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Title: You Know What, Let's Do an End-of-Year Mix Blowout Thing
Post by: KvP on 07 Nov 2010, 20:51: Yeah, that's right. Not just any old mix, either, but a themed mix. I want to know... What were the songs that got you through 2010? Make a mix and post it here. Cover art optional but encouraged!

General tips:
- One thing that might make mixifying easier is procuring a copy of "Tag & Rename" (Google should have some). You create a folder on your desktop, throw all the songs from your mix into it with a picture for cover art, and start up the program, and it makes tracklisting / renaming / art adding pretty easy. You can also do it by hand (through the properties of each .mp3, not through your music program) but it takes a bit longer.

- Make sure each of the songs in your mix has "Various Artists" or your forum handle or something as "Album Artist", something to unify all the tracks. There is perhaps nothing sadder than a mix that breaks apart and hides in your music library when you load it into your player.
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Post by: JD on 08 Nov 2010, 00:47: And we're off to a great start.
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Post by: JD on 08 Nov 2010, 01:15: aw shit the bot got deleted

Anywho I am totally up for making one of these. Expect it sometime in the next week.
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Post by: De_El on 08 Nov 2010, 08:27: I'll do one. I'd love an excuse to make a mix, or encourage myself to do so.
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Post by: valley_parade on 08 Nov 2010, 10:12: Count me in.
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Post by: JimmyJazz on 08 Nov 2010, 10:14: Busy at work right now but I'll have one up within the next few days.
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Post by: KharBevNor on 08 Nov 2010, 10:23: Yeah fuck it why not
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Post by: valley_parade on 08 Nov 2010, 10:52: Actually..that. Mine was going to have songs that meant something to me this year, but didn't neccessarily come out this year.
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Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 08 Nov 2010, 11:09: Quote from: Jeans on 08 Nov 2010, 10:51
Sure! Do the songs have to have been released in 2010 though because that makes things diff(icult)(erent)

This is a good question.
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Post by: JD on 08 Nov 2010, 11:29: You get more nerd points if you manage to do only 2010 releases.
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Post by: KvP on 08 Nov 2010, 11:42: I don't think it really matters. Has more to do with how the songs affected you in 2010, more than anything else having to do with 2010.
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Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 08 Nov 2010, 12:11: I'll do this eventually. I made a couple "good stuff of 2010" mixes for my girlfriend recently but those won't fit the theme so I'll come up with something new.
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Post by: kwami42 on 08 Nov 2010, 14:40: Does it matter how long the mix is? Or just whatever
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Post by: JD on 08 Nov 2010, 14:41: whatever
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Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 08 Nov 2010, 15:16: damnit, I went through and found all the songs that were important to me this year (leaving out alot of stuff, obviously) and came up with almost fifty songs.

now I need to figure out how prune out the ones that are somehow less necessary or important. bah this is gonna be hard
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Post by: JimmyJazz on 08 Nov 2010, 15:25: Yea I have the same problem. Probably gonna shorten it down to songs that all share a certain mood or similar subject matter.
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Post by: scarred on 08 Nov 2010, 16:10: Definitely doing this. It's a fantastic idea.
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Post by: squawk on 08 Nov 2010, 18:10: i do this every year get with the program
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Post by: KvP on 08 Nov 2010, 18:42: Oh yeah?

BANNED FROM THE BLOWOUT
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Post by: scarred on 08 Nov 2010, 18:53: (http://trainzforums.com/Smileys/default/banhammer.gif)
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Post by: KvP on 08 Nov 2010, 20:41: (nah Anna you are my super bro I would never shun you)
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Post by: squawk on 08 Nov 2010, 21:14: I would rather be shunned than be a "super" "bro"
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Post by: KvP on 08 Nov 2010, 22:02: (http://www.monicamckayhan.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Deal_With_It_Cover_2_op_640x1001.53131502_std.jpg)
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Post by: KvP on 09 Nov 2010, 22:35: Quote from: kwami42 on 08 Nov 2010, 14:40
Does it matter how long the mix is? Or just whatever
Considering listeners will probably be putting whatever you make on ipods and the like, there's no size limit, but I myself will always set an arbitrary limit of 80 minutes, both in case of weirdos who still use physical CDs, and because it makes me think a little more carefully about how my mix flows and what songs I ultimately want on it. If I go over that I tend to divide my mixes into "Parts".

