Being an avid music listener and sometimes a self proclaimed trendsetter I am always scouring the blogosphere for that next best thing. I realized I must be lacking in that department, as this story only came into my periphery 3 years too late. But nevertheless, I am glad to share this with everyone. Music blog Stereogum has been teaming up with Australian music producer and mashup artist team9, to produce yearly mashup albums of the best tracks from that respective year and a few oldies. As they like to describe them, these ‘bastard pop’ albums are a real treat; free down-loadable quality music. Here is a retrospective look at the last 4 years:

Listen: Phoenix Get Cured
MySplice 4: 2009 Mashed Up
1 stererogum & team9 – “Pina Horchata”
2 stererogum & team9 – “Twilight In The Afterlife”
3 stererogum & team9 – “Riders Sleep Alone”
4 stererogum & team9 – “Cross Eyed People”
5 stererogum & team9 – “Phoenix Get Cured”
6 stererogum & team9 – “Crystalised In The Sky”
7 stererogum & team9 – “Missy’s Girls”
8 stererogum & team9 – “Without A Love Story”
9 stererogum & team9 – “Chilled Monkey”
10 stererogum & team9 – “Grizzly Feeling”
11 stererogum & team9 – “Girls Of Convenience”
12 stererogum & team9 – “22 Nights With Lily”
13 stererogum & team9 – “Surprise Gift”

Download the tracks here: Zip File

Listen: Crystal Holiday
MySplice 3: 2008 Mashed Up
1 “Britney Gets Bloc-ed” (Britney Spears “Womanizer” vs Bloc Party “Mercury”)
2 “B.F. Meets T.I.” (Ben Folds Feat. Regina Spektor “You Don’t Know Me” vs T.I. “U Don’t Know Me”)
3 “Good After Time” (Lykke Li “I’m Good I’m Gone” vs Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time”)
4 “Albert And Katy Sitting In A Tree” (Albert Hammond Jr. “GFC” vs Katy Perry “I Kissed A Girl”)
5 “Debbie Does Montreal” (Blondie “Call me” vs of Montreal “Id Engager”)
6 “Bang On A Milli” (Lil Wayne “A Milli” vs The Breeders “Bang On”)
7 “Lockdown Shelter” (Kanye West “Love Lockdown” Vs. The Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”)
8 “Disturbed Youth” (Rihanna “Disturbia” vs Beck “Youthless”)
9 “Killer Mirror” (The Killers “Human” vs Arcade Fire “Black Mirror”)
10 “Crystal Holiday” (Crystal Castles “Magic Spells” vs Naughty By Nature “Holiday”)
11 “The Sound Of Roses” (Human Highway “The Sound” vs Guns N’ Roses “Paradise City” vs Stone Roses “Waterfall” vs Extreme “More than Words”)

Download the tracks here: Zip File

Listen: Loose Dancing
MySplice 2: 2007 Mashed Up
1 “It’s A Sweet Ghost Party” – (Band Of Horses vs. Guns N’ Roses vs. 2 Live Crew)
2 “M.I.A.-Team” – (M.I.A. vs. The A-Team Theme)
3 “Smalltown Apology” – (One Republic vs. Bronski Beat)
4 “Roc Knife” – (Jay-Z vs. Grizzly Bear)
5 “A Forest Prayer” – (Bloc Party vs. The Cure)
6 “Loose Dancing” – (Bangers & Cash vs. The Bee Gees)
7 “My Man My Bomb” – (Feist vs. New Young Pony Club)
8 “Smokey Fire” – (Arcade Fire vs. Smokey Robinson vs. The Gunsmoke Theme)
9 “Countdown To Girls” – (Europe vs. Sean Kingston vs. Calvin Harris)
10 “Ratatat Under Ether” – (Ratatat vs. PJ Harvey)

Download the tracks here: Zip File

Listen: Big School
MySplice: 2006 Mashed Up
1 “Swan Together” (Thom Yorke vs. The Beatles)
2 “Lets Make Love And Listen To Junior Boys” (CSS vs. Junior Boys)
3 “Daddy And The Thief” (Wolfmother vs. Gnarls Barkley)
4 “Cold War Fiasco” (Cold War Kids vs. Lupe Fiasco vs. Lily Allen)
5 “Silent Saints” (The Knife vs. U2 & Green Day vs. Spank Rock)
6 “Big School” (Hot Chip vs. Peter Gabriel)
7 “When Will My Cheated Heart” (Yeah Yeah Yeahs vs. Diana Ross)
8 “Flaming Clipse” (Flaming Lips vs. Clipse)
9 “Roscoe Eyes” (Midlake vs. Jimi Hendrix)
10 “Young Cats” (Peter Bjorn And John vs. The Cure)

Download the tracks here: Zip File

Sources:
http://stereogum.com/
http://www.team9.net/

Enjoy.