The 2007 Mixtapes: Vol. 1

Is it me or has it been a slow year for music? I think it’s me. I think I’ve been lazy. Last year, I was putting one of these together a month, but now it’s halfway into 2007 and here’s my first compilation of singles, covers and maybe some older stuff that happened to hit me right. Dig.

1. "Float On," Goldspot: Combines three musical tastes I love so much: Modest Mouse, covers, and The OC
2. "Here (In Your Arms)," Hellogoodbye: They always make me happy.
3. "Girlfriend," Avril Lavigne: Could this be the only great pop song so far this year? Can that be possible?
4. "Invincible," Muse: Every couple of months, I have a new favorite song from Black Hole & Revelations, so here it is.
5. "Fire In the Canyon," Fountains Of Wayne: Easily the best track from Traffic and Weather.
6. "Skunks,“ Caribou: Don’t know much about this beyond I love it and it’s on the soundtrack to Everything’s Gone Green, the very delightful Douglas Coupland-written movie that nobody else has seen.
7. "Long Way Home," Tom Waits
8. "Ain't No Reason," Brett Dennen: Mayrav and I walked into a show at the Wiltern recently, with no idea who was playing, and it was this guy. The crowd, mostly 22-going-on-45, was totally worshiping him and his bangs.
9. "Tomorrow Is a Long Time," Nickel Creek: Saw the brother and sister from this group at Largo, as The Watkins Family Hour, and wow can they play some fiddle and sing some folk songs.
10. "Australia," The Shins
11. "Baroque Hoedown," They Might Be Giants: The Disneyland Electric Light Parade song. Zev digs it almost as much as I do.
12. "New Routine," Fountains Of Wayne
13. "Slippery Rock 70's," Stavely Makepeace: From the Hot Fuzz soundtrack.
14. "At The Timeshare," The LeeVees: From an album I’ve had for a while called Hanukkuah Rocks, most of which isn’t really about Hanukkah and is, in fact, really funny.
15. "Bro's," Panda Bear: If I meditated, my head would probably sound like this.
16. "Everything'll Be Alright (Will's Lullaby)," Joshua Radin
17. "When I Go," Brett Dennen
18. "Boys Don't Cry," Oleander: Because it’s not complete without an ‘80s cover.