I have added some general tips to the OP!
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Post by: KvP on 09 Nov 2010, 22:46: (http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4962/songsthatsaw.jpg)

Songs That Saw Me Through 2010

Tracklisting:
01. The Internal Tulips - 1/2 Retarded Tuner of Hurricanes
02. Decal - Moylough (u-Ziq Remix)
03. Subeena - Picture
04. Ramadanman - Glut
05. Girl Unit - Temple Keys
06. Jam City - Ecstacy (Refix)
07. Machinedrum - Carry The Weight
08. Solar Bears - Twin Stars
09. Serafina Steer - Half Robot
10. Gil Scott-Heron - Jazz (Interlude)
11. Capitol K - Capital Beat Sticky (Posh Mix)
12. Loops Haunt - Dusk Mechanics (Samoyed Remix)
13. Cosey Fanni Tutti - Invisible Whispers
14. Addison Groove - Footcrab
15. dBridge - ZX81
16. Deerhunter - Coronado
17. Swans - You Fucking People Make Me Sick
18. Nest - Far From Land

All of these tracks have been heavy hitters this year.

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Post by: KurtMcAllister on 10 Nov 2010, 10:40: There's No End: Kurt's 2010 Survival Mix

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01: The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer
02: Japandroids - Younger Us
03: Monument - Busy Being Bees
04: Titus Andronicus - No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future
05: The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2
06: Modest Mouse - Night On The Sun
07: Menomena - Tithe
08: Low - Breaker
09: Faux Hoax - Your Friends Will Carry You Home
10: Liars - The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack
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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?ry21qe8slen5jenThis represents my year, from the beginning of May to the end of October. I tried my best to make it follow a semi-understandable narrative structure.
I think I did a pretty good job, but feel free to prove me wrong.
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Post by: KvP on 10 Nov 2010, 12:52: Where the code at?
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Post by: KurtMcAllister on 10 Nov 2010, 13:43: Oh shiiiit. Sorry about that, it should be edited into the post now. Of all the things to forget...
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Post by: the_pied_piper on 10 Nov 2010, 17:51: So this mix turned out to be a lot longer than I intended because I just didn't feel like cutting any tracks.

It's all 1 part but MF limits forced me to chop it into two.

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Part 1:
1. Shit Robot - Take Em Up
2. Bonobo - We Could Forever
3. The Artificial Arm - You've Been Messing With My Mind
4. Peverelist & Hyetal - rrrr
5. Azari & III - Reckless With Your Love (Tensnake Remix)
6. Christoph Andersson - Tuxedo
7. Matt Whitehead - Tuff City
8. El Guincho - FM Tan Sexy
9. Girl Unit - Wut
10. Anodyne - Alchemy

Part 2
11. Midland - Play The Game (Original Mix)
12. Databoy78 - Thursday (Lexx Remix)
13. Dexter - Junofest
14. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Track 5
15. Jamie Woon - Night Air
16. Holy Ghost! - I Will Come Back
17. HANNULELAURI - Space Monkey
18. Space Dimension Controller - Transatlantic Landing Bay
19. Röyksopp - The Drug
20. LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted A Hit

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Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 10 Nov 2010, 17:58: Alright, I think I've got it reduced down to the essential tracks finally.

All 36 of them. :|

I just can't bear to remove any more! It's already taken all my willpower to not include Joanna Newsom's entire discography, let alone all the other great bands and songs I had to leave out!
ugh Why do I love so much music?! WHY GOD WHY
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Post by: scarred on 10 Nov 2010, 18:27: Yeah, I'm at 33 right now and it's getting tough.
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Post by: look out! Ninjas! on 10 Nov 2010, 19:44: Well, it was tough, but I think I narrowed it down to the ten songs that meant most to me this year.

Mixtape 2000 and 10
1. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles
2. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles
3. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles
4. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles
5. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles
6. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles
7. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles
8. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles
9. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles
10. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles

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Post by: KvP on 10 Nov 2010, 19:46: Somebody did that with a legit mix exchange on another forum of mine a few years back. Dude didn't like the guy he was assigned to send a mix to, so he sent a two-disc mix of "Rape Me" repeated over and over. Dude was a massive douche.
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Post by: look out! Ninjas! on 10 Nov 2010, 20:10: Cobain would probably be proud though.
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Post by: KvP on 10 Nov 2010, 20:59: I think he'd probably be irritated.

