Just sneaking this one out in time to call it the May mix. Here you go, friends. Listen, listen, listen. Share, share, share. Thanks, thanks, thanks.

Company Pants Mix #30 (May 2012)

01  Kelley Stoltz / “My Jacqui”
02  House Shoes & Danny Brown / “Sweet”
03  Long Walks On The Beach / “We’re Growing Up”
04  Heavenly Beat / “Messiah”
05  Lemonade / “Eye Drops”
06  Liars / “Ring On Every Finger”
07  Jeremiah Jae / “Money And Food”
08  Holy Balm / “Take It”
09  Polly Hi / “In The Morning”
10  Rockie Fresh / “Never Lose”
11  Sonnymoon / “Watersboiled”
12  Grape St. / “Charmed Life”
13  Beat Connection / “The Palace Garden, 4am”
14  Fly Moon Royalty & InferKnow / “I’m The Shit”
15  Husky Rescue / “Sunrider”
16  How To Dress Well / “Ocean Floor For Everything”

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So, the last couple months have been a mess of busy activity and these little “monthly” mixes haven’t exactly materialized with the swiftness that I always hope they will. This is a collection of very random, but very worthy and killer tracks that I haven’t been able to find a proper place for yet. Hopefully, I was able to compile them in a fashion that lights you up for an hour or so.

Company Pants Mix #29 (April 2012)

01  Woods / “Wind Was The Wine”
02  Ty Segall & White Fence / “Easy Ryder”
03  Santigold / “Pirate In The Water”
04  The Uncluded / “Bats”
05  The Spinto Band / “”Leave Yourself Alone”
06  Emay / “Alif Y.M.N.L.M.A.”
07  TV Girl / “I Wonder Who She’s Kissing Now”
08  Catcall / “Paralysed”
09  Electric Guest / “This Head I Hold”
10  Black Grass / “Don’t Try”
11  Rebecca Taylor / “Sole Command Of The Day”
12  The Memories / “Softly”
13  Illis / “Teeth”
14  Petite Noir / “Disappear”
15  Alunageorge / “Just A Touch”
16  Steezy Ray Vibes / “Empty City”

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Download, listen, re-blog, purty please? All of you wonderful people know the drill.

Company Pants Mix #28 (February 2012)

01  Phèdre / “In Decay”
02  KYNAN / “Just To Sing I Love You”
03  Outer Minds / “Gimme A Reason”
04  Julia Holter / “In The Same Room”
05  Aircraft / “River Coma”
06  Nick Das / “At Ease”
07  Lushlife / “Big Sur”
08  Milagres / “Quiet Street”
09  Luik / “All Of My World”
10  Ramona Falls / “Spore”
11  Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire & Alicia Keys / “Unthinkable (RemeX)”
12  Yalls / “Real Fantasy”
13  SoKo / “I Thought I Was An Alien”
14  Daughn Gibson / “In The Beginning”
15  Aaron Embry / “No Go”

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As I’m putting up the first CP mix of the year, I’m also anticipating the (potential) first snowfall of the year and hoping that the predictions of the various weather-people don’t let me down like they so often do. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this shit as much as I do.

Company Pants Mix #27 (January 2012)

01  Porcelain Raft / “Unless You Speak From Your Heart”
02  AU / “Get Alive”
03  CHLLNGR / “Change”
04  Alligator Indian / “Telepathic Boys (VYXOR Remix)”
05  Top Girls / “It’s Over”
06  Star Slinger, Juicy J, Project Pat & Reggie B / “Chain Dumbin’”
07  Nicolas Jaar, Scout Larue & Will Epstein / “With Just Once Glance”
08  You Won’t / “Television”
09  Talib Kweli / “Distractions”
10  Blonds / “K.O.”
11  Pale Seas / “Something Or Nothing”
12  Amateur Best / “Be Happy”
13  Of Montreal / “Malefic Dowery”
14  Fun Adults / “‘Til Sleep”
15  Poor Spirits / “Precious Metals”

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Alright…

Here is one last mixtape for 2011. I’ve thrown together twenty one songs that very easily could have made it onto my Top 40 Songs Of 2011 list, but in the end just barely missed the cut. I love all of these equally no matter how weird, droning or totally offensive some of them might be.

Do it.

