monthly mix

June mix

A surprisingly short mix this month:

  1. “Papa Was a Rodeo” by Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts
  2. “Listzonmania” by Phoenix
  3. “Laughing With” by Regina Spektor
  4. “If the Tide Swings” by Reed KD
  5. “The Transformers Theme” by John Anealio
  6. “Are You Gonna Move it for Me?” by the Donnas
  7. “Summerland” by the Woodlands
  8. “I Wanna Go Home” by Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan, and Chris Barber
  9. Can We Stay” by the Woodlands

And maybe a bit of a cheat, including two songs by the Woodlands at the end there. Still, some good tunes. I could listen to that Kelly Hogan track again and again.

May’s music

So if you were at all curious what music I’ve been listening to this month…

  1. “Glad Girls” by Guided by Voices
  2. “Book of Love” by Peter Gabriel
  3. “Jesus Was a Crossmaker” by Rachael Yamagata
  4. “A Talk with George” by Jonathan Coulton
  5. “Luisa’s Bones” by Crooked Fingers
  6. “Alice” by Pogo
  7. “You” by Essie Jain
  8. “Come on Petunia” by the Blow
  9. “One Crowded Hour” by Augie March
  10. “Creature Fear”/”Team” by Bon Iver
  11. “Falling Stars” by Sarah Siskind

It’s a few less than last month, but almost by necessity. There was a lot of great music last month, but I actually prefer these shorter and sweeter mixes.

April in song

I swear, I never expected it to get so out of hand. But this ungainly thing is my mix for April 2009:

  1. “Water Here” by Bodies of Water
  2. “Ghosts” by Laura Marling
  3. “Lonely Ghosts” by O+S
  4. “Ghosts Under Rocks” by Ra Ra Riot
  5. “Crown of Love” by Arcade Fire
  6. “Dread Natty Congo” by Sister Carol East
  7. “America” by Robyn Hitchcock
  8. “If Jeff Buckley Had Lived” by the Indelicates
  9. “Ramshackle Day Parade” by Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
  10. “Your Big Hands” by Jolie Holland
  11. “Hey World (Don’t Give Up Version)” by Michael Franti
  12. “Cat’s Game” by Greg Camp
  13. “Nowheres Nigh” by Parts and Labor
  14. “Come Monday Night” by God Help the Girl
  15. “Days Gone By” by Jon Boden
  16. “Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh” by Say Hi to Your Mom
  17. “Sick Muse” by Metric
  18. “Get on My Pony” by A-Trak
  19. “Pony” by Sara Watkins
  20. “Beggar’s Prayer” by Emiliana Torrini
  21. “Long as I Can See the Light” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
  22. “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town” by the Killers
  23. “Cartoons and Forever Plans” by Maria Taylor
  24. “French Navy” by Camera Obscura
  25. “Soleil” by Francoise Hardy
  26. “Where Were You Last Night” by Photons
  27. “Airport Surroundings” by Loney Dear
  28. “Seven” by Fever Ray
  29. “Sweet Sweet Heartkiller” by Say Hi to Your Mom
  30. “Jake Summers” by Fight Like Apes
  31. “My Delirium” by Malcolm Middleton
  32. “Palm Springs” by Jill Sobule
  33. “Time Lapse Lifeline” by Maria Taylor

That’s 33 songs. And it could have easily been a couple of tracks longer. I blame a couple of things: all the South by Southwest retrospectives I listened to last month, and way too many free sampler albums downloaded at Amazon.com. And then, of course, Heather sent me a mix CD, and there was lots of really good music on that.Trust me: this is ridiculously long, over two hours of music, but this is after did some pruning and cut some tracks. (There are a couple of repeat bands, but there could have been more.)

Anyway, this is what I was listening to last month, if you were curious. I’m starting to remember why I limited myself to just 12 songs a month last year.

My March mix

Only about half as many as last month, but here’s what March sounded like for me, more or less:

  1. “Middle Cyclone” by Neko Case
  2. “I’m Goin’ Down” by Florence and the Machine (feat. Kid Harpoon)
  3. “Ballad for Old Decorations” by Claire Cronin
  4. “Walk Like and Egyptian” by the Puppini Sisters
  5. “Elephant Gun” by Beirut
  6. “Art Isn’t Real (City of Sin” by Deer Tick
  7. “You’ll Disappear” by the Phenomenal Handclap Band
  8. “Bag of Hammers” by Thao
  9. “Dreamer” by K’naan
  10. “I’d Rather Go Blind” by Etta James
  11. “Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel” by Townes Van Zandt
  12. “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)” by Leila Broussard
  13. “Wake Up” by Arcade Fire

As always, I’m open to trades.

February sounded like…

This:

  1. “Let Us Have Done With the Umbrella of Our Contagion” by Christine Fellows
  2. “If We Can Land a Man on the Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart” by Beulah
  3. “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above” by CSS
  4. “The Magic Position” by Patrick Wolf
  5. “Lollipop” by Mika
  6. “Not Fair” by Lily Allen
  7. “Drummer” by Coconut Records
  8. “A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go” by the Ionian Singers
  9. “The Mountain” by Heartless Bastards
  10. “Danny Says” by the Ramones
  11. “As Long as the Grass Shall Grow” by Johnny Cash
  12. “Find Love” by Clem Snide
  13. “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead
  14. “Loch Lomond” by Dane Zanes w/ Natalie Merchant
  15. “Judy and the Dream of Horses” by Belle and Sebastian
  16. “Parentheses” by the Blow
  17. “Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife” by the Drive-By Truckers
  18. “I Don’t Feel Young” by Wye Oak
  19. “St. Petersburg” by Supergrass
  20. “You Could Be Happy” by Snow Patrol
  21. “Black River Killer” by Blitzen Trapper
  22. “Another Country” by Caroline Doctorow
  23. “Desire” by Raina Rose
  24. “Love Is Trippy” by Amy Kuney
  25. “Storms” by Railroad Earth
  26. “Valerie Plame” by the Decemberists

As always, I’m open to one-for-one mix trades. I like hearing new music.