Just trying to have a little fun this go around - hopefully my selections won’t make you cringe as much as they make you smile. Stole from Andy a bit and did a little music editing including using a youtube to mp3 converter to work in my main man Slim Chin. The mix probably reads too much like Pitchfork’s top 50 but what can I say, you gotta drop it while it’s hot.
Love the fact that you can listen to the mixes right from the website because I’m restricted from updating iTunes on my work computer so I can’t sync my iPod and it also doesn’t play nice with any streaming media other than BurnMix (a stupid program called Anywhere Plus - worst sh!t ever, always a minus).
On a side note, my top albums of the year:
Tallest Man
Beach House
The National
Kanye
Vampire Weekend
Shout Out Louds
Mumford & Sons
Sufjan Stevens
Belle and Sebastian
The Walkmen
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Slim Chin / Slim Chin - Intro
My crazy Korean!
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Kanye West / Dark Fantasy
As much as I wanted to dislike this album, what can I say, the guy is pretty good at what he does. This record was pretty much all I listened to for last half of December. If Mr. West says this is how an album should start, well I guess I'm not one to argue with the man. Look out for "too many Urkels on your team, that's why your Winslow"...I'm sure every rapper wishes they could have dropped that line.
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Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia), also known as Ye, is a Grammy award-winning American rapper, producer, singer, author, and fashion designer. West began making beats and rapping in the early 90s in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, when he formed the rap group Go Getters with Chicago natives GLC and Really Doe. He later gained nationwide popularity through his work in New York, where he began producing tracks for artists such as Jay-Z, Twista, Mase, Talib Kweli and Alicia Keys. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Spoon / Who Makes Your Money
Wasn't planning on including a Spoon song but thought it would fit in nicely between my two hip-hop jams.
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Spoon is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas. The band was formed in late 1993 by lead singer/guitarist Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno. Current members also include: Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals) and Rob Pope (bass, backing vocals - replaced Joshua Zarbo in 2007). After releasing their debut LP Telephono on Matador Records, the band signed with Elektra in 1998, but the contract was dropped soon after the band released A Series of Sneaks. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Big Boi ft. Gucci Mane / Shine Blockas
Not huge into rap but another really solid album. Can't lose when your featured guest has an ice cream cone tattooed to his face.
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Antwan André Patton (born February 1, 1975 in Savannah, Georgia), better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American Grammy Award winning rapper, producer, actor and half of the critically and commercially successful hip hop duo OutKast. Big Boi met André 3000 while attending high school in the 1980s and the two eventually joined forces as OutKast and signed with LaFace Records. After six successful albums as a duo they both decided to work on solo projects Read more on Last.fm more...
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Major Lazer ft. Mr. Vegas, Jovi Rockwell / Can't Stop Now
Skip this song Andy! I've always loved the reggae vibe but haven't really ever found any that I truly love (other than everything Marley and Co). I don't love Major Lazer either, but gave it a whirl knowing that they are a Diplo creation. Never would've imagined that he's white.
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Years after the zombie apocalypse ravaged the galaxy, Major Lazer went into isolation after bringing peace and order to Earth. With the help of a mysterious shadow government called Cinco he was cryogenically frozen as a safeguard for the future’s wellbeing. Despite a great many years of pursuing peace on the planet, a new threat began to loom on the horizon and the commando was brought out of sleep by the Committee of Five. This intergalactic group Read more on Last.fm more...
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Tame Impala / Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind
Don't really know too much about them but enjoying the psychedelic Beatles feel.
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Tame Impala is a psychedelic music project of Australian musician Kevin Parker, who writes, records, produces, and performs. As a touring act, Tame Impala consists of Parker (guitar, vocals), Dominic Simper (guitar, synthesiser), Jay Watson (synthesiser, vocals, guitar), Cam Avery (bass guitar, vocals), and Julien Barbagallo (drums, vocals). Many of them are collaborators of fellow Australian psychedelic rock band Pond. Previously signed to Modular Recordings Read more on Last.fm more...
