Mux059: The Muxtape Reloaded

Boom.

1. The National - Fake Empire
2. Jens Lekman - Black Cab
3. TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
4. Weezer - Tired of Sex
5. Guided By Voices - Tractor Rape Chain
6. Radiohead - Fog
7. Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out To Get Us
8. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
9. Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
10. Destroyer - Rubies

TRT 44:38

JDK's The Best Mix Ever (2009 Edition)

My taste in music is constantly shifting. If nothing else, on any given year I'll listen to thousands of new songs.

So here are my current favorite songs ever. Note the list tends to skew toward current fare - mostly because I didn't start listening to good music until 2004.

Unfortunately, this beast is over 100 MB, so you'll have to brave the dark waters of Megaupload to download it.

JDK's The Best Mix Ever (2009 Edition) by jdkentala

And thus:

1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. The Walkmen - The Rat
3. Guided By Voices - Teenage FBI
4. Why? - Fatalist Palmistry
5. The Thermals - A Pillar of Salt
6. Jay Reatard - Nightmares
7. Broken Social Scene - Cause = Time
8. Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
9. The National - Slow Show
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
11. The Microphones - The Moon
12. Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
13. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - In This Home On Ice
14. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
15. Frightened Rabbit - Head Rolls Off
16. Smog - Teenage Spaceship
17. Rogue Wave - Endless Shovel
18. Radiohead - The Tourist

Saturday: All the albums I listened to plus my eight most favorites. Sunday: Notable albums that didn't make the top-eight cut.

Mux039: November 2009

I'm going out of town from Halloween until the 9th, so consider this the official chunk of the Pitchfork 500 month-starting mux. And yes, I legitimately like a Weezer track off Raditude, which is surprisingly better than The Red Album. But there's nothing nearly as good as "Pork And Beans."

But anyways--

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1. Broken Social Scene - KC Accidental
2. The Exploding Hearts - Modern Kicks
3. Weezer - (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
4. Guided By Voices - Chasing Heather Crazy
5. Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends
6. A Place To Bury Strangers - Keep Slipping Away
7. David Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
8. Elliott Smith - A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free
9. The Dismemberment Plan - The Face of The Earth
10. Okkervil River - For Real
11. Smog - Dress Sexy At My Funeral
12. Wilco & Feist - You And I

The Best Mix Ever (as of July 15, 2009)

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Very flavor-of-the-year, but that's the beauty of it. Also, omitted "The Tourist" by Radiohead, which is my Favorite Song Ever but doesn't really fit anywhere.

Oh right, the occasion: Yet another drive to Chicago tomorrow for, among other things, the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival. This should kick things off to a good start.

1. The National - Fake Empire
2. Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
3. The Hold Steady - Sequestered In Memphis
4. Pavement - Cut Your Hair
5. Guided By Voices - Teenage FBI
6. Jay Reatard - Nightmares
7. No Age - Everybody's Down
8. Radiohead - Fog
9. The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
10. My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
11. Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
12. Broken Social Scene - Cause = Time
13. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - In This Home On Ice
14. Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
15. The Thermals - A Pillar of Salt
16. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
17. Spoon - Finer Feelings
18. Rogue Wave - Endless Shovel