Mixtape 6/27/08

1. My Drive-Thru / NERD w/ Santogold and Julian Casablancas iTunes Myspace
   Not so much a video as a collage of related images by a YouTube user, this clip is only going to serve as a holder until the real video is out in July. At least Converse’s website says it will be. I am pretty sure that this track will still be top 3 when the vid does come out. Two weeks at numero uno for the collabo of the summer.
   
   
2. Evil Urges / My Morning Jacket iTunes Myspace
   
   
   
3. LES Artistes / Santogold iTunes Myspace
   Look out!! Santi White with two songs in the top 3. There’s a reason. Some dismiss her as MIA-ish or this song as a Tegan and Sara soundalike, but Santogold is her own thing and is just getting started. This song and her new self-titled album should break her out, but it’s a strange and fickle musical climate out there.
   
   
4. Call It A Ritual / Wolf Parade iTunes Myspace
   
5. The Modern Leper / Frightened Rabbit iTunes Myspace
   
6. Chemtrails / Beck iTunes Myspace
   
7. Eraser / No Age iTunes Myspace
   
8. Sequestered in Memphis / The Hold Steady iTunes Myspace
   
9. You On The Run / The Black Angels iTunes Myspace
   
10. You Can’t Stop Me Now / RZA (ft. Inspectah Deck) iTunes Myspace
    Apparently you can't stop the Rizza. Last year was the Wu Tang's interpretation of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" which spent a considerable chunk of time in the top 5, this year it's Clan man RZA with fellow Wu Inspectah Deck reppin' for chess players and ninjas alike.
    
11. No Social / Shortwave Set iTunes Myspace
    
12. Discipline /Nine Inch Nails iTunes Myspace
    
13. You In Color / The Black Angels iTunes Myspace
    
14. GfC / Albert Hammond Jr. iTunes Myspace
    His Strokes mate Julian Casablancas is at the top of the 'Tape, but AH Jr keeps bouncing up on its way to top ten status. I don't know what GfC stands for or if it even does, but it rocks in a summery, old school kind of way.
    
15. I’m Amazed / My Morning Jacket iTunes Myspace
    
16. Violet Hill / Coldplay iTunes Myspace
    
17. Hurricane Jane / Black Kids iTunes Myspace
    
18. Time To Pretend / MGMT iTunes Myspace
    
19. Criminal / The Roots iTunes Myspace
    
20. I Will Possess Your Heart / Death Cab For Cutie iTunes Myspace
    
21. Handlebars / Flobots iTunes Myspace
    
22. White Winter Hymnal / Fleet Foxes iTunes Myspace
    
23. Doves / The Black Angels iTunes Myspace
    
24. Spaz / NERD iTunes Myspace
    
25. They Say / Scars on Broadway iTunes Myspace
    
26. Drivin’ Down The Block / Kidz In The Hall iTunes Myspace
    Every once in a while some rap hits the Mixtape. Maybe I'm getting old, but I just ain't feelin' much of the new new. Could be because most of it sucks. This, however, is an exception.
    
27. Fine Young Cannibals / Wolf Parade iTunes Myspace
    
28. Old Enough / The Raconteurs iTunes Myspace
    
29. Troublemaker / Weezer iTunes Myspace
    
30. Squalor Victoria / The National iTunes Myspace
    
31. Salute Your Solution / The Raconteurs iTunes Myspace
    
32. Paper Planes / MIA iTunes Myspace
    Four and a half months on the Mixtape and the song still goes. In a year full of great dance jams (Hot Chip, Hercules and Love Affair, and this week's #1 come to mind), this one is a stand out. It should own the airwaves this summer, but the brilliant gun shot-driven chorus will likely disturb parents and advertisers alike.
    
33. Pot Kettle Black / Tilly and The Wall iTunes Myspace
    
34. Burn You Up Burn You Down / Big Blue Ball iTunes Myspace
    Big Blue Ball is a collaboration between Peter Gabriel and Karl Wallinger (of World Party) and a bunch of their friends. The album's been in production for the last decade and a half and is finally seeing the light of release. It's a truly international affair with musicians from all corners of the globe.
    
