2009 Music mix

Each year my holiday greeting to friends is a mix of favorite music tracks released in the last 365 days. In '09 I've been listening a lot to Bat for Lashes, Passion Pit and Neko Case- but believe The xx are No.1 on my list thus far.

Courtney celebrates’ 2009

Exploring the beaches of Maui, relaxing in the Catskill Mts,
hitting the vintage jackpot in Vegas, lounging poolside in Palm Springs and still making it back home to MN three times to breath some fresh air- I finally got out of LA in ’09!

Beyond travel- 2009 has been one intense year- from love, to death, to the day to day motions. Hardship brings knowledge, which brings understanding- our biggest contribution to society is compassion and I hope to use a lot more of it in 2010.

Horchata - Vampire Weekend
It Don't Move Me - Peter Bjorn and John
No Intention - Dirty Projectors
Bruises - Chairlift
Blood Bank - Bon Iver
Train Song - Ben Gibbard & Feist
Daniel - Bat for Lashes
My Girls - Animal Collective
Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Islands - The xx
Actor Out of Work - St. Vincent
Sleepyhead - Passion Pit
When I Grow Up - Fever Ray
This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case
Never Had Nobody Like You - M. Ward feat. Zooey Deschanel
Possibility - Lykke Li
Blue Lips - Regina Spektor
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - She & Him
Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Moth's Wings - Passion Pit