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Mixtape For No One #10: Current Arrangement

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One of the things that I’ve missed during my unemployment is listening to music. All the music I downloaded was listened on my way to and during work.  You’d think being unemployed would give me more time to listen to music but it never seems to work out that way. Between television, books, comic books and podcasts, music seems to get lost in the shuffle.

Since it seems like every is using Spotify, this seems like a perfect way to continue my Mixtapes For No One. Here’s a quick mix of songs I’ve been enjoying from this year and albums I’m looking forward this spring/summer.  Hopefully, this will give me a reason to stay up on what’s good and what’s coming out:
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Mixtape for No One #9: Run (I’m A Natural Disaster)

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For the last month and a half, I’ve been participating in G.D.’s running challenge (setting a goal each month and trying to reach it).  Hey, anything to give me an excuse to make a playlist.  Here are eight tracks that have dominated my running playlist in the last six weeks. Enjoy while I go ice my shins:

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  1. “Black Sheep” by Metric
  2. “Fall Hard” by Shout Out Louds
  3. “Big Wave” by Jenny and Johnny
  4. “In For The Kill” by La Roux
  5. “Power” by Kanye West (featuring Dwele)
  6. “Stylo” by Gorillaz (featuring Mos Def & Bobby Womack)
  7. “Happy” by Best Coast
  8. “The Day” by The Roots (featuring Blu, Phonte & Patty Crash)

Mixtape for No One #8: 2010 So Far

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Since we’ve reached the halfway point of 2010 (and I haven’t done this for awhile), here are some of my favorite songs in 2010 (emphasis on some)

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  1. “Fixed” by Stars (The Five Ghosts)
  2. “Nothing Like You” by Frightened Rabbit (The Winter Of Mixed Drinks)
  3. “There Are Listed Buildings” by Los Campesinos! (Romance Is Boring)
  4. “Cold War” by Janelle Monáe (The ArchAndroid)
  5. “Go Do” by Jónsi (Go)
  6. “All I Want” by LCD Soundsystem (This Is Happening)
  7. “Summer Love” by Georgia Anne Muldrow (King’s Ballad)
  8. “She Makes Me Feel Alright” by Freeway & Jake One (The Stimulus Package)
  9. “Heart Is Breaking” by Ty (featuring Sway & Roses Gabor) (Special Kind Of Fool)
  10. “The Better Life” (Boddhi Satva Ancestral Soul Remix) by Georg Levin (featuring Clara Hill) (Everything Must Change)
  11. “She Needs Me” by Jamie Lidell (Compass)
  12. “No Surprises” by Regina Spektor
  13. “Dreams” (The Cranberries cover) by Passion Pit (Manners -Bonus Track Version)
  14. “All to All” by Broken Social Scene (Forgiveness Rock Record)
  15. “Bloodbuzz Ohio” by The National (High Violet)
  16. “Crash Years” by The New Pornographers (Together)
  17. “The High Road” by Broken Bells (Broken Bells)
  18. “Kiss On My List” by The Bird And The Bee (Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall and John Oates)
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Mixtape for No One #7: 90′s R&B Edition

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  1. “Word To The Mutha” by Bell Biv Devoe (featuring Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, and Bobby Brown)  (WBBD-Bootcity)
  2. “Just Ask Me To” by Tevin Campbell (Boyz N Da Hood Soundtrack)
  3. “House Party (I Don’t Know What You Came To Do)” by Tony! Toni! Toné! (House Party II soundtrack)
  4. “Sympin (Remix)” by Boyz II Men (East Coast Family, Volume 1)
  5. “My Boo” by Ghost Town DJs (So So Def Bass All Stars)
  6. “Give It To You” by Jordan Knight (Jordan Knight)
  7. “Deep Down” by Ladae! (The Moment)
  8. “One In A Million (Remix)” by Aaliyah (featuring Ginuwine) (Sprung soundtrack)
  9. “Think Of You” by Usher (Usher)
  10. “All I Want” by 702 (No Doubt)
  11. “What About Us” by Total (Soul Food soundtrack)
  12. “Georgy Porgy” by Eric Benet (featuring Faith Evans) (Day In The Life)
  13. “If You Really Wanna Know” by Marc Dorsey (Crave)
  14. “This Is How We Roll” by BLACKstreet (Another Level)
  15. “U Know What’s Up” by Donell Jones (Where I Wanna Be)
  16. “The Place Where You Belong” by Shai (Blackface)
  17. “It’s Alright” by Queen Latifah (Order in the Court)
  18. “I’m Not Feeling You” by Yvette Michelle (My Dream)

