At the end of every year, I like to put together a list of my favorite records that came out that year, and a mix of songs as well. Here are my favorite records that came out in 2012, followed by a Spotify playlist of a bunch of songs. (original costa concordia photo by max rossi | reuters.)

15. From the Mouth of the Sun - Woven Tide
14. Emeralds – Just to Feel Anything
13. Why? – Mumps etc.
12. Wild Nothing – Nocturne
11. The xx – Coexist
10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
9. Efterklang - Piramida
8. Lambchop – Mr. M
7. Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory
6. mewithoutYou – Ten Stories
5. Trouble Books – Concatenating Fields
4. Angel Olsen - Half Way Home
3. Sigur Rós - Valtari
2. Damien Jurado – Maraqopa
1. Dark Dark Dark – Who Needs Who

Designers.MX is basically my dream website; “Music that drives our favorite designers, and allowing them to create a unique cover design for each of their individual playlists. A daily music and design masterpiece.” They were kind enough to ask me to submit a mix, which went live today, titled It’s Not Forever. It’s a mix of songs by some of my favorite artists, complimented by some songs from friends of mine. Go have a listen.

I felt like compiling some songs for a summer-time mix. A bunch of songs I’ve been digging lately. Download HERE.

Songs from 2010 / Part 2 / Download Here

My sequel to yesterdays set of songs that I posted. Compared to the way it starts out, it’s completely different by the end, but it works. This time the photos are from the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, again taken from The Big Picture.

Songs from 2010 / Part 1 / Download Here

I don’t do this as much as I should, but I put together 2 playlists of my favorite songs from this year. I divided them into two, because they are two very distinct sets. The photos are of devastation from the earthquake that happened in Chile earlier this year, and from one of my favorite photo-blogs, The Big Picture. I’ll post the second half very soon (as soon as I finish it).

Additionally, I put together a list of my favorite albums from 2010, here.