To resurrect a tradition I abandoned back in ‘04 or ‘05, I’ve compiled two mixes from my favorite tracks of last year – one for the daytime, and one for the dark, dark night.  Here’s the artwork I threw together… Tracklists and download links below. Enjoy.

[NOTE: if you’re more a “buyer” than a “previewer”, or you’ve just got some iTunes giftcards burning holes in your pocket, here’s a link to my Ping playlists, for DAYS 2010 and NIGHTS 2010. iTunes doesn’t have all the songs, unfortunately, so they’re missing a couple tracks…]

DAYS 2010 (download)

1. “Back in the Saddle” – Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin – Let It Sway
2. “Betrayed By Bones” – Hellogoodbye – Would It Kill You?
3. “Heard It On The Radio” – The Bird and the Bee – Interpreting the Masters Vol. 1; A Tribute to Daryl Hall & John Oates
4. “All to All” – Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
5. “Secret Heart” – Feist – Look At What The Light Did Now OST
6. “Brittany’s Back” – The Love Language – Libraries
7. “Scarecrow” – Dear Vincent – So Long Winter
8. “Chemicals” – Elsinore – Yes Yes Yes
9. “Moves” – The New Pornographers – Together
10. “Seasons” – Medications – Completely Removed
11. “Gilberta” – Jumbling Towers – The Kanetown City Rips
12. “Walk In The Park” – Beach House – Teen Dream
13. “Come With Me” – Ceo – White Magic
14. “Alley Cats” – Hot Chip – One Life Stand
15. “Horses” – BRONZE – BRONZE
16. “Dionysian Urge” – Ash – The A-Z Series
17. “Modern Man” – Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
18. “We’ll Make Time (Even When There Ain’t No Time)” – Hawksley Workman – Meat

NIGHTS 2010 (download)

1. “Because The Night” – Bruce Springsteen – The Promise
2. “Lose It (In The End) (Feat. Ghostface Killah, Alex Greenwald)” – Mark Ronson And The Business Intl –Record Collection
3. “Coma Chameleon” – Jamie Lidell – Compass
4. “Severe” – Jumbling Towers – Ramifications of an Exciting Spouse
5. “Ambling Alp” – Yeasayer – Odd Blood
6. “I Walked” – Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
7. “Rooftop (Feat. Despot, Prod. By Dame Grease)” – Das Racist – Sit Down, Man
8. “Almost Famous” – Eminem – Recovery
9. “I Can Change” – LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
10. “Hole In My Heart” – Alphabeat – The Beat Is
11. “Dancing On My Own” – Robyn – Body Talk
12. “Government Name (Prod. By Trifeckta)” – Rockwell Knuckles – Choose Your Own Adventure
13. “Reppirt Yad” – The Budos Band – The Budos Band III
14. “Risk” – Deftones – Diamond Eyes
15. “No Power” – Absofacto – All the Songs
16. “Dirty Cartoons” – Menomena – Mines
17. “Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks” – The National – High Violet
18. “A Hard Year” – Jon Hardy & The Public – A Hard Year