2011 Wrap-Up Mix
A confession: my annual wrap-up mix this year has exploded beyond the length of a CD. When Sam Smith told me about his yearly mixes when we first met in 2004 his rule was that they ought to fit onto a burnable CD. This is the first year I’ve broken the rule. I think the world is ready for it.
These include songs by some friends new and old, bands I’ve always loved and bands I’ve just discovered. Please take the time to look these bands up if you like what you hear, and if you haven’t already, check out my Best Albums of 2011 post from a few days ago.
view the mix on 8tracks.com | View in iTunes
Full tracklist below with links to iTunes.
1 “Eulogy” Frank Turner iTunes
2 “For Better For Worse” Old Man Markley iTunes
3 “Daydreaming” Middle Brother iTunes
4 “Never Felt Young” Mia Dyson iTunes
5 “Matchstick Murder” Tristen iTunes
6 “Under Cover of Darkness” The Strokes iTunes
7 “The Bump” Deer Tick iTunes
8 “Don’t Carry It All” The Decemberists iTunes
9 “Palomino” Mates Of State iTunes
10 “Meant to Be” Hotels & Highways iTunes
11 “Honey” eric-jon tasker iTunes
12 “No Vacation” Tim Blane iTunes
13 “Alms” Katie Barbato iTunes
14 “The Afterlife” Paul Simon iTunes
15 “Daydream” Jamie Drake iTunes
16 “Graveyard” Feist iTunes
17 “I Confess” k.d. lang & The Siss Boom Bang iTunes
18 “Cannons” Youth Lagoon iTunes
19 “How Far We’ve Come” Dawes iTunes
20 “Helplessness Blues” Fleet Foxes iTunes
21 “White Out” Gregory Douglass iTunes
22 “Walking Far From Home” Iron & Wine iTunes
23 “Holocene” Bon Iver iTunes
