but it’s all good / I’m breaking my back / But it’s all good / Cause I know I’ll get it back / Yeah I know your hands will clap.”
From the album Youth Novels
iTunes Playcount: 12
17. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – We Call Upon The Author
“Bukowski was a jerk! / Berryman was best! / He wrote like wet paper mache / Oh but he went the Hemingway / Weirdly on wings and with maximum pain / We call upon the author to explain.”
From the album Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
iTunes Playcount: 10
18. Hercules And Love Affair – Blind
“To hear you now, to see you now, I can look outside myself, I must examine myself / And look inside / Because I feel blind.”
From the album Hercules And Love Affair
iTunes Playcount: 10
19. Jay Reatard – Screaming Hand
“When I was a young boy, I didn’t need much / A kind word or two, or a warm touch / But instead, I got a man / With an empty beer bottle / And a screaming hand.”
From the album Matador Singles ’08
iTunes Playcount: 22
20. British Sea Power – Waving Flags
“You are astronomical / Fans of alcohol / So welcome in.”
From the album Do You Like Rock Music?
iTunes playcount: 19
British Sea Power appeared on disc one of the 2005 mixes with their song “Please Stand Up.”
21. Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
“Every night the motion must be fixed by glue / But babe be careful what’s fixed as one breaks in two.”
From the album Made In The Dark
iTunes Playcount: 28
Hot Chip appeared on disc two of the 2006 mixes with their song “Over & Over.”
30 Great Songs That Didn’t Make It Because Of My “One Song Per Band” Rule:
1. Warwick Avenue – Duffy
2. Kill The Director – The Wombats
3. Great Expectations – The Gaslight Anthem
4. Four Provinces – The Walkmen
5. This Is How You Spell “HAHAHA” I Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux-Romantics – Los Campesinos!
6. No Lucifer – British Sea Power
7. Ready For The Floor – Hot Chip
8.Little Bit – Lykke Li
9. Calling Or Not Calling My Ex – Okkervil River
10. Hearts On Fire – Cut Copy
11. The Snow Leopard – Shearwater
12. See/Saw – Jay Reatard
13. The Righteous Path – Drive-By Truckers
14. It’s My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry – Glasvegas
15. Kids – MGMT
16. Stork And Owl – TV On The Radio
17. Walcott – Vampire Weekend
18. Dr. Carter – Lil’ Wayne
19. Ghost Under Rocks – Ra Ra Riot
20. Night Terrors – Laura Marling
21. Slapped Actress – The Hold Steady
22. The Kelly Affair – Be Your Own Pet
23. My Time Outside The Womb – Titus Andronicus
24. Re: Stacks – Bon Iver
25. Salute Your Solution – The Raconteurs
26. Happiness – Goldfrapp
27. Wishing Well – Love Is All
28. Astronaut: A Short History Of Nearly Nothing – Amanda Palmer
29. Dream Cars – Neon Neon
30. Blue Skies – Die! Die! Die!
25 Other Great Songs I Couldn’t Find A Spot For:
1. Lightning Song – Blood On The Wall
2. The Modern Leper – Frightened Rabbit
3. Gilt Complex - Sons And Daughters
4. The Step And The Walk – The Duke Spirit
5. Another World – Antony And The Johnsons
6. Hummingbird – Born Ruffians
7. Young Love Delivers – Oxford Collapse
8. Losing Myself – Brazilian Girls
9. The Tears And Music Of Love - Deerhoof
10. Thou Shalt Always Kill – Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip
11. Cowboys – Counting Crows
12. Dear Jenny – The Dresden Dolls
13. You’ve Done It Again, Virginia – The National
14. Foundations – Kate Nash
15. The Age Of The Understatement – The Last Shadow Puppets
16. The Science – Murs
17. The Shock Of The Lightning – Oasis
18. The Rip – Portishead
19. Dead Sound – The Raveonettes
20. Tesselate – Tokyo Police Club
21. Where Do You Run To? – Vivian Girls
22. After Hours – We Are Scientists
23. Gamma Ray – Beck
24. Acid Tongue – Jenny Lewis
25. Furr – Blitzen Trapper
6 Mainstream Hits I Loved But Didn’t Put On The Mixes Either Because I Figured Everyone Had Already Heard Them And/Or Because I Don’t Want To Lose My Indie Cred
