Well, like the protagonist from A Nightmare on Elm Street, I'm striving to stay awake for this one. So far so good.
I'm not big on the supernatural, predictions of apocalypse and other mystical oddities so I'm looking at this day as the winter solstice. The day in the Northern hemisphere that contains the shortest day and longest night of the year with longer days to follow. Amazingly, we're also closer to the sun than any other time of the year. Sounds like a good reason for a dance around the maypole or maybe a bacchanalian feast that knocks you off your feet.
This year's mix is titled Hi-Lo. It's still a work in process but let's start with the hi and end with the lo. The hi side can take you to a good place and the voices and feel is ethereal. Pretty good times.
The low side of the equation gets you low down to the ground and deeper. Not a good place from my perspective but a place that we visit often and are destined to inhabit for eternity.
Hi:
Intro - M83
What Would I Want? Sky - Animal Collective
Angels - The xx
Origins - Tennis
Genesis - Grimes
Eyeoneye - Andrew Bird
Nothing to Worry About - Peter Bjorn and John
Taking Off - The Cure
Moth's Wings - Passion Pit
She's Fetching - Big Dipper
The House That Heaven Built - Japandroids
That Boston Life - Consonant
In a Big City - Titus Andronicus
The State of Massachusetts - Dropkick Murphys
Sixteen Saltines - Jack White
Ripper - JEFF the Brotherhood
The Wagon - Dinosaur Jr.
Lo:
Copsucker - The Dambuilders
I'm Free - Morphine
Mistaken For Strangers - The National
We Used to Wait - Arcade Fire
I Might Be Wrong - Radiohead
Wolf Like Me - TV On the Radio
Cause = Time - Broken Social Scene
Stay Useless - Cloud Nothings
Get Away - Yuck
True North - Pinback
Moment of Surrender - U2
Hollow Man - REM
F@$%*ng Up - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Serpents - Sharon Van Etten
Coming Down - Dum Dum Girls
Breathe (In the Air) - Pink Floyd
Indifference - Pearl Jam
Merry Christmas from the Dropkick Murphys:
