Metafilter Mix CD Swap: Best of 2007 Edition Tracklists

December 14, 2007 8:37 AM

A little over two months ago, I proposed a Metafilter Mix CD Swap: Best of 2007 Edition. Twenty-three people decided to participate and swapped CDs containing their favorite songs from 2007. In that thread it was suggested that after the swap concluded “yall make a thread with your final tracklists and commentary, or otherwise publish them where I and others could read and DL accordingly.” Of the twenty-three participants, seventeen decided to share their tracklists, which you will find inside. Rock on.

Below are the tracklists as sent in by the mix CD creators in no particular order.

flightless bird, american mouth (iron and wine)
shift [alternate version] (grizzly bear)
please be patient with me (wilco)
staralfur [acoustic] (sigur ros)
weighty ghost (wintersleep)
the magic position (patrick wolf)
the well and the lighthouse (arcade fire)
jigsaw falling into place (radiohead)
unless it's kicks (okkervil river)
take me to the riot (stars)
you got yr cherry bomb (spoon)
typical (mute math)
the year before the year 2000 (les savy fav)
the universe! (do make say think)

1. What would wolves do?- Les Savvy Fav
2. Ballad of my friends- Zookeeper
3. Now. Now.- St. Vincent
4. Bury your mind- The Owls5. Evergreen- Celebration
6. No need to worry- Yeasayer
7. Fille a plumes- Malajube
8. Reckoner (live)- Radiohead
9. Not a problem- Black Lips
10. Big Love- Kevin Drew
11. Lucky You- The National
12. Orchard of my eye- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
13. Shove it- Santogold
14. Mess your hair up- White Denim
15. Lovely Allen- Holy Fuck

1. Mika - Grace Kelly (from the album: Life in Cartoon Motion)
2. Bloc Party - I Still Remember (from the album: A Weekend in the City)
3. The Killers - Read My Mind (from the album: Sam's Town)
4. Arcade Fire - Intervention (from the album: Neon Bible)
5. Just Jack - Starz In Their Eyes (from the album: Overtones)
6. Editors - An End Has a Start (from the album: An End Has a Start)
7. Lily Allen - Alfie (from the album: Alright, Still)
8. Air Traffic - Shooting Star (from the album: Fractured Life)
9. Kate Nash - Foundations (from the album: Made of Bricks)
10. Samim - Heater (from the album: The Flow)
11. Whitest Boy Alive - Burning (from the album: Dreams)
12. Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (from the album: Infinity On High)

1 Office - Plus Minus Fairytale
2 The Coral - Who's Gonna Find Me
3 A Band of Bees - Love in the Harbour
4 The Sea and Cake - Exact to Me
5 Rogue Wave - Ghost
6 Matt Pond PA - Last Light
7 Stars - The Ghost of Genova Heights
8 Shout Out Louds - Normandie
9 Grand National - By the Time I Get Home…
10 Tegan and Sara - The Con
11 Band of Horses - Islands on the Coast
12 The Sea and Cake - Up on Crutches
13 Peter Bjorn and John - Amsterdam
14 Pela - Lost to the Lonesome
15 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
16 Rogue Wave - Like I Needed
17 Wilco - Impossible Germany
18 Low - Always Fade

Bedouin Soundclash - St. Andrews
Moving Units - The Kids From Orange County
Jupiter One - Countdown
Tiger Army - Pain
Palomar - Our HauntThe Weakerthans - Night Windows
Gogol Bordello - Wonderlust King
The Gaslight Anthem - I Coulda Been A Contender
Metric - Monster Hospital
Manic Street Preachers - Your Love Alone is Not Enough
Bedouin Soundclash - 12:59 Lullaby
Mando Diao - Long Before Rock N Roll
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weapon of Choice
Sea Wolf - You're A Wolf
Tim Armstrong - Into Action
Blonde Redhead - 23
Dead Mechanical - New Alchemy
The Photo Atlas - Red Orange Yellow
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - A Bottle of Buckie
Tiger Army - Afterworld
Britney Spears - Ooh Ooh Baby

Caribou—“Melody Day”
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings—“100 Days, 100 Nights”
Beirut—“Forks and Knives (La Fete)”
Jarvis Cocker—“Running the World”
Malcolm Middleton—“A Brighter Beat”
White Rabbits—“While We Go Dancing”
Spider Bags—“It’s You”
Times New Viking—“Teenage Lust!”
Electrelane—“Saturday”
The Ponys—“Harakiri”
Spoon—“Rhythm and Soul”
Ulrich Schnauss—“Stars”
Panda Bear—“Ponytail”
Dr. Dog—“Ain’t It Strange”
Field Music—“In Context”
The Good, the Bad and the Queen—“Nature Springs”
The Clientele—“The Garden at Night”
M.I.A.—“Paper Planes”
Yeasayer—“2080”
Mekons—“Cockermouth”

Cosmopolitan Pap - M. Ward [To Go Home]
1975 - Spoon [Get Nice]
Right Moves - Josh Ritter [The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter]
Heart Made Of Sound - Softlightes [Say No To Being Cool Say Yes To Being Happy]
Fun Injury - Bumps [Bumps]
Up - Rob Crow [Living Well]
Entering White Cecilia - The New Pornographers [Challengers]
Sunny C (California) - Ahmad Miller (Yesterday's New
Quintet) [Yesterday's Universe]
Cato as a Pun - Of Montreal [Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?]
Love Loud/You're Not in Love - ..music video? - [demo (?)]
Apartment Story - The National [Boxer]
Leda Atomica - Mostly Bears [Only Child]
Exact To Me - The Sea And Cake [Everybody]
The Beach That Leads To Your Shore - Mick Turner/Tren Brothers [Blue Trees]
Fireworks - Animal Collective [Strawberry Jam]

Stars - The Night Starts Here
Coconut Records - West Coast
Bloc Party - Waiting For the 7.18
Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing
Jens Lekman - I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You
Loudon Wainwright III - Grey In L.A.
National - Fake EmpireSpoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Wilco - Hate It Here
Arcade Fire - Intervention
Misha - Delovedly
Feist - My Moon My Man
Swell Season - If You Want Me
Cloud Cult - Pretty Voice
Shins - Split Needles
Twilight Sad - That Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy
Andrew Bird - Fiery Crash
John Vanderslice - The Parade
Band of Horses - Is There A Ghost
Finches - House Under the Hill

1) Sharon Jones + Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
2) Justice - DVNO
3) Notorious B.I.G. - Party & Bullshit (Ratatat Mix)
4) Matthew Dear - Deserter
5) Of Montreal - Gronlandic Edit
6) M.I.A. - Paper Planes
7) LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
8) Digitalism - Pogo
9) Battles - Atlas
10) Caribou - Melody Day
11) radiohead - reckoner
12) Spoon - The Ghost Of You Lingers
13) Arcade Fire - Ocean of Noise
14) Jens Lekman - Friday Night At The Drive-in Bingo

Side A:
"Plaster Casts Of Everything" by Liars on Liars
"Funeral Xylophone" by These Are Powers on Elsie + Jack 7"
"Esses" by Pterodactyl on Pterodactyl
"For Reverend Green" by Animal Collective on Strawberry Jam

