Bill’s Rockpile 2022008
Winding down another year and
chronicling favorite songs --- since 2005! What started as a CD compilation and
mailed out has long ago evolved to a streaming endeavor, but you have to keep
up the times. This is not meant to be any kind of “Best Of” list. These are just favorites of mine, songs I played repeatedly and probably played on Turntable. While the entire compilation is once again uploaded to Mixcloud,
I am also posting on Spotify --- however --- that list will be missing a couple
of songs because those artists don’t support that service. I’ve also included a
streamable link to each song on Bandcamp. So..if sampling, come back to this page and hit the links. If streaming, hit the Mixcloud link and that will play the entire mix. And Spotify also has the list for convenience, minus great songs by The Loyal Seas and smiles. Please consider buying and
downloading songs that you like to support the artists.
2022 saw a lot more bands going
back out on the road, as Covid waves continued to recede (but not completely go
away). This was a welcome development, and led to many opportunities to go see bands.
I probably went to more shows this year than any year since my college days.
Similarly, there seemed to be a ton of releases during the year as many people
went back to the studio to record songs written over the lockdown periods. And
thankfully I don’t have to burn my favorites to a CD because I had almost 50 songs saved and could only reasonable cull it down to this year’s 38. Thanks
for checking in!
Links for Spotify and Mixcloud below the list links.
Cheers,
Bill
* Does not appear on Spotify
1. “Off Motion” Fontanarosa
2. “Pretty” Arts & Leisure
3.
“Paradise” Healees
4.
“Wretched Lie” Cotton Crown
5. “Fastest” Frontperson
6. “Lola” Lande Hekt
8. “Beggar” Launder
9. “No Other Way” Ex-Void
10. “Should I” fine.
11. “Patterns” Stars
12.
“Option 8” Horsegirl
13.
“Into” Castlebeat
14.
“Full of The Joys of Spring” The Sundries
15.
“Nobody Knows Me, Anyhow” Cozy Slippers
16. “I Never Thought I Was Clever” The Orchids
17*.
"(So Far From) Silverlake The Loyal Seas
18.
“Behind Her Lovely Smile” My Raining Stars
20. “Ink Bleeds” seablite
22. “Foreshadowing” Submotile
23. “Only You Know” Beach House
24. “Take It Slow” Bleach Lab
25. “Wide Eyed” Thought Forms
26*.
“nothing matters anymore” smiles
27.
“Good Time” Young Guv
28.
“Clover” The Radio Field
29.
“Eyes Wide Shut” The Shop Window
30.
“define myself” wake up
31.
“Kidney Bingos” Vietnam (NZ)
32.
“When You Know You Know” The Beths
33.
“Pinos Altos” Terra Pines
34.
“Lighthouse” Mattiel
35.
“Delia Smith” sprints
36.
“Rain Song” Whitney's Playland
37.
“Mistakes” Sharon Van Etten
38.
“Your Time Doesn’t Exist” Elk City
Here is the link the the Spotify stream:
Here is the link the the Mixcloud stream:
