mix: 2019 tunes
drawing: jenna barzak
words + mix: lauren rearick (your friendly TGE founder)
I’ve never been one for lists. In all the years that I’ve done TGE, I just can’t bring myself to rank anything, and I think it’s because the only thing I’ve successfully managed to find a favorite of is iced coffee (currently that spot belongs to Dunkin). That being said, I do like reflecting on the year that was, and 2019 was a seriously good year of tunes. To celebrate, I put together this mix of some of the tunes I liked. Along with a Spotify playlist, I included a tracklist that has each artist and a link to their material. Additionally, feel free to listen to this on shuffle. There’s no order to it!
This mix is in no way comprehensive, and I’m sure there’s something I’m forgetting. But, I hope you enjoy it, and I want to thank you for the continued support of TGE. We’re drawing on seven years as a blog in March! There have been some definite changes (in my life and in posting) and it means a lot to me that people continue to support this project.
Be sure to tell us what you loved from this year in the comments below!
Tracklist:
"Hire” - Girlpool from What Chaos Is Imagery
“Moron Mountain” - Lem from Good Boy Smoke
“Eight Legged Dog” - String Machine from Death of the Neon
“Cherry Blossom” - Pom Pom Squad from Ow
“Hate Ya 2” - Boy Scouts from Free Company
“November” - Shannon Lay from August
“In Love Again” - Mannequin Pussy from Patience
“4/20 7/11 {I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down)” - Guppy from In Heat
“Camera” - Charly Bliss from Young Enough
“How It Goes” - Dude York from Falling
“Behave” - Summer Cannibals from Can’t Tell Me No
“Scream” - Stef Chura from Midnight
"Chain Reaction” - Control Top from Covert Contracts
“Poor People Are Revolting” - The Gotobeds from Debt Begins at 30
“Spinster Cycle” - Rosie Tucker from Never Not Never Not Never Not
“Devotion” - Jay Som from Anak Ko
“IDKW” - Daisy the Great from I’m Not Getting Any Taller
“basking in the glow” - Oso Oso from basking in the glow
“Bloody Winter” - Shunkan from Cumberland Falls
“Kudis” - Skux from Kudis
“Girlfriend Degree” - The Paranoyds from Carnage Bargain
"Lullaby No. 13” - Girl Friday from Fashion Conman
“Offering” - Versing from 10000
“Leona” - Stranger Ranger from Remembering the Rockets
"25, Alive” - Oh, Rose from While My Father Sleeps
“Pacify My Heart” - Sasami from Sasami
“Origami Dreams” - Christelle Bofale from Origami Dreams
“In Real Life” - Lilith from Safer Off
"Casino Night” - Slingshot Dakota from Heavy Banding
“Big Mouth” - Necking from Cut Your Teeth
“White Magick/Black Magick” - Verdigrls from Small Moves
“Blow a Candle” - Flying Fish Cove from At Moonset
“See You At Your Funeral” - PUP from Morbid Stuff
“Not What You Need” - Leggy from Let Me Know Your Moon
"Another Shot” - Pretty Matty from Pretty Matty
“Alone Too” - Nanami Ozone from NO
“Fashionista” - CHAI from Punk
“I Don’t Want To” - Mal Blum from Pity Boy
“Surf Song” - Sean Henry from A Jump from the High Dive
“Hologram” - Tacocat from This Mess Is a Place
“Soft Shape” - Empath from Active Listening: Night On Earth
“Clueless or Cruel?” - Mikey Erg from Waxbuilt Castles
“Really Like You” - Short Fictions from Fates Worse Than Death
“Best Laid Plans” - Harmony Woods from Make Yourself at Home
"Mono No Aware” - Great Grandpa from Four of Arrows
“Sensible Thing” - Timothy Heller from Self-Titled
“Party’s Over” - Grumpster from Underwhelmed
“Your Performance” - Pile from Green and Gray
“heathers” - Insignificant Other from i’m so glad i feel this way about you
“Truth About You” - Lisa Prank from Perfect Love Song
“Rubber Band” - Pendant from Through a Coil
“Airport” - Horse Jumper of Love from So Divine
“Young Republicans” - Lower Dens from The Competition
“Secret Medicine” - Vagabon from Vagabon
“24 Hr Drive-Thru - Origami Angel from Somewhere City
“Easy to Love” - Georgia Maq from Pleaser
“Trance” - Club Night from What Life
“Strawberry” - Emily Reo from Only You Can See It