The Official "Personal Soundtracks" Thread

[murlough23]

My March/April mix is finally coming together.

DISC ONE
1. "This Too Shall Pass", OK Go
2. "Forget and Not Slow Down", Relient K
3. "Lately I Can't Fly", Lost Ocean
4. "The Veil", David Crowder Band
5. "Umbrella Beach", Owl City
6. "Supermassive Black Hole", Muse
7. "California English", Vampire Weekend
8. "Set Your Sails", Future of Forestry
9. "Three Tigers", The River Empires
10. "Cobra Con", Derek Webb
11. "Introducing Palace Players", Mew
12. "Nerve Damage", Lifehouse
13. "No Grave", Newsboys
14. "Needle and Haystack Life", Switchfoot
15. "Pins and Needles", Mute Math
16. "You Can't Take It with You", As Tall as Lions
17. "I Think I Can", Animal Collective

DISC TWO
1. "The Last Great Star in Hollywood", Meg & Dia
2. "Over & Over", Mae
3. "Shame and Fortune", Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. "House of Mirrors", Doves
5. "At Least I'm Not as Sad (as I Used to Be)", fun.
6. "You Run Away", Barenaked Ladies
7. "The Things You Were", Deas Vail
8. "Go Do", Jónsi
9. "Right Angles", The Paper Raincoat
10. "Chandeliers", Sleeping at Last
11. "Speed of Sound", Pearl Jam
12. "Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture)", Muse
13. "Movement I: In the Countenance of Kings/Movement II: Sleeping Invader", Sufjan Stevens
14. "Channel", Joe Henry
15. "Return Again to Me", Out of the Grey
16. "Rest", The Clumsy Lovers
17. "Heaven In the Face", Steven Curtis Chapman

[murlough23]

May/June mix.

Disc One
1. "Your Hands (Together)", The New Pornographers
2. "Carousel", Paper Route
3. "Andalucía", Doves
4. "Inside", Jennifer Knapp
5. "Change of Time", Josh Ritter
6. "Four Seconds", Barenaked Ladies
7. "Agree to Disagree", Meg & Dia
8. "The Curse of Maybel Cains", The River Empires
9. "Close to Me", Lost Ocean
10. "City of Delusion", Muse
11. "Growing Pains", Deas Vail
12. "White Sky", Vampire Weekend
13. "Fireflies", Owl City
14. "Oh, Happiness", David Crowder Band
15. "What Would I Want? Sky", Animal Collective
16. "Idioteque (live)", Vienna Teng & Alex Wong
17. "Rewind", The Paper Raincoat

DISC TWO
1. "Tiger Teeth", Paper Route
2. "End Love", OK Go
3. "Heads Will Roll", Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. "Radio Makes You Lonely", John Reuben
5. "Armistice", Mute Math
6. "Go Easy", As Tall as Lions
7. "Had Enough", Lifehouse
8. "Enough to Let Me Go", Switchfoot
9. "Heaven", Derek Webb
10. "Tornado", Jónsi
11. "Wood and Wire", Thrice
12. "This Is My Favorite Cage", Joe Henry
13. "The Marching of the Clocks", The River Empires
14. "White Lips Kissed", Mew
15. "Just Breathe", Pearl Jam
16. "You & Me", Dave Matthews Band
17. "The Gambler", fun.

[murlough23]

July/August mix:

DISC ONE
1. "Knights of Cydonia", Muse
2. "Relentless", House of Heroes
3. "Bold and Underlined", Future of Forestry
4. "Thrill of the Fall", The Reign of Kindo
5. "WTF?", OK Go
6. "Hello Seattle", Owl City
7. "Holiday", Vampire Weekend
8. "Summertime", Barenaked Ladies
9. "Snowden", Doves
10. "Enemy Among Us", Paper Route
11. "Not Gonna Love", Sherwood
12. "Crash Years", The New Pornographers
13. "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)", Arcade Fire
14. "The Mall and Misery", Broken Bells
15. "This Is the End (If You Want It)", Relient K
16. "Gravity (live)", Vienna Teng & Alex Wong
17. "The Curse", Josh Ritter

DISC TWO
1. "Architecture", Mute Math
2. "Bullets in the Air", The Reign of Kindo
3. "Sixes & Sevens", As Tall as Lions
4. "All In", Lifehouse
5. "Fallen", Jennifer Knapp
6. "Ain't No Son", Court Yard Hounds
7. "Protection", Future of Forestry
8. "A Dimmer Lux", The River Empires
9. "Hours Away", Lost Ocean
10. "Salt in the Sea", House of Heroes
11. "The Saltwater Room", Owl City
12. "American Clouds", Paper Route
13. "Another New World", Josh Ritter
14. "Louise Louisa", Mew
15. "Sing It Out", Switchfoot
16. "Alleluia, Sing", David Crowder Band
17. "Around Us", Jónsi

