This mix has just been a constant weeding out process of things I've been listening to the last six months. I wish I could say there was a theme or a reason, but there isn't. It's just good stuff, at least in my opinion. There is a mellow vibe overall, maybe indicative of the way I've been feeling this winter. There is little dissonance, so perhaps it's a reaction to Pere Ubu coming into my life.
I do hope you'll listen all the way through. I think two of the best songs on here are the last two.
I hope you enjoy it. Happy Burnmixing!!
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Modest Mouse / Lampshades on Fire
This moved into the number one spot the first time I heard it a few months ago. I've never been a huge MM fan, but I find this song infectious and a perfect way to start off a mix.
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Modest Mouse is an alternative rock band which formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, United States. The band's original lineup consisted of guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Since being signed to Sony's Epic Records in 2000, Modest Mouse has attained significant popular success with songs such as "Float On" and "Dashboard." The band's current configuration is Isaac Brock (vocals, guitar), Tom Peloso (strings, horns Read more on Last.fm more...
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Rosanne Cash / Modern Blue
I posted one of her tunes (A Feather's Not a Bird - which won a Grammy) on the year-end mix. This song is just as good. The production and song-writing, in my opinion, are superb.
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Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955 in Memphis, Tennesee) is an American singer and songwriter. She is oldest daughter of Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto, born shortly before the release of her father's first single. She is also the stepdaughter of June Carter Cash and the stepsister of country singer Carlene Carter. Cash released her first single in 1979, a duet with Bobby Bare called "We Don't Need No Memories Hangin' 'Round". Two years later, she had her first country No. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Blitzen Trapper / Thirsty Man
Been a fan since Noah turned me on to them some years back. Just love the spare quality and bouncy rhythm of this tune.
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Blitzen Trapper is an experimental rock/folk sextet which formed in Portland, Oregon, United States in 2000. The band consists of Eric Earley (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Erik Menteer (guitar, keyboards), Marty Marquis (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Michael Van Pelt (bass), Drew Laughery (keyboards) and Brian Koch (drums, vocals). In various combinations and guises, the group had already played a long time together before the "crystalization event" in July 2000 on the slopes of the famous volcano Mt. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Panama Wedding / Uma
At Grogan's Happy Hour departure we discussed "guilty pleasures" in music. This is one for me. I feel like I shouldn't like it, but i do. I still haven't tired listening to it, and the chorus - "Uma" - is an earworm of a hook.
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Panama Wedding is a music project by Peter Kirk from New York City, United States with support by Lauren Zettler, Jared McCarthy, Brett Spigelman and Kenny Bernard. Panama Wedding is signed to Glassnote Records. Kirk was playing classical piano growing up in Long Island's Oyster Bay and he made it a habit to record songs in his bedroom with his friends. When he moved to New York City as an adult, Kirk rented a studio in midtown Manhattan to continue exploring writing and recording music. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / You'll Be Lonely
This song's for you, Bryn. I feel like I'm in high school when I listen to this song. It's new, but has an old school feel to it that I love. Vocals with an attitude and funky horns abound.
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, aka Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, are a funk/soul band, founded in Brooklyn, NY, USA (1996). They are signed to Daptone Records, where the Dap-Kings are the house band. They are widely thought to be spearheads of a revivalist movement that aims to capture the essence of funk/soul music as it was at its height in the mid-1960s to mid-1970s. Part of the way this is achieved is to shun modern digital recording methods in favour of using traditional analogue recording equipment. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Eric Clapton / Sensitive Kind
This tune has been in the mix from day one. It's such a simple 16 bar blues progression, over and over, but has such a wonderful vibe. I have been listening to this song for months and never get tired of it - such a sweet groove - spare and simple.
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Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and of Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Read more on Last.fm more...
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The Paper Kites / Paint
Beautiful tune from an Australian band - all high school friends. Shows the power of an acoustic guitar and good vocals - and a little keyboard.
