blast-o-rama.

Another Blast-O-Rama tradition continues this year, as like at the end of 2009, I’m posting my favorite tracks from 2010.

26 tracks in length, and coming in at 195 MB, this is a compliation of all the songs that really got me going in 2010.

The full tracklist (in artist alphabetical order) is as follows:

• “Moonless March” by Aloha
• “Radio Down! (feat. Biz Markie)” by The Aquabats
• “Ready to Start” by The Arcade Fire
• “World Sick” by Broken Social Scene
• “Fuck You” by Cee Lo Green
• “TRON Legacy (End Titles)” by Daft Punk
• “Bushwick Blues” by Delta Spirit
• “Your Petty Pretty Things” by The Get Up Kids
• “On Melancholy Hill” by Gorillaz
• “I Just Sighed. I just Sighed, Just So You Know” by Los Campesinos!
• “Spoiler Alert” by MC Frontalot
• “Question” by Nada Surf
• “Black Sheep” by Metric
• “A Phantasy” by The Octopus Project
• “You And I Know” by Ra Ra Riot
• “Fuck Shit Stack” by Reggie Watts
• “Let There Be Horns” by RJD2
• “Doin’ It Again” by The Roots
• “Infinity Guitars” by Sleigh Bells
• “Fixed” by Stars
• “Bartolomeo and The Buzzing of Bees” by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
• “Breakneck Speed” by Tokyo Police Club
• “In Motion” by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• “Cousins” by Vampire Weekend
• “I Hope You Die” by Wye Oak
• “Ambling Alp” by Yeasayer

Click here to download the collection!

And let me know what you think in the comments!

As I do every year, here’s a post containing a link to a download of my favorite individual tracks of 2009.

There are 31 (!) songs this go around, and the file size is 230MB, so it may take a bit to download.

…but trust me, it’s worth it.

The songs are, in artist alphabetical order…

“Isis Unveiled” by …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
“A Bright Light” by The Appleseed Cast
“Is This Sound Okay?” by Coconut Records
“I Was Once a Loyal Lover” by Death Cab for Cutie
“The Rake’s Song” by The Decemberists
“Fake IDs” by Deleted Scenes
“Pieces” by  Dinosaur Jr.
“Temecula Sunrise” by Dirty Projectors
“Osaka Loop Line” by Discovery
“Kingdom Of Rust” by Doves
“You Don’t Have To Be A Prostitute” by Flight Of The Conchords
“Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear
“While You Wait For The Others (Feat. Michael McDonald)” by Grizzly Bear
“All Is Love” by Karen O And The Kids
“Recipe for Disaster” by Karmella’s Game
“Santana DVX” by The Lonely Island
“Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare” by Matt & Kim
“Repeater Beater” by Mew
“Satellite Skin” by Modest Mouse
“Heavens To Purgatory” by The Most Serene Republic
“Patternicity” by The Most Serene Republic
“Little Secrets” by Passion Pit
“Ninja-High Schooool” by Peelander-Z
“1901″ by Phoenix
“Keep Quiet” by The Protomen
“These Are My Twisted Words” by  Radiohead
“Growing Old Is Getting Old” by Silversun Pickups
“Oh, The Devastation!” by So Many Dynamos
“Hell” by Tegan And Sara
“Circulation” by Workers
“Take It In” by Wye Oak

Click HERE to download, and ENJOY!

I know, I know, the music mixes have long since departed Blast-O-Rama, but honestly, it’s because I wound up devouring far less new music this year on a steady basis than in years prior.

I mean, a new relationship, a lay off, the job search, writing two different a comics and plotting the best live art competition ever will do that to you.

Never the less, I’ve brought back the music mix for A YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL!

Here are, hands down, my favorite tracks from 2008.  I’ll pop back tomorrow with a run down of my favorite albums and movies of ’08.

The track list is as follows….

“Hot Night Hounds” by Annuals
“Brainwascht” by Ben Folds
“Pinkies” by the Big Sleep
“Halo” by Bloc Party
“A Trip Out” by British Sea Power
“Hit the Wall” by Broken Social Scene Presents…Brendan Canning
“I Fly” by CSS
“Unforgettable Season” by Cut Copy
“Life Is Long” by David Byrne & Brian Eno
“Long Division” by Death Cab For Cutie
“Mutha’uckas” by Flight of the Conchords
“Red Sock Pugie” by Foals
“The ’59 Sound” by The Gaslight Anthem
“Hallelujah” by The Helio Sequence
“Good Day” by Jukebox the Ghost
“The Man Who Breaks Things” by Land of Talk
“Mechanical” by Lemuria
“Death to Los Campesinos!” by Los Campesinos!
“Shame of the Otaku” by MC Frontalot
“Fuego!” by Murder By Death
“Weightless” by Nada Surf
“Too Too Too Fast” by Ra Ra Riot
“Salute Your Solution” by The Raconteurs
“Walt Disney” by Rivers Cuomo
“Gobbledigook” by Sigur Ros
“Glue Girls” by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
“The Future” by Spiraling
“Your English Is Good” by Tokyo Police Club
“Family Tree” by TV on the Radio
“Heaven” by UNKLE
“A-Punk” by Vampire Weekend
“The Angel & The One” by Weezer

All this musical goodness, available for download now…RIGHT FREAKIN’ HERE!

Enjoy, and let me know what you think!

Ready to rock your April, here’s 11 tracks (42 minutes) of musical goodness from my iPod for you to enjoy!

Click the graphic above for the download.

Here’s the track list.

1. “Sore” by Annuals
2. “Smoke & Mirrors” by The Casket Lottery
3. “Milk Crisis” by The Go! Team
4. “Hallelujah” by The Helio Sequence
5. “Phages” by The Most Serene Republic
6. “Five on the Five” by The Raconteurs
7. “Between the Worlds” by Sunfold
8. “In A Cave” by Tokyo Police Club
9. “Walcott” by Vampire Weekend
10. “The Vowels Pt. 2″ by Why?
11. “Warning” by Wye Oak

Enjoy, gang! Let me know what you think in the comments!

Straight from my ears to yours, for March 2008–It’s the Blast-O-Rama Monthly Music Mix!

March 2008′s mix is 14 tracks, running just about an hour.

Click the graphic to go straight to the download, or click the break for a full track listing.

ENJOY!

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One of my favorite things every year is sharing my favorite songs with my friends via an end of year mix. Collecting the best songs from absolute favorite albums, I get to share a part of myself with them. (Or, it’s silly e-wang waving, depending on how you look at it.)

In any case, I really enjoy the conversations that develop, getting people into new musicians they’ve never heard before, and in sharing back, learning about new music myself.

So…I thought to myself…why don’t I do this monthly?

I know, you’re wondering…do I really listen to that much music a month? While the 8000+ MP3s I have may say one way, I know better. But how do I fill out a monthly mix with just a few new albums being consumed by me a month?

Someone who was very close to me used to make mix CD’s once a semester, collecting their favorite songs from the period…a musical document of that time of their life. I always really thought that concept was cool…and I’ll now be applying that on a monthly basis.

Each month here on Blast-O-Rama, I’ll be compiling tracks that were somewhat meaningful to me the month prior. Maybe it’s just a song I loved, maybe it’s a new album that leaked that month, maybe it just struck me at the right time. Never the less, it’s straight from my ears to yours.

Click The Graphic Above For This Month’s Mix, Or Read On For A Tracklisting

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