more Cowbelle

I’ve been making and throwing around a mix every early January since 2003 or so. Despite the name, there is no theme, other than a bunch of great tunes I’ve been listening to over the last year.

It was a more difficult this year to pick a selection of tunes, because I’ve been churning out more mixes than usual.

But here’s the round-up. It starts off a little sad-sack, but hopefully ends redemptive. It’s my way of kissing off 2010, which was not without its moments and its gifts, but largely (if I may) a goddamn shitstorm.

Here’s to looking forward.

You can grab the zip file here.

Track listing:

1. “Jail”     The Roadside Graves
2. “Don’t Do It”    Sharon Van Etten
3. “Tell Her What I Said”    The Sadies
4. “Boyfriend”    Best Coast
5. “Lion”    Peter Wolf Crier
6. “Pulling Our Weight”    The Radio Dept.
7. “Sterling”    Strand of Oaks
8. “Innerstates”    Juniper Tar
9. “Exit Ghost”    Kasey Anderson and the Honkies
10. “Save Your Money For the Weekend”    Glossary
11. “Soundtrack to My Summer”    Two Cow Garage
12. “Orphans”    The Gaslight Anthem
13. “All I Need”    Root Jack
14. “This Is Why We Fight”    The Decemberists
15. “I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous”    Frank Turner