songs i hear while saying goodbye to 2011
1. Sharon Van Etten: One Day (Acoustic)
2. The Magnetic Fields: Too Drunk To Dream
3. Helen Money: In Tune
4. HEALTH: Death+
5. Little Dragon: Shuffle A Dream
6. Jimmy Cliff: Guns of Brixton
7. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Long Shadow
8. The Big Sleep: Ace
9. Anna Calvi: Blackout
10. Tennis: Deep In the Woods
11. Beirut: The Rip Tide
12. The Jive Bombers: Bad Boy
13. Khánh Ly & Trịnh Công Sơn: Bien Nho
14. Leonard Cohen: One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
You can download the mix as a zip file [76 MB, 14 mp3s] at Mediafire.
I used to post monthly mixes here from December 2007-2009. I'm digging up the old habit today to commemorate the end of a tumultuous year. 2011 was yet another difficult one for most people I know. Without going into details, this year brought me to extreme highs, lows, and [in the past few months] highs again. This mix is just a small chunk of music that helped me get through the saddest hours. I hope you can find a song or two here that'll bring you an iota of the joy they've brought me.