Mixtape For No One #6 – Best of ‘09 Part III

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Here is the third and final mixtape of some of my favorite songs of 2009.  I hope you’ve enjoyed them and hope there is more great music in 2010.

  1. “Nothing to Worry About” by Peter Bjorn and John (Living Thing)
  2. “My Girls” by Animal Collective (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
  3. “I Was Once A Loyal Lover” by Death Cab For Cutie (The Open Door EP)
  4. “Winter Hill” by Doves (Kingdom of Rust)
  5. “Heavy Cross” by The Gossip (Music for Men)
  6. “Black Heart Inertia” by Incubus (Monuments And Melodies)
  7. “Clean Break” by Jenny Owen Youngs (Transmitter Failure)
  8. “Games For Days” by Julian Plenti (Is… Skyscraper)
  9. “Time Lapse Lifeline” by Maria Taylor (LadyLuck)
  10. “Relator” by Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson (Break Up)
  11. “The Verb” by The Swell Season (Strict Joy)
  12. “Stadium Love” by Metric (Fantasies)
  13. “Lisztomania” by Phoenix (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)
  14. “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap (Conditions)
  15. “Someday” by Tegan and Sara (Sainthood)

Mixtape For No One #5 – Best of ‘09 Part II

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Here are some more of my favorite tracks this year. Part II is intentionally mellow.  I’m depressed or anything.  Tomorrow will be more upbeat. :)

  1. “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear (Veckatimest)
  2. “Daniel” by Bat For Lashes (Two Suns)
  3. “Stillness Is The Move” by Dirty Projectors (Bitte Orca)
  4. “Chasing Pirates” by Norah Jones (The Fall)
  5. “Carol Brown” by Flight Of The Conchords (I Told You I Was Freaky)
  6. “Heartbreak Warfare” by John Mayer (Battle Studies)
  7. “Human of the Year” by Regina Spektor (Far)
  8. “New Ways Of Living” by Lavender Diamond (Score! 20 Years Of Merge Records: The Covers!)
  9. “Off I Go” by Greg Laswell
  10. “Oliver” by Gemma Hayes (Oliver)
  11. “The Party” by St. Vincent (Actor)
  12. “The Chain” by Ingrid Michaelson (Everybody)
  13. “Hideaway” by Karen O and the Kids (Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack)
  14. “The Hazards of Love 4″ by The Decemberists (The Hazards of Love)

Mixtape For No One #4 – Best of ’09 Part I

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I’m going to revive the Mixtape For No One to showcase some of my favorite songs of 2009.  These are the hip-hop/R&B tracks.

  1. “Never Forget You”  by Noisettes (Wild Young Hearts)
  2. “The Power That Kisses Hold” by Eric Roberson (Music Fan First)
  3. “Cold” by Maxwell (BLACKsummersnight)
  4. “Fortune” by Little Dragon (Machine Dreams)
  5. “Successful” (Featuring Trey Songz And Lil’ Wayne) by Drake (So Far Gone)
  6. “Lola” by Me’Shell Ndegéocello (Devil’s Halo)
  7. “Kinda Like A Big Deal” (feat. Kanye West) by Clipse (Til The Casket Drops)
  8. “Casa Bey” by Mos Def (The Ecstatic)
  9. “House Of Flying Daggers” (feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface & Method Man) by Raekwon (Only Built 4 Cuban Linx PT II)
  10. “Maybach Music 2″ (feat. T-Pain, Lil Wayne & Kanye West) by Rick Ross (Deeper Than Rap)
  11. “Errbody Scream” (Featuring Keith Murray) by Method Man & Redman (Blackout! 2)
  12. “Tour Stories” by Souls Of Mischief (Montezuma’s Revenge)
  13. “So Damn Down” by Tanya Morgan (Brooklynati)
  14. “Thank You” by Jay-Z (The Blueprint 3)