Side B:
"From Nothing To Nowhere" by Pinback on Autumn Of The Seraphs
"Pickpocket Song" by The Ponys on Turn The Lights Out
"Grounds for Divorce" by Big Business on Here Come The Waterworks
"World Series" by Hella on There's No 666 In Outer Space

Downtown Mayors Goodnight,Alley Kids Rule! - You Say Party! We Say Die!
Let's Get Ready to Crumble - The Russian Futurists
Sisters in the Struggle - Lesbians on Ecstasy
Evil Bee – Menomena
Crooked Legs - The Acorn
Le Loup (Fear Not) - Le Loup
The Con - Tegan and Sarah
Oh Dead Life - Dog Day
Cannot Get, Started - Handsome Furs
Maybe Lately - Miracle Fortress
Melody Day – Caribou
Talk it to Death - Sunparlour Players
Tracie Dean - The United Steelworkers of Montreal
Dirty Town - Mother Mother
In Our Talons – Bowerbirds
Saturday Waits - Loney, Dear
Your Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers
Dying Breed - Marissa Nadler
Don't Be Afraid, You're Already Dead – Akron/Family
Devastation - The Besnard Lakes
L'ours – Tricot Machine

The Flight of the Conchords "Business Time"
Erin Mckeown "Sing you Sinners"
Radiohead "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
Sara Bareilles "Love Song"
Don Dilego "Falling into Space"
Amy Winehouse "Rehab"
Elizabeth and the Catapult "Momma's Boy"
Jesca Hoop "Intelligentactile 101"
Tom Waits and the Kronos Quartet "Way Down in the Hole"
Tegan and Sarah "Back in Your Head"
Polyphonic Spree "Running Away"

The Kissaway Trail – Smother + Evil = Hurt
Figurines – Half Awake, Half Aware
The Raveonettes – Hallucinations
Decorate. Decorate. – Karen
The Films – Jealousy
Tina Dickow – My Business
Band of Horses – Detlew Schrempf
Trentemøller – Snowflake (Live Version)
Efterklang – Mirador
JaConfetti – Flute Man
Peder – Would You (feat. Nino Moschella)
Róisín Murphy – Footprints
Private – I Can't Wait
Stereo Total – Ta Voix Au Telephone
Hot Chip – No
Franz Ferdinand – No

01 - Bill Callahan - Day
02 - Unkle - Chemistry
03 - Unsane - Against the Grain
04 - These Are Powers - Shells For a Dead Chief
05 - Deerhunter - Cryptograms
06 - Ghost - Water Door Yellow Gate
08 - Elvis Perkins - While you Were Sleeping
09 - Les Savy Fav - What Would Wolves Do
10 - Architecture in Helsinki - Heart it Races
11 - Pinback - Good to Sea
12 - Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love you
13 - The Octopus Project - Mmaj
14 - Iron and Wine - Boy With a Coin
14 - Low - Take your Time
15 - John Vanderslice - Time to Go
16 - Battles - Leyendecker
17 - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Old Souls Know
18 - The Robocop Kraus - Blood on the Pullover
19 - Picastro - Car Sleep
20 - Wooden Shjips - We Ask you to Ride
21 - Liars - Sailing to Byzantium

1. "See and Be Scene"- The Hard Lessons
2. "Heydays"- The Great Lakes Myth Society
3. "All My Friends"- LCD Soundsystem
4. "Nobody's Baby"- Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings
5. "Everything I Am" - Kanye West
6. "Baby Fratelli"- The Fratellis
7. "The Towering Inferno"- Lucky Soul
8. "Muscle'n Flo"- Menomena
9. "Stick With Me Baby"- Robert Plant & Allison Kraus
10. "Ever Present Past"- Paul McCartney
11. "Unguided"- The New Pornographers12. "Cato as a Pun"- Of Montreal
13. "The Last Dance"- The Tough Alliance
14. "Phantom Limb"- The Shins
15. "Debutante"- The Great Lakes Myth Society
16. "The Long Run"- Plastic Operator

Laura Gibson, "Hands in Pockets,"
Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, "I Never Thought I Could Feel This Way for a Boy"
The Bowerbirds, Untitled
Raul Midon, "Pick Somebody Up"
Suzanne Vega, "Frank & Ava"
Joss Stone, "Tell Me 'Bout It"
Patty Scialfa, "Looking for Elvis"
White Stripes, "Effect and Cause"
Joni Mitchell, "Night of the Iguana"
Bright Eyes, "Cleanse Song"
Glass Candy, "Digital Versicolor"
Living Proof, "N.W. Connect"
Modest Mouse, "Little Motel"
Brandi Carlile, "The Story"
Rilo Kiley, "The Moneymaker"

1. The Underdog - Spoon
2. Nothing's Wrong - Architecture in Helsinki
3. Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
4. You are Dreaming - Shout Out Louds
5. Underwater (You and Me) - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
6. Failsafe - New Pornographers
7. A Postcard to Nina - Jens Lekman
8. Fake Empire - The National
9. The General Specific - Band of Horses
10. Wild Mountain Nation - Blitzen Trapper
11. Your Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers
12. A Girl in Port - Okkervil River
13. Killing the Blues - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
14. Resurrection Fern - Iron & Wine
15. The Park - Feist
*two minutes of silence*
Hidden Song. What's It Gonna Be? (via)

posted by ND¢ to MetaFilter Music at 8:37 AM (103 comments total)

maybe this should be on the wiki? with contact info possibly? rock on.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:39 AM on December 14, 2007

Some people asked not to have their username associated with their tracklist, so I just left usernames/contact info off completely.
posted by ND¢ at 8:41 AM on December 14, 2007

I'm making mixes for holiday gifts and these tracklists are AMAZING. ROCK ON.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 8:43 AM on December 14, 2007

Actually, it'd probably be better if the admins could delete the more inside on this post, because it's far too massive. Let people own up to their own work or not. This one's mine:

The Flight of the Conchords "Business Time"
Erin Mckeown "Sing you Sinners"
Radiohead "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
Sara Bareilles "Love Song"
Don Dilego "Falling into Space"
Amy Winehouse "Rehab"
Elizabeth and the Catapult "Momma's Boy"
Jesca Hoop "Intelligentactile 101"
Tom Waits and the Kronos Quartet "Way Down in the Hole"
Tegan and Sarah "Back in Your Head"
Polyphonic Spree "Running Away"
posted by anotherpanacea at 8:45 AM on December 14, 2007

But the year's not over yet!
posted by smackfu at 8:48 AM on December 14, 2007

We already thought of that smackfu. We all agreed that if any really great songs come out in the next seventeen days that we wish we had put on our mixes that we will call up all the people in our swapset and sing it to them.
posted by ND¢ at 8:54 AM on December 14, 2007

Today I learned that hipster internet nerds like Arcade Fire and Radiohead!
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 9:04 AM on December 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

flightless bird, american mouth (iron and wine)
shift [alternate version] (grizzly bear)
please be patient with me (wilco)
staralfur [acoustic] (sigur ros)
weighty ghost (wintersleep)
the magic position (patrick wolf)
the well and the lighthouse (arcade fire)
jigsaw falling into place (radiohead)
unless it's kicks (okkervil river)
take me to the riot (stars)
you got yr cherry bomb (spoon)
typical (mute math)
the year before the year 2000 (les savy fav)
the universe! (do make say think)

this one's mine.
posted by heeeraldo at 9:05 AM on December 14, 2007

Dammit, I thought I sent you my tracklist! Sorry. Anyway, here it is, with handy links and whatnot.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 9:08 AM on December 14, 2007

Mine looked like this.

