Here’s what, 2012 is about to rock your face off. “Yep. Yep.” is a mix I put together for you and your steady progression toward victory. Leave us your 2012 song recs in comments. Cheers to a new year, my friends.
(I mostly live on Spotify now, so here’s the Yep. Yep. Mix over there, if you like it like that. The one below is from Rdio, which lets me embed the player with song previews.)
Mighty Girl 
Somebody I Used To Know by Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
Change the Sheets by Kathleen Edwards
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So, so excited for this mix. 2012 is going to be amazing, right?! Right. No question there, it just is.
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Love Change the sheets. Such a good song.
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Funnily enough, my you-WILL-survive-grad-school mix is titled YEP and has three tracks in common with your 2012 mix. This gives me warm fuzzies 🙂
Some additions from that:
“Breathe” – Alexi Murdoch
“This Too Shall Pass” – OK Go
“Do You Realize?” – Flaming Lips
“Mouthwash” – Kate Nash
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This mix makes me want to hang out with you. Here’s some of my newest faves:
War Again-Balkan Beat Box
Mountain Man-Crash Kings
Luckiest Man-The Wood Brothers
Bigcitydreams-Never Shout Never
Kissed It (feat. Velvet Revolver)-Macy Gray
Lollipop-MIKA
Marchin On-OneRepublic
Scar That Never Heals-Jeremy Fisher
Tired-Adele
More Time-NeedToBreathe
Big And Chunky–Will.I.Am
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Love this. We must have a psychic connection cause I was just thinking about how awesome 2012 will be.
@Nelle – best Flaming Lips song.
Off of my “Shark Week” (cause you gotta keep moving) mix on Spotify
Rebel Girl – Bikini Kill
Deceptacon – Le Tigre
Phenomena – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Tegan & Sara – “Call It Off”
The Black Keys – “Everlasting Light”
Matt & Kim – “Block After Block”
Over The Rhine – “The King Knows How”
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Maybe you need some old school punk in there. “Oh Bondage Up Yours” by the X-Ray Spex? Heck. That’s awesome.
On the flip, I always find Bon Iver’s “Holocene” to be so affirming. When he sings “I was not magnificent” — that’s comforting to me, to think that in the grand scheme of things, I am such a small part of it all. And the universe is so large and grand and I exist within it. And —
I am so not explaining myself well! Grack! Anyway, “Holocene” makes me feel victorious in a small, peaceful way. I don’t know.
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These may be too conventional for you, but I like “Everybody” by Ingrid Michaelson, “Say Hey (I Love You)” by Michael Franti, and “Hey Mama” by Matt Carney.
Love the idea of a Victory mix. I’m going to have to make one for myself. Rock on.
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DUDE!! Thanks for the sweet, sweet jams introduction. Best VICTORY 2012 MiX ever!
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Ain’t Got No/I Got Life – Nina Simone
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Awesome! This inspired me to make a playlist of all the acts I’ve seen live this year. My favorites have been:
Gambit, This Town
Hesta Prynn, Can We Go Wrong?
Atomic Tom, Play That Dirty Girl
Lion of Ido, New York City
Neon Trees, Your Surrender
The Limousines, Internet Killed the Video Star
Bushwalla, I’ll Funk Your Brains Out
Simple Math, Manchester Orchestra
Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars
Ryan Star, anything he’s ever done, ever
Not able to see them live, but: The Spring Standards, Chicago
2011 has been pretty cool, but I’m sure 2012 will top it.
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The Mountain Goats’ “This Year” was my anthem from Dec 2008 to Dec 2009. Hearing it brings me back to the worst time in my life, in a good peaceful way. It’s cathartic to see how far I have come from my life’s most painful moment.
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