Normally at the end of each year, just in time for Christmas, I create a compilation of songs that affected me that year — from old and new discoveries to favorites and obsessions. However, I lapsed in 2015, and in 2016 I got a little lazy. So this year, the playlist is in two parts.
https://soundcloud.com/frenchmaidrobot/sets/frenchmaidrobot-annual-playlist
Side A – 2015 |
Side B – 2016 |
Surface Envy – Sleater-Kinney | Better Not Wake the Baby – The Decemberists |
Shake it Off – Taylor Swift | Thunder on the Mountain – Wanda Jackson |
In the Morning – The Heavy | Boogie Back to Texas – Asleep at the Wheel |
Kronos – Keaton Henson | He Woke Me Up Again – Sufjan Stevens |
A New Wave – Sleater-Kinney | Beekeeper – Keaton Heston |
Carolina Low – The Decemberists | Renegade Princess – Sonic Youth |
Man – Neko Swift | Buckaroo Banzai – Logan Whitehurst & the Junior Science Club |
Ping Pong – Stereolab | Good to Be Alive – They Might Be Giants |
Wall Poster Star – The Brunettes | Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go To the Party – Courtney Barnett |
Bills, Bills, Bills – They Might Be Giants | Lady Jesus – The Asteroids Galaxy Tour |
Romance – Wild Flag | Bracing for Sunday – Neko Case |
Girl – The Heavy | We are the Sleepyheads – Belle & Sebastian |
I Broadcast – Blur |
Want more?
If you would like to receive a copy of the CD in the mail or music in your inbox, send me a message…you can find a way. 😀