[murlough23]

Mixology for September/October:

DISC ONE
1. "The Catalyst", Linkin Park
2. "Pray Tell", Anberlin
3. "Cousins", Vampire Weekend
4. "Love Is for the Middle Class", House of Heroes
5. "Working to Be Loved", Future of Forestry
6. "Empty Room", Arcade Fire
7. "Wish", Paper Route
8. "Dive In", Jennifer Knapp
9. "Around You", Sherwood
10. "Next to Me", Sleeping at Last feat. Stacy Dupree
11. "Below the Hurricane", Blitzen Trapper
12. "Don't Really Know Me", Snowden
13. "Too Much", Sufjan Stevens
14. "My Shepherd", The New Pornographers
15. "Now That We've Made Our Ascent", The Reign of Kindo
16. "There Is a Louder Shout to Come", Justis Kao
17. "Eyes Wide Open", Jars of Clay feat. Mac Powell, Derek Webb & Burlap to Cashmere

DISC TWO
1. "Impossible", Anberlin
2. "Out of the Wild", Kevin Max
3. "Here Tomorrow Gone Today", Lifehouse
4. "Last Time", Paper Route
5. "City with No Children", Arcade Fire
6. "Southern Pacifica", Josh Ritter
7. "Traveling Shoes", Robert Randolph & the Family Band
8. "The Ghost Inside", Broken Bells
9. "On the Lookout", Barenaked Ladies
10. "Symptom of a Stumbling", The Reign of Kindo
11. "Ice", Lights
12. "The Tip of the Iceberg", Owl City
13. "You Came So Close", Andrew Peterson
14. "Catacombs and Orchards", The River Empires
15. "The Owl and the Tanager", Sufjan Stevens
16. "Miss You", Caedmon's Call
17. "Caught by the River", Doves

[ewok20t3]

11. "Ice", Lights

I'm not sure if I should consider Lights a guilty pleasure or not, but if she is a guilty pleasure, she's one of my favorites.

[murlough23]

I'm not sure if I should consider Lights a guilty pleasure or not, but if she is a guilty pleasure, she's one of my favorites.

I go back and forth. I think some of her lyrics show depth. But the overall sound is this weird blend of DIY and teenybopper. An entire album of her vocordered voice isn't as easy to get through as it is with Owl City.

Lights was actually the only "new" artist to appear on this mix. I'm hungry.

[ewok20t3]

I go back and forth. I think some of her lyrics show depth. But the overall sound is this weird blend of DIY and teenybopper. An entire album of her vocordered voice isn't as easy to get through as it is with Owl City.

Lights was actually the only "new" artist to appear on this mix. I'm hungry.

It took a little getting used to, but I enjoy her album quite a bit. It's got a child-like innocence to it without being totally corny.


If you're hungry for newer artists, I recommend States and All The Day Holiday. 

[murlough23]

If you're hungry for newer artists, I recommend States and All The Day Holiday. 

You recommended ATDH to me before; I listened to their album and vaguely remember liking it, but now I can't find any viable way to listen to it again.

How does States differ from Copeland?

[ewok20t3]

You recommended ATDH to me before; I listened to their album and vaguely remember liking it, but now I can't find any viable way to listen to it again.

How does States differ from Copeland?

States are much more upbeat than Copeland, and they have a female singer with a beautiful voice. They actually remind me more of Metric than Copeland.


You can download the All The Day Holiday album at this link http://www.mediafire.com/?5oj3z5ddzm5. The band wanted everyone to share the album with their friends, so thankfully, I can share this album with a guilt free conscience. 

[murlough23]

States are much more upbeat than Copeland, and they have a female singer with a beautiful voice. They actually remind me more of Metric than Copeland.

Could be intriguing, though I already think Metric's sound is somewhat derivative. But they make catchy songs. So we'll see.

You can download the All The Day Holiday album at this link http://www.mediafire.com/?5oj3z5ddzm5. The band wanted everyone to share the album with their friends, so thankfully, I can share this album with a guilt free conscience. 

Like the guilt was a problem for me to begin with. Thanks for the linkage!

[ewok20t3]

Could be intriguing, though I already think Metric's sound is somewhat derivative. But they make catchy songs. So we'll see.

Like the guilt was a problem for me to begin with. Thanks for the linkage!

No problem. Let me know what you think.

