pith…

Every year, I make a mega-mix of favorite songs released throughout that year. The list is more or less in order, for the first 50-ish songs, but the order doesn’t matter as much as the mix. 2007 was a really good year. Here ’tis:

001—Spoon - The Underdog
002—Tegan & Sara - The Con
003—John Doe w/Kathleen Edwards - The Golden State
004—Los Campesinos! - You Me Dancing
005 - Loney, dear - I Am John
006—Andrew Bird - Dark Matter
007—The Twilight Sad - That Summer at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy
008—The Ike Reilly Assassination - When Irish Eyes Are Burning
009 - Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry on Their Own
010—The Snake The Cross The Crown - Behold the River
011—Parts & Labor - Fractured Skies
012—Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal
013—The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
014 - Arctic Monkeys - 505
015 - Rogue Wave - Harmonium
016 - Feist - Past in Present
017 - The Shins - Sleeping Lessons
018 - The New Pornographers - My Rights Versus Yours
019 - The National - Apartment Story
020—Josh Ritter - To The Dogs Or Whoever
021—Patty Griffin - No Bad News
022—Frightened Rabbit - Go Go Girls
023—The Figurines - Hey, Girl
024 - Pela - Lost To The Lonesome
025 - The Broken West - Down in the Valley
026—Loney, dear - Saturday Waits
027—Bon Iver - Skinny Love
028 - John Doe - Pressing On
029—Phosphorescent - Cocaine Lights
030—The Polyphonic Spree - Section 22 (Running Away)
031—Grinderman - Love Bomb
032—The National - Fake Empire
033—Klashnekoff - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised On Channel U
034—The Broken Family Band - Love Your Man, Love Your Woman
035 - Albert Hammond Jr. - In Transit
036 - Palomar - You’re Keeping Us Up
037 - Dogs - Dirty Little Shop
038 - The Apples in Stereo - Sunndal Song
039—Electrelane - Cut and Run
040—Menomena - Muscle n’ Flo
041—El-P - Up All Night
042—Windmill - Tokyo Moon
043—Kate Nash - Foundations
044—Malcolm Middleton - Death Love Depression Love Death
045 - Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
046—Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
047—The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
048 - Camarada - The Ballad of Blue Collar
049—Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder and Lead
050—The Avett Brothers - Shame
051—Les Savy Fav - What Wolves Would Do
052 - Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
053—White Rabbits - Kid On My Shoulders
054—M.I.A. - Jimmy
055—The Arcade Fire - (Antichrist Television Blues)
056 - Andrew Bird - Fiery Crash
057—Patty Griffin - Trapeze
058—The Ike Reilly Assassination - Broken Parakeet Blues
059—Bowerbirds - In Our Talons
060—Future Of The Left - Fingers Become Thumbs!
061—The Twilight Sad - And She Would Darken the Memory
062—Blonde Redhead - The Dress
063—Menomena - The Pelican
064—UGK ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem (I Choose)
065—Joe Henry - civilians
066—Angels of Light - Black River Song
067—Dropkick Murphys - Flannigan’s Ball
068—The Thrills - Nothing Changes Round Here
069—The Broken West - Like a Light
070—Kings of Leon - The Runner
071—Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
072—Grinderman - Honey Bee (Let’s Fly to Mars)
073—Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
074—Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
075—The Pigeon Detectives - I Found Out
076 - Pinback - Good To Sea
077 - Voxtrot - Kid Gloves
078 - Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries
079 - Artic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
080 - Bear Colony - Sharks
081—The Willowz - Jubilee
082—The New Pornographers - Adventures in Solitude
083—The National - Start A War
084—John Doe - A Little More Time
085—Radiohead - Nude
086—A Place To Bury Strangers - Missing You
087—MGMT - Time To Pretend
088—Electrelane - To the East
089—Burial - Archangel
090—Shocking Pinks - End of the World
091—LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
092—Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost
093—The Snake The Cross The Crown - Gypsy Melodies
094 - Tegan & Sara - Relief Next to Me
095 - Albert Hammond Jr. - Back to the 101
096 - Beirut - Nantes
097 - The White Stripes - Icky Thump
098—Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
099—The Ike Reilly Assasssination - It’s Hard To Make Love To An American
