I’ve finished six of my mixed tapes, but I thought I’d start with this one as it’s my favorite so far. I’ll be writing about each song individually as the month goes on. For now, I just wanted to get the tracks listed.

As you know, there are 20 tracks per tape (CD, whatever). Artists don’t repeat unless they are in a different band or working on a different project (you’ll see an example below).

For the most part, the songs below didn’t fit neatly into any of my other categories. After I completed it, I found that 10 of the songs are old to me. The other 10 are brand new discoveries.

I love them all.

• Come on Petunia by The Blow
• Myriad Harbour by The New Pornographers
• Miss America by David Byrne
• Psycho by The Sonics
• Books Written for Girls by Camera Obscura
• Here Come the Bastards by Primus
• Monkey Gone to Heaven by The Pixies
• Strange Overtones by David Byrne and Brian Eno
• Young Lions by Adrian Belew
• Indiscipline by King Crimson
• The Strangers by St. Vincent
• All Her Favorite Fruit by Camper Van Beethoven
• Melodies and Desires by Lykke Li
• Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh! by Sunset Rubdown
• Cellphone’s Dead by Beck
• He Hit Me by Grizzly Bear
• Buriedfed by Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
• Just War by Sparklehorse
• The Insect God by Monks of Doom
• Charity Case by Gnarls Barkley

A quick word of caution. Some of the Youtube videos above are live versions of the songs listed. In my opinion, they aren’t nearly as good as the studio album versions. For example, you’re not going to hear David Immergluck’s (now of the Counting Crows) amazing, mighty, almost reality defying wail in the middle of The Insect God. And, you’re not going to experience Black Francis’s powerful, yet contained screaming in Monkey Gone to Heaven.

Other than that, though…good stuff all around.