In Rotation.

Infrequent mix CDs, made for friends and loved ones. Preserved here for posterity.

In Rotation, September 2010

In Another Life I Was a Samurai

Party time, all the time.

  1. New New / Rai Knight
  2. Flame Thrower / Laurel Collective
  3. Sound of Summer / Art Brut
  4. Luvinidleness / Ben + Vesper
  5. The Perpetual Self / Sufjan Stevens
  6. Come to Me / Koop
  7. Once, Twice, Seven Times a Werewolf / Half-Handed Cloud
  8. Go Do / Jonsi
  9. Friday Night Lights Theme / W.G. Snuffy Walden
  10. Pearls / The Union Line
  11. The Warning / Hot Chip
  12. Let's Get Out / Natalia Lafourcade
  13. Pastora Divine / White Flight
  14. Le Tourbillon De La Vie / Jeanne Moreau
  15. End Credits / Keegan DeWitt

In Rotation, June 2010

Let's Dance to Joy Division

Back in action with a pop mish-mash. We don't promise this one's listenable as a whole album, but it's full of good stuff. Includes our favorite discovery of the fall, Freelance Whales, and this spring, Natalia Lafourcade.

  1. Let's Dance to Joy Division / The Wombats
  2. Move You / Anya Marina
  3. Bless this Mess / David Bazan
  4. Ella Es Bonita / Natalia Lafourcade
  5. Hannah / Freelance Whales
  6. 1901 / Phoenix
  7. Horchata / Vampire Weekend
  8. Don't Be Afraid Shan Shan / Yao Su Rong
  9. Matinee / Hurts to Purr
  10. El Paso / Mary Robbins
  11. John Saw That Number / Neko Case
  12. Hallelujah / The Helio Sequence
  13. Just a Friend / Biz Markie
  14. Toxic / Lozinger

In Rotation, March 2010

Transit

Another mix full of more-or-less instrumental music. These songs have been the background to Matt's work life, but this isn't just music for backgrounds - it's good enough to really listen to. It's bookended by themes from artsy space movies (Moon and Sunshine), hence the title.

  1. Welcome to Lunar Industries / Clint Mansell
  2. Counting in C / Jad Abumrad
  3. RR v D / Au
  4. Wildcat / Ratatat
  5. Crown on the Ground / Sleigh Bells
  6. Generator ^ First Floor / Freelance Whales
  7. John Wayne Gacy Jr. / Tor v. Sufjan
  8. An Awakening / Matt Berry
  9. That Right Ain't Shit / The Books
  10. Throw It On The Fire / Bell Orchestre
  11. Cat With a Dead Bird In Its Mouth / Human Milk
  12. Bobbin / Takeyo Toyama
  13. It Only Takes Minutes / Ass
  14. Intro / The xx
  15. Five/Four / Clogs
  16. Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor) / John Murphy

In Rotation, October 2009

We Don't Dive, We Cannonball

Leading off with some fall favorites, the new mix is upbeat and joyous - pretty much like our life with the new addition. We've got a few classics thrown in that are new to us, and some really outstanding recent music too. If you haven't heard the Carl Sagan autotune track, you're going to love it.

  1. I Want You Back / Discovery
  2. Mr. Blue Sky / ELO
  3. No Lucifer / British Sea Power
  4. Be OK / Ingrid Michaelson
  5. Abandon / French Kicks
  6. Swimming Pools / Thao
  7. Tail & Mane / Cryptacize
  8. Laughing With / Regina Spektor
  9. You, Me, & The Bourgeousie / The Submarines
  10. Rehab / Amy Winehouse
  11. Never Had Nobody Like You / M. Ward
  12. Home / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
  13. It's Music / The Books
  14. My Friend and the Ink on his Fingers / Shout Out Louds
  15. Lonestar / Mirah
  16. The Magic Position / Patrick Wolf
  17. Pursuit of Happiness / Kid Cudi
  18. Carl Sagan / Glorious Dawn
  19. Toxic / Portland Cello Project

In Rotation, August 2009

Before the Storm

It seems like the world's been holding its breath before the birth of our child; these tracks have been providing the soundtrack. Most are pretty quiet, or at least build up in a meditative sort of way.