[plvarona]

I just burned my "Best of 2010" Mix earlier today.  Here's the track listing:

Disc 1: Triple A/Hot AC
1. "The Reckoning (How Long)" Andrew Peterson
2. "Fade Like a Shadow" KT Tunstall
3. "Next to Me" Sleeping at Last
4. "Eyes Wide Open" Jars of Clay
5. "Beauty Will Rise" Steven Curtis Chapman
6. "God's Hometown" Caedmon's Call
7. "Numbers Don't Lie" The Mynabirds
8. "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" The Reign of Kindo
9. "Let You Go" The Rocket Summer
10. "Speaking a Dead Language" Joy Williams
11. "Change of Time" Josh Ritter
12. "It's Me" Sara Groves
13. "Until There is No More Tomorrow" Justin McRoberts
14. "Let Us Love" NEEDTOBREATHE
15. "Something in the Water" Brooke Fraser
16. (Bonus Track): "Shady Esperanto and the Young Hearts" Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers
17. (Bonus Track): "Brielle" Sky Sailing

Disc 2: Rock/Alternative
1. "Neverender" The Fold
2. "A Silver Lining" We Shot The Moon
3. "Impossible" Anberlin
4. "Dive In" Jennifer Knapp
5. "Disappearing World" Fair
6. "On Yer Bike!" Kevin Max
7. "This Road" Seabird
8. "God Save The Foolish Kings" House of Heroes
9. "The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)" Switchfoot
10. "Uprising" Muse
11. "Too Much" Sufjan Stevens
12. "Cages" Deas Vail
13. "A Memory, The Melody" Mae
14. "Jena & Jimmy" Derek Webb
15. "Get There" Robert Randolph & The Family Band
16. (Bonus Track): "Break Me Out" The Rescues
17. (Bonus Track): "About to Fall" The Wrecking

Interestingly enough, the leadoff tracks on both CDs are both closing songs on their respective CDs.  I think this is the first time I've done that on my "Best of..." compilations.

[murlough23]

These songs will likely be on my "2010 in a Nutshell" mix as well.

3. "Next to Me" Sleeping at Last
4. "Eyes Wide Open" Jars of Clay
5. "Beauty Will Rise" Steven Curtis Chapman
11. "Too Much" Sufjan Stevens

These artists will probably also appear, but with other songs. I'm still working it out.

2. "Fade Like a Shadow" KT Tunstall (my pick: "Difficulty")
6. "God's Hometown" Caedmon's Call (my pick: "Miss You")
8. "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" The Reign of Kindo (my pick: "Thrill of the Fall", but honestly, throw a dart and you'll hit a great song on this disc)
11. "Change of Time" Josh Ritter (my pick: "The Curse", though "Change" was initially my favorite)
3. "Impossible" Anberlin (my pick: "Pray Tell")
4. "Dive In" Jennifer Knapp (my pick: Inside")
6. "On Yer Bike!" Kevin Max (my pick: "Out of the Wild")
8. "God Save The Foolish Kings" House of Heroes (my pick: "Salt in the Sea")
13. "A Memory, The Melody" Mae (my pick: "Sleep Well/Good (e)vening", since (m)orning came out last year and I picked "Night/Day" then)

These songs were on my "2009 in a Nutshell" mix.

10. "Uprising" Muse
12. "Cages" Deas Vail

Interestingly enough, the leadoff tracks on both CDs are both closing songs on their respective CDs.  I think this is the first time I've done that on my "Best of..." compilations.

I do that a lot on my personal mixes - basically whenever an album closes with something epic and up-tempo, I tend to think "Hey, that might work as an opener." This as goes as far back as "Mind's Eye" by dc Talk. More recently, Muse's "Knights of Cydonia" proved to be an awesome opener, as I've heard it has been at some of their concerts.

I have a personal rule that my mixes are not allowed the open with track #1 from any album, or close with an album's last track. I unknowingly cheated on this recently when I closed a mix with Doves' "Caught by the River" (which is last on The Last Broadcast, but penultimate on their best-of disc, which is where I knew it from at the time). This is going to make things weird if I ever put "Impossible Soul" on a mix - what song would even work after that?

