The Mixtape 5/8/09: Cha-Cha-Changes

The onslaught of new music continues. Six new songs enter the Mixtape this week. Those six, plus the new entries of the previous two weeks brings the total to 20 debuts in the past three weeks, which means that half of the Mixtape consists of fresh music. This happens in waves throughout the year and often in the Spring. I'm positive there's a direct correlation between a change in weather and a change in the musical landscape.

Speaking of changes, Silversun Pickups don't do a lot to contribute to change at the top as "Panic Switch" remains #1 for a sixth straight week and "It's Nice To Know You Work Alone" inches up one spot to #6. SP's contribution to fluctuation comes down at #24 where they enter with the third Mixtape appearance from Swoon, "Catch and Release."

Now for real change. Tinted Windows runs into a brick wall called "Panic Switch" as the super-ish group moves from 19-2 in their second week on the 'Tape with "Kind Of a Girl." The Flaming Lips' cover of "Borderline" moves up 13 spots to #15 in its second week on the 'Tape while Cursive rounds out the week's big moves as "From the Hips" climbs from 24-17 in its third week on.

New entries come from the aforementioned highest debut of the week, "Catch and Release," as well as Acrylics (40), Peaches ( 39), brakesbrakesbrakes (37), The Gossip (34), and Empire of the Sun (33).

Mastodon takes the biggest drop this week, falling from 21-38. Plushgun (36) Spinnerette (26), and The Decemberists (25) are the other free-fallers that potentially could be making room for even more new music next week. What might that be? La Roux's "In For the Kill," Crocodiles' "Summer of Hate," and Basement Jaxx's "Raindrops" lead the pack of Mixtape contenders. See you next Friday.

1. Panic Switch / Silversun Pickups (6 weeks @ #1) iTunes MySpace
2. Kind of a Girl / Tinted Windows iTunes MySpace
3. Buddy / Iran iTunes MySpace
4. Houses / Great Northern iTunes MySpace
5. Rain On/ Woods iTunes MySpace
6. It's Nice to Know You Work Alone / Silversun Pickups iTunes MySpace
7. Zero / Yeah Yeah Yeahs iTunes MySpace
8. Chillin' / Wale ft. Lady Gaga iTunes MySpace
9. Cheerleader / Grizzly Bear iTunes MySpace
10. Kinda Like a Big Deal / Clipse ft. Kanye West iTunes MySpace
11. Shimmer and Shine / Ben Harper & the Relentless 7 iTunes MySpace
12. Seaside / Kestrels iTunes MySpace
13. Now We Can See / The Thermals iTunes MySpace
14. Cemetery Songs / The Archibalds iTunes MySpace
15. Borderline/ Flaming Lips iTunes MySpace
16. Statues / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah iTunes MySpace
17. From the Hips / Cursive iTunes MySpace
18. Pulling On a Line / Great Lake Swimmers iTunes MySpace
19. Now I'm a Fool / Eagles of Death Metal iTunes MySpace
20. I Was Once a Loyal Lover / Death Cab For Cutie iTunes MySpace
21. Little Bribes / Death Cab For Cutie iTunes MySpace
22. Night Lights / Golden Bear iTunes MySpacegree
23. Who's Asking? / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band iTunes MySpace
24. Catch and Release / Silversun Pickups (NEW iTunes MySpace
25. The Rake's Song / The Decemberists iTunes MySpace
26. Ghetto Love / Spinnerette iTunes MySpace
27. My Girls / Animal Collective iTunes MySpace
28. When I Died / The Thermals iTunes MySpace
29. On My Way / Billy Boy on Poison iTunes MySpace
30. Pennies / The Cool Kids iTunes MySpace
31. Mt. / Super Furry Animals iTunes MySpace
32. Know Your Enemy / Green Day iTunes MySpace
33. Walking on a Dream / Empire of the Sun (NEW) iTunes MySpace
34. Heavy Cross / The Gossip (NEW) iTunes MySpace
35. French Navy/ Camera Obscura iTunes MySpace
36. Just Impolite / Plushgun iTunes MySpace
37. Crush On You / brakesbrakesbrakes (NEW) iTunes MySpace
38. Oblivion / Mastodon iTunes MySpace
39. Talk To Me / Peaches (NEW) iTunes MySpace
40. Molly's Vertigo / Acrylics (NEW) iTunes MySpace