All Dressed Up and Everywhere To Go

It always feels like there’s so much to do once springtime rolls around. It’s not that daunting, overwhelming, too-much-to-do-what-am-I-going-to-do feeling, it’s more like that yay-there’s-too-much-to-do kinda feeling. It’s partly because there’s been so much you haven’t been able to do all winter that it’s like a total release of bottle necked plans. That release is what makes spring so liberating. It’s like no traffic and all green lights ahead. These are the songs you play on that utopian roadway. This mix is all sunny-fresh songs from 2013 with no braking necessary. So get going, I know you have a million places to be, just enjoy the drive. 

Track List:

1. Step / Vampire Weekend 4:00 

2. Entertainment / Phoenix 3:32 

3. Angel, Please / Ra Ra Riot 2:20 

4. Trojans / Atlas Genius 3:30 

5. Weight / Mikal Cronin 3:43 

6. Varsity / Smith Westerns 3:55 

7. Rube Goldberg Machine / Matt Duncan 2:15 

8. San Francisco  / Foxygen 3:38 

9. Littel Numbers / Boy 3:33 

10. Love Like This / Wild Belle 3:40 

11. Green Garden / Laura Mvula 3:33 

12. Bright Whites / Kishi Bashi 2:55 

13. In Other Words / Radiation City 1:59 

14. Lovefool / RAC (ft. Liz Anjos) 3:21 

15. That Girl / Justin Timberlake 4:07 

16. The Fall / Rhye 3:30 

17. Mi Negrita / Devendra Banhart 3:16 

18. Lysandre / Christopher Owens 2:51 

19. I Got Gold / Willy Mason 2:11 

20. Nightmares / Josh Ritter 3:39 

21. Song For Zula / Phosphorescent 5:50 

22. Let Me Back In / Rilo Kiley 4:13 

23. Riptide / Vance Joy 3:29

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Happy New Years everyone! I have a one track, two and a half hour party mix with all you and your friend’s favorite songs of 2012. Have a great night and an even better 2013. 

Tracks:

Some Nights Intro - fun. 

I Love It 2:42 I Love It - Single Icona Pop 

Die Young  - Ke$ha 

Starships - Nicki Minaj 

Too Close  - Alex Clare 

Lights  - Ellie Goulding 

Turn On The Lights  - Future 

Adorn  - Miguel 

Losing You  - Solange 

Take A Walk  - Passion Pit 

It Time (Passion Pit Remix)  - Imagine Dragons 

Little Talks (The Knocks Remix)  - Of Monsters and Men 

I Knew You Were Trouble (Hunter Jackson Remix) - Taylor Swift 

Call Me Maybe  (10 Kings vs. Ollie Green Remix) - Carly Rae Jepsen 

Hands On The Wheel (feat. A$ap Rocky) - Schoolboy Q 

Fuckin’ Problem (feat. 2Chainz, Drake, Kendrick Lamar) -  A$AP Rocky 

Bad Girls  - M.I.A. 

Birthday Song (Feat. Kanye West)  -  2 Chainz 

Clique  - GOOD Music 

Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz)  -  The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 

Yeah Yeah  - Willy Moon 

Say I Wanna Know  -  Nick Waterhouse 

Bright Lights  -  Gary Clark Jr. 

Five Seconds  -  Twin Shadow 

DJ, Ease My Mind  -  Niki & The Dove 

Oblivion  -  Grimes 

Swimming Pools (Drank)  -  Kendrick Lamar 

Amen (feat. Drake)  -  Meek Mill 

Disparate Youth  -  Santigold 

Paddling Out  -  Miike Snow 

Gangnam Style  -  Gangnam Style PSY 

Default  -  Django Django 

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards  - Tame Impala 

All of Me  -  Tanlines 

Forever  - Forever Haim 

Wildest Moments  -  Jessie Ware 

Where Have You Been - Rihanna 

Climax  -  Usher 

Pyramids  -  Frank Ocean 

Some Nights (Reprise) - fun. 

Ho Hey - The Lumineers 

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Spotify (Not all tracks will work on Spotify  and you don’t get my cool editing transitions so download is recommended but you kids just love Spotify)

(This is just a post, no music here, but my NYE Party mix is coming super soon.)