[murlough23]

I might futz with the track order a bit, but this looks like it's going to be my November/December 2010 mix:

DISC ONE
1. "We Used to Wait", Arcade Fire
2. "White Knuckles", OK Go
3. "Elevator", House of Heroes
4. "Empty House", Paper Route
5. "Walking Through Walls (Just to Get to You)", Kevin Max
6. "Difficulty", KT Tunstall
7. "Burning in the Skies", Linkin Park
8. "Catch the Sun", Doves
9. "Coppertone", Hellogoodbye
10. "Horchata", Vampire Weekend
11. "Age of Adz", Sufjan Stevens
12. "Autumn", All the Day Holiday
13. "Bloom", Mae
14. "River", Lights
15. "101010", Sleeping at Last
16. "God's Hometown", Caedmon's Call
17. "Worn", Sherwood feat. Molly Jenson

DISC TWO
1. "Entourage", Steven Page
2. "Greed", Yoav
3. "Mongrel Heart", Broken Bells
4. "A Toast to the Snake King", The River Empires
5. "Push That Knot Away", KT Tunstall
6. "The Tailor", Blitzen Trapper
7. "Down", Anberlin
8. "Blistered Hands", The Reign of Kindo
9. "Be Healed", Paper Route
10. "Accidental Light", Sleeping at Last
11. "See How Man Was Made", Josh Ritter
12. "Love Will Find Us", Jars of Clay feat. Sara Groves & Matt Maher
13. "On Love", Jennifer Knapp
14. "Iridescent", Linkin Park
15. "SMS (Shine)", David Crowder Band
16. "Sleep Well/Good (e)vening", Mae
17. "Do You Hear What I Hear?", Future of Forestry

[ewok20t3]

I might futz with the track order a bit, but this looks like it's going to be my November/December 2010 mix:

DISC ONE
12. "Autumn", All the Day Holiday

I like many of your selections, but this one is especially awesome! I'm pretty bummed that they recently broke up.

[murlough23]

I like many of your selections, but this one is especially awesome! I'm pretty bummed that they recently broke up.

Damn. Just when I was getting into them. I guess they can go on my list of "One-Album Wonders".

I was struggling between "Autumn" and "Real Time" for this mix. "Real Time" will probably end up on my first mix of 2011. It seemed wrong to postpone the inclusion of "Autumn", due to the time of year and that being the song that first piqued my interest. (Also, my planned cover image for Disc One is a tree displaying fall colors.)

Several other tracks from them will probably follow on later mixes - they made a solid album.

[ewok20t3]

Damn. Just when I was getting into them. I guess they can go on my list of "One-Album Wonders".

I was struggling between "Autumn" and "Real Time" for this mix. "Real Time" will probably end up on my first mix of 2011. It seemed wrong to postpone the inclusion of "Autumn", due to the time of year and that being the song that first piqued my interest. (Also, my planned cover image for Disc One is a tree displaying fall colors.)

Several other tracks from them will probably follow on later mixes - they made a solid album.

I'm glad you like it! "Autumn" was the first song from that album that I fell in love with, but at some point "Flowers and Fireworks" really hit me, and now I consider F&F one of my five all-time favorites.

[murlough23]

I'm glad you like it! "Autumn" was the first song from that album that I fell in love with, but at some point "Flowers and Fireworks" really hit me, and now I consider F&F one of my five all-time favorites.

F&F is a standout to me as well. I was playing through the album on Audiosurf the other day, and much to my surprise, not only had someone else played through the album, but they had scores that were actually pretty tough for me to beat. "Flowers & Fireworks" is the one where I haven't attained the high score yet. ("Autumn" and "Real Time" are fun as hell in that game.)

Another favorite of mine is "Cities".

[ewok20t3]

F&F is a standout to me as well. I was playing through the album on Audiosurf the other day, and much to my surprise, not only had someone else played through the album, but they had scores that were actually pretty tough for me to beat. "Flowers & Fireworks" is the one where I haven't attained the high score yet. ("Autumn" and "Real Time" are fun as hell in that game.)

Another favorite of mine is "Cities".

I had never heard of Audiosurf, but it looks pretty cool! I may have to download the demo and give it a shot.

[murlough23]

I had never heard of Audiosurf, but it looks pretty cool! I may have to download the demo and give it a shot.

I see NinjaRob on the scoreboards every now and then. Be warned that it's addictive. I've played it most days for the last year or so, just because it's something active to do while listening to music, that forces me to focus on the music. it's really helpful when I need to do a deep listen to something before reviewing it. (Of course, if I keep jacking up on a track and having to start over, I can get the first few minutes of it stuck in my head for days.)

[ewok20t3]

I see NinjaRob on the scoreboards every now and then. Be warned that it's addictive. I've played it most days for the last year or so, just because it's something active to do while listening to music, that forces me to focus on the music. it's really helpful when I need to do a deep listen to something before reviewing it. (Of course, if I keep jacking up on a track and having to start over, I can get the first few minutes of it stuck in my head for days.)

