Bon Iver - Lump Sum

Bon Iver has been on two monthly mixes in the past (dry spells, hard times and ...the plot that you passed). I am just wrapping up the latest mix and his song Flume is definitely on it. I guess this means that he is one of the better finds I have come across recently. The other bands that have made three appearances or more include the likes of Rogue Wave, Josh Ritter and the National. There are probably some others but those three come to mind easily. Enjoy this mellow tune with your late Sunday evening.

Bon Iver - Blindsided

You can just hit play on this and then go about doing something else. Great mellow song to have on in the background as you try to catch up on all of the things you needed to get done before the weekend hits. Right around 3:30 in though, you might want to flip back to this screen and watch a little guitar work.

Bon Iver has been on my favorite list for a while and was one of the mandatory inclusions on my best of 2008 mix. Just needed to be done.

Bon Iver

I'm having a super lazy Saturday with my wife away at work and a cloudy rainy morning after a long, long work week. A portion of the morning has been spent listening to Bon Iver. Here is a recently released video for his song Towers and then following that, the video for his song Holocene. Both are excellent songs and the videos have a ton of beautiful imagery. I'm hoping the weekend lasts longer than two days.

Bon Iver - Flume

Something a little more calm and soothing for your Sunday morning by Bon Iver, first featured on a B.O.B mix called ...the plot that you passed. Enjoy your Sunday.

sermons are the first to rest

I've been enjoying the new Bruce Springsteen album and Damien Jurado these days. Both artists from a while back for me. Starting to dabble in a little reggae (Rebelution), an old favorite with Bon Iver and some new bands like Lulu Mae and Tyler Lyle starting to hit the playlists these days...

1.        Towers  *  Bon Iver

2.        Crash This Train  *  Joshua James

3.        The Golden Age & The Silver Girl  *  Tyler Lyle

4.        Like A Star  *  Corinne Bailey Rae

5.        The Man With the Golden Toy  *  Lulu Mae

6.        All of Me  *  Tanlines

7.        Comfort Zone  *  Rebelution

8.        Plage  *  Crystal Fighters

9.        The Wave  *  Miike Snow

10.     Brothers  *  Tanlines

11.      Beacon Hill  *  Damien Jurado

12.      Shackled and Drawn  *  Bruce Springsteen

13.      Gospel Plow  *  Charlie Parr

14.      California  *  Tyler Lyle

15.      Love Love Love  *  Avalanche City

16.      A Year In the Garden Shed  *  Tigers on Trains

17.     American Daydream  *  Electric Guest

18.      The Unbearable Lightness (From A Balcony In Old Town Square)  *  Tyler Lyle

19.      Rocky Ground  *  Bruce Springsteen

20.     Only Now  *  JBM

21.      Manila  *  Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaria & Willie Bobo   

Forests for the Soft

1. Perth * Bon Iver
2. Helena Beat * Foster the People
3. East Harlem * Beirut
4. Ansel & Emily DeSader * Blitzen Trapper
5. Peggy Sang the Blues * Frank Turner
6. Chapel Song * We Are Augustines
7. A Boat to Row, to Row to You * Boat to Row
8. For Better For Worse * Old Man Markley
9. If Ever I Stray * Frank Turner
10. Juliette * Hollerado
11. Out On a Limb * Joseph Arthur
12. Goshen * Beirut
13. Little Hell * City and Colour
14. You Are A Tourist * Death Cab for Cutie
15. Book of James * We Are Augustines
16. Better Things to Do * Isaac Hoskins
17. I Can't Make You Love Me * Bon Iver
18. The Woods * Small Sur
19. The Suburbs * Mr. Little Jeans
20. Party on the Floor * DJ Earworm

it's the good ones that will last

It was not easy for me and my wife to pick or favorite tracks from all of the monthly mixes made in 2008, but we eventually settled on this list. And I would be lying to you if I told you we didn't have new contenders occasionally popping up in conversation when we listen to some of the mixes over again. Take it for leave it, here are the top 20.

1. Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur ~ Sigur Rós
2. The Ballad of the RAA ~ The Rural Alberta Advantage
3. Plus Ones ~ Okkervil River
4. Stay Positive ~ The Hold Steady
5. A Sunday Smile ~ Beirut
6. The Girl ~ City And Colour
7. Radio Song ~ The Felice Brothers
8. Flume ~ Bon Iver
9. Rocky Took A Lover ~ BellX1
10. Latitudes ~ Pela
11. Apartment Story ~ The National
12. Walcott ~ Vampire Weekend
13. Anytown Graffiti ~ Pela
14. Despite What You've Been Told ~ Two Gallants
15. She Wakes When She Dreams ~ Lucero
16. Backwards with Time ~ The Avett Brothers
17. High Heeled Stomp ~ The Figs
18. The Temptation Of Adam ~ Josh Ritter
19. Southern Comfort ~ Arrah and the Ferns
20. Heima (Studio Version) ~ Sigur Rós

...the plot that you passed

Another round of the Monthly Mix is now available and ready for distribution. Enjoy.

1. Lake Michigan - Rogue Wave
2. Down The Line - Jose Gonzalez
3. Mind's Eye - Josh Ritter
4. Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe - Okkervil River
5. St. Andrews - Bedouin Soundclash
6. Daughter - Loudon Wainwright III
7. Radio Nowhere - Bruce Springsteen
8. How Low - Jose Gonzalez
9. Oh Mary Don't You Weep - Mike Farris
10. Fool for a Lonesome Train - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
11. Skinny Love - Bon Iver
12. Better People - Xavier Rudd
13. Steeple Full Of Swallows - The Gourds
14. Hard Sun (Main) - Eddie Vedder
15. Killing for Love - Jose Gonzalez
16. A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene - Okkervil River
17. Boy With A Coin - Iron & Wine
18. Right Moves - Josh Ritter
19. Wet And Rusting - Menomena
20. Walls Fall Down - Bedouin Soundclash
21. Trouble - Over The Rhine

dry spells, hard times

I am sure you will agree that this is a fitting title. Enjoy.

1. Silent Sigh ** Badly Drawn Boy
2. Good Man ** Josh Ritter
3. Consequence ** The Notwist
4. Glue Girls ** Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin
5. Skylark ** Arrah and the Ferns
6. I Am John ** Loney, Dear
7. Closer ** Joshua Radin
8. The Girl ** City And Colour
9. Steady Rollin' ** Two Gallants
10. Night Mantra ** Renee & Jeremy
11. Your Arms Around Me ** Jens Lekman
12. Sinister In A State Of Hope ** Loney, Dear
13. Frankie's Gun! ** The Felice Brothers
14. Drawing Board ** Danny Schmidt
15. Country Caravan ** Blitzen Trapper
16. For Emma ** Bon Iver
17. Body In A Box ** City And Colour
18. Southern Comfort ** Arrah and the Ferns
19. Whiskey In My Whiskey ** The Felice Brothers
20. Cliff Song ** Danny Schmidt

mind on the moor

1. Love Don't Let Me Down  §  Liam Titcomb

2. All Eyes On You  §  St. Lucia

3. Among the Leaves  §  Sun Kil Moon

4. Nashville  §  Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors

5. I'm Just Me  §  Diamond Rings

6. Holocene (iTunes Session)  §  Bon Iver

7. Buy Me Honey  §  Yellow Red Sparks

8. The Way We Move  §  Langhorne Slim & The Law

9. Sittin' in a Hotel Room  §  Eric Bibb

10. Hard Times  §  Baby Huey

11. 1904  §  The Tallest Man On Earth

12. Bad Luck  §  Langhorne Slim & The Law

13. History's Door  §  Husky

14. Give Love  §  MC Yogi

15. Mistaken For Strangers  §  The National

16. Let's Go  §  Matt & Kim

17. Safe and Sound  §  Rebelution

18. Wolves  §  Josh Ritter

19. Leading Me Now  §  The Tallest Man On Earth

20. Porch Light  §  Simpleton & CityFolk

21. Make the Money  §  Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Sad Lonely Spires

1. Is It Any Wonder? * Keane
2. Trouble With Dreams * Eels
3. Get Down, River * The Bottle Rockets
4. Pass It On * The Coral
5. Little Pieces * Gomez
6. Turn On Tune In Drop Out With Me * Cracker
7. Tall Buildings * The Jones Street Boys
8. Sunday Morning * The Belleville Outfit
9. Flyover State * Jones Street Station
10. Furr * Blitzen Trapper
11. Mykonos * Fleet Foxes
12. Kids * MGMT
13. Blood Bank * Bon Iver
14. Bend & Break * Keane
15. Airstream Driver * Gomez
16. Take Me To the Riot * Stars
17. Diggin a Grave * Micah P Hinson
18. Medicine Hat * Son Volt
19. Love Vigilante * Iron & Wine
20. In the Morning The Coral
21. Atlantic City * The Band

Long overdue, but finally complete. Here's the latest. I will be making copies throughout the next few days so if you want to be newly added to the BOB mix list, just say the word.

Stranger to Blue

1. Gobbledigook ∞ Sigur Rós
2. Bixby Canyon Bridge ∞ Death Cab For Cutie
3. Despite What You've Been Told ∞ Two Gallants
4. Free Things for Poor People ∞ Infadels
5. Rages of Babylon ∞ Joseph Arthur
6. Just Us Kids ∞ James McMurtry
7. Always A Friend ∞ Alejandro Escovedo
8. When Water Comes to Life ∞ Cloud Cult
9. Going On ∞ Gnarls Barkley
10. Can't Go Back Now ∞ The Weepies
11. Walcott ∞ Vampire Weekend
12. Grapevine Fires ∞ Death Cab For Cutie
13. Take Me Home Country Roads ∞ Honeybrowne
14. Plus Ones ∞ Okkervil River
15. Oh Mandy ∞ Spinto Band
16. Sequestered In Memphis ∞ The Hold Steady
17. Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) ∞ Beirut
18. Anyone Else But You ∞ Michael Cera & Ellen Page
19. Flume ∞ Bon Iver
20. Hold Me in the River ∞ brakesbrakesbrakes
21. Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur ∞ Sigur Rós
22. Looselips ∞Kimya Dawson