Look how indie rock everyone is.
posted by bluishorange at 9:08 AM on December 14, 2007

Bedouin Soundclash - St. Andrews
Moving Units - The Kids From Orange County
Jupiter One - Countdown
Tiger Army - Pain
Palomar - Our Haunt
The Weakerthans - Night Windows
Gogol Bordello - Wonderlust King
The Gaslight Anthem - I Coulda Been A Contender
Metric - Monster Hospital
Manic Street Preachers - Your Love Alone is Not Enough
Bedouin Soundclash - 12:59 Lullaby
Mando Diao - Long Before Rock N Roll
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weapon of Choice
Sea Wolf - You're A Wolf
Tim Armstrong - Into Action
Blonde Redhead - 23
Dead Mechanical - New Alchemy
The Photo Atlas - Red Orange Yellow
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - A Bottle of Buckie
Tiger Army - Afterworld
Britney Spears - Ooh Ooh Baby

Moi [though i'm sure that was sorta obvious]
posted by Stynxno at 9:10 AM on December 14, 2007

1. "See and Be Scene"- The Hard Lessons
2. "Heydays"- The Great Lakes Myth Society
3. "All My Friends"- LCD Soundsystem
4. "Nobody's Baby"- Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings
5. "Everything I Am" - Kanye West
6. "Baby Fratelli"- The Fratellis
7. "The Towering Inferno"- Lucky Soul
8. "Muscle'n Flo"- Menomena
9. "Stick With Me Baby"- Robert Plant & Allison Kraus
10. "Ever Present Past"- Paul McCartney
11. "Unguided"- The New Pornographers
12. "Cato as a Pun"- Of Montreal
13. "The Last Dance"- The Tough Alliance
14. "Phantom Limb"- The Shins
15. "Debutante"- The Great Lakes Myth Society
16. "The Long Run"- Plastic Operator

Is mine.
posted by PhatLobley at 9:12 AM on December 14, 2007

Laura Gibson, "Hands in Pockets,"
Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, "I Never Thought I Could Feel This Way for a Boy"
The Bowerbirds, Untitled
Raul Midon, "Pick Somebody Up"
Suzanne Vega, "Frank & Ava"
Joss Stone, "Tell Me 'Bout It"
Patty Scialfa, "Looking for Elvis"
White Stripes, "Effect and Cause"
Joni Mitchell, "Night of the Iguana"
Bright Eyes, "Cleanse Song"
Glass Candy, "Digital Versicolor"
Living Proof, "N.W. Connect"
Modest Mouse, "Little Motel"
Brandi Carlile, "The Story"
Rilo Kiley, "The Moneymaker"

= Me. I didn't want my user name associated with my mailing address, but this I can handle.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 9:13 AM on December 14, 2007

And incidentally, I sent four CDs and only received two. Ahem.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 9:14 AM on December 14, 2007

We all agreed that if any really great songs come out in the next seventeen days that we wish we had put on our mixes that we will call up all the people in our swapset and sing it to them.

Oh HELL no.
posted by bluishorange at 9:18 AM on December 14, 2007

Downtown Mayors Goodnight,Alley Kids Rule! - You Say Party! We Say Die!
Let's Get Ready to Crumble - The Russian Futurists
Sisters in the Struggle - Lesbians on Ecstasy
Evil Bee – Menomena
Crooked Legs - The Acorn
Le Loup (Fear Not) - Le Loup
The Con - Tegan and Sarah
Oh Dead Life - Dog Day
Cannot Get, Started - Handsome Furs
Maybe Lately - Miracle Fortress
Melody Day – Caribou
Talk it to Death - Sunparlour Players
Tracie Dean - The United Steelworkers of Montreal
Dirty Town - Mother Mother
In Our Talons – Bowerbirds
Saturday Waits - Loney, Dear
Your Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers
Dying Breed - Marissa Nadler
Don't Be Afraid, You're Already Dead – Akron/Family
Devastation - The Besnard Lakes
L'ours – Tricot Machine

This one's mine - kind of obvious from the predominance of indie Canadian stuff.

Reading through the tracklists I have this overpowering urge to tell people "You put Animal Collective on? I so ALMOST put them on! I love them too!" "You put Of Montreal on? I totally wanted to put their song Gronlandic Edit on! I love them so hard!" Not that it matters, of course. I just feel like someone else having a song on their list that I really really came close to putting on mine, but then didn't, is like having some sort of a Missed Connection.
posted by arcticwoman at 9:19 AM on December 14, 2007

Somewhere on the package it says "Endless Oops." Owns it:

Cosmopolitan Pap - M. Ward [To Go Home]
1975 - Spoon [Get Nice]
Right Moves - Josh Ritter [The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter]
Heart Made Of Sound - Softlightes [Say No To Being Cool Say Yes To Being Happy]
Fun Injury - Bumps [Bumps]
Up - Rob Crow [Living Well]
Entering White Cecilia - The New Pornographers [Challengers]
Sunny C (California) - Ahmad Miller (Yesterday's New
Quintet) [Yesterday's Universe]
Cato as a Pun - Of Montreal [Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?]
Love Loud/You're Not in Love - ..music video? - [demo (?)]
Apartment Story - The National [Boxer]
Leda Atomica - Mostly Bears [Only Child]
Exact To Me - The Sea And Cake [Everybody]
The Beach That Leads To Your Shore - Mick Turner/Tren Brothers [Blue Trees]
Fireworks - Animal Collective [Strawberry Jam]

Compiled by sitting on the floor in front of the CD wall for three hours and trying to remember what came out this year—NOT what I bought this year—then taking a track from each in the order they got pulled. Reading through others' mixes I realize I missed a few. If druthers were a thing I had to call my own, I'd've included Someone Great by LCD Soundsystem. It's on one of the mixes I received and now one of my favorite songs of the year.

So, OK, commentary. One of my rules for compiling a mix of music is to break one of my other rules of mix-making. Had no trouble deciding which one to break, since there was a restriction provided on this swap: 2007. The ..music video? track is from an album that won't be released 'til next year (their myspace has it though). ..music video? is a Tucson one-man+laptop-band that is better than he has any right to be. During the last cover band festival this guy dressed up in a home-made swan dress, got up on stage with his iPod (onto which he'd loaded his own glorious re-productions of Bjork songs) and a microphone, and proceeded to rock the fucking house.
posted by carsonb at 9:19 AM on December 14, 2007

Today I learned that hipster internet nerds like Arcade Fire and Radiohead!