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists / Bottled In Cork
Yeah! Ted Leo is back! Reminds me of how good Shake the Sheets and The Tyranny of Distance were.
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists are an indie/punk band, with roots in traditional rock. They formed while Leo was living in Washington, DC, but now have members based around the northeast United States. Leo came from Bloomfield, New Jersey. The band consists of singer-songwriter and guitarist Ted Leo, guitarist James Canty, bassist Marty 'Violence' Key, and drummer Chris Wilson. After his previous band, Chisel, broke up in the late 1990s, Ted recorded the Tej Leo(?) Rx Pharmacists [sic] album in 1999, followed by the Treble in Trouble EP in 2000. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Shout Out Louds / Play the Game
For anyone who's listened to Our Ill Wills, the band really switched it up and went lo-fi this time around - I thought I came across an old demo record of theirs, but it works and as mentioned above one of my favorites of 2010.
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Shout Out Louds are an indie rock band from Stockholm, Sweden. The band consists of 'four boys and one girl': Adam Olenius (vocals, guitar), Ted Malmros (bass), Carl von Arbin (guitar), Eric Edman (drums) and Bebban Stenborg (keyboards, vocals). Their original name was Luca Brasi after the infamous muscle guy and personal enforcer of Don Vito Corleone from the Godfather films, until they realized another band shared that name. The band started in 2001. All members had been friends since they were young. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Far East Movement ft. The Cataracs / Like A G6
Possibly the dumbest song EVER! but it's catchy as hell and buried in my head forever. Plus they're my people. I guess my Haterade is running low. Slim Chin, Gucci Mane - tying it all together...okay, time to keep it movin'...
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The Far East Movement (also known as FM), hailing from the clubs and streets of Los Angeles, California, United States, are one of the freshest crews representing the next generation of artists and “fly music.” Members Kev Nish, Prohgress, J-Splif, and DJ Virman have created a huge industry buzz with major companies, radio stations, and club DJs worldwide through their international appeal and energetic live shows. Finding their inspiration from the diverse city blocks and night club scene of Southern California Read more on Last.fm more...
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Beach House / Walk In The Park
Scoop'i'dy scoop scoop. Sorry man, it's hard to follow up the Far East Movement with just anything. Luckily this track fit almost anywhere.
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Beach House is a dream pop group that formed in 2005 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The group consists of Victoria Legrand (vocals, organ) and Alex Scally (guitar, keyboards). Legrand is the niece of French composer Michel Legrand. The group has released seven albums: Beach House (2006), Devotion (2008), Teen Dream (2010), Bloom (2012), Depression Cherry (2015), Thank Your Lucky Stars (2015) and 7 (2018) Within a year of formation, the group charmed indie music enthusiasts across the blogosphere with their languid songcraft Read more on Last.fm more...
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The Walkmen / Victory
Their records always take a bit of time to ebb their way into my brain. Victory was the first track to break the ice.
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The Walkmen are an American indie rock band, with members based in New York City and Philadelphia. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon (guitar, piano), Walter Martin (organ/bass), and Matt Barrick (drums)—and two from The Recoys, Peter Matthew Bauer (bass/organ) and Hamilton Leithauser (vocals, guitar). All but Bauer attended St. Albans in Washington, D.C. The band are currently on hiatus, with Leithauser Read more on Last.fm more...
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Sufjan Stevens / I Walked
For me Sufjan's career work seems to be evolving similarly to the way Radiohead's had. Although I'd say this record is his Kid A and BQE is closer to Amnesiac. If you haven't already, listened to Impossible Soul- it's a wild and satisfying 25 minute long medley.
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Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the folk revival through indie pop, but his influences are very broad, including experimental electronic music, the jazz of Vince Guaraldi, and the academic minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Teenage Fanclub / Sweet Days Waiting
Ahh....so sweet. It's been so long since Grand Prix.
