Monthly Mixtape w/ CJ Morgan

These are the songs I discovered or listened to over the last month.

Every Monday I recap my ten favorite songs. Now, I have started a podcast called the Monthly Music MixTape where you can stream all the songs on iTunes as well.

• Typhoon - Empire Builder
• DARKSIDE - The Limit
• Son Lux ft Kiah Victoria - Vacancy
• Cherry Glazer - Rabbit Hole
• Dayglow - Whoah Man
• Lucy Dacus - Hot and Heavy
• CHVRCHES - He Said She Said
• N0V3L - NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
• St. Vincent - Melting of the Sun
• Flying Lotus - Crust

Every Monday of a new month I recap ten songs I discovered/listened to a lot the month before. Now, I have started a podcast called the Monthly Music MixTape where you can stream all the songs on iTunes as well. This list is my imagery SXSW recap of artists I got to see at parties and showcases.

• DARKSIDE – Liberty Bell
• Phoebe Bridgers – I Know the End
• Glass Animals – Heat Wave
• Jenny Lewis, Serengeti – Vroom Vroom
• PawPaw Rod – HIT EM WHERE IT HURTS
• Middle Kids – R U 4 Me?
• Future Islands – For Sure
• Twin Shadow – Johnny & Jonnie
• Goth Babe – I Wanna Help Your Mind
• Karen O, Micheal Kiwanuka – YO! MY SAINT

Every Monday of a new month I recap ten songs I discovered the month before. Now, I have started a podcast called the Monthly Music MixTape where you can stream all the songs on iTunes as well.

Need new music right away? Subscribe to my monthly mixtapes (updated regularly) on Spotify!

Enjoy!

• The Voidz – Alien Crime Lord
• Goth Babe – Canary Islands
• Sun June – Everything I Had
• Blood Cultures – Keeps Bringing Me Back
• Deep Sea Diver – Impossible Weight ft. Sharon Van Etten
• HEALTH :: CYBERPUNK 2.0.2.0.
• Arlo Parks – Portra 400
• Horsegirl – Ballroom Dance Scene
• Bartees Strange – Boomer
• Iceage – The Holding Hand

Every Monday of a new month I recap ten songs I discovered the month before. Now, I have started a podcast called the Monthly Music MixTape where you can stream all the songs on iTunes as well.

Need new music right away? Subscribe to my monthly mixtapes (updated regularly) on Spotify!

Enjoy!

Long, slow build and powerful explosive ending - this is Post Rock.

• God Is An Astronaut - Suicide by Star
• Mogwai - Auto Rock
• Russian Circles - 1777
• Working for a Nuclear Free City
• The Classic Crime - The Ascent
• Sigur Ros - Kveikur
• Explosions In The Sky - Disintegration Anxiety
• This Will Destroy You - Invitation
• Mogwai - I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead
• Doves - Firesuite
• God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
• MONO - Burial at Sea
• Sigur Rós - Untitled #8 - Popplagið

We made it to the new year and I have some new music AND a new podcast for you. Every Monday of a new month I recap ten songs I discovered the month before. Now, I have started a podcast called the Monthly Music MixTape where you can stream all the songs on iTunes or Spotify as well.

This first monthly episode is going to recap the songs I missed out on with my top 50 of 2020 countdown. Enjoy!

• Clairo – Sofia
• SAULT – Free
• Local Natives ft. Sylvan Esso – Dark Days
• Dehd – Loner
• Ariel Pink – Short Man's Syndrome
• Lewis Del Mar – The Ceiling
• Burial w/ Four Tet Ft. Thom York – His Rope
• Bicep – Atlas
• Evian Christ – Ultra
• Mark Lanegan – Skeleton Key

Alas we have arrived at the best songs of the year aka my personal favorite. Hope you like them as much as I do!

Since I started this list and my monthly mixtapes, the music I track primarily tends to be what I was doing in college radio and I'm still interested in. This will mostly be comprised of songs in the indie, alternative and electronica genres.

20) The Avalanches – Wherever You Go

19) Tame Impala – Breathe Deeper

18) Perfume Genius – Describe

17) Georgia – Feel It

16) EOB – Brasil

15) Bright Eyes – Persona Non Grata

14) Purity Ring – stardew

13) Doves – Carousels

12) Cults – Spit You Out

11) U.S. Girls – 4 American Dollars

Each month (for over a decade) I have made a mixtape of new songs I discovered during that month and even used to burn cds for friends. At the end of the year, I like to list my top according to play count, culture & personal significance, and my gut (well, ears).

40) Tennis – How To Forgive 39) SAULT – Wildfires 38) beabadoobee – Worth It 37) sir Was – This Is My Bonus 36) Hamilton Leithauser – Isabella 35) Mobley – Nobody's Favourite 34) HAIM – The Steps 33) KennyHoopla – how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway 32) Kairon; IRSE! – An Bat None 31) Run The Jewels – JU$T

Wow wee this year was not fun. However, the music was great. Also, weird times can make for good memories and emotional moments in which we attach ourselves more thoroughly to the art that helps us forget and persevere. I am not high. Anyhow, here is to the good music from a bad year!

51) Local Natives – Megaton Mile (Weval Remix)

50) Khruangbin – Time (You and I)

49) Little Dragon – Hold On

48) Fiona Apple – Heavy Balloon

47) Soccer Mommy – circle the drain

46) Thao & The Get Down – Temple

45) Nané – Blue Velvet

44) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Cars in Space

43) Porridge Radio – Sweet

42) Gidge – New Light

41) Strokes – At The Door