1) welcome to several years ago
2) they are called indie fuxxorz
posted by ludwig_van at 9:21 AM on December 14, 2007

I can't believe there wasn't more Britney. You guys really need to listen to more music.
posted by Stynxno at 9:22 AM on December 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

And oh man, what I wouldn't give to have a MeTa thread like this for all the previous swaps. There are so many wonderful mixes that I've received over the years, and I have no hope of recalling who made them or when. Thank you to all who have sent me music. You are nice people.
posted by carsonb at 9:25 AM on December 14, 2007

See that was sarcasm because I already knew that hipster internet nerds like Arcade Fire and Radiohead. I knew it so much that if I was making one of these things I'd just assume my counterpart hipster already downloaded Neon Bible and In Rainbows and put some facemelting metal or something on there instead.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 9:36 AM on December 14, 2007

I'd just assume my counterpart hipster already downloaded Neon Bible and In Rainbows and put some facemelting metal or something on there instead.

I went through a THEY CAN'T KNOW ANYTHING I PUT ON THERE IT ALL HAS TO BE NEW TO EARS AND INCREDIBLE/UNLISTENABLE phase too, but now I just like putting a good hour of music together.
posted by carsonb at 9:40 AM on December 14, 2007

See that was sarcasm because I already knew that hipster internet nerds like Arcade Fire and Radiohead

And Spoon and Band of Horses and Caribou and Stars, etc. Good thing Sufjan didn't have a release this year. Throw off the chains of the mp3 blogs, people!

It's ok, I am just busting your collective balls
posted by ludwig_van at 9:45 AM on December 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

I should add that I am SO not a hipster. My songs all came from three places:
1 - A local music blog that posts mp3s.
2 - Friends who stay on top of music and were kind enough to let me borrow their CDs.
3 - Free itunes downloads that Starbucks handed out earlier this year.

Then I spent a BUNCH of hours googling various bands to figure out what, of all the music I'd gathered, actually did come out in 2007, and then a bunch more hours listening to all of my options, making choices and putting it on a disk. Except for Laura Gibson's song, I don't think I'd heard any of the songs on my mix CD a week before I compiled it.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 9:45 AM on December 14, 2007

"Caribou—“Melody Day”
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings—“100 Days, 100 Nights”
Beirut—“Forks and Knives (La Fete)”
Jarvis Cocker—“Running the World”
Malcolm Middleton—“A Brighter Beat”
White Rabbits—“While We Go Dancing”
Spider Bags—“It’s You”
Times New Viking—“Teenage Lust!”
Electrelane—“Saturday”
The Ponys—“Harakiri”
Spoon—“Rhythm and Soul”
Ulrich Schnauss—“Stars”
Panda Bear—“Ponytail”
Dr. Dog—“Ain’t It Strange”
Field Music—“In Context”
The Good, the Bad and the Queen—“Nature Springs”
The Clientele—“The Garden at Night”
M.I.A.—“Paper Planes”
Yeasayer—“2080”
Mekons—“Cockermouth”"

Who made this one? It's got a lot of the music I woulda put on there (this weekend I'll knock together an mp3 mix and post it to y'all).
posted by klangklangston at 9:50 AM on December 14, 2007

Yay, someone else who likes Laura Gibson!

I decided not to do any mixes this year because I don't think I bought/downloaded more than five albums this year. Used to be I'd average an album a week over the course of a year.

It's not really about "getting older," it's more about being too down to listen to music all year.
posted by dw at 9:51 AM on December 14, 2007

PhatLobley—

Nice stuff. The Monger brothers are pretty nice dudes, though I don't like this album as much as their prior one (I gotta remember to tell them to pick up the next issue of Hustler, because there's a brief review of it in there).

Hey, I heard Saturday Looks Good To Me put out an album this year, know how it is? I think I left town before it dropped.

Also, I didn't realize that Hard Lessons album came out this year. I thought it was from 2006.
posted by klangklangston at 9:54 AM on December 14, 2007

Man, that sucks. How did I miss this?

Boo on me.

Well, I guess it doesn't really matter, cuz I only ever listen to "Any Way You Want It" by Journey.

Well, that's not entirely true, I sometimes listen to "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito.
posted by milarepa at 10:28 AM on December 14, 2007

I should add that I am SO not a hipster. My songs all came from three places:
1 - A local music blog that posts mp3s.
2 - Friends who stay on top of music and were kind enough to let me borrow their CDs.
3 - Free itunes downloads that Starbucks handed out earlier this year.

"I am not a hipster. To prove this, I will write on Metafilter, talk about how much I read local music blogs, go to Starbucks, and use itunes store."

Seriously, we are pretty much all hipster internet nerds on the internet at this site, just accept it and move on.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 10:36 AM on December 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

Caribou—“Melody Day”
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings—“100 Days, 100 Nights”
Beirut—“Forks and Knives (La Fete)”
Jarvis Cocker—“Running the World”
Malcolm Middleton—“A Brighter Beat”
White Rabbits—“While We Go Dancing”
Spider Bags—“It’s You”
Times New Viking—“Teenage Lust!”
Electrelane—“Saturday”
The Ponys—“Harakiri”
Spoon—“Rhythm and Soul”
Ulrich Schnauss—“Stars”
Panda Bear—“Ponytail”
Dr. Dog—“Ain’t It Strange”
Field Music—“In Context”
The Good, the Bad and the Queen—“Nature Springs”
The Clientele—“The Garden at Night”
M.I.A.—“Paper Planes”
Yeasayer—“2080”
Mekons—“Cockermouth”

This is mine.
posted by thivaia at 10:37 AM on December 14, 2007

Hey, I heard Saturday Looks Good To Me put out an album this year, know how it is? I think I left town before it dropped.

It was good. I considered including a track on my mix, but when it came to making the last minute edits, it didn't quite make it. Time constraints and whatnot.
posted by thivaia at 10:38 AM on December 14, 2007

Styxno: You have no idea how close I was to kicking off my CD with Mark Ronson's version of Toxic...

Everyone: Claimg my tracklist + commentary + list of songs that could've/should've made it + DJ mix of THE YEAR IN DANCE MUSIC is coming...
posted by sparkletone at 10:43 AM on December 14, 2007

I went through a THEY CAN'T KNOW ANYTHING I PUT ON THERE IT ALL HAS TO BE NEW TO EARS AND INCREDIBLE/UNLISTENABLE phase too

I did that one of the MeFi swaps. I put something that I considered incredibly random on there (obscure French import). And then I got the same track back on someone else's.
posted by smackfu at 10:50 AM on December 14, 2007

Via the magic of cut and paste, vi, and !]]sort -i, I've come up with some numbers, mostly because I'm bored at work and everybody loves having their carefully selected personal list condensed down to an aggregate statistic.

Popular artists, by number of mixes they appear on:
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Arcade Fire - 4 tracks
Band of Horses - 5 tracks
Caribou - 3 tracks
Iron and Wine - 3 tracks
Jens Lekman - 3 tracks
Les Savvy Fav - 3 tracks
Radiohead - 4 tracks
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 3 tracks
Spoon - 6 tracks
Stars - 3 tracks
Tegan and Sarah - 3 tracks
The National - 4 tracks
The Sea and Cake - 3 tracks
The New Pornographers - 3 tracks
Wilco - 3 tracks

Artists who appeared on only a single mix - 164
Possible interesting conversations about hipsterism - 0

In other news, the mix starting with Bill Callahan is belong to me. Also I have been extremely late in getting the dang thing sent out, though the CDs are burnt and waiting, so please accpet by apologies for the delay, folks in my swap set.

