Monday Mixtape 03/08/2009

Well well well if it isn't the unwelcome return of the Monday Mixtape. Today's theme, as I sit here surprisingly sweaty for a British Summer, is Summer and the Sun. Original? I thought so.

DATE: 03/08/2009
THEME: Summer
LENGTH: 38:56, 10 tracks

1. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - Looks Just Like The Sun (4:23) (You Forgot It In People, Arts & Crafts 2002)
2. GRANDADDY - Summer Here Kids (3:36) (Under The Western Freeway, V2 1997)
3. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Summertime Clothes (4:30) (Merriweather Post Pavillion, Domino 2009)
4. FLEET FOXES - Sun It Rises (3:11) (Fleet Foxes, Sub Pop 2008)
5. JUNIOR BOYS - Under The Sun (7:02) (Last Exit, Domino 2004)
6. DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE - Summertime (4:29) (Homebase, Jive 1991)
7. THE KINKS - Sunny Afternoon (3:35) (Face To Face, Pye 1966)
8. PAVEMENT - Summer Babe (Winter Version) (3:16) (Slanted & Enchanted, Matador 1992)
9. THE LIBERTINES - Don't Look Back Into The Sun (2:59) (single, Rough Trade 2003)
10. MORECAMBE & WISE - Bring Me Sunshine (1:55)

So, this list kind of sucks and was made by searching for tracks with "sun" and "summer" in them. I was going to ditch this but it made me realise that there's a Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince album called "Homebase", which for fans of DIY, is amazing.

Monday Mixtape 26/01/2009

Today's very lazy theme is the best tracks on 2008. Well, my favourite tracks. So ner.

DATE: 26/01/2009
THEME: Best tracks of 2008
LENGTH: 10 Tracks, 38:43

1. CRYSTAL CASTLES - Untrust Us (3:06) (Crystal Castles, Lies/Last Gang 2008)
2. METRONOMY - Heartbreaker (4:09) (Nights Out, Because Music 2008)
   
3. XX Teens - Darlin' (4:12) (Welcome To Goon Island, Mute 2008)
   
4. LATE OF THE PIER - The Bears Are Coming (3:23) (Fantasy Black Channel, Parlophone 2008)
   
5. BORN RUFFIANS - Hummingbird (3:08) (Red, Yellow & Blue, Warp 2008)
6. VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Walcott (3:41) (Vampire Weekend, XL 2008)
   
7. FOALS - Red Socks Pugie (5:08) (Antidotes, Transgressive 2008)
   
8. DEERHUNTER - Agoraphobia (3:22) (Microcastle, 4AD 2008)
   
9. BURIAL - After Dark (3:54) (Untrue, Hyperdub 2007 (but I don't care))
   
10. BECK - Chemtrails (4:40) (Modern Guilt, XL 2008)
    

This list is a bit similar to the first one I did. But I'm lazy. And I don't care who knows it.

Monday Mixtape 12/01/09

Hey, remember this? Its that feature I started a week ago.

Todays theme is North American indie rock from the 1990s.

What, not specific enough?

Tough

DATE: 12/01/09
THEME: North American Indie Rock of the 1990s
LENGTH: 10 tracks, 45:42

1. BUILT TO SPILL - Randy Described Eternity (6:04) (Perfect From Now On, Warner 1997)
   
2. LOW - Fear (2:16) (I Could Live In Hope, Vernon Ward 1994)
   
3. DINOSAUR JR. - Puke + Cry (4:27) (Green Mind, Blanco y Negro/Sire 1991)
   
4. HUM - Green To Me ( 3:55) (Downward Is Heavenward, RCA 1998)
   
5. SONIC YOUTH - Mary-Christ (3:11) (G00, DGC 1990)
   
6. PAVEMENT - Shady Lane (3:51) (Brighten The Corners, Matador/Capitol 1997)
   
7. MODEST MOUSE - Lounge (Closing Time) (7:05) (Lonesome Crowded West, Up 1997)
   
8. SMASHING PUMPKINS - Drown (4:30) (single, Epic 1992)
   
9. SEBADOH - Careful (2:44) (Bakesale, Sub Pop 1994)
   
10. SLINT - Good Morning, Captain (7:39) (Spiderland, Touch & Go 1991)

Admittedly, this one doesn't flow quite as well as it should, but oh well, enjoy, and this feature might well return next week....

Monday Mixtape 05/01/09

This is brand new feature for 2009 (ahamagad) whereby I create a mixtape every Monday (that I can be bothered) of what I've been listening to and/or what I think you should be listening to to appear cool to all of your friends.

Occassionally there will be various themes, but this will all depend on the amount of effort I can muster.

Also, the mixtape will only be 10 songs or 45 minutes, whichever comes first, to ensure minimum effort on my part.

DATE: 05/01/09
THEME: none
LENGTH: 10 tracks, 35:29

1. CRYSTAL CASTLES - Untrust Us (3:06) (Crystal Castles, Lies/Last Gang 2008)
2. GORILLAZ feat. BOOTIE BROWN - Dirty Harry (3:45) (Demon Days, Parlophone 2005)
3. DJ SHADOW - Mashin' On The Motorway (2:58) (The Private Press, MCA 2002)
4. BEASTIE BOYS - Shazam! (2:26) (To The 5 Boroughs, Capitol 2004)
5. FRIENDLY FIRES - Paris (4:00) (Friendly Fires, XL 2008)
   
6. BLACK LIPS - Veni Vidi Vici (2:26) (Good, Bad, Not Evil, Vice 2007)
7. BORN RUFFIANS - Hummingbird (3:08) (Red, Yellow & Blue, Warp 2008)
8. WEEZER - Pork & Beans (3:09) (Weezer [Red Album], Geffen 2008)
9. GRANDADDY - Jeez Louise (3:41) (Just Like The Fambly Cat, V2 2006)
10. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Fireworks (6:50) (Strawberry Jam, Domino 2007)

Next weeks mixtape will be on the theme of early 90s North American Indie Rock. Maybe.