  1. Cello Song / The Books & Jose Gonzales
  2. Love Like a Sunset, Pt 1 / Phoenix
  3. Capture the Flag / Dosh
  4. Skip Town / Nico Muhly
  5. Wolves / Ellie Goulding
  6. Paranoid Android / Sia
  7. Un Dia / Juana Molina
  8. Mirador / Efterklang
  9. RR vs D / Au
  10. Money Babies / The Dears
  11. Caravan / Efterklang
  12. Thanksgiving Moon / DM Stith
  13. Don't be Afraid / Akron Family
  14. Holes / Melpo Mene
  15. Victor, Fly Me to Stafford / My Little Airport
  16. Amreik / Eluvium

In Rotation, December 2008

If You Catch Us At The Border We Got Visas In Our Name

A sampling of our favorite tracks from the second half of 2008. We think they're all good, but you really shouldn't miss Emiliana Torrini's 'Jungle Drum' or Zoe Keating's digitally-sampled cello.

  1. Chinese Translation - M. Ward
  2. True Affection - The Blow
  3. No One Does It - Department of Eagles
  4. Jungle Drum - Emiliana Torrini
  5. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
  6. Graceland - Grizzly Bear
  7. Through the Backyards - Au Revoir Simone
  8. The Lord God Bird - Sufjan Stevens
  9. Young Folks - Peter Bjorn & John
  10. Modern Guilt - Beck
  11. Fools - The Dodos
  12. Money - Jessica Hoop
  13. Toxic - The Chemists
  14. Gobbledigook - Sigur Ros
  15. Legions (War) - Zoe Keating

In Rotation, June 2008

Never Gonna Sing Another Sad Song

A little momentum building in this one, from the super-mellow Bon Iver to the uncontrolled Los Campesinos. Don't miss the standout cover of Creep by Edmund Welles: it's a hard-rock all-clarinet quartet. Seriously.

  1. Skinny Love - Bon Iver
  2. You're a Wolf - Sea Wolf
  3. More Than Alive - Hayden
  4. Second Chance - Liam Finn
  5. I Made a Resolution - Sea Wolf
  6. For Emma - Bon Iver
  7. Opposite Sides - The Epochs
  8. Walking on the World - Jake Armerding
  9. Nothing, Then - Punch Brothers
  10. Thunder & Lightning - The Epochs
  11. where|sir - Son Lux
  12. Creep - Edmund Welles
  13. What's a Girl to Do? - Bat for Lashes
  14. Now - Mates of State
  15. Time to Pretend - MGMT
  16. Hey Muscles, I Love You - Muscles
  17. You! Me! Dancing! - Los Campesinos
  18. I'm Not Going to Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You - Black Kids

In Rotation, February 2008

You're Dangerous, I'm Loving It

Yes, the name comes from a Britney Spears lyric. But just wait until you hear Yael Naim sing it. This is a pretty Erika-heavy mix, so expect lots of female vocalists, brits, and snark.

  1. New Soul - Yael Naim
  2. Foundations - Kate Nash
  3. Click Click Click - Bishop Allen
  4. Portions for Foxes - Rilo Kiley
  5. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend
  6. Seems to Be On My Mind - Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
  7. Hot Girls - Headphones
  8. 16 Military Wives - The Decemberists
  9. Mushaboom - Feist
  10. Toxic - Yael Naim
  11. Woman King - Iron & Wine
  12. Die Alone - Ingrid Michaelson
  13. Truthfully - Jackson Knife
  14. Fit But You Know It - The Streets
  15. On the Radio - Regina Spektor
  16. Ohh La La - The Ditty Bops
  17. If The Sea Was Whiskey - Chris Thile
  18. The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
  19. Salesman at the Day of the Parade - Rogue Wave
  20. Major Cities - Headphones