On preview: what the heck just happened to the more inside? Anyways, for the record this is the mix I made:

01 - Bill Callahan - Day
02 - Unkle - Chemistry
03 - Unsane - Against the Grain
04 - These Are Powers - Shells For a Dead Chief
05 - Deerhunter - Cryptograms
06 - Ghost - Water Door Yellow Gate
08 - Elvis Perkins - While you Were Sleeping
09 - Les Savy Fav - What Would Wolves Do
10 - Architecture in Helsinki - Heart it Races
11 - Pinback - Good to Sea
12 - Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love you
13 - The Octopus Project - Mmaj
14 - Iron and Wine - Boy With a Coin
14 - Low - Take your Time
15 - John Vanderslice - Time to Go
16 - Battles - Leyendecker
17 - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Old Souls Know
18 - The Robocop Kraus - Blood on the Pullover
19 - Picastro - Car Sleep
20 - Wooden Shjips - We Ask you to Ride
21 - Liars - Sailing to Byzantium
posted by whir at 10:52 AM on December 14, 2007

Thnx for the follow up ND¢.
posted by Sailormom at 10:54 AM on December 14, 2007

If, hypothetically, someone were to have spent a couple of hours reformatting, sorting, and counting these lists (not quite finished yet), what would be the best way to make this file accessible to MeFites?
posted by arcticwoman at 10:55 AM on December 14, 2007

THANKS!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:58 AM on December 14, 2007

what would be the best way to make this file accessible to MeFites?

Would it be possible to put it on the wiki?
posted by carsonb at 11:03 AM on December 14, 2007

What the crap? I sent you (yes, you, ND¢) my address and you said "okay!" and then I never heard anything else! Did I need to obsessively monitor that thread or something?
posted by aubilenon at 11:33 AM on December 14, 2007

I need a hug.
posted by aubilenon at 11:33 AM on December 14, 2007

aubilenon, if you missed out on the swap I will gladly do a one-on-one swap with you. (hug)
posted by arcticwoman at 11:38 AM on December 14, 2007

1) Sharon Jones + Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
2) Justice - DVNO
3) Notorious B.I.G. - Party & Bullshit (Ratatat Mix)
4) Matthew Dear - Deserter
5) Of Montreal - Gronlandic Edit
6) M.I.A. - Paper Planes
7) LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
8) Digitalism - Pogo
9) Battles - Atlas
10) Caribou - Melody Day
11) radiohead - reckoner
12) Spoon - The Ghost Of You Lingers
13) Arcade Fire - Ocean of Noise
14) Jens Lekman - Friday Night At The Drive-in Bingo

Mine!

My initial thought was to do a DJ set of just 2007 stuff, but I wasn't sure that I'd find enough stuff in my pile of DJ selections, and it's not really representative of what I've listened to/liked the most this year...

So then I started thinking about a straight, regular mix CD... And I ended up splitting the difference. I did some nipping and tucking, and managed to come up with something that I think flows together fairly well if listened to from beginning to end. I also wanted to keep it short-ish, rather than cramming as much as possible on to a CD. I somehow managed to come up with something that's exactly 1 hour (and I think 4 seconds) long!

This also should answer the question that was emailed to be about who did that fucking monster of a Biggie remix... It's taken from their second sold-only-at-shows-cause-it's-illegal remix set, which they put out this year. The whole thing's pretty awesome (as is the first volume they did), but that version of Party & Bullshit is the stand out.

I kind of like that Jens Lekman song as a cute little palette cleanser after the somewhat-down second half.

I went through the, "Should I include obvious things?" thought process too. In the end, I decided, fuck it. I see no reason to lie about what I listen to to look cool for people who will hate/make fun of my taste no matter what I do.

PS: If you have good zingers, please make fun of me.
posted by sparkletone at 11:40 AM on December 14, 2007

Would it be possible to put it on the wiki?

That sounds like a good idea. I'm not very comfortable with wiki editing, though, and I would have no idea where to put this. I've reformatted all the artist and song name and am in the process of finding all the albums. It's a list of about 275 items.
posted by arcticwoman at 11:41 AM on December 14, 2007

"It's ok, I am just busting your collective balls"

Flagged as sexist.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:53 AM on December 14, 2007

If it's just text, maybe you could put it up at pastebin or somewhere similar?

Aubilenon, I'd be up for a side swap too, although now a certain element of surprise may be lacking.
posted by whir at 11:56 AM on December 14, 2007

Okay guys, I am not reading all your mix tracklists!

If anyone wants to swap with me send me your snailmail address and I will respond with mine (and send you a CD).

I'll post my tracklist after everyone's gotten my cds.
posted by aubilenon at 12:02 PM on December 14, 2007

(send the address via mefimail I mean)
posted by aubilenon at 12:02 PM on December 14, 2007

I did actually come very close to including a purely-2007 DJ set in with my actual swap CD, but decided to save it for the aftermath thread, where I can post it as an mp3 and I'm not restricted to CD-length. I've got a tracklist all worked up, I just need to bang out the actual mix. That'll happen some time this weekend... I hope.

More notes:

Tracks I left off that maybe I shouldn't have... Links worked at the time of posting!

Modeselektor - 2000007

There's a lot of great stuff on their newest album, but everything they do with TTC is a cut above. This even manages to, for me, top the opener of the first MDSLKTR album, which also has TTC on it.

In retrospect, I wish I would've used this in the place Of Montreal ended up taking.

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Mathematikal)

I couldn't quite make this one fit into the flow of things, but it definitely belonged on the CD, if I just could've made it work. I first heard this back in August or September, I think, when it was posted over at Discobelle, and it was love at first listen.

Jackson's vocal is cut up and stuttered over a nice stomper of a beat and the best fucking bass line I've heard every year.

I've not really been DJing that long, but this is the closest thing I've got to a permanent fixture in my sets. It just rocks so fucking hard.

Jose Gonzalez - Teardrops

There's a couple other tracks on his latest that I could've picked as the favorite from the album. The album opener in particular is better, but this is the one I was considering for the MeFi swap. It's gorgeous, and he manages to make everything he covers his own... somehow.

I ended up picking the Matthew Dear track over this one as the come-down from the Notorious BIG remix.

Burial - Archangel

If I had gotten my hands on Untrue just a month sooner, this would've been the mix opener, hands down. So pretty.

For a little while, I tried to fit on an El-P or Sage Francis track, but couldn't make it work. The Field's album has been getting tons of praise, and Paw In My Face probably could've eeked its way into a slot on the mix CD, but I didn't get my hands on the album soon enough.m

I was tempted to include the encore track from the Daft Punk live album... But it didn't quite seem to fit. But jesus christ, I can not stop listening to it. I probably just should've had Amazon mail you all copies of that.

If I had gone for a Panda Bear track, it would've been either Comfy In Nautica or Bros. While I like the latest Animal Collective quite a bit more than their previous albums... I don't quite like it enough for it to really belong here.

There were also many versions of the tracklist with alternate selections from the same artists that ended up appearing.

Answer Me was the other Jones track. For a long, long, long time, the set opened with JUSTICE's Gensis.

