Every month, I like to make a MixTape Playlist of the music I discovered that stood out. It has been a tradition going back to 1998 when I discovered a burner in the classroom and would make actual CD mixtapes for my friends (even did some on tape as a kid). At the beginning of each month I like to send my co-workers a mass email with ten of my favorite songs. This is that list:

• Metronomy – Lately

• Angel Olsen – Impasse

• Phantogram – In a Spiral

• Cage the Elephant – Social Cues

• Wolf Parade – Against the Day

• Zero 7 – Swimmers

• FKA Twigs – home with you

• Caribou – Home 

• Keep Shelly in Athens – Caryatid

• Clams Casino – Rune