35. Shut Up and Let Me Go / Ting Tings iTunes Myspace
    
36. Apartment Story / The National iTunes Myspace
    
37. Sour Cherry / The Kills iTunes Myspace
    
38. Torn Blue Foam Couch / Grand Archives iTunes Myspace
    
39. Oxford Comma / Vampire Weekend iTunes Myspace
    
40. Long Division / Death Cab For Cutie iTunes Myspace
    
    

Mixtape 6/13/08

I'm baaaaaaack!!! After a year on myspace, I decided that this was the best format for the Mixtape so here it shall remain. The top three will always have videos to go with them even though it's getting harder to find official clips for the tunes. This week, it's three live clips that capture the energy of the bands and songs nicely. Don't forget to listen with the player to the right if you are so inclined. It mirrors the Mixtape for the week so you can read and listen simultaneously for the true lo-fi interactive experience.




1. Evil Urges / My Morning Jacket (7 weeks @ #1) iTunes Myspace
   
   
2. Call It A Ritual / Wolf Parade iTunes Myspace
   
   
3. The Modern Leper / Frightened Rabbit iTunes Myspace
   
   
   
4. Eraser / No Age iTunes Myspace
   
5. LES Artistes / Santogold iTunes Myspace
   
6. Chemtrails / Beck iTunes Myspace Mr. Hansen gets his Floyd on with this advance track from "Modern Guilt," which will reveal itself July 8. Until then, just turn on the lava lamp and party like it's 1969.
   
7. Violet Hill / Coldplay iTunes Myspace
   
8. My Drive-Thru / NERD w/ Santogold and Julian Casablancas iTunes Myspace This was recorded for Converse's new campaign. It blows anything away on the NERD's new album "Seeing Sounds." This has my early vote for summer jam of 08. Oh yeah, it's also the song's first week on the Mixtape.
   
9. Hurricane Jane / Black Kids iTunes Myspace The band's full-length debut, "Partie Traumatic" drops in July. This song, with the rest of the band's "Wizard of Ahhs" EP will be on it in newly recorded versions. Hurricane Jane is the song to beat this year. It spent 9 weeks on top during March, April, and May.
   
10. Sequestered in Memphis / The Hold Steady iTunes Myspace
    
11. Time To Pretend / MGMT iTunes Myspace This is the catchiest track from album-of-the-year contender "Oracular Spectacular." Don't think they have to worry about getting "jobs in offices in waking up for the morning commute" anymore.
    
12. I Will Possess Your Heart / Death Cab For Cutie iTunes Myspace
    
13. No Social / Shortwave Set iTunes Myspace
    
14. You In Color / The Black Angels iTunes Myspace
    
15. Doves / The Black Angels iTunes Myspace
    
16. Discipline /Nine Inch Nails iTunes Myspace Trent's best song since 2005's "Only." And it's free from theslip.nin.com. Trent may be a tortured soul, but at least he hasn't forgotten to share.
17. Squalor Victoria / The National iTunes Myspace
    
18. Handlebars / Flobots iTunes Myspace
    
19. You On The Run / The Black Angels iTunes Myspace
    
20. I’m Amazed / My Morning Jacket iTunes Myspace
    
21. Criminal / The Roots iTunes Myspace
    
22. Torn Blue Foam Couch / Grand Archives iTunes Myspace
    
23. Old Enough / The Raconteurs iTunes Myspace
    
24. Salute Your Solution / The Raconteurs iTunes Myspace
    
25. Pork and Beans / Weezer iTunes Myspace
    
26. Grounds For Divorce / Elbow iTunes Myspace
    
27. Apartment Story / The National iTunes Myspace A former #1 for five weeks, the song has been on the Mixtape for a ridiculous 32 weeks.
    
28. Spaz / NERD iTunes Myspace
    
29. White Winter Hymnal / Fleet Foxes iTunes Myspace
    
30. Ready For The Floor / Hot Chip iTunes Myspace
    
31. I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance / Black Kids iTunes Myspace
    
32. Paper Planes / MIA iTunes Myspace
    
33. Feedback in the Field / Plants and Animals iTunes Myspace
    
34. Inside A Boy / My Brightest Diamond iTunes Myspace
    
35. You Can’t Stop Me Now / RZA (ft. Inspectah Deck) iTunes Myspace
    
36. They Say / Scars on Broadway iTunes Myspace
    
37. Troublemaker / Weezer iTunes Myspace
    
38. Blind / Hercules and Love Affair iTunes Myspace
    
39. Sour Cherry / The Kills iTunes Myspace
    
40. Shut Up and Let Me Go / Ting Tings iTunes Myspace

It's good to be back. Happy Summer everyone.