My 2010 Mix Tape

Since I've gotten heavily into music, I've started to put together end-of-year "mixtapes." Okay, they're actually playlists that are short enough to be burned onto a single music CD. They tend to be a list of, not exactly my favorite individual songs of the year, but songs that sort of my musical highlights of the year. I deliberately sequence the songs so that they (hopefully) either tell a story in music, or at least have an emotional and stylistic flow to them. Ideally, my mixtapes should be listened to in sequence, rather than just dumped into iTunes.

So, without further ado, here's Mike's 2010 Mix Tape:

1. "Tron: Legacy End Titles" by Daft Punk from Tron: Legacy Motion Picture Soundtrack

2. "The High Road" by Broken Bells, from Broken Bells

3. "The Cave" by Mumford and Sons, from Sigh No More

4. "Boyfriend" by Best Coast, from Crazy For You

5. "And He Slayed Her" by Liz Phair, from Funstyle

6. "It Only Takes One Night" by Dum Dum Girls, from I Will Be

7. "Month of May" by Arcade Fire, from The Suburbs

8. "Medulla Oblangata" by Buke and Gass, from Riposte

9. "Infinity Guitars" by Sleigh Bells, from Treats

10. "Coquet Coquette" by Of Montreal, from False Priest

11. "Digging for Something" by Superchunk, from Majesty Shredding

12. "You Must Be Out of Your Mind" by The Magnetic Fields, from Realism

13. "Dancing On My Own" by Robyn, from Body Talk

14. "Fuck You" by Cee Lo Green, from The Lady Killer

15. "Swim" by Surfer Blood, from Astro Coast

16. "Peace Signs" by Sharon Van Etten, from Epic

17. "Your Hands (Together)" by The New Pornographers, from Together

18. "The Hair Song" by Black Mountain, from Wilderness Heart

19. "Lawless Lands" by The Sword, from Warp Riders

20. "Stagnant Pond" by Ludicra, from The Tenant

[Update: 26 Dec 2011]

Listen to the entire playlist on Spotify!

Note: Ludicra's label hasn't signed a deal with Spotify, so that track does not appear on the mix above.

Enjoy!