#3 you can go your own way

         Here is another mix of songs that I've been listening to lately *awaits cheering*. On a mission to find a swimming pool nearby, I got lost more than once, only to remind myself that getting lost in a city is one of the best things that can happen on a fall evening (as long as your phone can navigate you). And this is what I have been listening to on those trips, some of the songs picked up in stores/cafes I went to (again, thank God for phones and Shazam). Good for walking, great for biking, but best for listening to when alone/allowed to sing along.
        Download here. 

Track list:

1. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

2. Leave House - Caribou

3. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards - Tame Impala 

4. Before I'm Done - Toro y Moi

5. Friday Night - The Darkness

6. Take 'Em Up - Shit Robot

7. Private Affair - The Virgins 

8. Private Universe - Crowded House

9. Moonage Daydream - David Bowie

10. Chinatown - Wild Nothing

11. Brothers-  The War on Drugs 

12. Common People - Pulp

13. Magic Powder - Minitel Rose

14. Same Old Scene - Roxy Music 

#2 people can do the most amazing of things

     I've been looking for the Kisses album ("The Heart of the Nightlife") since May or June with no success, so in the end I just reached out to iTunes and downloaded the thing. It's been playing on repeat for two weeks now, with pauses just to listen to whatever else is included in here-posted mix, which has dance-around-the-room tracks just as well as the ones that you really notice end for a minute or two, like Flunk's Play. 

    It was supposed to be a motivational compilation, but didn't really end up that way. Instead, it has proved to be a great soundtrack to all of those activities that don't involve your mind, like unpacking and cleaning up. 

    Download here. Cover photo: courtesy of Esperanza De La Fuente.

Track list: 

1. Let's Dance - David Bowie

2. Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds

3. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens

4. One Too Many Mornings - The Chemical Brothers

5. Midnight Runner - Cut Copy

6. Balance - Future Islands

7. What Makes You Think You Are the One - Fanfarlo

8. Your Arms Around Me - Jens Lekman

9. People Can Do the Most Amazing of Things - Kisses

10. Play - Flunk

11. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

12. Green Grass of Tunnel - Mum 

#1 house to home

I haven't been home in a while and, as fall approaches and everything turns greyish, I start to miss it. 

So I made a compilation of songs that make me want to grab a cup of hot tea and wrap up in blankets; 

a rather unvaried mix with a cosy, home-y feel to it, something to nap to while stretching out on a couch.

Download here.

Tracklist:

1. Your Protector - Fleet Foxes 

2. To Just Grow Away - The Tallest Man on Earth

3. Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground

4. Heroes - David Bowie

5. Jacking the Ball - The Sea and Cake

6. In the Sun - She & Him

7. My Own Sinking Ship - Good Old War

8. Postcards from Italy - Beirut

9. Wood - Rostam

10.  Going Home - The Branches

11. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths

12. That Dress Looks Nice On You - Sufjan Stevens

13. I'll Try Anything Once - The Strokes

14. Towers - Bon Iver

15. I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You - Tom Waits