The Of Montreal track was also one that was hard to zero in on, as was the choice of Spoon songs. For Caribou, the only real alternate choice was She's The One. There was no other choice for Battles. Tonto might've been considered, but Atlas is far and away the stand out on their album. XR2 was momentarily considered for the MIA track, but really that album belongs to Paper Planes.

For LCD Soundsystem, I decided to go for the dark horse... All My Friends is (for good reason) kind of the song of the year, as far as I'm concerned... But there's no shortage of greatness on Sound of Sliver, so I went with the runner up.

For the radiohead track, there wasn't any choice either and the moment I heard it, I knew recokoner would be on this... It's soulful in a way that nothing they've done is, and that vocal breakdown blows my goddam mind every time I hear it. I only wish a lossless version had been available around when I was making the disc so that I wasn't sending you guys a 160kbps mp3...

The Arcade Fire song is actually the specific track I was half-referring to when I mentioned going through the, "Should I be OBSCURIST?" thought process... But like I said earlier... Fuck it. This song's gorgeous. The build and climax are one of the most beautiful things I've heard all year.

Anyway. Enough rambling. Back to "work" for me!
posted by sparkletone at 12:04 PM on December 14, 2007

Oh. A few things I forgot.

One more I kinda/sorta maybe shouldn't have left off:

Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen

I've seen these guys live a couple times, and they're a lot of fun. The second time I saw them, they played this, and then again the third time. Both times, it was the highlight of the set for me. This song's just so... joyous. It's almost Polyphonic Spree levels of giddy happiness for me, without any of the creepy cult undertones.

This track was the palette cleanser at the end for a while, but I ended up deciding to go with the Jens Lekman track in the last spot. Beautiful Life from the Gui Boratto album that came out this year would also have worked there.

I couldn't quite make myself include any of the work Ricardo Villalobos has put out this year, but while I'm not big into minimal, I really like his stuff. If I were you, I'd check out Fabric 36, which was put together by him.
posted by sparkletone at 12:10 PM on December 14, 2007

Would it be possible to put it on the wiki?

At this point, it's an excel file - three cells wide and 173 cells long. Included are all the tracks on all MeFi Swaps, including album name, alphabetized by artist.
posted by arcticwoman at 12:17 PM on December 14, 2007

Oops, 274 cells long, not 173.
posted by arcticwoman at 12:18 PM on December 14, 2007

Wow. You rule arcticwoman. I would love to see it, but don't know where you can put it.
posted by ND¢ at 12:21 PM on December 14, 2007

Oh crap, here's mine:
Faulter - The Other Side
Great Lake Swimmers - Your Rocky Spine
The Weakerthans - Sun in an Empty Room
Ted Leo/RX - A Bottle of Buckie
Faulter - Tumbleweed
Grizzly Bear - Alligator (Choir Version)
Band of Horses - Is There A Ghost
Built For The Sea - Hypnotist
The Deadly Syndrome - Eucalyptus
Shapes and Sizes - Alone/Alive
Tera Melos - Last Smile For Jaron
Deerhoof - The Perfect Me
VHS Or Beta - She Says
CocoRosie - Rainbowarriors
FreeTEMPO - You and Me
posted by spiderskull at 12:21 PM on December 14, 2007

Hey that's the third appearance of "Your Rocky Spine" by Great Lake Swimmers! Great song.
posted by ND¢ at 12:24 PM on December 14, 2007

arcticwoman: At this point, it's an excel file.

Maybe google docs? I've never used it, but isn't it supposed to be for this kind of thing? Failing that, I am willing to zip it up and host it on my meager little web space, send me mefimail if you want to do that. (Or there's like rapidshare and so on, too.)
posted by whir at 12:31 PM on December 14, 2007

Oh, and thanks sparkletone, I enjoy hearing folks's reasoning behind the mixes. I agree with you about Holy Fuck - I went on an instrumental-rock-that's-not-"post"-anything kick for a little while and they were one of the bands I liked a lot in that little micro-genre, along with The Octopus Project.
posted by whir at 12:40 PM on December 14, 2007

Still time to buy the MetaFilter Compilation CD! If you order now, cortex *may* get around to shipping before the 2008 holiday season! Order soon, order often!
posted by terrapin at 12:52 PM on December 14, 2007

Bands I am happy to see that other people like:

Times New Viking, Wooden Shjips, Great Lakes Myth Society, Robocop Kraus, Studio.

I get off work early today, and will report back with a playlist of 2007, since I meant to be a part of this and then totally slept on it (at least I didn't commit). But this was an excellent year for hardcore and for metal, and I'm a little disappointed that I don't see more.
posted by klangklangston at 12:53 PM on December 14, 2007

klangklangston: this was an excellent year for hardcore and for metal, and I'm a little disappointed that I don't see more.

Bring it! I didn't wind up paying tons of attention to those genres this year but I'd love recommendations. (Although I did see both Flipper and Naked Raygun, and was blown away by both, probably because of going into their shows with really low expectations.)
posted by whir at 1:07 PM on December 14, 2007

But this was an excellent year for hardcore and for metal, and I'm a little disappointed that I don't see more.

I'm too sad over the Blood Brothers (who were maybe only nominally hardcore to begin with, much less what they became on their later, better albums) breaking up to think about hardcore for a while. :(
posted by sparkletone at 1:23 PM on December 14, 2007

Man. Y'all like some white, white, white-ass music.
posted by Dr. Wu at 2:48 PM on December 14, 2007

Yes. Is that wrong?
posted by soundofsuburbia at 3:01 PM on December 14, 2007

"Man. Y'all like some white, white, white-ass music."

Please, Steely Dan.
posted by klangklangston at 3:19 PM on December 14, 2007

Man. Y'all like some white, white, white-ass music.

And this despite not one inclusion of "Young Folks?"
posted by dw at 3:39 PM on December 14, 2007

And this despite not one inclusion of "Young Folks?"

A song that was released last year, though. The Diplo mash-up - "Young Folks Pussy" - came out this year though, and it's pretty great.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 3:45 PM on December 14, 2007

Thank God Dylan put out a great one this year, or I'd be totally fucking clueless. Enjoy you're hipness today - it passes.
posted by Benny Andajetz at 3:49 PM on December 14, 2007

though
posted by soundofsuburbia at 3:50 PM on December 14, 2007

Hey, Neil Young released a somewhat good album this year, as well.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 3:51 PM on December 14, 2007

...so get back on the trolley, gramps! :)
posted by soundofsuburbia at 3:54 PM on December 14, 2007

Thank God Dylan put out a great one this year, or I'd be totally fucking clueless. Enjoy you're hipness today - it passes.

No it doesn't. Being hip isn't something you have, it's something you do.
posted by ludwig_van at 3:56 PM on December 14, 2007

And the Bettye LaVette album, "The Scene of the Crime", the one that she did with Drive-By Truckers you know, is pretty good as well. So now I cater to the old folks and the "indie folks hate black music" crowd in one fell swoop! :)
posted by soundofsuburbia at 3:58 PM on December 14, 2007

it's something you do.

And eventually, something you break.
posted by smackfu at 4:03 PM on December 14, 2007 [3 favorites]

Being hip isn't something you have, it's something you do.

