Schmutzie's Best Of the 2018 Mixtapes: 12 Slower, 12 Faster

The Best Of 2018’s mixtape is 1 hour and 27 minutes long and has 24 rock, singer/songwriter, indie rock, folk, r&b/soul, electronic, alternative, world, dance, rock & roll, punk, and latino songs from 3 different decades.

The Best of the 2018 Mixtapes on Spotify and Apple Music:

12 SLOWER
1. Wild Fire — Laura Marling (2017)  2. Don’t Leave Me Alone — Jad Fair, Tenniscoats & Norman Blake (2017)  3. Love Too Soon — Born Ruffians (2018)  4. Class of 2013 — Mitski (2013)  5. Over Rainbows and Rainier — Damien Jurado (2018)  6. Everything Is Free — Gillian Welch (2001)  7. Oom Sha La La — Haley Heynderickx (2017)  8. Ships — Aaron Beckum (2017)  9. Revolution — Denise Hradecky (2009)  10. Stella — Mountain Man (2018)  11. River — Leon Bridges (2015)  12. Night Shift — Lucy Dacus (2018)

12 FASTER
13. Alright — ShitKid (2017)  14. Water Fountain — Tune-Yards (2014)  15. Pedestrian At Best — Courtney Barnett (2015)  16. On the Regular — Shamir (2014)  17. Something for Your M.I.N.D. — Superorganism (2017)  18. Fear Go Running — Lakuta (2016)  19. Like Sugar — Chaka Khan (2018)  20. Death Train Blues — Daddy Long Legs (2012)  21. Fine Slime — White Denim (2018)  22. Bridezilla — Mommy Long Legs (2018)  23. Girl U Want — Devo (1980)  24. Mujeres — Y La Bamba (2018)

Some notes:

1. In general, I picked one slower song and one faster song from each of the 12 mixtapes I made over 2018.

2. The first 12 songs are slower. They’re more for gentler hanging out/snuggling/lying on the floor staring at the ceiling. The second 12 songs are faster, and I recommend dancing. Start wherever you like.

3. I put out the January 2019 Mixtape yesterday, which has an entirely different set of songs than this Best of 2018 Mixtapes playlist, which means you have a total of 44 songs to listen to as you figure out what 2019’s about.

4. I normally have more to say here, but I’m just going to let you listen to this one. Enjoy!