Playlist: Eat Out Your Brain

The next installment in my personal playlist series is complete: check out the 20 tracks that make up Eat Out Your Brain (a lyric from the previously reviewed "Zumbi" that somewhat captures the essence of the mix but is mostly just really amusing) below. Again, it is meant to be shuffled and the songs are in alphabetical order by artist:

1. "Collapsing At Your Doorstep" by Air France off of No Way Down
2. "River" by Akron/Family off of Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
3. "Summertime Clothes" by Animal Collective off of Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. "Useful Chamber" by Dirty Projectors off of Bitte Orca
5. "Mushaboom [Postal Service Remix]" by Feist off of Open Season
6. "Ankle Injuries" by Fujiya & Miyagi off of Transparent Things
7. "Ready For The Floor" by Hot Chip off of Made In The Dark
8. "Last Exit [Fennesz Mix]" by Junior Boys off of Last Exit
9. "Heartbeats" by The Knife off of Deep Cuts
10. "Yeah! Oh Yeah!" by The Magnetic Fields off of 69 Love Songs
11. "Hold The Line (DJ Edit)" by Major Lazer off of Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
12. "Zumbi" by Major Lazer
13. "Nonpareil Of Favor" by Of Montreal off of Skeletal Lamping
14. "Moth's Wings" by Passion Pit off of Manners
15. "Eyes As Candles" by Passion Pit off of Manners
16. "Thickets" by Patrick Wolf off of The Bachelor
17. "You'll Find A Way (Switch And Sinden Remix)" by Santigold off of Santogold
18. "Inaugural Trams" by Super Furry Animals off of Dark Days/Light Years
19. "Dinosaur On The Ark" by The Very Best off of The Very Best Mixtape
20. "Damage" by Yo La Tengo off of I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

Though I try my hardest to put unique and unexpected tracks on every playlist, Animal Collective always seems to end up there in some form, so I apologize (but have no regrets.) Also, even though Passion Pit and Major Lazer are on here twice, their songs are different enough from each other and good enough on their own to warrant two separate places on the list. I found most of the tracks with Elbows music blog aggregator (though "Thickets" and the Fennesz mix of "Last Exit" are TPP originals), so follow the links to download your own copy of Eat Out Your Brain.

Playlist: Do The Happy Dance

Every once in awhile, I put together a playlist for myself that's more personal than the ones we throw together for our show. Whenever I do, it seems like the songs pick themselves and come together naturally, and thus they're usually rare as there's a lot of waiting involved (the last was in December.) The mixes usually consist of a wide range of songs I've been obessed with, either old or new, and they are meant to be played at random, as each song fits in so well with the rest that the order doesn't matter. Anyway, I though I'd share this one with you all; it's called Do The Happy Dance. Though most of the tracks aren't "dance" tracks by any means, most of them do have a persistent beat (and electronic effects) and they will most likely make you happy, as they do for me:

1. "Unsolved Mysteries" by Animal Collective off of Strawberry Jam
2. "No Dice" by Beirut off of Realpeople Holland
3. "Major Label Debut" by Broken Social Scene off of Broken Social Scene
4. "Surprise Stefani" by Dan Deacon off of Bromst
5. "The Twist" by Frightened Rabbit off of The Midnight Organ Fight
6. "Hold Onto Love" by Golden Birthday off of Infinite Leagues
7. "Two Weeks" by Grizzly Bear off of Veckatimest
8. "Angela" by John Vanderslice off of Pixel Revolt
9. "Dull To Pause" by Junior Boys off of Begone Dull Care
10. "We Live In An Expanding Universe" by Kelley Polar off of I Need You To Hold On When The Sky Is Falling
11. "Human" by The Killers off of Day & Age
12. "Tonight" by Lykke Li off of Youth Novels
13. "Middle Is Gold" by Mates Of State off of Team Boo
14. "Sing Me Spanish Techno" by The New Pornographers off of Twin Cinema
15. "Young Adult Friction" by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart off of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
16. "Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur" by Sigur Ros off of Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
17. "Elevator Love Letter" by Stars off of Heart
18. "Sister" by Vetiver off of Tight Knit
19. "Softshock" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs off of It's Blitz
20. "Tightrope" by Yeasayer off of Dark Was The Night

Follow the links to free mp3 downloads, courtesy of the blogs on Elbows music blog aggregator (except "Middle Is Gold" and "Hold Onto Love," which are courtesy of me.)

Playlist: Top Tracks Of 2008

Here's a list of my 20 favorite tracks from 2008, in descending order. The song has to stand out from the rest of its album in order to qualify, and thus I excluded songs from my favorite albums of the year. Also, I'm not going to put any album art because, well, it's annoying.

20. "Lost Verses" by Sun Kil Moon off of April
19. "Poor Old Ra" by The Pica Beats off of Beating Back The Claws Of The Cold
18. "Beg Waves" by Ponytail off of Ice Cream Spiritual
17. "Namer" by High Places off the self-titled album
16. "Bang Your Drum" by Wolf Parade off of At Mount Zoomer
15. "Things I Did When I Was Dead" by No Age off of Nouns
14. "Untrust Us" by Crystal Castles off the self-titled album
13. "Give Arm To Its Socket" by Republic Tigers off of Keep Color
12. "Leaves Grow" by Butter Days off of The Habit Of Making Up
11. "Paperback Suicide" by Evangelicals off of The Evening Descends
10. "Lump Sum" by Bon Iver off of For Emma, Forever Ago
09. "Godan Daginn" by Sigur Ros off of Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
08. "Out There On The Ice" by Cut Copy off of In Ghost Colors
07. "Cath..." by Death Cab For Cutie off of Narrow Stairs
06. "God & Suicide" by Blitzen Trapper off of Furr
05. "Kids" by MGMT off of Oracular Spectacular
04. "Orphaned" by Max Tundra off of Parallax Error Beheads You
03. "Cobwebs" by Animal Collective off of Water Curses
02. "Tom & Jerry" by Hecuba off of Sir
01. "The Rabbit, The Bat & The Reindeer" by Dr. Dog off of Fate

I've provided links using Elbows music blog aggregator for your mp3-downloading pleasure. Enjoy!