That's why I used "you're" instead of "your" (not really). And I'm still a very hip guy - in my age group. Unfortunately, doing at (close to) fifty what you did at twenty mostly just gets you stared at.

I've been accused of having a fairly encyclopedic knowledge of popular music from the fifties through the nineties, but I only recognize four or five artists on these lists. I will now hand it back to the vanguard and go work on my lawn.
posted by Benny Andajetz at 4:10 PM on December 14, 2007

There isn't a whole lot that is great about living in Brum but getting to see bands like Great Lake Swimmers in teeny tiny venues like the small room at the Glee Club or Stars at Barfly with just about a hundred other people is one of them. Great Canadian indie acts with almost no UK following routinely come by and give really intimate shows.
posted by srboisvert at 4:40 PM on December 14, 2007

And this despite not one inclusion of "Young Folks?"

A song that was released last year, though.

I put "Amsterdam" from that PB&J album on mine; Amazon says it was released in February 2007.
posted by bluishorange at 6:28 PM on December 14, 2007

John Peel was hip till the day he died.

When in doubt, ask yourself WWJPD?
posted by sparkletone at 7:01 PM on December 14, 2007

I'm not home until Sunday, but when I get there, I'll throw down a explanation post, and post a willfully obscure tracklist made up of mildly ridiculous tracks.

and maybe do a sideswap with that tracklist.
posted by heeeraldo at 8:22 PM on December 14, 2007

Speaking of the best music of 2007, have y'all seen this? Kick ass.
posted by ND¢ at 8:45 PM on December 14, 2007

Apparently you would have if you had read MeFi back in May. I am lame.

It is good though.
posted by ND¢ at 8:53 PM on December 14, 2007

Killer harp solo!
posted by PhatLobley at 8:57 PM on December 14, 2007

I can't believe I didn't notice that, since I've been doing a year-end mix for friends for the past few years. The 2007 version is here.
posted by aaronetc at 11:56 PM on December 14, 2007

have y'all seen this? Kick ass.

I've been myspace friends with The Wrong Trousers since that post back in May, and am happy to report that they seem to be riding the swell with little trouble. They play gigs occasionally, but I haven't been out to see a show yet. Good group of youngsters, them, and fine musicians to boot.
posted by carsonb at 1:09 AM on December 15, 2007

I have a .zip of my mix available if anyone would like a digital copy. I'd sideswap discs with alla y'all but funds are low. If you want it, drop a MeFi Mail and I'll shoot you back the link.
posted by carsonb at 1:20 AM on December 15, 2007

The Kissaway Trail – Smother + Evil = Hurt
Figurines – Half Awake, Half Aware
The Raveonettes – Hallucinations
Decorate. Decorate. – Karen
The Films – Jealousy
Tina Dickow – My Business
Band of Horses – Detlew Schrempf
Trentemøller – Snowflake (Live Version)
Efterklang – Mirador
JaConfetti – Flute Man
Peder – Would You (feat. Nino Moschella)
Róisín Murphy – Footprints
Private – I Can't Wait
Stereo Total – Ta Voix Au Telephone
Hot Chip – No
Franz Ferdinand – No

That's mine.
posted by sveskemus at 2:43 AM on December 15, 2007

Apparently Band of Horses are quite popular. I have to admit, though, that I threw BOH on there even though I don't really listen to them often (not to say that they aren't good -- quite the contrary!).

It's interesting to note the correlation between Pitchfork Media reviews and our respective track selections.
posted by spiderskull at 3:31 AM on December 15, 2007

1. Mika - Grace Kelly (from the album: Life in Cartoon Motion)
2. Bloc Party - I Still Remember (from the album: A Weekend in the City)
3. The Killers - Read My Mind (from the album: Sam's Town)
4. Arcade Fire - Intervention (from the album: Neon Bible)
5. Just Jack - Starz In Their Eyes (from the album: Overtones)
6. Editors - An End Has a Start (from the album: An End Has a Start)
7. Lily Allen - Alfie (from the album: Alright, Still)
8. Air Traffic - Shooting Star (from the album: Fractured Life)
9. Kate Nash - Foundations (from the album: Made of Bricks)
10. Samim - Heater (from the album: The Flow)
11. Whitest Boy Alive - Burning (from the album: Dreams)
12. Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (from the album: Infinity On High)


= mine. I just chose a song for each month that was semi-popular in Belgium in that month, yet not performed by Britney Spears, et al.
posted by lodev at 8:14 AM on December 15, 2007

01 The Eternals – The Mix is So Bizarre
02 Les Savy Fav – Raging in the Plague Age
03 Battles – Atlas
04 Kenge Kenge – Kenge Kenge
05 Múm – They Made Frogs Smoke ‘Til They Exploded
06 Sir Richard Bishop – Canned Goods and Firearms
07 Bill Callahan – Sycamore
08 Andrew Bird – Simple
09 Caetano Veloso – Dreamland (Joni Mitchell)
10 Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake – For Brother Thompson
11 The Sea and Cake – Crossing Line
12 The Bees (A Band of Bees) – Listening Man
13 The 1900s – When I Say Go
14 Eleni Mandell – Make-Out King
15 The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir – In Hospital
16 White Magic – Winds
17 Nellie McKay – Mother of Pearl

Sorry I'm late, y'all. Swapset Gray, they'll ship out on Monday.

There's a ton of good music this year, although I didn't know it when I signed up to do this. I had to do a lot of exploring and catching up, but it was well worth it. 11 out of 17 songs on my mix are new to me from my MefiSwap research efforts.

I saw The Sea and Cake and The Fred Anderson Trio last night, and both were amazing.
posted by hydrophonic at 10:45 AM on December 15, 2007

08 Andrew Bird – Simple X
Dangit, I made the same typo on my covers.

So what was your mix, ND¢? C'mon, this was your idea, so show your hand.

Anybody interested in a side swap, let me know.
posted by hydrophonic at 4:01 PM on December 15, 2007

Okay, ND¢ and I figured out our miscommunication, and I've arranged a few side swaps. If anyone else wants to swap with me, send me your address. Heck, if you just want a copy without sending me anything back, that's fine too.

Originally I was going to do only new stuff that either sounded old, or actually was old, but didn't manage to get released (on any format) until now. But it started sounding samey, and there were a few things that don't feel dated that I couldn't not put on here. Once I narrowed things down to 3 hours of favorite tracks, the flow of the mix dictated what got on and what was left for future mixes.

Here's my tracklist. For those of you who are swapping with me: SPOILER WARNING

2007: Still not the Future
(Album titles in parentheses)

1: Justice: tthhee ppaarrttyy (†)
2: The Landau Orchestra: With the Past and the Future (Janus Plays Telephone)
3: Retic: Actually Everything (Saturn Day Trajectory)
4: The Future Sound of London: Field of Flowers (From the Archives vol 1)
5: Goldmund: Shadow (Two Point Discrimination)
6: The Ace of Clubs: Patriotic Acid (Benefist)
7: Hifana: 雲の上 (Acoustic Version) feat. Keyco & Meika, Izpon, Take from Kokyo (Connect)
8: Porn Sword Tobacco: Comme-Il-Faut (6 ÅR) (New Exclusive Olympic Heights)
9: The Field: Over the Ice (From Here we Go Sublime)
10: Deceptikon: Mourning Logic (Greater Cascadia)
11: 40winks: One Button (Sound Puzzle)
12: Jean-Jacques Perrey & Luke Vibert: Analog Generique (Moog Acid)
13: Helios: In Heaven (Ayres)
14: Uusitalo: Korpikansa (Karhunainen)
15: Kettel: Prarieplant (Whisper me Wishes)
16: Amon Tobin: The Killer's Vanilla (Foley Room)
17: Secede: Vega Libre: The Citadel (Vega Libre)
18: Gel-Sol: Cool Sweet Awesome Yay! (Unifactor)

I'm a little bit cheating in that Goldmund and Helios are the same person, and The Ace of Clubs is Luke Vibert. I have never heard Spoon or Band of Horses.
posted by aubilenon at 4:46 AM on December 16, 2007

So what was your mix, ND¢?

