Monday Mixtape, Vol. 2

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Monday is here, sorry about that. But it's not all bad, you have a little mix to get your morning started or daze off to at the end of the day.

I started adding a few tracks that I've been digging recently, and I realized a theme was coming together with these songs: they are all very ethereal and chill in their own way and sound. Each genre of music in this mix, whether it's rock (The Bright Light Social Hour), electro-pop (Miami Horror), pop (Soko and U.S. Girls), rap (Action Bronson feat Wiz Khalifa), or a singer/songwriter (Alice Boman), has ways of providing laid back versions of themselves. I love making chill mixes (which I'm surprised I haven't posted yet, but this is a swift kick in the ass to get that posted) because I feel like I can get so much work done with a mellow vibe rolling in the background. Hope you enjoy!

By the way, if you're a fan of My Morning Jacket (new album release date May 5, 2015!) and you like the track "Dreamlove" on this mix, you HAVE to check out The Bright Light Social Hour's album. It kicks ass.

Top 100 Songs of 2014

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After listening to music on Spotify for 101,976 minutes this year (I will forever remember that number!), I was able to whittle down my list of top tracks of the year from roughly 240 to 100. It was a tough process. A lot of great songs got left off, but what I love about making these lists is that all 100 songs I truly enjoyed and listened to many, many times. In fact, “last place” at #100 was Theophilus London’s “Do Girls,” a song that I played constantly over a two week span. 

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