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The Paper Kites are an indie folk band from Melbourne, consisting of Sam Bentley (from Best Before), Christina Lacy, Dave Powys, Sam Rasmussen and Josh Bentley. Their mellow music and beautiful harmonies aim to put a smile on your face and some love in your heart! Check them on myspace; http://www.myspace.com/thepaperkitesband Australian folk-rock group the Paper Kites initially formed around the duo of Sam Bentley and Christina Lacy, who had been performing and writing together since high school. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Field Report / Marigolden
Lyric based band from Milwaukee. Still remember seeing them at the Iron Horse with Noah and a crowd of about 12. Where was everyone? Chris Porterfield (Field Report being an anagram of his name) is the brains behind this group.
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Field Report is an American folk band formed in 2011 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band is led by singer/songwriter Christopher Porterfield (a form member of the Justin Vernon-led band DeYarmond Edison. Field Report, an anagram of Porterfield's surname, was culled together in the studio while recording their 2012 self-titled debut. They suddenly found themselves championed by their former idols: offered support tours by Counting Crows and Aimee Mann, lauded by the likes of Mark Eitzel and Richard Thompson, and covered by Blind Boys Of Alabama. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Blackbear / 4U
Punchy synth, tight groove, smooth vocal....some really nice groovy moments in here.
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Matthew Tyler Musto (born November 27, 1990), known professionally as Blackbear (stylized as blackbear) , is an American hip hop recording artist, singer, songwriter and record producer. Blackbear is best known for his rap and R&B-oriented music. He has collaborated with several well-known musical artists such as Justin Bieber, G-Eazy, Mike Posner, and Childish Gambino. Musto also co-wrote "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber, which debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Read more on Last.fm more...
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ARCHIS / Bittersweet
This was a very late entry onto this mix, mainly because this EP was only released a few days ago. Duo featuring Dia Frampton who was a runner-up in the first season of the Voice. She's a Jessica Alba look-alike, which doesn't hurt too much, and can sing too.
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new alt-rock duo ARCHIS, consisting of singer-songwriter Dia Frampton and film composer Joseph Trapanese. Together, they released the debut EP, ARCHIS in January 2015. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Chris Staples / Dark Side of the Moon
From the album American Soft. The lyrics are vaguely tied to Pink Floydism, but can be interpreted in many ways. Spare, economical song-writing at its best.
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Chris Staples is a singer and songwriter from Pensacola, Florida. He was the vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Twothirtyeight. He was one of the original members in 1995 and stayed with the band until April 2003, when it broke up because the members wanted to pursue individual ambitions. Staples independently recorded the acoustic albums Panama, and Burned and Blistered. In 2004, Staples released Blackest Hair, Bluest Eyes which was a compilation of both his earlier releases with two additional songs. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Saint Raymond / Fall At Your Feet
Callum Burrows - a 20 year-old musician from Nottingham. He sounds young, but not that young.
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Saint Raymond is a musical project of British indie singer Callum Burrows (born in Nottingham, UK). He began his career in 2011, releasing on May, 2013 her breakthrough single "Fall At Your Feet" their debut EP Escapade - EP released one day after the Never Fade Records. The album also yielded another single, "Letting Go" released in January 2014. The second EP, Young Blood - EP was released on January 21, 2014 by the National Anthem. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Brandi Carlile / The Eye
Love the harmonies here - sung with Hanseroth brothers (twins). Early teaser from an album being released on March 3rd.
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Brandi Carlile (b. June 1, 1981, in Ravensdale, Washington) is an American singer-songwriter, perhaps best known for her 2007 single "The Story". Carlile's music has been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, alternative country, and folk. She released her first album, 'Brandi Carlile', on July 12, 2005. In the beginning, Columbia Records signed Carlile in late 2004 on the strength of songs she'd been recording periodically at home. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Prince of Spain / Brothers
Seattle based band - this tune has been on this mix since the beginning. Short tune, but love how it kicks in at the one minute mark.