1. The Underdog - Spoon
2. Nothing's Wrong - Architecture in Helsinki
3. Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
4. You are Dreaming - Shout Out Louds
5. Underwater (You and Me) - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
6. Failsafe - New Pornographers
7. A Postcard to Nina - Jens Lekman
8. Fake Empire - The National
9. The General Specific - Band of Horses
10. Wild Mountain Nation - Blitzen Trapper
11. Your Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers
12. A Girl in Port - Okkervil River
13. Killing the Blues - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
14. Resurrection Fern - Iron & Wine
15. The Park - Feist
*two minutes of silence*
Hidden Song. What's It Gonna Be? (via)
posted by ND¢ at 5:56 AM on December 16, 2007

Oh and please bear in mind that I turned 30 years old a few days ago, so that tracklist is actually pretty good all things considered.
posted by ND¢ at 7:30 AM on December 16, 2007

ND¢: I read just the left column and thought I hadn't heard of any of those guys until I realize it was song name first.
posted by aubilenon at 7:40 AM on December 16, 2007

ND¢:

If you like the 2007 version of Killing the Blues, you should check out the original John Prine version from 1979, and the Shawn Colvin cover from 1994. They are both excellent. I couldn't find them quickly online, but if you hunt....
posted by Benny Andajetz at 11:33 AM on December 16, 2007

Ok, I'm late, but here's mine: 2007 mix. It's up as a .zip, and includes a .txt file you can import into iTunes (at least on a mac) that will order the songs.

Here's the c&p tracklist in case that doesn't work:

Wild Bore— Mika Miko 666 EP 2007
Fledermaus Can't Get It— Von Südenfed Tromatic Reflexxions 2007
Buzz Buzz Buzz— Black Strobe Burn Your Own Church 2007
People Person— Pissed Jeans Hope For Men 2007
First Priority— The Bad Trips The Bad Trips lp (rocketship records 2007) 2007
Hey!— Home Blitz Home Blitz 2007
Troubled Son—
posted by klangklangston at 7:13 PM on December 16, 2007

Uhh... That was weird. Let's retry before abort fail.

Wild Bore— Mika Miko 666 EP 2007
Fledermaus Can't Get It— Von Südenfed Tromatic Reflexxions 2007
Buzz Buzz Buzz— Black Strobe Burn Your Own Church 2007
People Person— Pissed Jeans Hope For Men 2007
First Priority— The Bad Trips The Bad Trips lp (rocketship records 2007) 2007
Hey!— Home Blitz Home Blitz 2007
Troubled Son—
posted by klangklangston at 7:16 PM on December 16, 2007

What the fuck, Metafilter? Why is this happening?

Here's the rest, with no dashes setting things off:


Troubled Son
posted by klangklangston at 7:17 PM on December 16, 2007

Well, OK.

Wild Bore Mika Miko 666 EP 2007
Fledermaus Can't Get It Von Südenfed Tromatic Reflexxions 2007
Buzz Buzz Buzz Black Strobe Burn Your Own Church 2007
People Person Pissed Jeans Hope For Men 2007
First Priority The Bad Trips The Bad Trips lp (rocketship records 2007) 2007
Hey! Home Blitz Home Blitz 2007
Troubled Son Working For A Nuclear Free City Businessmen & Ghosts
posted by klangklangston at 7:19 PM on December 16, 2007

Christ, what the fuck is going on?

(I'm gonna ask an admin to clean this all up.)
posted by klangklangston at 7:20 PM on December 16, 2007

XR2 M.I.A. Kala 2007
Don't Stop The Music Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 2007
I Want Your Love Chromatics Night Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2007
Don't Think Lover A Place To Bury Strangers A Place To Bury Strangers 2007
Pin Eyed Boy Goon Moon Licker's Last Leg 2007
River Phoenix Japanther Skuffed Up My Huffy 2007
My Life's Alright Without You No Age Weirdo Rippers 2007
Lucy's Ride Wooden Shjips Wooden Shjips 2007
Wucan Black Mountain In The Future 2007
posted by klangklangston at 7:32 PM on December 16, 2007

Ok, so let's put those together and hope everything else gets deleted:

The link is here.

Tracklist is:

Wild Bore Mika Miko 666 EP 2007
Fledermaus Can't Get It Von Südenfed Tromatic Reflexxions 2007
Buzz Buzz Buzz Black Strobe Burn Your Own Church 2007
People Person Pissed Jeans Hope For Men 2007
First Priority The Bad Trips The Bad Trips lp (rocketship records 2007) 2007
Hey! Home Blitz Home Blitz 2007
Troubled Son
posted by klangklangston at 7:36 PM on December 16, 2007

oh fuck it
posted by klangklangston at 7:37 PM on December 16, 2007 [1 favorite]

somebody reboot the klang-bot... it's on the fritz again.
posted by anotherpanacea at 7:53 PM on December 16, 2007

Poor klangklang.

Everybody make happy now! I give you:

SPRKLTNE vs. 2007

Guess who wins

All audio released in the ought seven. No after-the-fact editing of any kind was done, merely conversion to mp3 + upload.

Tracklist:

Ayo Technology / Critical Error / Still Alive
Kavinsky - Testarossa Autodrive (SebastiAn remix)
Digitalism - Digitalism in Cairo
Simian Mobile Disco - Love
Kanye West - Stronger (A-Trak remix)
Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow (Soulwax remix)
Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen
!!! - Heart Of Hearts
Midnight Juggernauts - Road to Recovery
Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica (Spank Rock remix)
Chromatics - I Want Your Love
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Mirage remix)
MDSLKTR - 2000007
Mark Ronson - Toxic
Von Südenfed - That Sound Wiped
Kanye West - Diamonds (Ratatat remix)
Björk - Earth Intruders (Spank Rock remix)
MIA - XR2
Burial - Archangel
Ricardo Villalobos - Perc and Drums
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Mathematikal remix)
JUSTICE - Phantom Pt II (Soulwax remix)
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life

Mostly it is a delivery mechanism for songs mentioned in the "should've been on the CD" tracks. But also because it is fun and awesome. Detection of the two minor mistakes (and any other perceived mixing errors) is left as an exercise to the dancer.

Track lost to sands of time that should be in this thing: Tepr - Minuit Jacuzzi (datA remix). Such a great remix.

Peace and <3.
posted by sparkletone at 9:29 PM on December 16, 2007 [1 favorite]