2011 Honorable Mentions Mixtape

01  Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx / “Nightcall”
02  Eleanor Friedberger / “Inn At The Seventh Ray”
03  Co La / “Wanna Say Faux”
04  Wanda + Wonder / “Bass Is Nice”
05  Friends / “I’m His Girl”
06  Hodgy Beats / “Mystery”
07  Tennis / “Origins”
08  WU LYF / “Dirt”
09  Lloyd / “Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)”
10  J. Irvín Dally / “The Punchbowls”
11  Cults / “You Know What I Mean”
12  Jonti / “Koi Moon’s Daughter”
13  Fabolous / “Look At Her (You Be Killin’ ‘Em)”
14  SALEM / “Till The World Ends”
15  Ludacris & Gucci Mane / “Shake N Fries”
16  White Denim / “Street Joy”
17  Fleet Foxes / “Battery Kinzie”
18  Tyler, The Creator / “Transylvania”
19  Empress Hotel / “Bells Ring”
20  Green Gerry / “Celery Salt (Spider Man Quit Fucking With Me)”
21  James Blake / “Why Don’t You Call Me?”

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Alright! Here’s the whole dang shebang. Below you will find a handy list of all the songs from this year’s Top 40 and links to each song’s individual post. Also, please download the two part Company Pants Top 40 Songs Of 2011 mixtape (links are at the bottom). Thanks to those of you that stuck around for all of this and thanks and welcome to all of the new followers that joined up somewhere in the process!

Company Pants Top 40 Songs Of 2011

40 / Dum Dum Girls: “Coming Down” [link]
39 / The Antlers: “Putting The Dog To Sleep [link]
38 / Dirty Beaches: “Lord Knows Best” [link]
37 / White Life / “Time Is Wasting” [link]
36 / Bibio: “Excuses” [link] 

35 / The Drums: “Money” [link]
34 / MF DOOM + Thom Yorke + Jonny Greenwood: “Retarded Fren” [link]
33 / David Bazan: “Strange Negotiations” [link]
32 / Lia Ices: “Little Marriage” [link]
31 / Stay+: “Young Luv” [link] 

30 / Teenage Cool Kids: “Volvo To A Kiss” [link]
29 / The Throne: “Niggas In Paris” [link]
28 / Black Lips: “The Lie” [link]
27 / Hard Mix: “Now Her” [link]
26 / Dominant Legs: “Where We Trip The Light” [link]

25 / Bodies Of Water: “New Age Nightmares” [link]
24 / Chad VanGaalen: “Wandering Spirits” [link]
23 / Holy Other: “Touch” [link]
22 / Lil B: “Game” [link]
21 / Bill Baird: “We’ll Meet Again Someday, Or We Won’t” [link]

20 / Luke Temple: “How Could I Lie?” [link]
19 / John Maus: “Hey Moon” [link]
18 / Akron/Family: “So It Goes” [link]
17 / Junior Boys: “You’ll Improve Me” [link]
16 / Wye Oak: “Plains” [link]

15 / Gardens & Villa: “Star Fire Power” [link]
14 / Ganglians: “That’s What I Want” [link]
13 / Bill Callahan: “Drover” [link]
12 / Real Estate: “It’s Real” [link] 
11 / G-Side: “I’m Sorry (Jake On Remix)” [link]

10 / Holiday Shores: “We Couldn’t Be Together” [link]
09 / Des Ark: “My Saddle Is Waitin’ (C’mon Jump On It)” [link]
08 / Therapies Son: “Touching Down” [link]
07 / Cass McCombs: “Memory’s Stain” [link]
06 / tUnE-yArDs: “Bizness” [link] 

05 / Timber Timbre: “Black Water” [link]
04 / YACHT: “Dystopia” [link]
03 / David Thomas Broughton / “Staying True” [link]
02 / James Blake: “I Never Learnt To Share” [link]
01 / Future Islands: “Balance” [link]

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[Download Part 2: Songs #21-40]