Mixtape For No One #3

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All covers edition (original artist in parentheses)

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  1. Paranoid Android (Radiohead) by Sia (Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads)
  2. Wild Horses (The Rolling Stones) by The Sundays (Blind)
  3. Joga (Björk) by Ben Gibbard (with Ben Barnett) (Read: Interpreting Björk)
  4. Just Like Heaven (The Cure) by The Watson Twins (Fire Songs)
  5. Kid A (Radiohead) by John Mayer (Heavier Things bonus disc)
  6. Everybody Here Wants You (Jeff Buckley) by Lewis Taylor (Lewis II)
  7. If She Breaks Your Heart (feat. Yahzarah) (Kimberly Brewer) by The Foreign Exchange (Leave It All Behind)
  8. Inside And Out (Bee Gees) by Feist (Let It Die)
  9. Band On The Run (Paul McCartney & Wings) by Foo Fighters (Radio 1. Established 1967)
  10. Handle with Care (Traveling Wilburys) by Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins (Rabbit Fur Coat)
  11. Don’t Get Me Wrong (The Pretenders) Lily Allen (Radio 1. Established 1967)
  12. Alone Again Or (Love) Matthew Sweet And Susanna Hoffs (Under The Covers Vol. 1)
  13. Shadowplay (Joy Division) The Killers (Sawdust)
  14. The Origin of Love (Hedwig & The Angry Inch) by Rufus Wainwright (Wig in a Box: Songs from and Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
  15. Straight Out Of Compton (N.W.A.) by Nina Gordon (Bring the Rock)

Mixtape For No One #2

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A little 90′s…

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  1. Little Discourage by Idlewild (100 Broken Windows)
  2. In Your Car by Kenickie (At The Club)
  3. Mean Sleep by Cree Summer featuring Lenny Kravitz (Street Faerie)
  4. I’ve Been Waiting by Matthew Sweet (Girlfriend)
  5. Witches’ Rave by Jeff Buckley (Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk)
  6. Baby Britain by Elliott Smith (XO)
  7. Two Fine Lovers by Sean Lennon (Into the Sun)
  8. She’s The One by The Beta Band (The Patty Patty Sound)
  9. No One Will Ever Love You by The Magnetic Fields (69 Love Songs)
  10. 2Hb by The Venus In Furs (Velvet Goldmine soundtrack)
  11. Your Bruise by Death Cab for Cutie (Something About Airplanes)
  12. Still True by Feist (Monarch (Lay Down Your Jeweled Head))
  13. Talk Show Host by Radiohead (Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack)
  14. Here’s Where the Story Ends by The Sundays (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic)

Mixtape For No One, Vol. 1

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  1. Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon (Only By The Night)
  2. You Don’t Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor) by Ben Folds (Way to Normal)
  3. The Lovers Are Losing by Keane (Perfect Symmetry)
  4. Company by An Horse (Not Really Scared)
  5. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed by Los Campesinos! (We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed)
  6. 14 Forever by Stars (Sad Robots)
  7. (I Got) Somebody New by Sonar Kollektiv Orchester (Guaranteed Niceness)
  8. You’re My Baby by Robin Thicke (Something Else)
  9. Daykeeper (feat. Muhsinah) by The Foreign Exchange (Leave It All Behind)
  10. Love Dog by TV on the Radio (Dear Science)
  11. Meltdown In A Major by The Dears (Missiles)
  12. Just Like Heaven by The Watson Twins (Fire Songs)
  13. A Good Start by Maria Taylor with Andy LeMaster (Savannah Drive)
  14. Spoken For by We Are Scientists (Brain Thrust Mastery)
  15. Sing A Song For Them by Jenny Lewis (Acid Tongue)
  16. Last Words by The Real Tuesday Weld (Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist soundtrack)