year-end #8

here's a bunch of my favorite songs from the past year that were not on any of the albums previously mentioned. i would recommend playing them in this order.

1. Osborne - "Downtown" (from Osborne and the Ruling 12", both on Spectral)
2. Max Tundra - "The Entertainment" (from Parallax Error Beheads You, on Domino)
3. Anders Illar - "Icarus & Pegasus" (from Sworn, on Level)
4. Hercules & Love Affair - "Blind (Frankie Knuckles Vocal)" (from the Blind single on DFA)
5. Heartthrob - "Confession" (from Dear Painter, Paint Me on M_nus)
6. Dizzee Rascal (feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome) - "Dance Wiv Me (Extended Mix)" (from the Dance Wiv Me single, on Dirtee Stank)
7. Paul Frick - "Knock On Wood, Babe (w/ Matthias Engler)" (from the Knock On Wood 12" on Kalk Pets)
8. Few Nolder - "El Snig (feat. Rut)" (from the Plan μ compilation on Planet μ)
9. Belong - "Same Places (Slow Version)" (from the Same Places 12" on Table of the Elements)
10. Boris - "You Put Up Your Umbrella" (from Smile (Japan Release) on Diwphalanx)
11. Foals - "Olympic Airways" (from Antidotes on Sub Pop / Transgressive)
12. Subtle - "Unlikely Rock Shock" (from ExitingARM on Lex)
13. Paper Route Gangstaz - "Bama Gettin Money (Diplo Remix)" (from the Fear and Loathing in Hunts Vegas mixtape on Mad Decent)
14. iTAL tEK - "Cyclical" (from Cyclical on Planet μ)
15. Final Fantasy - "Blue Imelda" (from the Spectrum, 14th Century EP on Blocks Recording Club)

i'll just leave it at that, no lengthy descriptions, just do yourself a solid and seek these out.

i think one more entry after this one and that should pretty well wrap things up.