100—Grinderman - No Pussy Blues
101—Pharoah Monch - Desire (ft. Showtime)
102—Liars - Protection
103—The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk
104—Patty Griffin - Crying Over
105—Bright Eyes - Four Winds
106—Winterkids - Hear Me Out
107—Locksley - Let Me Know
108—The Maccabees - X-Ray
109 - Jens Lekman - The Opposite Of Hallelujah
110—The Thrills - Restaurant
111—Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It
112—Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
113—The Ponys - Small Talk
114—Black Lips - Katrina
115—Amy Winehouse - You Know I’m No Good
116—Ghostface Killah - Yolanda’s House (feat Rekwon & Method Man)
117—Gogol Bordello - Ultimate
118 - Future Of The Left - Manchasm
119—Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat
120—Of Montreal - A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
121 - Feist - 1 2 3 4
122—Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
123—Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
124—Dinosaur Jr - Almost Ready
125—The Shins - Phantom Limb
126—Iron & Wine - Boy with a Coin
127—Loney, dear - Hard Days 1.2.3.4
128—John Doe - Meanest Man In The World
129—Phosphorescent - Wolves
130—Wilco - Impossible Germany
131—Deer Tick - Ashamed
132—Brandi Carlile - The Story
133—Radical Face - Wrapped in Piano Strings
134 - Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
135—Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
136 - Bloc Party - I Still Remember
137 - Common - The People
138 - Fionn Regan - Be Good Or Be Gone
139 - Kid Rock - So Hott
140—Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach You
141—Manic Street Preachers - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
142—Prince - Guitar
143—Jay-z - Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)
144—Bat for Lashes - Prescilla
145 - 1990s - Situation
146—Spoon - Don’t Make Me a Target
147—Dogs - Forget It All
148—Kate Nash - Mouthwash
149—Andrew Bird - Plasticities
150 - Cass McCombs - That’s That
151 - Josh Ritter - Rumors
152—Liars - Plaster Casts of Everything
153—Tegan & Sara - Dark Come Soon
154—Black Lips - Lean
155—Kings of Leon - True Love Way
156—Brother Ali - Truth Is
157—The Twilight Sad - Cold Days from the Birdhouse
158—Frightened Rabbit - The Greys
159—Handsome Furs - Handsome Furs Hate This City
160—Sunset Rubdown - Up On Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days
161—Akron-Family - Phenomena
162 - The Clientele - I Hope I Know You
163 - Jacob Golden - On a Saturday
164 - My Brightest Diamond - Something of an End
165 - Cloud Cult - Chemicals Collide
166 - Blitzen Trapper - Sci-Fi Kid
167 - Rilo Kiley - The Moneymaker
168—Devin the Dude - What a Job (feat. Snoop Dogg & Andre 3000)
169—Blonde Redhead - 23
170—Fountains of Wayne- I-95
171—Dean and Britta - You Turned My Head Around
172—The Winter Sounds - Windy City Nights
173 - Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
174 - Minus the Bear - Burying Luck
175 - Les Savy Fav - The Year Before the Year 2000
176 - Amandine - Faintest of Sparks
177 - Bon Iver - For Emma
178 - Miranda Lambert - Guilty in Here
179 - Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
180 - Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
181 - Kevin Drew - Back Out on the…
182 - Robert Plant & Alison Krause - Rich Woman
183 - Ian Hunter - When The World Was Round
184 - The Broken Family Band - Dancing on the 4th Floor
185 - Magnolia Electric Co. - Hammer Down
186 - The Rifles - Repeated Offender
187 - Old Time Religion - Indestructible Life!
188 - Times New Viking - Teenage Lust!
189 - M.I.A. - Paper Planes
190 - Modest Mouse - Dashboard
191 - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - La Costa Brava
192 - Super Furry Animals - Show Your Hand
193 - Thee More Shallows - Night at the Knight School
194 - Wooden Wand - Spitting at the Camera
195 - Great Lake Swimmers - Your Rocky Spine
196 - Arcade Fire - Intervention
197 - Nick Lowe - Hope For Us All
198 - Josh Ritter - The Temptation Of Adam
199 - Frightened Rabbi - Yawns
200 - Graham Parker - Ambiguous
201 - The National Lights - Better For It Kid
202 - Malcolm Middleton - Were All Going to Die
203 - Palomar - Bury Me Closer
204 - Porter Wagoner - Committed To Parkview
205 - Pela - Anytown Graffiti
206—Phosphorescent - At Death, A Proclamation
207—Kissaway Trail - Forever Turned Out To Be Too Long