If music is the soundtrack to our lives, then a good mix should be about crafting the soundtrack to a moment, capturing a mood, or maybe just throwing together some bitchin' driving music for a road trip. Back in the day, the best quality cassettes only had about 25 minutes of play time per side, so for that reason, I'm gonna try and keep the length of these under an hour. I've always felt like there's something about restricting yourself in art that makes you rise above and overcome your limitations. But then again, it all boils down to effectively using someone else's words to make your point... so...... yeah.
This is a tiny sampling of what I'm into right now. I try to never use the same artist more than once on a single mix and I'll try not to recycle songs too much, but the I can't guarantee that the really good ones that are in heavy rotation won't make return appearances.
So, without further ado, mix numero uno lands here for your listening pleasure. Click the song titles to download. If you have issues, try again after midnight. I don't get unlimited bandwidth. But that'll be a good problem to have if we ever get to that point.
1 - There's No Secrets This Year - Silversun Pickups
2 - Loud Pipes - Ratatat
3 - Dull Life - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4 - The Way We Get By - Spoon
5 - Matchbook Seeks Maniac - Deerhoof
6 - Postcards From Italy - Beirut
7 - St. Augustine - Band of Horses
8 - Rise Up With Fists!!! - Jenny Lewis w/ the Watson Twins
9 - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service
10 - Sun Was High (So Was I) - Best Coast
11 - Next Girl - The Black Keys
12 - Love Is A Deserter - The Kills
13 - Take Me To The Riot - Stars
Have most of this but am downloading and listening in order in mixtape-fashion! Huzzah!
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