Some people say they’d prefer to have one best friend then a whole mess of “good friends”. Just one person who have a blast with and can rely on to hang all the emotional support you need instead of spreading that out over a bunch of people. In this thinking, if friends equal albums (f=a), I didn’t really have a best friend this year. No offense to Frank Ocean but he didn’t really get the number one spot on my list, I mean, he’s on the top spot and his album is great, a classic even, but I didn’t fall head over heels in love with any singular album this year. My personal equation for album assessment is something like personal taste + cultural significance + overall ascetic value (pt+cs+a=x). Frank had the best score with those qualifications yet it still didn’t take over my own zeitgeist the way a top album usually does for me (x). Now, If I sound down on the albums of 2012, I’m not at all. As usual it was difficult to cut down the list to even fifty albums and even more so this year, the lower ranked albums are stronger than lower ranked albums of year’s past. It was just a totally well rounded gang of albums. There was a deep wealth of varied genres, exciting emerging artists and old favorites delivering new gems. Yet there just wasn’t that one album that said: Hello, I am your 2012. Hopefully I’ll meet this album again next year, but until then I have these fifty albums in my life to challenge me, inspire me and get me going. So is one best friend more valuable than a bunch of pals? I guess it just depends on the year.

BEST ALBUMS  

1. channel ORANGE by Frank Ocean
2. Celebration Rock by Japandroids
3. Good Kid M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar
4. Fear Fun by Father John Misty
5. Boys & Girls by Alabama Shakes
6. Instinct by Niki & The Dove
7. Mixed Emotions by Tanlines
8. Heaven by The Walkmen
9. Ekstasis by Julia Holter
10. (tie)Twins, Hair and Slaughterhouse by Ty Segall
11. Half Gate 5:30 Shields Grizzly Bear
12. Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now by Justin Townes Earle
13. An Awesome Wave by alt-J
14. Lonerism by Tame Impala
15. Bloom by Beach House
16. The Seer by Swans
17. Fight Bite by Fight Bite
18. Kill for Love by Chromatics
19. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw & Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do  by Fiona Apple
20. Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors
21. Visions by Grimes
22. (tie) Break it Yourself and Hands of Glory by Andrew Bird
23. Half Way Home by Angel Olsen
24. Time’s All Gone by Nick Waterhouse
25. Red Taylor by Swift
26. III by Crystal Castles
27. The Lumineers by The Lumineers
28. Attack On Memory by Cloud Nothings
29. Tramp by Sharon Van Etten
30. Blunderbuss by Jack White
31. Blue Chips by Action Bronson
32. Confess by Twin Shadow
33. Valtari by Sigur Rós
34. Kaleidoscope Dream by Miguel
35. Sun by Cat Power
36. Mature Themes by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
37. Coexist by The xx
38. Young And Old by Tennis
39. Based On A T.R.U. Story by 2 Chainz
40. The Lion’s Roar by First Aid Kit
41. Django Django by Django Django
42. Put Your Back N 2 It by Perfume Genius
43. Total Loss by How To Dress Well
44. I Thought I Was An Alien by SoKo
45. II by Nude Beach
46. All Hell by Daughn Gibson
47. 1999 by Joey Bada$$
48. Until The Quiet Comes by Flying Lotus
49. Cruel Summer by GOOD music
50. Born To Die by Lana Del Rey

