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.