I usually steer clear of video games because I don't want to become addicted, but when it involves listening to music, which is something I spend so much time doing anyways, it'll probably be alright..

[murlough23]

I usually steer clear of video games because I don't want to become addicted, but when it involves listening to music, which is something I spend so much time doing anyways, it'll probably be alright..

Just don't be a perfectionist and I'm sure you'll be fine. My big problem is that I keep playing that one difficult song just one more time because I know I can snag that high score, and then someone else turns around and beats it the next day and there I go all over again.

I made a project of going back and surfing through all the songs on my personal soundtracks. These things go as far back as 1994, so needless to say, it's taking me a while. It's fun to find out that there's actually competition on the occasional obscure song.

[NinjaRob17]

Another game in the same vein I find pretty fun is Beat Hazard. Think Geometry Wars meets Audiosurf.

[plvarona]

I just burned my "Concert Favorites of 2010" CD.  Here's the track order:

1. "My Old Man" Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers
2. "Cellophane Girl" Graham Colton
3. "The Outsiders" NEEDTOBREATHE
4. "Inside" Jennifer Knapp
5. "Skeptic" Jenn Howard
6. "Can't Win True Love" Blues Traveler
7. "Every Night of the Year" MyNameIsJohnMichael
8. "Livin' The Life" Martin Sexton
9. "Johnny Can't Dance" Amanda Shaw
10. "Let The Record Go" The Mynabirds
11. "To The Dogs or Whoever" Josh Ritter
12. "Hands" The Almost
13. "Free" Switchfoot
14. "Small Rebellions" Jars of Clay
15. "Boy With a Coin" Iron & Wine
16. "Nu Tones" Nomo
17. "Sore Eyes" Brandon Heath
18. "Exclamation Love" Ariel Abshire
19. "Lullaby" Versecity
20. "Of Men and Angels" The Rocket Summer

[murlough23]

My January/February mix:

DISC ONE
1. "Real Time", All the Day Holiday
2. "Half Mast", Empire of the Sun
3. "Finding Something to Do", Hellogoodbye
4. "Ready to Start", Arcade Fire
5. "Waiting for the End", Linkin Park
6. "Misery", Maroon 5
7. "Make It Through", Sherwood
8. "January White", Sleeping at Last
9. "Uummannaq Song", KT Tunstall
10. "My Best Theory", Jimmy Eat World
11. "Sweet Disposition", The Temper Trap
12. "Your Head Is on Fire", Broken Bells
13. "She", Caedmon's Call
14. "Needing/Getting", OK Go
15. "Letting Go", Jennifer Knapp
16. "Ready to Let You Go", Michelle Branch
17. "Gracefully", Court Yard Hounds

DISC TWO
1. "You Kill Me", Paper Route
2. "Slip to the Void", Alter Bridge
3. "On Yer Bike!", Kevin Max
4. "Moonbike", Yoav
5. "Lost", KT Tunstall
6. "Clifton Springs", Steven Page
7. "Land or Sea", Sleeping at Last
8. "Witches Blossom", The River Empires
9. "Worry", Cindy Morgan
10. "Lay It Down", Jars of Clay feat. David Crowder & Dawn Michele
11. "Get Real Get Right", Sufjan Stevens
12. "Tree by the River", Iron & Wine
13. "Flowers by the Moon", The Reign of Kindo
14. "It's Me", Sara Groves
15. "The Listening", Lights
16. "Rave On", Over the Rhine
17. "The Magic Hour", Andrew Peterson

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My January/February mix:

DISC ONE
1. "Real Time", All the Day Holiday
4. "Ready to Start", Arcade Fire
7. "Make It Through", Sherwood
10. "My Best Theory", Jimmy Eat World
11. "Sweet Disposition", The Temper Trap

DISC TWO
15. "The Listening", Lights

Nice choices.

[murlough23]

March/April mix. his is the longest one to date, nearly maxing out the capacity of both discs. I would blame Sufjan, but there were a few other excessively long tracks that also made the cut (Iron & Wine at 7 minutes, and Elbow and a combined two tracks from Arcade Fire at 8 minutes and change each), which all got shunted to Disc One to make room for the 25-minute Sufjan song.

