On the Right Side of 2013

     Perhaps it's a character flaw of mine, but I rarely reflect at the end of the year on whether or not it's been a good year.  (I used to have New Years resolutions, but I gave that up as well a long time ago.)  And it's a bit tragicomic that the fact that it was a good year for music (which is why the compilation is two discs this year) got me thinking about whether or not it was also a good year in, you know, other ways.

    Anyway, with respect to the music, I do want to point out that 1) I don't include any artist/band who appeared on my best of 2011 or 2012 compilation and 2) these are not necessarily cuts from my favorite albums, but rather 30 songs I liked from this year.  That said, I would like to mention one of my favorite releases from this year, Daniel Romano's Come Cry With Me.  The only reason there's no cut from the album on the compilation is because I went with Romano's duet with Weather Station.  Oh, and 3) I just realized that I forgot to tag the mp3s with the album they appear on.  But that does not excuse folks from not seeking out an artist whose song you like. :)

        Lastly, here's to a great 2014 - musically and otherwise.

Disc One

Sun, Arise! (An Invocation, An Introduction)	Phosphorescent
Tomorrow Is Forever	The Weather Station (w/Daniel Romano)
Twined & Twisted	Valerie June
You Know I Won't	Sam Phillips
Lickety Split	Tim Easton
30 and Up	Aceyalone
Gimme A Knife	Wavves
Who Have I Become?	Best Coast
Back In Your Arms Again	The Mavericks
The Gypsy	The James Hunter Six
Snake Chapman's Tune	Robbie Fulks
Vegas	Polica
Relatively Easy	Jason Isbell
Lived and Died Alone	Lindi Ortega
On A Balcony	Okkervil River

Disc Two Lightning Bolt Jake Bugg Master of My Craft Parquet Courts Troublemaker Camera Obscura Mind Games Leagues European Me Johnny Marr City Swan Neko Case Coming Through Willis Earl Beal (w/Cat Power) Cheater's Game Kelly Willis And Bruce Robison Bakersfield Son Volt Ride Wayne Hancock Uncle Ace Blood Orange Tempest Lucius Lay Myself Down Mazzy Star Sorrow Tears + Blood Kronos Quartet, Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe + Stuart Bogie Oh, Mama Aoife O'Donovan