Anyway, I don't really care in this instance since it's not assigned to any one person (though maybe that would have been a good idea).
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Post by: JD on 10 Nov 2010, 22:42: Some Random Bullshit 2010
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1 Hustle - Tunng
2 Good Things - Aloe Blacc
3 Old Haunts - The Gaslight Anthem
4 I Met Up With A King - First Aid Kit
5 Oh Maker - Janelle Monáe
6 Being Haved - Homeboy Sandman
7 Animal Arithmetic - Jónsi
8 He's Not A Boy - The Like
9 Criminal Intent - Robyn
10 Infinity Guitars - Sleigh Bells
11 Worm Tamer - Grinderman
12 Up In The Dark - The New Pornographers
13 Telephone - Shad
14 All Hail Dracula! - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
15 You Put A Smell On Me - Matthew Dear

I had a lot of fun making this.

(also yeah every song was released in 2010)
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Post by: look out! Ninjas! on 10 Nov 2010, 23:01: Nice art. Yours, or what is it?
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Post by: Inlander on 10 Nov 2010, 23:57: I feel like if I did a mix it would be not so much songs that got me through 2010 but particular moments in songs that never ceased to delight and thrill me this year, like when Fionn Regan belts out "Proteeeeeection racket!" or when Hamilton Leithauser from the Walkmen wails "You're ooooone of us, or you're oooone oooof them".
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Post by: JD on 11 Nov 2010, 00:20: Quote from: look out! Ninjas! on 10 Nov 2010, 23:01
Nice art. Yours, or what is it?

Nah it's the work of an italian cartoonist named Gipi.
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Post by: KharBevNor on 11 Nov 2010, 05:14: I have just about got mine together. None of the songs are from 2010.
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Post by: kwami42 on 11 Nov 2010, 08:25: This ended up being a mix of both songs I just listened to a lot in 2010 and songs I could relate 2010 experiences to.

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A 2010 Mix

1. This Year - The Mountain Goats
2. No One Said It Would Be Easy - Cloud Cult
3. One More Time/Aerodynamic - Daft Punk
4. Prevailing Wind - What Made Milwaukee Famous
5. I Want The World To Stop - Belle & Sebastian
6. Far Away - Cut Copy
7. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
8. Kids - Sleigh Bells
9. Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse - of Montreal
10. War on War - Wilco
11. The Captain - Guster
12. Longview - Green Day
13. Schizophrenia - Jukebox the Ghost
14. Who Knows Who Cares - Local Natives
15. All I Need - Radiohead
16. Retreat! Retreat! - 65daysofstatic
17. Bluish - Animal Collective
18. Mr. November - The National

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Also wtf, this already has one download before I even posted it here
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Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 11 Nov 2010, 15:12: 2010 mix I made for my blog

Quote from: hollowpress.blogspot.com
Over the next few weeks I'll be posting mixes of songs from 2010. This has been such a fantastic year musically so consider these mixes samplers of a sort if you haven't been keeping up. This first one is a pretty diverse set on songs that I tried to stitch together with some semblance of cohesion. Either way, there should be something for everyone here. Asfandyar Khan, Eluvium, and Grasslung offer up slow, shimmering drones, the kind of music for drifting off to sleep during a rainstorm. The tracks by Danny Paul Grody and Black Eagle Child are plaintive, plucked guitar, beautifully simple. Daniel Bjarnason's piece is a monstrous, heart racing bit of modern classical with off kilter pizzicato and jarring swarms of strings both bowed at ever increasing speed and battered with the bows themselves. Rene Hell and Emeralds take exuberant synth journeys. Meanwhile Barn Owl and Ajilvsa delve deep into the America west with their dark guitar dronescapes and growling oscillator murk respectively. And there's plenty more as well. Later mixes might be a bit more focused but I thought this scattershot look at some of the best this year had to offer was a good place to start.

