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The folks behind London's Rough Trade shops are well known for their frequent compilations of fave-raves. But the next one, Counter Culture 07, is a bit different; a bit more personal; a bit, if you will, rougher in its trade.

For the first time, Rough Trade put the mix together independently (in contrast to previous comps where they partnered with various labels), lending the set the unique feel of a passion-driven mixtape. The double-disc Counter Culture 07 compilation packs 41 tracks from the previous year, from now-familiar favorites from Of Montreal, Battles, Panda Bear, No Age, Justice, Dirty Projectors, Vampire Weekend, and Dan Deacon to top-shelf stuff from lesser-known acts like Supersilent, Om, Arthur & Yu, and Magik Markers.

The set is available now at Rough Trade and elsewhere February 11 on Counter Culture Records. Gaze with awe at the tracklist after this here thing.

Counter Culture 07:

Disc one:

01 Woods: "Be Still"
02 Meg Baird: "Dear Companion"
03 Alela Diane: "The Pirate's Gospel"
04 Vampire Weekend: "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
05 Jennifer Gentle: "Take My Hand"
06 Soulsavers: "Revival"
07 Wooden Shjips: "Losin' Time"
08 Panda Bear: "Good Girl (edit)"
09 Miracle Fortress: "Maybe Lately"
10 Arthur & Yu: "The Ghost of Old Bull Lee"
11 Glasvegas: "Daddy's Gone"
12 The Manhattan Love Suicides: "You'll Never Get That Guy"
13 EFFI BRIEST: "Mirror Rim"
14 Peggy Sue and the Pirates: "Television"
15 Let's Wrestle: "I Want to Be In Hüsker Dü"
16 Jeffrey Lewis: "Systematic Death"
17 Fire Engines: "Big Gold Dream"
18 Pete and the Pirates: "Come On Feet"
19 Holy Fuck: "Royal Gregory"
20 The Tranzmitors: "Everyone Wants to Lose Control"
21 Battant: "Kevin [1989]"

Disc two:

01 Supersilent: "8.8"
02 Om: "Unitive Knowledge of the Godhead"
03 No Age: "Everybody's Down"
04 Battles: "Atlas (Radio Edit)"
05 Mika Miko: "Jogging Song (He's Your Mr. Right)"
06 Magik Markers: "Body Rot"
07 Andrew Liles: "VTR"
08 The Dirty Projectors: "Police Story"
09 John Maus: "Rights for Gays"
10 Of Montreal: "Gronlandic Edit"
11 Dan le Sac Versus Scroobius Pip: "Thou Shalt Always Kill"
12 Von Südenfed: "Fledermaus Can't Get It"
13 Dan Deacon: "The Crystal Cat"
14 Estus Pirkle: "Facts About Tarzan"
15 Frank Hebly: "Tuinslangboogie (Faded)"
16 Justice: "D.A.N.C.E."
17 180 Gs: "Car Bomb"
18 Julian Cope: "Soon to Forget Ya"
19 Comanechi: "My Pussy"
20 Fucked Up: "Year of the Pig (Edit)"