Category: Music

Weekend Soundtrack, Road Trip CA-1

Let’s go somewhere. It’s gorgeous out, my tank is full, and I know a diner in Pescadero with the best pie.

Road Trip CA-1 on Spotify

Playlist:

Walk the Moon – Anna Sun
Sam Cooke – You Send Me
The Naked And Famous – Young Blood
Missy Higgins – Watering Hole
Now, Now – Dead Oaks
Chet Faker – No Diggity
LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean
Lykke Li – Love Out Of Lust
Donora – I Think I Like You
The Presets – Ghosts – Closed-Captioned
Au Revoir Simone – Shadows
Kitten – G#
Mumford & Sons – Lover of the Light
Kacey Musgraves – Merry Go ‘Round
Sean Hayes – When We Fall In

What’s on your road trip soundtrack?

Top 15 Songs of 2012

These are my favorite songs that came out last year, many of which I found because of your comments. I hope you find a few new loves here, and that when you hear one of these songs years from now, you think of this time in your life fondly.

Top 15 Songs of 2012 on Spotify
50 Best Songs of 2012 on Spotify
(This includes the 15 featured here and more, for the completists among us.)


1. The Lumineers – Ho Hey
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2. Fiona Apple – Hot Knife
Photo by Jason LaVeris


3. Sarah Jaffe – Shut It Down
Photo by Felicia Graham.


4. Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound – Little Red Wagon
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5. Daughter – Candles
Photo by Geoff Lung


6. Mat Kearney – Hey Mama
Photo by Abby Gillardi


7. Ben Howard – Black Flies
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8. Band Of Skulls – Sweet Sour
Photo from Corner Shop Studios


9. Frank Ocean – Bad Religion
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10. Delta Rae – Bottom Of The River
Photo by Dennis Pillion


11. Dry the River – New Ceremony
Photo by Kristen Winter.


12. Die Antwoord – Fatty Boom Boom
Photo by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.


13. Keaton Henson – You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are
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14. Michael Kiwanuka – I’m Getting Ready
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15. FOE – The Black Lodge
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What did I miss? What was your favorite song of 2012?

Weekend Soundtrack: All is Calm All is Bright, Christmas 2012 Mix

All is Calm, All is Bright: Christmas 2012 Mix

One of the things that can be irritating about piped-in holiday music is that my tastes are so specific to how I grew up. I made this Christmas mix for me, so I could hear just the right thing over cocoa. It can be a starting point for your own mix, or an easy collection for cocktails.

My top-ten favorite Christmas songs:

1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Judy Garland
2. Silent Night, Holy Night, Frank Sinatra
3. Santa Baby, Eartha Kitt
4. Silver Bells, Stevie Wonder
5. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Michael Bublé
6. Frosty the Snowman, Fiona Apple
7. Go Tell it On the Mountain, Dolly Parton
8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Gene Autry
9. What Child is This, Kristen Chenowith
10. O Holy Night, Kelly Clarkson

That last one especially.

What songs put you in the mood for decking the halls?

Weekend Soundtrack: Yeah Girl Yeah 2012

Five girls gathered around one mirror, getting ready for a night on the town — doing each other’s eye makeup, doing the robot, laughing until champagne comes out our noses. WHAT! I love this song. Turn it up.

Yeah Girl Yeah on Spotify
Yeah Girl Yeah on Rdio

Playlist:
(I’ve recommended some of these before, but I wanted them all in one place.)

Hey Mama, Matt Kearney
Something Good Can Work, Two Door Cinema Club
What I Like About You, The Romantics
You Be Killin Em, Fabolous
W-O-M-A-N, Etta James
Hey Sexy, Die Antwoord
Girls on The Dance Floor, Far East Movement
Short Skirt/Long Jacket, Cake
No Duh, K.FLay
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), Michael Jackson
Like the Way, Aer
Take it Off, The Donnas
Polite Dance Song, the bird and the bee
Gold Digger, Kanye West and Jamie Fox
Rill Rill, Sleigh Bells
Groove Me, King Floyd
Little Red Wagon, Audra Mae & The Almighty

What do you listen to when you’re getting ready to go out?

Weekend Soundtrack: Undies Dancin’

Weekend Soundtrack: Undies Dancin' 2012

With the Go Mighty launch, it’s been an intense month. I do not plan to wear pants this weekend, but I do plan to dance.

Playlist:

More Bacon Than the Pan Can Handle from Mike Doughty and Stephanie Beatriz
Shoop from Sal-N-Pepa
Options from Gomez
Hey Senorita from Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh from Say Hi
Baby, What You Want Me to Do, Etta James
I Love It from Icona Pop
Family Affair from Mary J. Blige
Heart to Tell from The Love Language
My Love featuring T.I. from Justin Timberlake
Dream Machine from Mark Farina and Sean Hayes

Undies Dancin’ 2012 on Spotify
Undies Dancin’ 2012 on Rdio

What do you listen to when things get a little Risky Business?

Weekend Soundtrack: Treasure Island Music Festival Mix, 2012

This weekend will be my first Treasure Island Music Festival, a two-day concert held on an island just outside San Francisco. Here are some songs from the bands I’m most looking forward to seeing.

Playlist:

Messin’ With My Head from K.Flay
Golden Touch from araabMUZIK
10 Mile Stereo from Beach House
No One Like You from Best Coast
Steamboat to Concord from Dirty Ghosts
My Love is Real from Divine Fits
Play Your Part (Pt. 1) from Girl Talk
Heavy Cross from Gossip
Friends of Friends from Hospitality
Runaway from Imperial Teen
By Your Hand from Los Campesinos
Midnight City from M83
Language — Original Mix from Porter Robinson
Hold On (feat. Sampha) from Subtrkt
Islands from The xx
17 from Youth Lagoon
Infinite Love Without Fulfillment from Grimes
Fight the Power from Public Enemy

Treasure Island Music Festival Mix, 2012 on Spotify
Treasure Island Music Festival Mix, 2012 on Rdio

It goes without saying, I’m jealous of the folks attending Austin City Limits this weekend. What musician would you most like to see live, or see live again?