Every month, I like to make a MixTape Playlist of the music I discovered that stood out. It has been a tradition going back to 1998 when I discovered a burner in the classroom and would make actual CD mixtapes for my friends (even did some on tape as a kid). At the beginning of each month I like to send my co-workers a mass email with ten of my favorite songs. This is that list:
- Metronomy – Lately
- Angel Olsen – Impasse
- Phantogram – In a Spiral
- Cage the Elephant – Social Cues
- Wolf Parade – Against the Day
- Zero 7 – Swimmers
- FKA Twigs – home with you
- Caribou – Home
- Keep Shelly in Athens – Caryatid
- Clams Casino – Rune
PAST MONTHS
OCT
- Broken Bells – Good Luck
- MorMor – Outside
- M83 – Temple of Sorrow
- Angel Olsen – Lark
- girl in red – bad idea!
- Death Cab For Cutie – Man in Blue
- Grimes & i_o – Violence
- STRFKR – Fantasy
- Scratch Massive – Numero 6
- Röyksopp – I just Don’t Understand You
SEPT
- Lana Del Ray – Fck it I love you
- Twin Shadow – Crushed
- Bombay Bicycle Club – Eat, Sleep, Wake
- DIIV – Taker
- Chromatics – Petals
- Bat For Lashes – Jasmine
- Karen O, Danger Mouse – Ministry
- Lea Porcelain – Till The End
- Man Man – Beached
- The New Pornographers – The Surprise Knock
AUG
- Angel Olsen – All Mirrors
- Metronomy – Walking in the Dark
- Calexico, Iron & Wine – The Bitter Suite (Pájaro / Evil Eye / Tennessee Train)
- Bonobo – Linked
- THYLACINE – Trois (feat. Camille Després)
- Big Wild – Awaken
- Holy Fuck – Neon Dad
- Ty Segall – Radio
- Ochre – Tugrul
- Schlohmo – Later
- Phosphorescent – Black Waves / Silver Moon
JULY
- Yeasayer – 24-Hour Hateful Live!
- sir Was, Little Dragon – Deployed
- Tycho – Japan
- Raconteurs – Bored and Razed
- Twin Oaks – So Close
- Whitney – Giving Up
- Bon Iver – Hey, Ma
- Bad Books – I Wrote It Down For You
- Spoon – No Bullets Spent
- Foster the People – Imagination
JUNE
- Russian Circles – Arluck
- Mesita – Blackwhite
- Hot Chip – Melody of Love
- Aan – Losing My Shadow
- Waterstrider – Way Out
- Vampire Weekend – This Life
- Hembree – Continents
- Rhye – Wicked Dreams
- Yeasayer – Ecstatic Baby
- Pional – Of My Mind
MAY
- BANKS – Gimme
- Lord Huron – Vide Noir
- The Underground Youth – I Can’t Resist
- The National – Light Years
- Walker Lukens – I’ll Take the Dog
- Four Tet – Teenage Birdsong
- HÆLOS – Another Universe
- The Black Keys – Eagle Birds
- Local Natives Megaton Mile
- Röyksopp – In the End (Lost Tapes)
APRIL
- Interpol – The Weekend
- Shlohmo – Send Help
- The Underground Youth – I Can’t Resist
- Modest Mouse – Poison the Well
- Tame Impala – Patience
- The National – You Had Your Soul with You
- Flume – Friends
- Chrome Sparks – All Or Nothing
- The Kills – Future Starts Slow
- Clams Casino – I’m God (Barnacle Boi Flip)
MARCH
- Cherry Glazerr – Daddi
- Zero 7, José González – Auror
- Broken Social Scene – Boyfriends
- Beirut – Varieties of Exile
- Mount Kimbie – Four Years and One Day Gone
- Hælos – Boy / Girl
- Odd Nosdam – Cookies
- Weval – The Weight
- Walker Lukens – Heard You Bought A House
- Chromatics – Time Rider
FEB
- MorMor – Heaven’s Only Wish
- James Blake – Mile High
- Foals – Exits
- Karen O, Danger Mouse – Woman
- HEALTH – STRANGE DAYS
- Zola Blood – Good Love
- Strand of Oaks – Weird Way
- Bonobo – Ibrik
- Big Wild – When I Get There
- MONO – Meet Us Where the Night Ends
JAN
- Flora Cash – You’re Somebody Else
- Karen O & Danger Mouse – LUX PRIMA
- Aquilo – Seagull
- The Decemberists – Traveling On
- Toro y Moi – Freelance
- Leon Bridges – Bad Bad News
- Black Belt Eagle Scout – Soft Stud
- Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Shiggy
- Janelle Monáe – Make Me Feel
- The Cults – Hope You Found What You’ve Been Looking For
