Project 31

These are all mixes that I made this month. If you want one, send me an address and I will mail it to you.

(sorry to steal your idea Jason.)

Ben’s Best of 2009

1. Animal Collective-My Girls
2. Here We Go Magic-Only Pieces
3. The XX-Basic Space
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Dull Life
5. White Rabbits-Percussion Gun
6. Sunset Rubdown-Nightingale/December Song
7. Built To Spill-Oh Yeah
8. Grizzly Bear-Two Weeks
9. St. Vincent-Actor Out of Work
10. Devendra Banhart-16^th and Valencia, Roxy Music
11. Elvis Perkins-Shampoo
12. Bill Callahan-Eid Ma Clack Shaw
13. Beirut-On a Bayonet
14. Jason Lytle-You’re Too Gone
15. Flight of the Conchords-Angels
16. Headless Heroes-True Love Will Find You in the End
17. Emily Jane White-Robotic Arms
18. Alela Diane-Age Old Blue
19. Antony and the Johnsons-Daylight and the Sun
20. Mountain Goats-Ezekial 7 and the Permanent Efficacy

The 2000’s (Two Songs I remember liking each year)

2009

1. The XX-Intro
2. Emily Jane White-Wild Tigers I Have Known

2008

1. The Sentimentals-You
2. Phosphorescent-Joe Tex, These Taming Blues

2007

1. Aimee Mann-Ballantines
2. LCD Soundsystem-Friends

2006

1. Joanna Newsom-Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie
2. Beirut-Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)

2005

1. Papers-Disco Romania
2. Wolf Parade-Shine a Light

2004

1. Arcade Fire-Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
2. Elliot Smith-Twilight

2003

1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Maps
2. Death Cab For Cutie-Tiny Vessels

2002

1. Neko Case-I Wish I Was The Moon
2. Iron And Wine-Weary Memory

2001

1. Nico-These Days
2. Yann Tiersen-Comptine d’une autre ‘ete’…

2000

1. Radiohead-Like Spinning Plates
2. Sigur Ros-(Intro)

To Run or not to Run?

1. Road Runner-Bo Diddley
2. Run Chicken Run-Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
3. Run Me Down-Black Keys
4. You Are A Runner…-Wolf Parade
5. Long May You Run-Neil Young
6. Run Thru-My Morning Jacket
7. Keep The Car Running-The Arcade Fire
8. Middle Distance Runner-Sea Wolf
9. Wipe Those Prints And Run-Beulah
10. Only Someone Running-Bonnie “Prince” Billy
11. Red Light Runnin’ Baby-Peggy Honeywell
12. Runnin’ Out Of Fools-Neko Case
13. Running Scared-Roy Orbison
14. Run For Your Life-The Beatles
15. Hit And Run Holiday-My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult
16. Time Running-Tegan And Sara
17. Run Run Run-The Velvet Underground
18. Run (I’m A Natural Disaster)-Gnarls Barkley
19. Runaway-Yeah Yeah Yeahs
20. Running The Loping-Smog

Girl Power #1—Soft

1. Mazzy Star-Fade Into You
2. Beach House-Heart of Chambers
3. Cat Power-Maybe Not
4. Emily Jane White-Wild Tigers I Have Known
5. Regina Spektor-Lady
6. Essie Jain-Haze
7. Nico-These Days
8. Billie Holiday-Solitude
9. Patsy Cline-Crazy
10. Dar Williams-Iowa (Traveling 3)
11. Dawn Landes-Honey Bee
12. Gillian Welch-Annabelle
13. Hem-When I Was Drinking
14. Alela Diane-White as Diamonds
15. Marissa Nadler-Rosary
16. Laura Veirs-Magnetized
17. PJ Harvey-Desperate Kingdom of Love
18. Joanna Newsom-Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie
19. Sibylle Baier-Tonight
20. The XX-Shelter

