In payment for being lame and not posting often enough this month

December 31, 2009

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-16th 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 1st-Neutral Milk Hotel
  5. Holland, 1945-Neutral Milk Hotel
  6. Thursday-Morphine
  7. February 14th-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 24th-Clem Snide
  13. Pale September-Fiona Apple
  14. Gloomy Sunday-Billie Holiday
  15. A Sunday Smile-Beirut

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