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Hollow Press 2010 Mix #1
1. Asfandyar Khan - Hello, Morocco
2. En - Pratyay
3. The Alps - Telepath
4. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Where You End and I Begin
5. The Books - A Wonderful Phrase by Gandhi
6. Rene Hell - C.G. Mask
7. Emeralds - Candy Shoppe
8. Jasper TX - Our Way Through the Field (Remix by Aaron Martin)
9. Daniel Bjarnason - Bow to String 1
10. Danny Paul Grody - Fountain
11. Eluvium - Nightmare 5
12. Barn Owl - Awakening
13. Ajilvsga - The Animal's War Party
14. Common Eider, King Eider - They Want to Dig for Gold but all They Will Find is Blood (Cell
Phone mix)
15. Grasslung - When We Were Young
16. Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Telepathy
17. Black Eagle Child - Iron Mountain

Total time: 1:32:48

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Post by: theoryC on 11 Nov 2010, 16:07: I'm up for it. I've pretty much heard everything I expect to make any impact from this year anyways. Gonna take some careful planning though since I've mostly been listening to rap and ambient.
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Post by: alli on 11 Nov 2010, 16:20: Some of these are 2010 songs, some are older songs i discovered this year others are older songs i re-discovered this year

1. Brainiac - Go Freaks Go
2. Hjálmar - Leiðin Okkar Allra (icelandic)
3. Mugison - Mugiboogie (icelandic)
4. Cat Stevens - Sitting
5. Iron & Wine - Love Vigilantes
6. Cliff Clavin - As it Seems (icelandic)
7. Interpol - Memory Serves
8. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
9. Killing Joke - Asteroid
10. The Smitsh - Please, Please, Please Let me Get What i Want
11. Kasabian - Lost Souls Forever
12. Oasis - Little By Little
13. Mínus - Liquid Courage (Icelandic)
14. Morrissy - Seasic, Yet Still Docked
15. Blackbreath - Unholy Virgin
16. The Antlers - Epilouge
17. Soulsavers - No Expectations
18. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II
19. Yelle - A Cauce de Garcons (tepr remix)
20. Agent Fresco - Eyes of a Cloud Catcher (acoustic, icelandic)
21. Lights on the Highway - Leiðin Heim (icelandic)

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Post by: David_Dovey on 11 Nov 2010, 16:24: Huge, massive post about my mix and my year coming up as soon as I get them uploaded
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Post by: David_Dovey on 11 Nov 2010, 20:56: So, as anybody who reads my posts on this forum or talks to me at all in any capacity knows that my 2010 has been defined by the fact that I am travelling around North America with my lady, Sam. And a big part of that has been defined by all of the driving we have done, about 14,000 kms or nearly 9,000 miles. That means we listened to a lot of music on the way. This mix is a collection of some of the most vivid memories I have of listening to music, while driving, while sitting in a hostel room, on a bus, in a Tim Horton's bathroom, on the very couch I'm sitting on right now in Canmore, Alberta. In the early afternoon in upstate NY with cornfields and wind generators stretching out in front of us, in the wee hours of the night on endless, poorly lit highways somewhere in South Carolina (or Georgia, or Alabama, or Kansas), or on winding backroads, watching for deer and the soft shoulder. In the twilight, catching our first glimpse of the Rocky Mountains, and in the morning, watching the sun rise over Manhattan and across the Hudson River.

It was compiled as one mix, but had to be uploaded in two parts. Each part shakes out at roughly fifty minutes. Take it as you will.

