Mixtape 7/04/08

Longevity is a true sign of a great song. Sure, the initial love buzz with a tune can fade, but a well-crafted track can last you a lifetime. In terms of The Mixtape, a song spending over four months on the 40 has probably had a significant initial impact on the eardrums and has that certain something that keeps me coming back for more. We are definitely on the flip side of 2008 and only three songs remain that started this year on the 'tape.

Black Kids' "Hurricane Jane" is in its 32nd week (that's eight months, three seasons, and a helluva lot of listens)- nine of them were spent at #1. I've been in love an equal amount of time with their debut EP, Wizard of Ahhs . A newly recorded version of "Hurricane Jane" and new tatkes of the other Ahhs' songs will appear on the band's full-length debut Partie Traumatic, out in a couple weeks.

MGMT's "Time To Pretend," this week at #21, also first grabbed me in its under-produced EP (also called Time To Pretend) incarnation. The song is in more polished form on the band's first longplayer, Oracular Spectacular, but the rawness of the original take has endeared it to my ears for 30 weeks. It may not have hit the top, but it did spend an impressive 11 weeks in the top five.

Finally, down the Mixtape at #35 is The National's former 'tape-topper of five weeks, "Apartment Story." Next week will mark nine months on the Mixtape. Can it make it? Oh the drama.

Happy Birthday America. Let's give ourselves a present in a few months mmmkay?



1. My Drive-Thru / NERD w/ Santogold and Julian Casablancas iTunes Myspace
   
   
   Three weeks on top for the Converse collabo. Just one thing...where's the freakin' video?
   
   
2. LES Artistes / Santogold iTunes Myspace
   
   
   
   
3. The Modern Leper / Frightened Rabbit iTunes Myspace
   
   It's been a few weeks, but Frightened Rabbit returns to the top three for the second time. Again...a video would be nice. If you make it, they will watch.
   
   
   
4. Call It A Ritual / Wolf Parade iTunes Myspace
   
5. Evil Urges / My Morning Jacket iTunes Myspace
   
6. You On The Run / The Black Angels iTunes Myspace
   
7. Eraser / No Age iTunes Myspace
   
8. You Can’t Stop Me Now / RZA (ft. Inspectah Deck) iTunes Myspace
   
9. Chemtrails / Beck iTunes Myspace
   
10. Sequestered in Memphis / The Hold Steady iTunes Myspace
    
11. Discipline /Nine Inch Nails iTunes Myspace
    
12. GfC / Albert Hammond Jr. iTunes Myspace
    
13. I’m Amazed / My Morning Jacket iTunes Myspace
    
14. No Social / Shortwave Set iTunes Myspace
    
15. Fine Young Cannibals / Wolf Parade iTunes Myspace
    
16. Drivin’ Down The Block / Kidz In The Hall iTunes Myspace
    
17. White Winter Hymnal / Fleet Foxes iTunes Myspace
    
18. You In Color / The Black Angels iTunes Myspace
    
19. Criminal / The Roots iTunes Myspace
    
20. Hurricane Jane / Black Kids iTunes Myspace
    
21. Time To Pretend / MGMT iTunes Myspace
    
22. Burn You Up Burn You Down / Big Blue Ball iTunes Myspace
    
23. Doves / The Black Angels iTunes Myspace
    
24. They Say / Scars on Broadway iTunes Myspace
    
25. Violet Hill / Coldplay iTunes Myspace
    
26. Pot Kettle Black / Tilly and The Wall iTunes Myspace
    
27. I Will Possess Your Heart / Death Cab For Cutie iTunes Myspace
    
28. Troublemaker / Weezer iTunes Myspace
    
29. Handlebars / Flobots iTunes Myspace
    
30. Old Enough / The Raconteurs iTunes Myspace
    
31. Squalor Victoria / The National iTunes Myspace
    
32. Shut Up and Let Me Go / Ting Tings iTunes Myspace
    
33. Spaz / NERD iTunes Myspace
    
34. Salute Your Solution / The Raconteurs iTunes Myspace
    
35. Apartment Story / The National iTunes Myspace
    
36. Paper Planes / MIA iTunes Myspace
    
37. Oxford Comma / Vampire Weekend iTunes Myspace
    
38. Long Division / Death Cab For Cutie iTunes Myspace
    
39. Glitter & Gold / Cheap Time iTunes Myspace
    
40. Fools / The Dodos iTunes Myspace