1. Oblivion by Grimes
2. Pyramids by Frank Ocean
3. I Love It by Icona Pop
4. Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen
5. Ho Hey by The Lumineers
6. Adorn by Miguel
7. Only Son of the Ladiesman by Father John Misty
8. The House That Heaven Built by Japandroids
9. Bad Girls by M.I.A.
10. Kill for Love by Chromatics
11. Yet Again by Grizzly Bear
12. I Belong In Your Arms by Chairlift
13. Something Good by  alt-J
14. Laura by Bat For Lashes
15. Wildest Moments by Jessie Ware
16. Grown Up by Danny Brown
17. DJ, Ease My Mind by Niki & The Dove
18. Emmylou by First Aid Kit
19. Hang Loose by Alabama Shakes
20. Bitch, Dant Kill My Vibe by Kendrick Lamar
21. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards by Tame Impala
22. Five Seconds by Twin Shadow
23. Turn On The Lights by Future
24. Werewolf by Fiona Apple
25. Comeback Kid by Sleigh Bells
26. Heartbreaker by The Walkmen
27. Fuckin’ Problem by A$AP Rocky
28. All of Me by Tanlines
29. Some Nights by fun.
30. Lights by Ellie Goulding
31. Fineshrine by Purity Ring
32. Hands On The Wheel by Schoolboy Q
33. Hood by Perfume Genius
34. Myth by Beach House
35. I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift
36. 9-24-11 by Action Bronson
37. Manhattan by Cat Power
38. New God Flow by GOOD music
39. Leonard by Sharon Van Etten
40. Higher Ground by TNGHT
41. Birthday Song by 2 Chainz
42. Acrobat by Angel Olsen
43. Die Young by Ke$ha
44. I’ll Be Alright by Passion Pit
45. Affection by Crystal Castles
46. Default by Django Django
47. Amen by Meek Mill
48. Hey Jane by Spiritualized
49. Gun Has No Trigger by Dirty Projectors
50. Celeste by Fight Bite
51. Simple As by Jake Bugg
52. Pioneers by The Lighthouse and the Whaler
53. Reunion by The xx
54. Simple Song by The Shins
55. They Say I’m Doing Just Fine by Michael Kiwanuka
56. Paddling Out by Miike Snow
57. Today’s Supernatural by Animal Collective
58. Boy In The Moon by Julia Holter
59. Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now by Justin Townes Earle
60. Miracle by Ghost Beach
61. Take the Kids Off Broadway by Foxygen
62. Palace Garden, 4 Am by Beat Connection
63. 29-24-11 by Action Bronson
64. 1904 by The Tallest Man On Earth
65. Wasted Days by Cloud Nothings
66. Don’t Deny Your Heart by Hot Chip
67. The Future by Teen Daze
68. Origins by Tennis
69. Only in My Dreams by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
70. Hollywood by RAC
71. Say I Wanna Know by Nick Waterhouse
72. Womyn by Heems
73. Strangers by Lotus Plaza
74. Primadonna by Marina and the Diamonds
75. Gone Tomorrow by Lambchop
76. Sixteen Saltines by Jack White
77. Loner by Burial
78. Brains by Lower Dens
79. Time to Run by Lord Huron
80. Disparate Youth by Santigold
81. Slow Down by Poolside
82. Henrietta by Yeasayer
83. N.E.W. by Actress
84. Get Free (by Major Lazer
85. Danse Carribe by Andrew Bird
86. R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike
87. All Day Today by Hospitality
88. Bright Lights by Gary Clark Jr.
89. Who by David Byrne & St. Vincent
90. The Only Place by Best Coast
91. Lonesome by Dr. Dog
92. Good As by Vacationer
93. Egyptian Wrinkle by Boy Friend
94. Tiffany Lou by Daughn Gibson
95. Jasmine by Jai Paul
96. Man On Fire by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Ze…
97. Sweet Moment by Bowerbirds
98. Cold Nites by How To Dress Well
99. Shiny Things by Fanfarlo
100. The World Moves On by Jens Lekman

“Old Long Since” is the literal English translation of the late 18^th century Scottish poem “Auld Lang Syne”. Like most of the season’s traditions, singing this music-set-poem at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve is a multi-generational old ritual. Just think about all the people, all over the world, for centuries who have marked the end of the year with the same old song. That tradition and others like it is what makes holiday music so special. The music becomes soaked in the memories of the songs sung. It’s exciting every year to hear an artist’s new interpretation of an old tune or what new song they have to offer to the already overflowing holiday music cannon. Year after year, by continually covering these traditional Christmas songs and also writing new ones, artists are keeping alive the traditions of the holiday season through the universal langue of music. So next time you roll your eyes over the millionth “Jingle Bells” rendition, keep in mind that it’s not just someone’s cover of an overly covered song, it’s someone’s memory of a personal holiday moment. More loosely, “Old Long Since” can be read as “For sake of old times”. I hope this collection of songs soaks up some of the happy moments of this Christmas and brings you back to the happy ones of the past. For auld lang syne.

Tracks:

1. Auld Lang Syne / Andrew Bird 4:28 

2. We Need A Little Christmas / Sufjan Stevens 1:56 

3. Truckin’ Trees / The Lone Bellow 2:11 

4. Christmas Time (Is Here Again) / The Blank Tapes 2:08 

5. Go Tell It On The Mountain / Cerys Matthews 2:17 

6. Blue Christmas / Heartless Bastards 2:00 

7. Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights) / JD McPherson 2:00 

8. When It’s Cold / The Rosebuds 2:58 

9. Wonderful Christmastime / The Shins 2:23 

10. Christmas Don’t Be Late (The Chimunk Song) / Catwalk 3:00 

11. Christmas In California / Ash Reiter 1:23 

12. It’s Christmas In San Francisco / Tin Cup Serenade 3:41 

13. Baby, It’s Cold Outside / Rufus Wainright & Sharon Van Etten 4:06 

14. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? / The Head and the Heart 4:14 

15. Christmas In Prison / Cave Sounds 2:58 

16. Carry Me Home / Hey Rosetta 3:48 

17. Xmas In Bed  / Eliza Doolittle 3:30 

18. By The Firedside / Ellen and the Escapades 2:50 

19. Snow / Joshua Smith 3:15 

20. A Chorus (Coming to Grips With Christmas) / Mondo Davis 3:45 

21. Christmas Eve Can Kill You / Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince”  Billy 3:37 

22. Christmas Day / Justin Cross 4:20 

23. Tower Breakers / Port Isla 3:33 

24. January Jones / David Story

25. Jingle Boogie / Howard Carter 

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Also, check out my video playlists from last year: Youtube