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Mixtape

29 September 2008

As can be seen on the comments of my last post, it turns out that a lot of you really do like albums.

In all honesty, this doesn’t really surprise me. It seems slightly foolish to argue with the form that the vast majority of great music takes; musicians like it – believe me, I’ve asked – and the apparent alternative that is periodic single track consumption seems quite vulgar in comparison.

However, as one last stand against the preserved wisdom I present the age old equivalent of ‘shuffle’:

The mixtape.

Mixtapes – with the rise of sites like the now defunct Muxtape – seem to be on the rise recently, another side benefit I guess of the free sharing of tracks on the internet; being composed of a mix of single songs maybe seems slightly fairer then posting up a whole album.

I love a good mixtape – unsurprisingly, considering they’re the equivalent of how I listen to music but utilising someone else’s ears. They’re such a great way of discovering music, if you can find one curated by someone on the same wavelength; I remember discovering Sonic Youth, Franz Ferdinand and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs all through mixtapes (as an aside, what’s the difference between a compilation and a mixtape?).

So, I thought that it would be fitting to treat you all with a mixtape of my own creation; a brief summation in 76 minutes (just right to put on a CD if you’re that way inclined) of the sort of thing I listen to when I turn on my iPod. It ranges from the sublime (take your pick from Deerhunter, TV On The Radio and Portishead) to the ridiculous (I’ve followed Bon Iver with The Teenagers…).

Enjoy
Mixtape cover

  1. 5 Years Time – Noah and the Whale MP3
  2. Heartbeat – Late of the Pier MP3
  3. Nothing Ever Happened – Deerhunter MP3
  4. Dancing Choose – TV On The Radio MP3
  5. Paris – Friendly Fires MP3
  6. One Day As A Lion – One Day As A Lion MP3
  7. One Horse Race – Tom Vek MP3
  8. My Drive Thru – Converse (feat. Santogold, Pharell & Casablancas) MP3
  9. What It Is – The Cool Kids MP3
  10. The In-Betweens – Magistrates MP3
  11. XXZXCUZX Me – Crystal Castles MP3
  12. Knickerbocker – Fujiya & Miyagi MP3
  13. Two Doors Down – Mystery Jets MP3
  14. The Rip – Portishead MP3
  15. M.E.X.I.C.O.C.U. – The Kills MP3
  16. Paper Planes (James Murphy Remix) – M.I.A. MP3
  17. It’s Getting Boring My The Sea – Blood Red Shoes MP3
  18. Come On Feet – Pete and the Pirates MP3
  19. Skinny Love – Bon Iver MP3
  20. Homecoming – The Teenagers MP3
  21. Epic Last Song – Does It Offend You, Yeah? MP3

Download all (.zip)

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29 September 2008