Friday Mix Vol. 2 - 1/29/2010

I think I’m going to stick with making mixes for Fridays, on top of any mixes I decide to post. This has some stuff that is a couple years old but I still love the songs just as much as I did then.

Tracklist

1. Middle of Nowhere by Hot Hot Heat
2. First Class Riot by The Tough Alliance
3. Mr. Understanding by Pete & The Pirates
4. Parallelogram by Deastro
5. Tall Green Grass by Cory Branan
6. And We Fell by Lucero
7. The Chills by Peter Bjorn & John
8. Cruel Minor Change by Beulah
9. Private Affair by The Virgins
10. History Repeats by We Are Scientists
11. Kick Drum Heart by The Avett Brothers
12. Tides Change by The Hush Sound

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A cute short film about a young boy, a mixtape, and his crush.

zenarockett asked: i bet this is how you get girls, haha.

ha, I’m sure my life would be a lot more drama-free if that were true.

Gliding Softly By

I was in the mood to make a mix today, so I did.

Tracklist

1. The Modern Leper by Frightened Rabbit
2. Apartment Story by The National
3. Tightrope by Yeasayer
4. Giving Up The Gun by Vampire Weekend
5. Lovecraft in Brooklyn by The Mountain Goats
6. Calling and Not Calling My Ex by Okkervil River
7. One Hundred Million Years by M. Ward
8. I Need A Life by Born Ruffians
9. Teenagers by Department of Eagles
10. Love Dog by TV on The Radio
11. The Breeze by Dr. Dog
12. Winter by The Dodos
13. The Sparrow and The Medicine by The Tallest Man On Earth
14. Where You’ll Find Me by Neutral Milk Hotel
15. We Built Another World by Wolf Parade
16. Spend The Night by Deer Tick

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Friday Mix Vol. 1 (1/22/2010)

Tracklist

1. She Can Do What She Wants by Field Music
2. Just When by RJD2
3. Borrowed Time by The Broken Family Band
4. Forever by Walter Meego
5. Please Don’t by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim feat. Santigold
6. This is The Thing by Fink
7. You Only Live Once by The Strokes
8. Well-Alright by Spoon
9. Always Like This by Bombay Bicycle Club
10. Sad Eyed Lady of The Lowlands by Phoenix (Orig. by Bob Dylan)
11. Trouble Hunters by Astronautalis
12. Maneater by Hall & Oates

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The Uncomplete Mixtape

I started making this for someone and then…well, things happen. Or don’t happen. Or you wish they would happen. Or you wish they didn’t. I wish I could have finished it.

Tracklist

1. Better Things by Passion Pit
2. The Electric Love Letter by Langhorne Slim
3. Home by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
4. You And I by Wilco
5. Your Rocky Spine by Great Lake Swimmers
6. Good Friday by CocoRosie
7. Parentheses by The Blow

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smashley asked: will you make me another mixtape for my birthday?

Only because you’re one of my good friends, yes. Also, I never thanked you for not puking on me when we were in LA.

Questions? →

I’ve enabled the “ask” feature on here although I’m not really sure what you would ask. However, if you feel the need…

Winter Mixtape

For me, Winter doesn’t really start until January. December is a blur, filled with shopping and seasonal depression. January hits, I begin to slow down and take in the surroundings, the snow falls with more enthusiasm and I curse the sky. The hills and fields are white snow covered canvases and I just pray that I will wake up in the morning to the rich green of spring. I know that my hoping and praying will get me nowhere, I will wake up with a fresh blanket of snow covering the ground. January is too early to wish for Spring, it is too far away still.

This is my Winter mix, something I put together earlier today.

Tracklist

1. White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes
2. Jigsaw Falling Into Place by Radiohead
3. Slow Show by The National
4. Heard Somebody Say by Devendra Banhart
5. This Lamb Sells Condos by Final Fantasy
6. Winters Love by Animal Collective
7. Go On, Say It by Blind Pilot
8. One Of These Things First by Nick Drake
9. If You Rescue Me by Gael Garcia Bernal
10. The Great Below by Nine Inch Nails
11. Some Things Last A Long Time by Beach House
12. Last Broadcast by Doves
13. Patient Patient by The Morning Benders
14. And I Remember Every Kiss by Jens Lekman

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Sleep - The Mixtape

I recently made this mix for a friend because she has trouble getting to sleep. I normally don’t have a problem falling asleep, but on the nights that I struggle with it and end up playing solitaire or minesweeper for hours, I listen to music and eventually I begin to drift off to sleep.

Things you should know about this mix: I normally don’t like putting the same artist on a mix more than once, this is probably the only mix that you will ever find the same artist on multiple times (both Sigur Ros and Explosions in The Sky). I fell asleep while making this mix so I know it works. From the feedback that I’ve received, it also helped my friend fall asleep.

Tracklist

1. All Alright by Sigur Ros
2. Your Hand In Mine by Explosions In The Sky
3. They Move On Tracks of Never-Ending Light by This Will Destroy You
4. Sigh Master by Andrew Bird
5. Moksha by Caspian
6. Saeglopur by Sigur Ros
7. Look Into The Air by Explosions In The Sky
8. Blue Mood (Instrumental) by Elliot Smith
9. Fading Lights are Fading by Set Fire to Flames
10. Our Flowers by UpDownCLeftCRightCABC+Start
11. Ara batur by Sigur Ros
12. Lost Fur by Karen O and the Kids

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