Yes, a new episode, and it’s unbelievably late. This is the second part of my favorite music of 2012, covering albums. Go listen to the first part for my favorite tracks of the year, and you’ll find my lists of favorite media of 2012 here. New music is coming, I promise!

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Codex 64 (44.8MB)

1. Grimes – “Genesis”
2. Frank Ocean – “Thinkin Bout You”
3. Lawrence Arabia – “Lick Your Wounds”
4. David Byrne & St. Vincent – “Ice Age”
5. Cat Power – “3, 6, 9″
6. Toro y Moi – “Dead Pontoon”
7. Cate le Bon – “Falcon Eyed”
8. Chairlift – “Sidewalk Safari”
9. Best Coast – “Why I Cry”
10. Jaill – “I’m Home”
11. Lotus Plaza – “Strangers”
12. Miike Snow – “Black Tin Box”
13. The Magnetic Fields – “Andrew in Drag” 

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Codex 63 (57.4MB)

1. Sleigh Bells – “Comback Kid”
2. Django Django – “Default”
3. Atoms for Peace – “Default”
4. Diplo – “Barely Standing”
5. A-Track, Dillon Francis – “Money Makin’”
6. Ab-Soul – “Terrorist Threats”
7. Bear in Heaven – “Sinful Nature”
8. Hooray for Earth – “No Love”
9. Tanlines – “All of Me”
10. Hospitality – “Betty Wang”
11. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Nerve Damage!”
12. Animal Collective – “Honeycomb”
13. She Keeps Bees – “Counter Charm”
14. Viv Albertine – “I Want More”
15. Mike Wexler – “Lens” 

It’s a Codex Christmas! In the early days of the show, on episode 10 to be exact, I recorded a special Christmas episode. Two years later, I figure it’s time for a new one, so here you go.

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Codex 62 (31.4MB)

1. Animal Collective – “Winter Wonderland”
2. The Fall – “Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Peel Session)”
3. The Kinks – “Father Christmas”
4. Snow Patrol – “When I Get Home for Christmas”
5. The Wedding Present – “Step Into Christmas”
6. Au Revoir Simone – “Christmas Time Is Here”
7. Deerhoof – “Xmas Tree”
8. Sufjan Stevens – “Get Behind Me, Santa!”
9. Guided By Voices – “Doughnut for a Snowman”
10. Stars – “A New Year (Live)” 

Welcome to a new season of the Codex.

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Codex 61 (36MB)

1. Bob Mould – “Star Machine”
2. Viv Albertine – “I Want More”
3. Tame Impala – “Elephant”
4. Toro Y Moi – “Best Around”
5. Cat Power – “3,6,9″
6. Cate le Bon – “The Man I Wanted”
7. She Keeps Bees – “Counter Charm (feat. Gaspar Claus)”
8. Atoms for Peace – “Default”
9. How to Destroy Angels – “On the Wing”
10. Barry Adamson – “007, A Fantasy Bond Theme” 

I recorded this episode while still under the influence of a nasty cold, so apologies for the strange sickly voice. I did want to get another episode out before I head out for the summer holidays (tomorrow), and so here it is.

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Codex 60 (37.4MB)

1. Blur – “The Puritan”
2. Mystery Jets – “Greatest Hits”
3. The Bamboos – “Medicine Man”
4. The Vaccines – “No Hope”
5. Zulu Winter – “Silver Tongue”
6. Lawrence Arabia – “The Crew of the Commodore”
7. Grizzly Bear – “While You Wait for the Others”
8. A-Track, Dillon Francis – “Money Makin’”
9. Aphex Twin – “Pulsewidth”
10. Ab-Soul – “Terrorist Threats (feat. Danny Brown & Jhene Aiko)” 

This week, a lot of new singles, mixed in with some less new tracks. Sounds like a regular episode to me.

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Codex 59 (35.3MB)

1. Alpine – “Gasoline”
2. The Do – “The Wicked & The Blind”
3. Animal Collective – “Honeycomb”
4. Waters – “If Only”
5. The Cribs – “Come on, Be a No-one” 
6. Jaill – “Perfect Ten”
7. Thenewno2 – “Live a Lie”
8. Air – “Sonic Armada”
9. Delicate Steve – “Big Time Receiver”
10. Sun Kil Moon – “Among the Leaves” 

Enough with the theme shows! After two of them — see the “hardcore” Codex 56 and the “Canada Day” Codex 57 — we’re back with a good ol’ collection of 10 mostly new tracks.

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Codex 58 (34.3MB)

1. Hospitality – “Betty Wang”
2. David Byrne & St. Vincent – “Who”
3. Cat Power – “Ruin”
4. Tanlines – “All of Me”
5. Yeah Yeah Yeas – “Heads Will Roll”
6. Beak> – “Pill”
7. Danny Brown – “Grown Up”
8. Dirty Projectors – “Gun Has No Trigger”
9. We Have Band – “Watertight”
10. Milk Maid – “Stir So Slow” 

I recorded this episode late Saturday night, on June 30, with the idea of releasing it on July 1, which is Canada Day. I do play a lot of Canadian artists on a regular basis, and so what I did was another nostalgia-tinged show, this time with a lot of the music that I was listening to in the early to mid nineties, most of it from the maritimes (the Canadian east coast). I did have to limit myself to what I could find on Spotify, since I don’t have access to all my old cassettes, vinyl singles, etc. 

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Codex 57 (35.1MB)

1. Jale – “Not Happy”
2. Eric’s Trip – “Lighthouse”
3. Elevator to Hell – “Why I Didn’t Like August 93″
4. The Super Friendz – “10 Lbs.”
5. Sloan – “The Good in Everyone”
6. Hardship Post – “Watchin You”
7. The Inbreds – “Prince”
8. Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota”
9. Tristan Psionic – “Sometimes”
10. Hayden – “Skates” 

I’ll straight up say it, this episode of the Codex is not for everyone. I guess you could call it the “hardcore” episode (or punk, or post-punk, or whatever). Basically, it’s a fast and aggressive collection of tracks, recorded on the night of a typhoon.

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Codex 56 (24.8MB)

1. Minor Threat – “Minor Threat”
2. Minor Threat – “Out of Step”
3. Misfits – “Where Eagles Dare”
4. Bad Brains – “Sailin’ On”
5. Operation Ivy – “Sound System”
6. Black Flag – “TV Party”
7. Dead Kennedys – “Holiday in Cambodia”
8. New Model Army – “Get Me Out”
9. Buzzcocks – “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t've)?”
10. Descendents – “Hope” 

Here we are with episode 55, and as I mention during the show, any fan of the game ICO will probably get a kick out of the music video for Woodkid’s “Run Boy Run.”

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Codex 55 (39.2MB)

1. Beck – “Bad Cartridge (E-Pro) Remix”
2. Woodkit – “Run Boy Run”
3. Beirut – “Santa Fe”
4. M83 – “Reunion (Mylo Remix)”
5. Bear in Heaven – “Sinful Nature”
6. RYAT – “Howl”
7. Grimes – “Oblivion”
8. Atlas Genius – “Back Seat”
9. Crash & The ‘Coots – “Don’t Have Any Legs”
10. Metric – “Clone”