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Teenage Fanclub are an indie rock / power pop band from Bellshill, Scotland near Glasgow, formed in 1989 and formerly known as the Boy Hairdressers. They have two generally known humorous nicknames: "The Fannies" and "The Bellshill Beach Boys". They're revered for their devotion to chiming, The Byrds-esque guitars and harmonic vocals. The band is perhaps best known for the 1991 masterpiece 'Bandwagonesque', which presaged the later Britpop and indie pop movements Read more on Last.fm more...
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Mumford & Sons / White Blank Page
I almost put Timshel on the mix - I knew it sounded too familiar and it's a good thing I checked. But this record is deserving of a second track. Originally heard Little Lion Man on Matt Pinfield's radio station in New York last year sometime and their sound was different than anything that was airing at the time. Nice to hear so much passion in their music, I think that's also what makes the Tallest Man so special.
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Mumford & Sons are an English folk band from London, formed in 2007. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums), Ben Lovett (vocals, keyboard, piano, synthesizer), Winston Marshall (vocals, electric guitar, banjo) and Ted Dwane (vocals, bass guitar, double bass). Mumford & Sons have released three studio albums: Sigh No More (2009), Babel (2012) and Wilder Mind (2015). Sigh No More peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200 in the US Read more on Last.fm more...
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Four Tet / Hidden Track
Only checked this record out because they're always remixing so much great stuff and usually do it really well. Unfortunately, their latest album doesn't really do it for me. Luckily I was listening to it on random or else I would've never stumbled across this gem.
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Four Tet is the name used by Kieran Hebden (born 1977 in Putney, London, UK) for his experimental electronic music-oriented solo efforts, to differentiate from his work with post-rock band Fridge. Hebden's solo work typically utilises samples lifted from various sources including hip-hop, electronica, techno, jazz, and folk mixed with his own guitar playing. Four Tet shares some stylistic similarities with other musicians, such as Prefuse 73, who use computer editing techniques that give the music a staccato, cut-up feel. Read more on Last.fm more...
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The Besnard Lakes / Albatross
The Besnard Lakes Are: from Canada. What is it aboot that country that's cranking out so much good music? I going to put a mix of all Canadian bands together - Moose tracks.
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The Besnard Lakes are a band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formed by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek (vocals/guitar/keyboards) and Olga Goreas (vocals/Bass), and completed by Kevin Laing (drums) and Richard White (guitar). According to Songfacts, their name comes from Lake Besnard in North-Central Saskatchewan. The band gained critical attention with their second album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse, that was nominated for a Polaris Prize in 2007. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Guster / On The Ocean
Sounds like the boys from Tufts have found Jeebus.
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Guster is an alternative rock band, which formed at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, United States in 1992. The band consists of Adam Gardner and Ryan Miller on guitar and vocals and Brian Rosenworcel on percussion. Multi-instrumentalist and backup vocalist Joe Pisapia played with the band from 2003-2010. Luke Reynolds took Pisapia's place to tour with the band for their 2010 album, Easy Wonderful, and has remained with the band since. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Thao and the Get Down Stay Down / Swimming Pools
This and the following track are old. But I've always wanted to include something from their respective records on a mix. This is my attempt to throw in something new (...but old).
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Thao Nguyen (vocals, guitar) plays with Adam Thompson (bass guitar), and Willis Thompson (drums). Thao was raised in Falls Church, Virginia, and began playing guitar at age 12. Since then, she has crafted a folksy sound with tinges of gritty blues and laconic country. Thao's records are currently released on Kill Rock Stars. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Samantha Crain / Traipsing Through the Aisles
Saw Thao and Samantha Crain at the Music Hall in Williamsburg a couple years back - a great venue.
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Samantha Crain (born August 15, 1986 in Shawnee, Oklahoma) is a Choctaw-American songwriter, musician, and singer. Crain's first recording was the 2007 self-released EP The Confiscation. Her first LP, recorded as Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers (with Jacob Edwards, Andrew Tanz, and Beth Bombara), was 2009's Songs in the Night. After the group disbanded, Crain released her first solo album, You (Understood) in 2010. Crain's third album Kid Face was released in 2013, and followed by 2015's Under Branch & Thorn & Tree. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Slim Chin / Slim Chin - Outro
See you guys in six.
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