A Company Pants Christmas, Vol. II

01  Line Material / “Santa’s North Pole Band”
02  The Beach Boys / “The Man With All The Toys”
03  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles / “Christmas Every Day”
04  Augie Rios / “Donde Esta Santa Claus”
05  Fats Waller / “Winter Weather”
06  David Bazan / “Away In A Manger”
07  Coconut Records / “It’s Christmas”
08  The 4 Seasons / “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town”
09  Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers / “Dig That Crazy Santa Claus”
10  ”Weird” Al Yankovic / “Christmas At Ground Zero”
11  Young Faron / “I’m Gonna Tell Santa On You”
12  Louis Armstrong / “The Night Before Christmas”
13  Elvis Presley / “Santa Claus Is Back In Town”
14  Best Coast & Wavves / “Got Something For You”
15  Stan Freberg / “Nuttin’ For Christmas”
16  Catwalk / “Christmas Don’t Be Late”
17  Loretta Lynn / “To Heck With Ole Santa Claus”
18  The Moonglows / “Hey Santa Claus”
19  Jimmy Boyd / “Santa Claus Got Stuck In The Chimney”
20  Harvey Danger / “Sometimes You Have To Work On Christmas (Sometimes)”
21  Bob & Doug McKenzie / “The Twelve Days Of Christmas”
22  James Brown / “Please Come Home For Christmas”
23  Woods / “Christmas Time Is Here”
24  Johnny Cash / “Silent Night”
25  Vince Guaraldi Trio / “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”

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Also: A Company Pants Christmas, Vol. I

The first of at least three mixtapes coming in the month of December assuming that a complete mental collapse does not occur. No promises. Enjoy.

Company Pants Mix #26 (December 2011)

01  Nomadic Firs / “Vines”
02  Crystal Stilts / “Still As The Night”
03  Charlotte Gainsbourg / “Paradisco”
04  Jagwar Ma / “Come Save Me”
05  Danny Brown & Black Milk / “Wake Up”
06  Holiday Shores / “We Couldn’t Be Together”
07  The Strange Boys / “Saddest”
08  Quilt / “Penobska Oakwalk”
09  The Beets / “Now I Live”
10  Motorama / “Empty Bed”
11  King Krule / “Bleak Bake”
12  InkShips / “Cassette”
13  Washed Out / “Amor Fati (Clams Casino Remix)”
14  David Bazan & Deerhoof / “No One Asked Bazan To Dance”
15  The Hidden Words / “Dis”

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In honor of another much-needed trip to the desert, here’s a follow-up to last year’s California mixtape.

Company Pants Mix #25 (California, Pt. 2)

01  Dr. Dog / “California”
02  Albert Hammond, Jr. / “Back To The 101”
03  The Aislers Set / “Mission Bells”
04  Bob Dylan / “California”
05  Air / “Californie”
06  A Tribe Called Quest / “I Left My Wallet In El Segundo”
07  Dirty Gold / “California Sunrise”
08  Billy Bragg & Wilco / “California Stars”
09  Albert Hammond, Sr. / “99 Miles From L.A.”
10  EMA / “California”
11  Wolf Parade / “California Dreamer”
12  Coconut Records / “West Coast”
13  George Jones & Tammy Wynette / “Southern California”
14  Elliott Smith / “Alameda”
15  The Flying Burrito Brothers / “Sin City”
16  PJ Harvey & John Parish / “Leaving California”
17  The Kingston Trio / “I’m Going Home”
18  The Rentals / “California”
19  The Magnetic Fields / “Come Back From San Francisco”
20  Tom Waits / “San Diego Serenade”

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Hey! You should download/re-blog/like this or something. Go ahead, no one’s watching. No one’s gonna judge you…much.

Company Pants Mix #24 (October 2011)

01  Siskiyou / “Twigs & Stones”
02  Laura Gibson / “La Grande”
03  Tennis / “Tell Her No”
04  Doldrums / “I’m Homesick Sittin’ Up Here In My Satellite”
05  A.Dd+ / “Insomniac Dreaming”
06  My Brightest Diamond / “She Does Not Brave The War”
07  Shimmering Stars / “Privilege”
08  Real Estate / “It’s Real”
09  A Classic Education / “Grave Bird”
10  Zola Jesus / “Lick The Palm Of The Burning Handshake”
11  G-Side / “I’m Sorry (Jake One Remix)”
12  Colossal Gospel / “Bitter Man”
13  Orca Orca / “Get Up (Get Out)”
14  Lizard Kisses / “Runoff”
15  Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy / “Quail And Dumplings”

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