Look out! Its our 'Mix For The Weekend IV', something which we strayed from since the beginning of last year. Our weekend mixes are made for the sole purpose to mix some better known indie groups with some lesser known ones to give a diverse overall mix and help you hear some bands who may not be getting all of the attention they deserve. (We will note that there are one or two songs from previous years on here).
Most notable on the mix below is our most anticipated band of 2009, The Answering Machine, one of our Bands You Must Know whom we've been following since last February. If you dig Toyko Police Club and The Strokes, we feel these Londoners will be the perfect mix for you. Also on our list, Math and Physics Club has a gleeful tune, something more along the lines of Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (one of our top albums of 08'. Albert Hammond, Jr's vocals practically sound like Wilco from the beginning but truly break off into his own style.
A song stuck in our heads for weeks was The Black Ghost's RAC remix of "Repetition Kills You". The original version is great too if you prefer to hear Damon Albarn (Gorillaz/Blur). Dappled Cities might be our favorite track on this mix with "Fire Fire Fire". There's also a remix out there of this song.
We dropped Kyte as one of our Songs of the Week two weeks back with "Bridges In The Sky". This version of "Solsbury Hill" is an interesting take from the version we all know and love. Sonic Flyer, another band from London, UK has been working on some great new tunes. And two new bands we've discovered, The Heartless Bastards and Beulah have some great tracks below.
MP3: Albert Hammond, Jr - GfC (buy)
MP3: Cedars - Just Off The Coast (buy)
MP3: Heartless Bastards - The Mountain (buy)
MP3: Lab Partners - Its How You Feel (buy)
MP3: Lily Allen - The Fear (buy)
MP3: Sonic Flyer - Novocaine (buy - UK store link)
MP3: The Answering Machine - Cliffer (buy)
MP3: Black Ghosts - Repetition Kills You (RAC Remix) (buy)
MP3: Electrelane - To The East (buy)
MP3: The Apples In Stereo - Energy (buy)
MP3: Dappled Cities - Fire Fire Fire (buy)
MP3: Prefuse 73 - The Class Of 73 Bells (School of Seven Bells Remix) (buy)
MP3: Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy (buy)
MP3: Kyte - Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel cover) (buy)
MP3: Beulah - Man Like Me (buy)
MP3: Math and Physics Club - Darling, Please Come Home (buy)
MP3: Journey - Any Way You Want It (Telemitry Remix)
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Now, on to our mix. Our third installment of the weekend mix is a particularly good one and includes a lot of music from the UK, per usual. You may have perused our new music this week and noticed we were talked up Tokyo Police Club quite a bit. No album this year hit me quite the same as this one - its a singing, clap-fest of an album, filled with all of those earnest indie confections other bands can't seem to scrape up. Or maybe its just "Tessellate" that made it for me. I see no reason why this won't be a top 10 song for me this year.
Other groups to note on this list are Delorentos, whose song "Do You Realise" is one of our Songs of the Week this time around. Their song "Eustace Street" reminds me a bit of The Cinematics, who we were able to see open up for Mute Math last year. Also, check out Annual's "Sore". There's something truly unique about this song style, this song in particular keeps showing up on the good ol' iPod.
The longest song out of the bunch is Sonic Flyer's "Overseas", whose London, UK sound has been stuck in my head all week. The shimmering guitars and that little guitar diddy they do every minute or so make this song for me. And lastly, take a closer look at The Coast as well as The Courteneer's acoustic version of "Not Nineteen Forever". Enjoy the list!
MP3: Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate (buy)
MP3: The Courteeners - Not Nineteen Forever (acoustic) (UK store)
MP3: Camphor - Confidence Shattered (buy)
MP3: Annuals - Sore (buy)
MP3: Delorentos - Eustace Street (buy)
MP3: Bridges and Power Lines - The Golden Age (buy)
MP3: Cloud Cult - Chain Reaction (buy)
MP3: My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy (buy)
MP3: Sonic Flyer - Overseas (buy)
MP3: The Coast - Nueva York (buy)
MP3: The Dears - Lost In The Plot (buy)
MP3: The Details - The Height of Land (buy)
MP3: The Dimes - Delilah (buy)
MP3: Driving By Night - Fears of Men (buy)
We're already patting ourselves on the back for making our second 'Mix For The Weekend'. Since this is only the second time around, our goal was to make as plain a name for it so we could just add the next roman numeral at the end and look smart.
Our 'Mix For The Weekend is a random grouping of songs we thought were interesting, each for their various reasons. Again, if you haven't read our About Page, then you'll notice we don't post things we don't care about. So give them all a listen and explore further into who each one of these groups are.
I'll tell you right now, my favorite below has to be decided upon, but is between Cassettes Won't Listen, Frightened Rabbit and We Were The States with honorable mention to "Wonderwall" via jazz extrodinares the Brad Melhdau Trio.
MP3: Adorable - Sunshine Smile (buy)
MP3: Cassettes Won't Listen - Freeze & Explode (buy)
MP3: The Winchell Riots - The Man Who Mapped The Oceans (buy)
MP3: Frightened Rabbit - I Feel Better (buy)
MP3: Portishead - Mysterons (buy)
MP3: We Were The States - Up Your Sleeve (buy)
MP3: Brad Melhdau Trio - Wonderwall (buy)
MP3: Meat Beat Manifesto - International Reprise (buy)
MP3: Tegan and Sara - The Con (buy)
Among other things to occupy my time, March Madness is upon us and the boys above (Hood) seem to be avid hoops fans as well.
Come Saturday, I feel almost exhausted with the amount of entertainment around me, but alas, a drive in the car can fix that in a heartbeat. Below is a mix of songs I've skipped over in the course of the past week, but intended on getting back to in the car. There are a few older ones in here, and a few I haven't paid as much attention to as I should have. Here's my quick mix for the weekend, most notably DCFC's "Cath..." (track 4 from their upcoming Narrow Stairs) - a live acoustic session on BBC6, LCD Soundsystem's "Big Ideas" from the Movie "21" out in theaters, and Fields, who I just can't seem to kick listening to. Get in your car and drive around a bit. Enjoy...
MP3: Death Cab For Cutie - Cath (live acoustic) (preorder)
MP3: The Gutter Twins - I Was In Love With You (buy)
MP3: LCD Soundsystem - Big Ideas (buy)
MP3: Margot & The Nuclear So & Sos - Skeleton Key (buy)
MP3: Stars - Window Bird (buy)
MP3: The Shins - Girl Sailor (buy)
MP3: The Whip - Sirens (buy)
MP3: Hood - Any Hopeful Thoughts Arrive (buy)
MP3: Fields - You Don't Need This Song (buy)