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American alternative folk rock band. Their debut full-length album His Majesty was released on October 1, 2013. Consists of Puerto Rico native and Nashville resident Andrew de Torres (guitar, vocals, harmonica, ukulele) and Seattle native and resident Eric Kimberlin Bowley (lead vocals, tambourine). The duo have also recorded several albums under the name The Scene Aesthetic. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Laura Veirs / Sun Song
This song seems very appropriate for the time of year - waiting for the sun to begin melting winter. I put one of her tunes on a previous mix. Quirky artist and tune with great guitar playing and fiddle
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Laura Veirs (born Laura Pauline Veirs on 24 October 1973 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American singer-songwriter. Veirs was raised in Colorado, studied geology and Mandarin Chinese at Carleton College, worked as a translator for a geological expedition in China, and now lives in Portland, Oregon. Veirs has said that she didn't seriously listen to music until she was in her 20s; instead, she just heard what was in her environment. She listened to folk / country / classical / pop, around the house & on the radio, during her youth. Read more on Last.fm more...
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George Ezra / Budapest
Another young (21) singer-songwriter from England. They seem to be churning them out these days. A deevy doh, indeed.
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George Ezra (full name George Ezra Barnett) is a British singer-songwriter from Hertford, England. Born on June 7, 1993, and the son of an art teacher, Ezra grew up in Hertford, attending Bengeo primary school and then Simon Balle Secondary School, before moving to Bristol, England, in 2011 to pursue a music degree at the influential music school “BIMM.” His younger brother Ethan Barnett is also a musician and goes by the name Ten Tonnes. Ezra's music is described as deep Read more on Last.fm more...
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Annie Lennox / Georgia On My Mind
Always been an Annie fan, but really loved seeing her sing with such focused intensity on the Grammys a few weeks back. She does this great old song justice. A nod to any Georgia Burnmixers.
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Annie Lennox is an Oscar, Brit and Grammy award-winning pop musician and vocalist. She was born on December 25, 1954 in Aberdeen, Scotland. After three years as lead singer of The Tourists, Lennox achieved her most notable fame as the alto, soul-tinged lead singer of the 1980s rock duo Eurythmics with British musician Dave Stewart. Early in the Eurythmics' career, she was known for her androgyny, wearing suits and once impersonating Elvis. Journalists often referred to her as "the white Grace Jones". Read more on Last.fm more...
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Jimi Goodwin / Oh! Whiskey
Another Brit (maybe there is a them here) who was a founding member of The Doves. Love when this takes a left turn at the 2:49 mark and goes from a minor to a major key.
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Jimi Goodwin (born Jamie Francis Alexander Goodwin) is an English singer/songwriter, most famous as lead singer and bassist for the band Doves. He and his fellow Doves collaborators (brothers Andy and Jez Williams) were also once the electronic/dance band Sub Sub. Whilst Doves took a break, Jimi set to work on a much anticipated solo album. Guy Garvey (of Elbow fame) admits he has helped contribute to his friend's music and proclaims it to be "Brilliant". His album Odludek was released 24th March 2014 on Heavenly Recordings. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Ben Howard / She Treats Me Well
This is one of my favorite songs of this past year and started the mix until Modest Mouse came along and kicked Ben down the list. Exquisite song-writing, gnarly guitar playing, and a plaintive vocal. Doesn't get much better in my opinion.
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Ben Howard (born 24 April 1987) is an English singer-songwriter, born in London. He moved to Totnes, Devon, in his teens. Howard's musically-inclined parents exposed him at a young age to their favourite records from singer-songwriter artists such as Bob Dylan, Nina Simone and John Martyn. Howard began writing his own songs and after a short spell studying journalism, he decided in 2009 at the age of 21 to become a full-time musician. After building up a reputation with his gigs across the UK Read more on Last.fm more...
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Sturgill Simpson / It Ain't All Flowers
This was my big find of the last few months and i'm sorry I couldn't make his recent show at Pearl Street. Mixes country and psychedelia with aplomb. Listen to the last two minutes on headphones and you'll see why I put it last.
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John Sturgill Simpson (born June 8, 1978) is an American country music and roots rock singer-songwriter. Simpson was born in Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky, the only child of a secretary and a state policeman who formerly worked undercover narcotics. Due to his father's work, Simpson's family moved to Versailles, outside Lexington, where Simpson graduated from Woodford County High School. Simpson's mother's family were coal miners. Simpson is the first male on his mother's side of the family to not work in a strip mine or deep mine. Read more on Last.fm more...
