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This mixlist, (2017) Best of Last Year, which you can listen to on Spotify, is comprised of the best songs that I’ve come across this past year. This year I rediscovered hip-hop in a big way. Kendrick Lamar and Run the Jewels became new staples in my music rotation for their musicality and energy as well …
It’s time for the (2016) Best of Last Year mixlist! It’s rare (exceedingly rare) that I get the playlist finalized before June. Life (in the form of kids, wife, job, inherent and pervasive laziness) tends to take over. Not this year, though! I murdered my wife and kids which caused me to lose my job! …
This mixlist, (2016) Best of Last Year, which you can listen to on Spotify, is comprised of the best songs that I’ve come across in the year of 2016. My favorite album of the year was the soundtrack to the musical, Hamilton. It is a beautiful work of art. Composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and comprising a …
Every year I evaluate the best of the music I discovered during the previous 365 days. My aim is to get the playlist finalized in January, but life usually exerts itself instead. And this is it! The moment you’ve all been waiting for! The (2015) Best of Last Year mixlist! (Yea! Hurrah! Awesome! Uh, what… …
This mixlist, (2015) Best of Last Year, which you can listen to on Spotify, is comprised of the best songs that I’ve come across in the year of 2015. Some old favorites released disappointing albums in the past year, while some up-and-comers released phenomenal ones. Ben Folds and Death Cab for Cutie both had new releases …
Well, another year has come and gone, and so I’ve finally come up with a new mixlist: (2014) Best of Last Year. Every year, I make a mixlist of the best songs that I discovered in the past calendar year. The songs may come from any decade, any era, but the uniting feature is that …
This mixlist, (2014) Best of Last Year, which you can listen to on Spotify, is comprised of the best songs that I’ve come across in the year of 2014. The number of tracks on this list that come from the same album is certainly a testament to little new music really caught on with me this …
Did you think I forgot about this? I didn’t, I just never have time! I just broke up with Grooveshark and converted the previous mixlists to Spotify playlists. View (2013) The Best of Last Year on Spotify Star Trek Main Theme – Michael Giacchino Go Kindergarten (feat. Robyn) – The Lonely Island Get Lucky (feat. …
Hear “(2012) Best of Last Year” on Spotify. Gangnam Style — PSY It’s no surprise to anyone that this song made the list. It took the entire world by storm. Unknown in the US before this song, PSY skyrocketed to super-stardom with this K-Pop dance hit. Not only is the song catchy, but I’ve read …
2011 was a good year for music for me. I don’t think I’ve experienced this much musical growth in years, and it was thanks in large part to everyone I reached out to with my musical cry for help nearly a year ago. Another boon to my music-listening repertoire was the availability of Spotify, a …
Thankfully, 2011 had a much better musical showing that 2010. This is due, almost entirely, to two things: Spotify and my own musical cry for help last January. Thanks to the help and suggestions of: Brenna Proczko, Jeff Gabhart, Mike Billeter, Nate Hoffman, Tara Payne-Mueller, Brenna Rausch, Holli Rausch, Bryce Rausch, The Rock Garden Tour, …
This mixlist, (2010) Best of Last Year, which you can listen to on Spotify, is comprised of the best songs that I’ve come across in the year of 2010. This year was horrifyingly devoid of new music. As such, this list if longer than it should be, with some songs getting artificially inflated ratings to make …
This mixlist, (2009) Best of Last Year, which you can listen to on Spotify, is comprised of the best songs that I’ve come across in the year of 2009. 1901 – Phoenix The Rake’s Song – The Decemberists Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex – CSS Paper Planes – M.I.A. The Skin of My Yellow Country …
This mixlist, (2008) Best of Last Year, which you can listen to on Spotify, is comprised of the best songs that I’ve come across in the year of 2008. Inni mer syngur vitleysingur Sigur Ros has, as a band, managed to capture and re-capture my imagination. They released a new album this year, and it had …