Month: August 2008

Here’s what July sounded like

Every month since the start of 2007, I’ve made a mix of the the new songs I’ve discovered (or re-discovered), and every month I post the results here:

  1. “Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own” by U2
  2. “In My Head” by the Ballet
  3. “Animé Eyes” by the Awkward Stage
  4. “FNT” by Semisonic
  5. “At First Sight” by Jay Brannan
  6. “Natural Disasters” by Enon
  7. “Redwood Tree” by Van Morrison
  8. “Time to Pretend” by MGMT
  9. “When the Day Met the Night” by Panic at the Disco
  10. “Your Protector” by Fleet Foxes
  11. “Radio Silence” by Boy Genius
  12. “Play with Fire” by Emily Asen
  13. “White Winter Hymnal” by Fleet Foxes
  14. “Us” by Regina Spektor
  15. “Christmas in Washington” by Steve Earle
  16. “Go on Home Baby” by Van Morrison
  17. “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan
  18. “This Piece of Poetry Is Meant to Do Harm” by the Ark
  19. “Pot Kettle Black” by Tilly and the Wall
  20. “Turning the Gun on Myself” by Teddy Thompson
  21. “Wonder” by Willoughby
  22. “The Old Days” by Dr. Dog

This month, I’m trying something a little different and posting a Muxtape of my mix. I’ll be keeping it up there for one week, if you’d like to take a listen. There’s a 12-song upload limit, so here’s Part 1 and here’s Part 2.

And as always, if you’d like to exchange a mix of your own, for this or any of my earlier mixes, just let me know.

Yet again, the Friday Random 10

Last week. This week:

  1. “The Logical Song” by Supertramp, guessed by Eric B.
    When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
  2. “Put a Lid on it” by Squirrel Nut Zippers, guessed by Chris McLaren
    But if you keep this up you’re gonna blow your top
  3. “Break on Through (to the Other Side)” by the Doors, guessed by Eric B.
    We chased our pleasures here, dug our treasures there
  4. “Take Me, Amy” by Brother Machine
    Give me sweetness and the ease of a steady salary
  5. “Blue Skies” by Tori Amos
    I say let’s go let’s go let’s go to this magic wonder show
  6. “Under the Red Sky” by Bob Dylan, guessed by Eric B.
    There was a little boy and there was a little girl
  7. “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel, guessed by Eric B.
    I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive
  8. “Don’t Forget to Dance” by the Kinks, guessed by Eric B.
    You walk down the street and all the young punks whistle at you
  9. “Fell in Love with a Girl” by the White Stripes, guessed by Eric B.
    My left brain knows that all love is fleeting
  10. “Autoclave” by the Mountain Goats
    I am this great unstable mass of blood and foam

Detecting a pattern here? As always, good luck!