What I listened to in January

“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” – a recent fortune cookie*

Every month, I cobble together a mix of the songs I’ve discovered or rediscovered during that month. This is what January 2010 sounded like:

  1. “Baby, Put Down the Hammer” by Lost Boy Scout
  2. “Days” by Sambassadeur
  3. “Islands in the Stream” by Constantines & Feist
  4. “World News” by Local Natives
  5. “Alligator in the House” by SJ Tucker
  6. “Crazy in Love” by Snow Patrol
  7. “The Weary King” by Ryan Bingham
  8. “My Skies” by Flamboyant Bella
  9. “Hey Sailor” by the Detroit Cobras
  10. “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag” by Minnutes
  11. “Generator (Second Floor)” by Freelance Whales
  12. “Sukie in the Graveyard” by Belle and Sebastian
  13. “O Mary Don’t You Weep” by Bruce Springsteen
  14. “Brand New Key” by the Dollyrots
  15. “The Polaroid Song” by Allo, Darlin’
  16. “Be Yourself” by Graham Nash
  17. “Help Yourself” by Sad Brad Smith
  18. “You’re So Static” by Elton John
  19. “Southland in the Springtime” by Indigo Girls
  20. “On the Wings of Horses” by Emmylou Harris
  21. “The Ghosts that Haunt Me” by Crash Test Dummies
  22. “Exterminate, Regenerate” by Chameleon Circuit
  23. “Send in the Clowns” from A Little Night Music

* Also, apparently, Pablo Casals. If you’re going to steal quotes, fortune-cookie writer, at least do a little attribution.

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