DISC ONE
1. "Ghost of Days Gone By", Alter Bridge
2. "We Owe This to Ourselves", Anberlin
3. "Bloom", Radiohead
4. "You Know You're Good (La La La Song)", Fiction Plane
5. "Discoverer", R.E.M.
6. "When We First Met", Hellogoodbye
7. "Indecision", Steven Page
8. "Good Intentions", Paper Route
9. "Standing on the Shore", Empire of the Sun
10. "The Birds", Elbow
11. "Pacific", Sleeping at Last
12. "Bad Luck Heels", DeVotchKa
13. "Bedouin Dress", Fleet Foxes
14. "Your Fake Name Is Good Enough for Me", Iron & Wine
15. "Theon, the Fox", The River Empires
16. "Half Light I & II", Arcade Fire
17. "Resurrection", The Temper Trap

DISC TWO
1. "Blackout", Linkin Park
2. "Disappear", House of Heroes
3. "Fade Like a Shadow", KT Tunstall
4. "The Valley", Eisley
5. "Hit the Bottom", Sherwood
6. "Out of Sight, Out of Mind", The Reign of Kindo
7. "Out of Goodbyes", Maroon5 feat. Lady Antebellum
8. "Vaporize", Broken Bells
9. "We All Are Dancing", Yoav
10. "Impossible Soul", Sufjan Stevens
11. "The Laugh of Recognition", Over the Rhine
12. "Dancing in the Minefields", Andrew Peterson
13. "Tethered", Sleeping at Last
14. "Flowers and Fireworks", All the Day Holiday
15. "Shelter", Jars of Clay feat. Brandon Heath, Audrey Assad & Toby Mac

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14. "Flowers and Fireworks", All the Day Holiday

I know I've said this before, but this is possibly my favorite song ever.

[murlough23]

I know I've said this before, but this is possibly my favorite song ever.

You did, and it's what got me to notice the track as one of the album highlights.

[murlough23]

May/June mix.

DISC ONE
1. "Alligator Sky", Owl City feat. Shawn Chrystopher
2. "Second Song", TV on the Radio
3. "All the Sand in All the Sea", DeVotchKa
4. "Science of Fear", The Temper Trap
5. "Want You Gone", Jonathan Coulton feat. Ellen McLain
6. "Come On, Get In", KT Tunstall
7. "Überlin", R.E.M.
8. "Barton Hollow", The Civil Wars
9. "Walking Far From Home", Iron & Wine
10. "Gutter", Paper Route
11. "With Love", Elbow
12. "Atlantic, the Sea of Atlas", Sleeping at Last
13. "Let Your Glory Fall", Iona
14. "The Transfiguration", David Crowder Band
15. "Constant", House of Heroes
16. "Goodbye, For Now", Cool Hand Luke
17. "The Reckoning (How Long)", Andrew Peterson

DISC TWO
1. "Make It Right", Alter Bridge
2. "Closer", Anberlin
3. "Greener", All the Day Holiday
4. "Lotus Flower", Radiohead
5. "Lovers' Anthem", Paper Route
6. "Nightingale", The Reign of Kindo
7. "I Wish", Eisley
8. "The Shrine / An Argument", Fleet Foxes
9. "Falling", The Civil Wars
10. "Unrequited Love", Lykke Li
11. "Denied", Fiction Plane
12. "Free", Sherwood
13. "Country", Empire of the Sun
14. "Dear Friends", Elbow
15. "Silhouettes", Sleeping at Last
16. "Benediction", Jars of Clay feat. Amy Grant
17. "All My Favorite People", Over the Rhine

[plvarona]

My Cornerstone Festival mix is below.  All were songs I heard at the festival, and they are roughly in chronological order.  I did flip a few artists in order to get better flow between songs.

1. "California Brown and Blue" Denison Witmer
2. "Enemy Among Us" Paper Route
3. "The Ticking Clock (Miss Understood)" Submission Red
4. "Cover Your Eyes" Children 18:3
5. "Phoenix" A Life Set Apart
6. "9.81" The Air On Everest
7. "Best Intentions" Ocean is Theory
8. "I Don't Want to Live Forever" Listener
9. "Runaway Train" Glenn Kaiser
10. "Calm Inside The Storm" SHIROCK
11. "White Lights" Deas Vail
12. "Dawn Awakes" Timbre
13. "Dreams" River James
14. "Lost in the Sound" Lauren Mann
15. "Kill Your TV" Photoside Cafe
16. "Cottonmouth (Jargon)" Seabird
17. "My Heart Escapes" Blindside
18. "We Owe This to Ourselves" Anberlin

[murlough23]

2. "Enemy Among Us" Paper Route
11. "White Lights" Deas Vail
17. "My Heart Escapes" Blindside

I'm jealous that you got to see these bands live. Thus far none of them have been anywhere near me in the last few years.

