Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun: a melt-the-snow mix

Winter is officially upon us - the snow is dusting my front lawn as I type, and my heart is constantly threatening to cease blood-flow to my toes. I figure there's nothing better than a bit of music to heat up the atmosphere and bring some life back into the frozen corners of our homes and automobiles.

Here is a mix that might aid that effort. Merry Christmas!


1. Ce Matin-La / Air
2. D.A.N.C.E. / Justice
3. Seasun / Delorean
4. New Theory / Washed Out
5. In The Morning (featuring Andi Toma) / Junior Boys
6. As Serious As Your Life / Four Tet
7. Ready 2 Wear / Felix Da Housecat
8. Transformers (Ghosthustler Remix) / Futurecop!
9. All My Friends / LCD Soundsystem
10. Hello Jenn, I'm A Mess / Evangelicals
11. Fragile / God Is An Astronaut
12. No Comply / Studio
13. Baptism / Crystal Castles
14. Up, Up, Down, Down, L, R, L, R / Truckasauras
15. Windowdipper / Jib Kidder
16. A Paw In My Face / The Field
17. Don't Save Us From The Flames / M83
18. Flim / Aphex Twin

Download the full mix here.

Favorite Albums of 2010

20. KORT
Invariable Heartache

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19. Sam Amidon
I See The Sign

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18. Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

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17. The Black Keys
Brothers

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16. Janelle Monae
The ArchAndroid

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15. Laura Veirs
July Flame

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14. Tame Impala
Innerspeaker

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13. Cotton Jones
Tall Hours in the Glowstream

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12. Wild Nothing
Gemini

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11. Flying Lotus
Cosmogramma

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10. Beach House
Teen Dream

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9. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & the Cairo Gang
The Wonder Show of the World

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8. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Before Today

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7. Deerhunter
Halcyon Digest

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6. Sam Quinn
The Fake That Sunk A Thousand Ships

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5. Arcade Fire
The Suburbs

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4. Joanna Newsom
Have One On Me

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3. The National
High Violet

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2. Sufjan Stevens
Age Of Adz

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1. LCD Soundsystem
This Is Happening

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