• the mountain ghosts - this year
• owen pallett - i want to be well (live in singapore)
• tegan and sara - downtown (live)
• sufjan stevens - chicago
• lisa loeb - stay
• the pains of being pure at heart - stay alive
• tracy chapman - fast car
• the swell season - falling slowly
• florence + the machine - shake it out
• sigur rós - olsen olsen
• rachael cantu - far and wide

[songs that made the past 10.5 months a little less bleak than they could've been. it's a very cheesy mix about making it.]