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Warm Thoughts

One of my biggest New Year’s resolutions for Pop That Rocks in 2011 was to finally post a mix. I had originally contemplated beginning a series of them early last year but that was stifled by lack of time, focus and/or motivation. Fortunately, the holiday break invigorated and inspired me enough to create this.

Nothing too fancy. Just a selection of some of my recent favorite songs and artists, most if not all of which have been written about on the blog or spun on my radio show at some point over the past several months. In an attempt to keep things loosely thematic, I went with songs that best suit the snow and schizophrenic temperatures that often come with the Winters here in Philadelphia. I hope these songs will work together to keep you warm on many a cold night this season, be they through their sun-bathed Balaeric beats, thick layers of dream pop haze, or icy hot electro.

Download my Warm Thoughts mix and preview the full tracklist after the jump. If the reception is good enough, I might make this a recurring thing. We’ll see. For now, there’s this…

Pop That Rocks - Warm Thoughts

Photo by RJ

Puro Instinct - Stilyagi (feat. Ariel Pink)
Chromatics - Circled Sun
Phone Tag - Look and Feel
Teen Inc. - Friend of the Night
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Can’t Hear My Eyes
Future Trends - Darkness
Toro y Moi - Still Sound
Museum of Bellas Artes - Paloma
Young Galaxy - Peripheral Visionaries
jj - Pleasure is a Previlege
James Blake - Wilhelms Scream
Laurel Halo - Embassy
Keep Shelly in Athens - Don’t Be Afraid
Appaloosa - Intimate
Expensive Looks - Moving Visions
Teen Daze - Fall in Love
Crystal Castles - Celestica
Porcelain Raft - Tip of Your Tongue