I'm putting the final touches on my July/August mix today. Here's the tracklisting:

DISC ONE
1. "Build a Wall", Burlap to Cashmere
2. "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter", R.E.M. feat. Peaches
3. "Deer in the Headlights", Owl City
4. "God Save the Foolish Kings", House of Heroes
5. "Switchblade", Incubus
6. "Wilderness", Sleeping at Last
7. "There Must Be Something in the Water", Blindside
8. "Are You Coming?", Cool Hand Luke
9. "The Day Is Coming", My Morning Jacket
10. "I Didn't See It Coming", Belle & Sebastian
11. "Caffeinated Consciousness", TV on the Radio
12. "Party in the CIA", Weird Al Yankovic
13. "The Man From San Sebastian", DeVotchKa
14. "We Are the People", Empire of the Sun
15. "And the Angels Dance", Iona
16. "Perth", Bon Iver
17. "Codex", Radiohead

DISC TWO
1. "There Must Be Something in the Wind", Blindside
2. "Circadian", Falling Up
3. "Coeur d'Alene", Alter Bridge
4. "A New Shore", Steven Page
5. "Page 28", Sleeping at Last
6. "High Ideals", Elbow
7. "Lorelai", Fleet Foxes
8. "Mr. Moon", Eisley
9. "Calgary", Bon Iver
10. "Love Out of Lust", Lykke Li
11. "Godless Brother in Love", Iron & Wine
12. "Undamned", Over the Rhine feat. Lucinda Williams
13. "The Violet Hour", The Civil Wars
14. "Psalm", The Reign of Kindo
15. "Beautiful Things", Gungor
16. "Love Reclaims the Atmosphere", Burlap to Cashmere
17. "Foreign Soil", Iona

[murlough23]

September/October mix.

DISC ONE
1. "Blood Pressure", MuteMath
2. "Blue Ghost", Falling Up
3. "Neat Little Rows", Elbow
4. "Afterlife", Switchfoot
5. "Monster on the Radio", Blindside
6. "My Mistakes", Eleanor Friedberger
7. "Desire", Deas Vail
8. "Noble Aim", Sleeping at Last feat. Katie Herzig
9. "Put Your Arms Around Me", The Hawk in Paris
10. "Come On Sister", Belle & Sebastian
11. "TMZ", Weird Al Yankovic
12. "Art of Almost", Wilco
13. "Victory Dance", My Morning Jacket
14. "The Bad in Each Other", Feist
15. "Minnesota, WI", Bon Iver
16. "You Have Me", Gungor
17. "To Whom It May Concern", The Civil Wars

DISC TWO
1. "Orchestrated Love Song", Burlap to Cashmere
2. "The Yacht Club", Owl City feat. Lights
3. "Our Love Saves Us", Blindside
4. "Empire/Provoke", Jeremy Larson
5. "Crystalline", Björk
6. "Diamnds", Falling Up
7. "Kind", Eisley
8. "Separate", Meg & Dia
9. "Poison & Wine", The Civil Wars
10. "Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I", R.E.M.
11. "Dirt Floor", Ollabelle
12. "Montezuma", Fleet Foxes
13. "Give Up the Ghost", Radiohead
14. "When Death Dies", Gungor
15. "The Ancient Wells", Iona
16. "River Constantine (acoustic)", Jars of Clay
17. "Watermark", Sleeping at Last

[plvarona]

I recently burned my "Best of 2011" Mix.  Here's the track listing:

Disc 1: Triple A/Hot AC
1. "Betty" Brooke Fraser
2. "January White" Sleeping at Last
3. "Hold On" Denison Witmer
4. "LA Rain" The Mynabirds
5. "Build a Wall" Burlap to Cashmere
6. "Symptom of a Stumbling" The Reign of Kindo
7. "When Death Dies" Gungor
8. "Kingdom Coming" Shaun Groves
9. "Helplessness Blues" Fleet Foxes
10. "Infamous Love Song" Over The Rhine
11. "Barton Hollow" The Civil Wars
12. "Down By The Water" The Decemberists
13. "Eyes on the Prize" Sara Groves
14. "What I Need" Dave Barnes f/ Jonny Lang
15. "Lost and Found" Katie Herzig
16. (Bonus Track) "White Owl" Josh Garrels
17. (Bonus Track) "Paper Airplane" Alison Krauss & Union Station

Disc 2: Rock/Alternative
1. "Promises" Thrice
2. "Sick, Sick, Sick" Bayside
3. "Don't Shut 'Em Down" Flogging Molly
4. "Dark Horses" Switchfoot
5. "Shadows" David Crowder Band
6. "Burn Me Down" House of Heroes
7. "Summer Forgets Me" Deas Vail
8. "Our Love Saves Us" Blindside
9. "Rocks Into Rivers" Seabird
10. "The Valley" Eisley
11. "Blue Ghost" Falling Up
12. "His Eyes" Cool Hand Luke
13. "The Cave" Mumford & Sons
14. "Drive All Night" NEEDTOBREATHE
15. "Blood Pressure" MuteMath
16. (Bonus Track) "Out For Blood" Farewell Flight
17. (Bonus Track) "Put Your Arms Around Me" The Hawk in Paris

[murlough23]

November/December mix.

