31 mixes with tracks by “Rifle Recoil”

10 loves songs with music from The Swell Season, Patrick Wolf, and Stars.

30 chill electro songs and remixes including the xx, m83, RAC

For what it's worth, here's my 2009 'Best Of' mix to throw on the already enormous pile. The 25 songs are in order, meaning the first track that plays (r1fle reco1l) is my 25th favourite of the year. Phantogram came out top, and there's a tracklist within the first comment (well there was, but it's been deleted by someone. Thanks guys). Incidentally, best album would've gone to Phoenix, closely followed by The xx.

Ten tracks including music by Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew, CocoRosie, and Colleen.

Ten tracks including music by Animal Collective, Barcelona, and Rifle Recoils.

Remember the days when being indie, punk or hip meant staying the fuck away from any music that didn't have an electric guitar, bass and drums? Today's hipster landscape (despite its, well, hipster impulses) has observed a thankful change from this puritanical impulse. Nonetheless, to combat a slide down the opposite trend and a painful retread to the synthesised sound of the 80s, here's a mixtape of guitar-centric music from the likes of Sonic Youth, Pavement, Silver Jews and others.

"some feel the rain, others just get wet" -bob marley
some acoustic stuff to help you chill out by Amos Lee, Damien Rice and El Ten Eleven.

A collection of cover songs.

sleepytime. close your eyes.

Ten tracks including music by Amelie Poulain, George Harrison and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

including music by Arcade Fire, Barry Louis Polisar and Bombay Bicycle Club.