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Part 1: New York-New Orleans
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01- Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes: The Edward Sharpe record Up From Below was the first album we listened to as we drove in our Jeep Cherokee from New York to St. Catharines, Ontario, as we got out into upstate NY and lost reception on the local radio stations. It's also broadly indicative of what I want and what I'm getting out of this trip. Home Is Wherever I'm With You. I think at least part of this whole thing is me "auditioning" new places to live, whenever it is I decide I want to settle down.
02- Toorali by Eleventh He Reaches London: A selection from a local Perth band, we listened to their 2009 album Hollow Be My Name while we waited for two and a half hours to cross the US/Canada border at Niagara Falls, finally making it across at 3am. We never did get to see the falls in daylight.
03- I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts by Merv Griffin: The incredibly silly third choice comes from Toronto. I couldn't think of anything to listen to, and Sam suggested I listen to this. For some reason, I actually did have it on my iPod, and I danced down the Toronto sidewalks and subway stations singing this song, much to Sam's chagrin. I still do it on occasion. HARMONYYYY!
04- Ready to Start by Arcade Fire: The new Arcade Fire album came out while we were staying in Toronto, so every radio was playing something from it the entire time we were there. We listened to this record as we were leaving Toronto on the way to Timmins, Ontario, and as cliché as it seems, The Suburbs really does feel right while driving through a bucolic, leafy suburb in a big family car in the sunshine.
05- Up On Cripple Creek by The Band: Driving back down from Timmins to Barrie, Ontario, minus our Jeep Cherokee, salvaged, illegal to register or drive in Ontario, sold for scrap at a $7000 loss (taking into account money spent getting the car inspected etc.), catching a ride with some of Sam's friends so we can then get on a Greyhound to Ottawa and start all over again. Tim Horton's bathroom, middle of nowhere, this song playing. Feeling better. I love The Band.
06- Solitude by Black Sabbath: On that Greyhound to Ottawa, Master of Reality as the sun went down with my face pressed against the window and uncertainty in my heart.
07- Goliath by Karnivool: Another Perth act, the first thing we listened to in Hugo, our Subaru Liberty, who has been with us ever since. Making some strange sounds, smoking profusely, but never once stopping.
08- Revolve by Melvins: Driving into the grounds of Kutsher's Country Club, Monticello, NY for the All Tomorrow's Party Festival.
09- Raw Power by Iggy and the Stooges: Seeing The Stooges at ATP, pogoing and spazzing out beneath the orange light. Iggy's got me in the palm of his hand.
10- The Kill by Fugazi: Driving home from that first night of ATP, back to our campground, up the backstreets with no lights, just waiting to roll or hit some large mammal or just plain miss a turn. Dehydrated and sore and running on pure adrenaline.
11- Go Tell the Women by Grinderman: 2am on a highway with no street lights somewhere in South Carolina. Why the hell don't those things even have reflectors or something? Jesus.

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12- How a Resurrection Really Feels by The Hold Steady: Saw The Hold Steady live at The Republic in New Orleans, blitzed on daiquiris and beer and tequila and stinking of cigars, they played this one last or second last or something. One of the many points in the night when they reached that pseudo-spiritual level that they're consciously attempting to evoke most of the time.
13- Tightrope by Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi: Sam's probably listened to this album more times in the past 4 months than I've listened to any album, ever. It's lucky that it's pretty spectacular then. In particular I remember listening to this on another late night drive, this time from NOLA through Alabama and Arkansas to Memphis, searching for somewhere to eat and settling (sadly) on KFC.
14- Graceland by Paul Simon: I didn't do many hamfisted music/activity connections in this trip (certainly less than I planned on), but as we set off to see Graceland the place one hot Memphis morning, putting this on just seemed right.
15- (What a) Wonderful World by Sam Cooke: from Memphis through Oklahoma, heading towards an overnight stay in a Wal-Mart car park somewhere in Kansas, watching the sun set over seemingly endless fields of corn and wheat. I put Cooke's greatest hits on whenever I'm feeling especially sentimental.
16- Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen: Springsteen's 1975 album is something I can listen to no matter what mood I'm in, and it's another one of those songs/albums that feels broadly indicative of a lot of what this time in my life is about. Another song for long drives across flat, straight roads in the middle of a continent.
17- Carbon Monoxide by Regina Spektor: Driving down the side of a mountain in Yellowstone, losing my mind over the most beautiful place on the planet.
18- I Need A Dollar by Aloe Blacc: Swerving down mountain roads in Banff National Park, across to British Columbia. Stopping the car to touch the ice on top of mirror-top lakes, frozen over for the first time the previous night.
19- Double Order by The Ex: Obsesses with this song in Vancouver, playing it over and over in our hostel room, looking out the window and watching everybody down on Granville St. A mechanically precise tune for a clockwork city.
20- Escape From Death by Black Breath: Driving back from Vancouver, pitch black (blacker than the blackest black), pissing down with rain, on unlit mountain roads, surrounded on all sides by semi-trailers driven by suicidal psychopaths. Struggling to stay awake, Black Breath are lifesavers.
21- Romans 10:9 by The Mountain Goats: Second day of snow all season. Walking up and down the streets of Canmore, dropping resumes off to anyone and everyone who'll accept it, small strip of eyes + cheeks peeking out from beneath hat and above jacket.
22- Roots by Silkworm: Last weekend, Sam took a Greyhound out to Kamloops to see friends. I sat on the couch in our basement room in Canmore and listened to the entire Silkworm/Bottomless Pit discography. Just like I did on the plane to New York.
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Post by: valley_parade on 12 Nov 2010, 09:14: Goddamn, Dovey. That Aloe Blacc song is ridiculously good.

Good choice.

(Psst, my mix will be here tomorrow at some point!)
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Post by: scarred on 12 Nov 2010, 12:28: Yeah, Dovey, your mix is awesome.

Mine will be going up at some point... still polishing.
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Post by: KharBevNor on 12 Nov 2010, 13:33: (http://image.bayimg.com/aaaeeaadi.jpg)

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1. Andrew King - The Wild Wild Berry (5:10)
2. In Gowan Ring - Bedlam Boys (8:18)
3. Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal (4:58)
4. Lowlife - Sometime Something (4:05)
5. Naevus - Spring Summer Railway (6:09)
6. Primordial - Empire Falls (8:03)
7. Diabolical Masquerade - Rider On The Bonez (5:54)
8. Sculptured - Almond Beauty (5:51)
9. Spell - Seasons In The Sun (3:31)
10. Rome - Querkraft (4:56)
11. Rudimentary Peni - Beyond the Tanarian Hills (1:06)
12. Panopticon - Aptgangr (15:19)
13. Current 93 - Hourglass For Diana (6:38)
Title: Re: You Know What, Let's Do an End-of-Year Mix Blowout Thing
Post by: KvP on 13 Nov 2010, 23:55: Is good

keep 'tup

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Title: Re: You Know What, Let's Do an End-of-Year Mix Blowout Thing
Post by: KharBevNor on 14 Nov 2010, 07:29: NSFWWWWWWWWWWW
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Post by: De_El on 20 Nov 2010, 13:43: Hey I'm kinda late on this but I doubt anyone really minds. I thought about trying to make a mix of the "best" music I'd heard this year or something, but ultimately decided in favor of just putting together a bunch of tracks I've listened to over and over again this year and had lots of good times while hearing.

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2010 LOVEzEND

01 Let's Practice - Lindstøm and Christabelle
02 Ambling Alp - Yeasayer
03 Massive Attack - Nicki Minaj
04 FUSE - Hudson Mohawke
05 Picture - Subeena
06 Norway - Beach House
07 hearts - oOoOO
08 Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells
09 Real Life (Pictureplane's True Reality Re Edit) Lil B
10 Mind Reader - Kingdom feat. Shyvonne
11 I'm Not Your Lemonade (Heroes n Villans Remix) - La Roux and Gucci Mane
12 Still Tippin' (MOON Remix) - MOON
13 USA BOYS - HEALTH
14 Bonkers (Doorly Remix) - Dizzee Rascal and Armin van Buuren
15 Black Leather Gloves - Cosmetics
16 Heavy Living Things - BALAM ACAB
17 Where is the problem - Dunian
18 Marquis de Sade - Wet Look vs Hard Place
19 Redlights - SALEM
20 Wrists - Passions

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Title: Re: You Know What, Let's Do an End-of-Year Mix Blowout Thing
Post by: scarred on 20 Nov 2010, 16:46: now that is a nice-looking playlist
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Hollow Press 2010 Mix #2: The """"Pop"""" Mix
1.The Books - Thirty Incoming
2. Liars - No Barrier Fun
3. Julian Lynch - Just Enough
4. Menomena - Black Queen Acid
5. Foxes in Fiction - 15 Ativan (Song for Erika)
6. Kenseth Thibideau - Black Hole
7. Deerhunter - Helicopter
8. Owen Pallett - Keep the Dog Quiet
9. Marnie Stern - For Ash
10. Nice Face - Beater
11. Big Troubles - Astrology Screen Saver
12. Avey Tare - Cemeteries
13. Eluvium - Making Up Minds
14. ALTAR EAGLE - Pour Your Dark Heart Out
15. Tobacco - VHS Knife
16. Mountain Man - Buffalo

Total time: 1:02:08

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