DISC ONE
1. "Way to the Future", Katie Herzig
2. "Everybody Breaks a Glass", Lights feat. Shad
3. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall", Coldplay
4. "What You Want", Evanescence
5. "Who Are You?", Kathryn Calder
6. "You Are a Tourist", Death Cab for Cutie
7. "I Want the World to Stop", Belle & Sebastian
8. "No Future Shock", TV on the Radio
9. "A Commotion", Feist
10. "Exhaustible", DeVotchKa
11. "Wake Up and Sleep", Deas Vail
12. "Bedside Manner/Night Terrors", Jeremy Larson
13. "Curse the Love Songs", The Hawk in Paris
14. "Holocene", Bon Iver
15. "Grown Ocean", Fleet Foxes
16. "You Are the Beauty", Gungor
17. "Aperture", Sleeping at Last

DISC TWO
1. "Adolescents", Incubus
2. "Major Minus", Coldplay
3. "Bring Out Your Dead", Blindside
4. "The War Inside", Switchfoot
5. "All or Nothing", MuteMath
6. "Roosevelt Island", Eleanor Friedberger
7. "Santorini", Burlap to Cashmere
8. "Mutual Core", Björk
9. "Oceans", Falling Up
10. "Words in the Water", Thrice
11. "Words Darker than Their Wings", Alter Bridge
12. "Joy to the World", David Crowder Band
13. "The Earth Is Yours", Gungor
14. "From the Ground Up", Sleeping at Last
15. "Wait for the Sun", Ollabelle
16. "Morning Has Broken/Sing Hallelujah", Steven Curtis Chapman feat. Caleb Chapman
17. "Love Is", Meg & Dia

[plvarona]

Just burned my "Concert Favorites of 2011" CD.

1. "Swan Dive" Sister Hazel
2. "Impossible" Ingram Hill
3. "Rise" Robbie Seay Band
4. "Tell Me Now" Generationals
5. "If I Had My Way" Robert Randolph & The Family Band
6. "Lost So Long" Children 18:3
7. "Gutter" Paper Route
8. "Life Before Aesthetics" Denison Witmer
9. "What Can Be Shaken" Glenn Kaiser Band
10. "Drag You Down" SHIROCK
11. "Quiet Like Sirens" Deas Vail
12. "Heart of Love" River James
13. "Lady in the Yellow Dress" Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk
14. "Beautiful Release" Photoside Cafe
15. "Don't You Know You're Beautiful" Seabird
16. "Withering" Blindside
17. "Closer" Anberlin
18. "The Trap" Jonathan Scales
19. "You Know You Know" Rebirth Brass Band

[murlough23]

Just burned my "Concert Favorites of 2011" CD.

7. "Gutter" Paper Route
11. "Quiet Like Sirens" Deas Vail
16. "Withering" Blindside

You saw them all in concert, eh?

Have I ever mentioned that I kinda hate you? 

[plvarona]

You saw them all in concert, eh?

Have I ever mentioned that I kinda hate you? 

Then again, I did happen to travel all the way to Illinois to see all three of them.  Furthermore, if you took out my trip to Cornerstone Festival, my concert-going last year actually looked quite pathetic.  It seemed when somebody I wanted to see came to South Louisiana last year, I had a schedule conflict.  Yet I was able to clear my schedule in July to head up to Cornerstone.  Funny how that works sometimes.

[murlough23]

Louisiana isn't the concert haven that Los Angeles is; I'll give you that. So you can't be blamed for hating me most of the time.

Still, there are a lot of Midwestern/East Coast-based acts that never make it this far west, so I'm still jealous when others get to see them. That's what I get for digging deeper than mainstream radio, I guess. Not everyone is popular enough to mount nationwide tours.

[Ian]

I have a few mixes that have been taken down from mediafire due to inactivity, but I could re-up if anyone is interested.  The mixes I have: sun-worn blues rock, crisp midnight ambient, drunken cock-rock, a 3-hour ambient jazz epic, all-purpose indie from dubstep to jazz, and a lengthy chaotic wtf-mix.  Let me know if you're interested and I'll up any of those.  I try to use mostly unknown artists to make them a bit more fun, but there's a big name or two per mix.