1. So What – Pink
2. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyonce
3. Love Lockdown – Kanye West
4. Whatever You Like – T.I.
5. Viva La Vida – Coldplay
6. Lost! - Coldplay
4 Mainstream Songs I Can’t Fucking Stand:
1. I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry
2. When I Grow Up – The Pussycat Dolls
3.All Summer Long – Kid Rock
4. Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
50 Awesome Older Songs I Discovered This Year:
1. Unison – Bjork from the Vespertine LP (2001)
2. Down To Zero – Bettye Lavette from the My Own Hell To Raise LP (2005)
3. Then He Kissed Me – Asobi Seksu from the Stay Awake Single (2007)
4. More – Rhymefest from the Blue Collar LP (2006)
5. Papa Was A Rodeo – The Magnetic Fields from 69 Love Songs (1999)
6. Into My Arms – Nick Cave from The Boatman’s Call LP (1997)
7. Goodbye – Asobi Seksu from the Citrus LP (2006)
8. Marry Me – Drive-By Truckers from the Decoration Day LP (2003)
9. Manchasm – Future Of The Left from the Curses! LP (2007)
10. Johnny Appleseed – Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros from the Global A Go Go LP (2001)
11. I Apologize – Husker Du from the New Day Rising LP (1985)
12. Radio, Radio – Elvis Costello from the This Year’s Model LP (1978)
13. Since I’ve Been Loving You – Led Zeppelin from the Led Zeppelin III LP (1970)
14. Mellow Doubt – Teenage Fanclub from the Grand Prix LP (1995)
15. The Ice Of Boston – The Dismemberment Plan from the …Is Terrified LP (1997)
16. Carry The Zero – Built To Spill from the Keep It Like A Secret LP (1999)
17. You Are Invited – The Dismemberment Plan from the Emergency And I LP (1999)
18. Northern Lites – Super Furry Animals from the Guerilla LP (1999)
19. Where The Devil Don’t Stay – Drive-By Truckers from the The Dirty South LP (2004)
20. Ribcage – Elbow from the Cast Of Thousands LP (2003)
21. Before The Money Came (The Battle Of Bettye Lavette) – Bettye Lavette from the The Scene Of The Crime LP (2007)
22. Sway – The Rolling Stones from the Sticky Fingers LP (1971)
23. Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues from the If I Should Fall From Grace With God LP (1987)
24. Animal Nitrate – Suede from the Suede LP (1993)
25. Car – Built To Spill from the There’s Nothing Wrong With Love LP (1994)
26. Fading Vibes – Les Savy Fav from the Inches LP (2004)
27. Zip City – Drive-By Truckers from the Southern Rock Opera LP (2001)
28. Sleeping Aids And Razorblades – The Exploding Hearts from the Guitar Romantic LP (2003)
29. A Stone – Okkervil River from the Black Sheep Boy LP (2005)
30. Mexican Blue – Jolie Holland from the Springtime Can Kill You LP (2006)
31. Young Lions – The Constantines from the Shine A Light LP (2003)
32. New York, New York – Ryan Adams from the Gold LP (2001)
33. Time Bomb – The Dismemberment Plan from the Change LP (2001)
34. Kicked It In The Sun – Built to Spill from the Perfect From Now On LP (1997)
35. Random Rules – Silver Jews from The American Water LP (1998)
36. She Sends Kisses – The Wrens from the Meadowlands LP (2003)
37. Done Got Old – Heartless Bastards from the Stairs And Elevators LP (2005)
38. Number 1 – Goldfrapp from the Supernature LP (2006)
39. Things Behind The Sun – Nick Drake from the Pink Moon LP (1972)
40. Northern Sky – Nick Drake from the Bryter Lartr LP (1970)
41. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison from the Astral Weeks LP (1968)
42. Happy – The Rolling Stones from the Exile On Main Street LP (1972)
43. Danny Says – The Ramones from the End Of A Century LP (1980)
44. Fall On Me – R.E.M. from the Life’s Rich Pageant LP (1986)
45. Exhuming McCarthy – R.E.M. from the Document LP (1987)
46. Pretty Persuasion – R.E.M. from the Reckoning LP (1984)
47. Rockaway Beach – The Ramones from the Rocket To Russia LP (1977)
48. Swallow My Pride – The Ramones from the Leave Home LP (1977)
49. The Mercy Seat – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds from the Mercy Seat LP (1988)
50. Accelerator – Primal Scream from the XTRMNTR LP (2000)
Finally, My 25 Favorite Albums of 2008:
1. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
2. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
3. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
4. The Kills – Midnight Boom
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
6. Jay Reatard – Matador Singles 08
7. Shearwater – Rook
8. Sons & Daughters – This Gift
9. Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
10. Walkmen – You & Me
11. Neon Neon – Stainless Style
12. Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
13. Nick Cave – Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
14. Glasvegas – Glasvegas
15. Los Campesinos! – Hold on Now, Youngster...
16. Amanda Palmer – Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
17. Laura Marling – Alas, I Cannot Swim
18. Deerhoof – Offend Maggie
19. Drive by Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
20. The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely
21. Love Is All – A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
22. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
23. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter 3
24. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
25. Titus Andronicus – Titus Andronicus
