I don’t think I’m going to make a holiday mix this year. Sorry, Jesus.
In case anyone has noticed, I’ve always liked the idea of making the mixes more diverse in terms of period that other sites and on the radio, and usually have an unwritten rule of 1/3 new, 1/3 2000-2006, and 1/3 older stuff. While I appreciate the new music they throw at you, if there is one thing that really bothers me about KCRW/Morning Becomes Eclectic , its the way all of the music they play seems to be tied into its commercial availability. I prefer college radio that is more individual to the DJ’s taste and is simply a selection of good songs that you may or may not have ever heard. I love it when tracks from 20, 40, 60 years ago are thrown in, but on their merits rather than because they made it on to the most recent Wes Andersen soundtrack.
So anyway, I was starting to fall behind in terms of new discoveries, so this months mix has an especially high ratio of 2007 stuff, just in time for the end of the year. I thought Sweden had taken over last year with Jose Gonzalez and PB&J, but the Labrador label has been killing me. These Mary Onettes and Club 8 tracks are great, catchy stuff, and while the Cut City is quite derivative, that doesn’t stop me from liking it. Fulton Lights and Tunng are awesome Freed selections. And I love the MGMT track because it sounds like Flight of the Conchords doing Phoenix. Oh, and just before anybody gets in a tizzy, that’s Courtney Love AKA Lois Maffeo from 1991, not the blonde with the big nose in Sid & Nancy.
December 2007 Mix
01 The Mary Onettes – Explosions
02 Human Television – Ten Minutes
03 Courtney Love – Don’t Mix the Colors
04 Fulton Lights – Fire In The Palm Of My Hand
05 Club 8 – Heaven
06 Cut City – Anticipation
07 MGMT – Electric Feel
08 Menomena – Rotten Hell
09 Tunng – Bullets
10 Oh No! Oh My! – The Backseat
On a side note, I guess the year’s end is approaching. We usually do our obligatory/self-congratulatory end-of-year lists right at the end of the year (rather than ‘just in time for Christmas shopping,’ like everyone else does). Here’s the schedule:
Radio sessions: 12/27
Videos: 12/28
Shows: 12/29
Songs: 12/30
Albums: 12/31
Most anticipated: 1/01/08
