Sunday, December 28, 2014

Kaleidoscoped - Songs 2014

Here is another collection of songs from albums released in 2014 that found their way onto my various players throughout the year.  There has been a lot of good music this year and everything here falls into a broad categories of retro garage rock, neo-psychedelic and freakbeat. This is my third mix of music that fits into those categories.



All albums released in 2014.


  1. Vaniish - Kaleidoscoped (Memory Work)
  2. Elephant Stone - All Is Burning (Three Poisons)
  3. The Raveonettes - Wake Me Up (Pe'ahi)
  4. The Black Angels - Diamond Eyes (Clear Lake Forest)
  5. Magic Castles - Sky Sounds (Sky Sounds)
  6. The Diaphanoids - You Can't Shine If You Don't Burn (Lsme)
  7. Shocking Pinks - Working Holiday (Guilt Mirrors)
  8. Verma - Sunrunner (Sunrunner)
  9. Temples - Mesmerise (Sun Structures)
  10. The Sudden Death Of Stars - Pony Tails (All Unrevealed Parts Of The Unknown)
  11. King Tuff - Rainbow's Run (Black Moon Spell)
  12. The Vickers - Ghosts (Ghosts)
  13. Pink Mountaintops - Sell Your Soul (Get Back)
  14. The Orgone Box - Anaesthesia (Centaur)
  15. Sleepy Sun - Everywhere Waltz (Maui Tears)
  16. Amen Dunes - Lonely Richard (Love)
  17. The Hobbes Fanclub - The Boy From Outer Space (Up At Lagrange)
  18. Electric Wurms - Heart Of The Sunrise (Musik, Die Schwer zu Twerk)


Saturday, December 20, 2014

Another Christmas - Xmas Night


The last of the Christmas mixes for this year.












  1. The Shins - Wonderful Christmastime
  2. The Fleshtones - I Still Believe In Christmas
  3. Weezer - O Come All Ye Faithful
  4. The Dandy Warhols - Little Drummer Boy
  5. Aimee Mann - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  6. The Joseph and Mary Chain - The Twelve Days Of Christmas
  7. Calexico - Green Grows The Holly
  8. Bright Eyes - The First Noel
  9. Emmylou Harris - O Little Town Of Bethlehm
  10. Etta James - O Holy Night
  11. Nick Lowe - Silent Night
  12. Fruit Bats - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
  13. Barenaked Ladies - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings
  14. The Polyphonic Spree - Silver Bells (Reprise)
  15. Magnetic Fields - Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree
  16. Coldplay - Christmas Lights
  17. Blitzen Trapper - Christmas Is Coming Soon
  18. Holly Golightly - That's What I Want For Christmas
  19. Cyndi Lauper - Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
  20. Heartless Bastards - Blue Christmas
  21. Canned Heat - Christmas Blues
  22. Black Prairie & Sallie Ford - (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag
  23. The Head and The Heart - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
  24. Over The Rhine - Another Christmas

Holly Jolly Christmas - Xmas Night


Another mix of Christmas songs.















  1. King Curtis - The Christmas Song
  2. Duels - Do You Hear What I Hear?
  3. Sufjan Stevens - Holly Jolly Christmas
  4. The Flaming Lips - White Christmas
  5. Nicole Atkins - Blue Christmas
  6. Freddie McGregor - Come All Ye Faithful
  7. The Legendary Shack Shakers - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  8. The Chesterfield Kings - Hey, Santa Claus
  9. The Smithereens - Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
  10. Ringo Starr - I Wanna Be Santa Claus
  11. El Perro Del Mar - Oh! What A Christmas
  12. Panda - Winter Wonderland
  13. Los Straitjackets - Holiday Twist
  14. The Sonics - Santa Claus
  15. Ciao Bella - Christmas Time
  16. Essex Green - Deck The Halls
  17. My Morning Jacket - X Mas Time Is Here Again
  18. The Decemberists - Angel, Won't You Call Me
  19. The Fleshtones - You're All I Want For Christmas
  20. Over The Rhine - All I Ever Get For Christmas Is Blue
  21. Cyndi Lauper - Three Ships
  22. The Alarm - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
  23. Sinead O'Connor - Silent Night
  24. Jimi Hendrix - Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne


Monday, December 8, 2014

Getting Ready For Christmas Day

This is another in my series of mixes for our family gathering on Christmas Eve. I posted five mixes last year and didn't get around to finishing up this one. Here it is.












  1. John Holt - White Christmas
  2. Bing Crosby - The First Noel (Attaboy House Party Mix)
  3. XTC - Countdown To Christmas Partytime
  4. Paul Simon - Getting Ready For Christmas Day
  5. Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  6. Tom Petty - Christmas All Over Again
  7. J.D. McPherson - Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)
  8. Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
  9. The Chevelles - Come All Ye Faithful Surfer Girls
  10. Darlene Love - Winter Wonderland
  11. James Brown - Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
  12. Solomon Burke - Presents For Christmas
  13. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects
  14. Fitz & The Tantrums - Santa Stole My Lady
  15. The Ronettes - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
  16. Louis Armstrong - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Mulato Beat Remix)
  17. Eartha Kitt - This Year's Santa Baby
  18. Etta James - Merry Christmas Baby
  19. Ella Fitzgerald - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Margini vs. Pallin Remix)
  20. Gato Barbieri - Auld Lang Syne

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Always Going - Songs 2014

Always Going - Songs 2014

The collection of mixes highlighting songs from my favorite albums released in 2014 continues.





All albums released in 2014.



  1. Peggy Sue - Always Going (Choir Of Echoes)
  2. Real Estate - Talking Backwards (Atlas)
  3. Alt-J - Every Other Freckle (This Is All Yours)
  4. Hozier - Take Me To Church (Hozier)
  5. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes (Lost In The Dream)
  6. Dum Dum Girls - Too True To Be Good (Too True)
  7. Jack White - Would You Fight For My Love? (Lazaretto)
  8. Foxygen - How Can You Really (...And Star Power)
  9. Broken Bells - After The Disco (After The Disco)
  10. St. Vincent - Digital Witness (St. Vincent)
  11. TV On The Radio - Quartz (Seeds)
  12. We Are Catchers - Tap Tap Tap (We Are Catchers)
  13. The Empty Hearts - Fill An Empty Heart (The Empty Hearts)
  14. Lake Street Dive - Seventeen (Bad Self Portraits)
  15. Spoon - I Just Don't Understand (They Want My Soul)
  16. Water Liars - I Want Blood (Water Liars)
  17. Angel Olsen - Hi-Five (Burn Your Fire For No Witness)
  18. Howler - Don't Wanna (World Of Joy)
  19. Ryan Adams - Stay With Me (Ryan Adams)
  20. Nick Waterhouse - High Tiding (Holly)