the year-end list

Dark Allies at the CMJ event at the New Museum by Altered Zones (may the rest in peace)

I'm holding off on pulling together a "best of" 2011 album list until later this week. But I had the itch to create a playlist for the end of the year ... not something to play at a new year's eve party unless you really want it to sound like the third act of a John Hughes movie. Anyway, it's a lot of new stuff I've been listening to for the past week or so. And it's all awesome.

Enjoy.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wqgnnhvi6dqp5yz

The December List

(Dive, performing "Sometime" at Altered Zones' CMJ show at the New Museum)

So this is my playlist for December. Predictably heavy on melancholy synth dreamscapes. Some old, some new-ish, all fairly awesome.

Here's the link: http://www.mediafire.com/?r80ack3ofqx9euz

Not sure how the zip ended up sequencing the tracks, but here's the recommended order:

- Dust Cloud (Justin K. Broadrick Remix), Bear in Heaven
- Shells, Dreams West
- A Certain Someone, Light Asylum
- Sometime, Dive
- Strawberry Skies, Games
- Romantic Streams, Sleep Over
- French Letter, Bon Accord
- Deerfield Village, Rangers
- Keen on Boys, The Radio Dept.
- Mind, Drips, Neon Indian
- Local Joke (Neon Indian Cover), Millionyoung
- First Time, Soft Circle