So I rarely send out mixes anymore (or update journals for that matter). I think it's something to do with "progress" in a technologically digital age. Sharing music used to mean mix tapes. Then it became mix CDs, which in turn became playlists. Now we just stream everything, and if you're the sharing type, you might collaborate on social playlists from within Spotify or subscribe to one of your friends.

Mixes used to bridge the space between individuals. Since most of my social networking accounts are linked and constantly sharing whatever I'm listening to into ever-merging lifestreams, that gap has…

The long overdue 2010 mix is finally up and ready for download. I think "lush" would be the best word to describe it. Five months late isn't too bad, eh?

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"A Voice In The Louvre" by Get Well Soon, from Vexations
"I Used To Do" by Clogs, from The Creatures In The Garden of Lady Walton
"Kolniður" by Jónsi, from Go
"Alike" by Efterklang, from Magic Chairs
"Suburban War" by Arcade Fire, from The Suburbs
"Hustle" by Tunng, from …And Then We Saw Land
"Come On You…

I wanted to build a mix around my choice of stand-out 2010 songs, but every time I tried to do that, I failed miserably. The initial lineup was just too unwieldy, requiring a lot of editing to get the thing down to a human scale. Then the songs that remained seemed to hop all over the place style-wise. Maybe it's a stupid OCD thing on my part, but I feel like a proper mix-tape should have a cohesiveness to it, whether that be genre-based, melodic, emotional (lyrical) – there has to be something that ties what the ear is experiencing…

I try to give friends seasonal mix-cds. Nothing holiday related, just mixes of songs that have somehow defined a period of time for me. Often it becomes a collection of mostly-new songs or artists that I think deserve to break out from obscurity. So they're usually pretty current, and frankly, I'll listen obsessively until I move on to something new that hooks my ear.

Unfortunately, the year's quickly slipping away from me before I can make a new mix. I've got something in the works, but I don't know if it'll ever get finished before December. So, for now, I'm…

It all started with the first track, "Min Värld". Dunno what it is, but there's something about that song that makes me want to rock. So I thought, why not go from there? – Songs that have a certain je ne sai quoi, thereby compelling a person to get up and move (which could in theory be ANY song, so don't think too hard on that).

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• Kent: Min Värld
• Fischerspooner: The 15th
• IAMX: Kiss + Swallow
• Simian Mobile Disco: Sleep Deprivation
• Air France: Collapsing At Your Doorstep
• Cazals: Somebody, Somewhere (LIFELIKE remix)
• Parka…

Muxtape is obviously conquering my Last.fm journal these days. I'm not quite sure how to describe this playlist.. it's a bit avant-garde as far as genres are concerned, but there's nothing really stand-out jarring about the flow from one song to the next. So maybe it's not avant-garde at all. It's got some nice basslines, a few strings, a smattering of electronic post rock, and some resampled audio snippets. Could it be predictably bohemian then? Ew, that sounds so poserish. It's not poserish, I swear.

Well, whatever it is, I can't put my finger on it, but I know it's…

Right. So here's another mix. The theme here is the so-called "wall of sound" method to making music. Just click the cassette to have a listen on muxtape.

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• Miracle Fortress: Next Train
• Rogue Wave: Chicago X 12
• Jong Pang: To White Light
• The Helio Sequence: You Can Come To Me
• Say Hi: Back Before We Were Brittle
• Earlimart: Nevermind The Phonecalls
• Sea Wolf: You're A Wolf
• Cloud Cult: Hurricane And Fire Survival Guide
• Beirut: Postcards From Italy
• Andrew Bird: Scythian Empire
• The Envy Corps: Keys To Good Living…

Muxtape, a devilishly simple way to create digital mixtapes (*coughs* playlists), launched last week. While chances are pretty high this free service will be short-lived for obvious legal reasons, you might consider taking it for a spin before the inevitable ensues. Think of it as your moral imperative as willing participants in "the social music revolution". You know, Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité.. comradery amongst fledgling music brethren and all that entails. Vive la Révolution!

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• The Mary Onettes: Lost
• Foreign Born: Keep It All Inside
• Does It Offend You, Yeah?: Being Bad Feels Pretty Good
• Cut City:…

I was going to write a lengthy review of my favourite albums of 2007, but then I realized I'd have to choose from roughly 200 albums. And I mean, that's doable; I can certainly choose 20-odd favourites from a list. The problem is that I'll have to really stop and think about which albums to review. That takes time and a little concentration.. both of which are in short supply. So I guess what I'm saying is that the review thing isn't happening tonight. Instead, all I really came up with is the following list which required absolutely no thought…

I've been thinking of getting rid of the "love this song" tag. I figure we all get a loved tracks radio here on Last.fm, what with that little heart button all over the place. It's on our audioscrobblers, scattered throughout each artists' page, and then each and every track listing page; it's on the embedded radios that litter the site, and it's even a right click on our desktops (in the systray for PC users). With that much accessibility to love buttons, Last.fm has literally taken the work out of spreading the love. That said, you'd think it kind of…