Girl Power #2—Loud

1. Nina Simone-I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
2. Feist-Sea Lion Woman
3. Holly Golightly-A Length of Pipe
4. Jennifer O’Connor-Here With Me
5. Detroit Cobra’s-The Real Thing
6. Aimee Mann-Ballantines
7. Fiona Apple-Extraordinary Machine
8. Sam Phillips-Flowers Up
9. Sera Cahoone-Only as the Day is Long
10. Neko Case-Red Tide
11. She and Him-Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
12. Ani Difranco-Little Plastic Castle
13. M.I.A.-Amazon
14. Papers-Disco Romania
15. Ladytron-Ghosts
16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Heads Will Roll
17. Gossip-Standing in the Way of Control
18. The Epoxies-Cross My Heart
19. Portishead-Sour Times
20. Bjork-It’s Oh So Quiet

Place #1

1. Under the Bridge-Ben Charest
2. River-Akron/Family
3. Ashton-Papers
4. Portland Oregon-Loretta Lynn
5. Oceans and Streams-Black Keys
6. Maggie’s Farm-Bob Dylan
7. South (of America)-Phosphorescent
8. Miles Davis’ Funeral-Morphine
9. This Place is a Prison-Postal Service
10. Mexico-Cake
11. Brandenburg-Beirut
12. Aisle 13-Built To Spill
13. California-Low
14. Southwood Plantation Road-The Mountain Goats
15. Rockaway Beach-Ramones
16. Way Over Yonder Carole King
17. Columbus Ave.-Aimee Mann
18. The Cowshed-Fionn Regan
19. Upward Over the Mountain-Iron and Wine
20. Chelsea Hotel No. 2-Leonard Cohen

Place #2

1. Under the Western Freeway-Grandaddy
2. Passenger Seat-Death Cab For Cutie
3. …UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois-Sufjan Stevens
4. Georgia, Georgia-Elliot Smith
5. Blue Ridge Mountains-Fleet Foxes
6. Lima-Gustavo Santaolalla
7. Miles From Nowhere-Cat Stevens
8. Shitty Hotel-Sera Cahoone
9. Tom Skookum Road-Laura Veirs
10. Busted Old Church-O’Death
11. There is a River in Galisteo-A Hawk And A Hacksaw
12. Waterloo-Abba
13. Lost in the Supermarket-Clash
14. Ambulance-TV On The Radio
15. The World at Large-Modest Mouse
16. Denton TX.-Damien Jurado
17. Valley Road 86-Jennifer O’Connor
18. Goodbye California-Jolie Holland
19. Apple Orchard-Beach House
20. Hope Mountain-Antony And The Johnsons

Time

1. Some Things Last A Long Time-Beach House
2. Mighty Time-Baby Teeth
3. Time To Pretend-MGMT
4. Night Time-The XX
5. Big Time Sensuality-Bjork
6. Sour Times-Portishead
7. Armageddon Time-The Clash
8. Hold Time-M. Ward
9. Time Has Told Me-Nick Drake
10. Hard Time Killing Floor Blues-Chris Thomas King
11. Comes A Time-Neil Young
12. The Times They Are A Changin’-Bob Dylan
13. Time Is On My Side-The Rolling Stones
14. Hard Times-Big Mama Thornton
15. The Next Time Around-Little Joy
16. Lounge (Closing Time)-Modest Mouse
17. Mess With Time-Built To Spill
18. High Times-Elliot Smith
19. I Will Bury You In Time-Jeff Mangum
20. Some Things Last A Long Time-Daniel Johnston

Date, Day, Month, And Year

1. Saturday Nite-Blitzen Trapper
2. Another Saturday Night-Cat Stevens
3. 1999-Prince
4. Avery Island/April 1^st-Neutral Milk Hotel
5. Holland, 1945-Neutral Milk Hotel
6. Thursday-Morphine
7. February 14^th-Oh My God
8. Saturday-Built To Spill
9. July-Low
10. Fourth Of July-Galaxie 500
11. Good Friday-Elvis Perkins
12. Tuesday, October 24^th-Clem Snide
13. Pale September-Fiona Apple
14. Gloomy Sunday-Billie Holiday
15. A Sunday Smile-Beirut