I made a mixtape for the end of the year, and now look: I’m really late sharing it with you. It’s called Dark Horse, and it’s a bunch of songs that I loved this year that aren’t all necessarily Top 10 picks. Enjoy it, and let me know if you’d like more info on any of the bands. Once again, it’s one long-ass .mp3 file, and features a really flowing transition between each song (or that’s the hope, anyway). The songs and artists are here for you though, in case you love something and want to find it by itself. We also wrote a little about some dark horse artists over at Austinist, if you’re interested.
Flux-Rad’s Dark Horse Mix Tape (zip)
Savath & Savalas: Olhas
Ramses III: Theme 2
XXL: So Easy, So Cheap
James Blackshaw: The Mirror Speaks
Amiina: Sogg
Aaron Martin: Piece 6
Studio: Origin (Shake You Down By the River)
Hebden & Reid: People Be Happy
Motoro Faam: And Surface Runoff
pg lost: …
Jens Lekman: A Little Lost
Battles: Leyendecker
Goldmund: Leading
Yeasayer: 2080
Loren M Connors: Part 6
(r): The Unforgivable Rake
Colleen: Sun Against My Eyes
David Thomas Broughton: Interlude 1
Swod: Sekunden
Stars of the Lid: Hiberner Toujours
Bad Plus: Tom Sawyer
