It’s that time of year – I begin going through all the records I’ve acquired and revisit almost all of them in an attempt to both clear away things that didn’t stick and celebrate those that did. It’s time for another mixtape, so I wanted to share some of my favorite tracks from some of my favorite records this year. There are no stray songs here – they all belong to records that I recommend completely. There will be at least two more installments here – one with some softer, and perhaps more experimental tracks, and one wildcard.

DOWNLOAD: Flux-Rad 2008, Pt.1 (zip)

01 Xiu Xiu “Under Pressure” (with Michael Gira)
02 The Mae Shi “Pwnd”
03 Harvey Milk “After All I’ve Done For You, This Is How You Repay Me?”
04 Pivot “October”
05 Elephant9 “Dodovoodoo”
06 Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks “Hopscotch Willie”
07 Genghis Tron “Board Up the House”
08 Cave “HLD4″
09 The Dodos “Fools”
10 Fucked Up “Days of Last”
11 Baltic Fleet “Reykjavik Promise”
12 White Denim “Heart From All of Us”
13 Don Caballero “Challenge Jets”
14 Jason Crumer “IV. Pissed Off Responses”