andreainspired:

The Chemistry of Soap: A Mixtape

A collection of tunes to help say goodbye to summer, and wave hello to fall. Cover art contributed by The Talented Mr. Len Crockett.

Tracklist:

01 The Free Design \ Kites Are Fun
02 Fool’s Gold \ Surprise Hotel
03 Gang of Four \ Not Great Men
04 Young Buffalo \ Catapilah
05 Many Mansions \ Oneness
06 Taken by Trees \ My Boys
07 Le Loup \ Beach Town
08 Candy Claws \ Catamaran
09 The Luyas \ Spherical Mattress
10 Bakers at Dawn \ The Instrument
11 Braids \ Lemonade
12 Toro Y Moi \ 109
13 Family Portrait \ On the Floor
14 Vivian Girls \ The End
15 The Free Design \ Love You

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britticisms:

I noticed a couple of things recently. First, many of the songs that I’ve been posting recently have ‘girl’ in the title. Second, I own a lot of songs that have ‘girl’ in the title. Third, I haven’t made a mix outside of Brooklyn Radio in a while. Therefore, I present the latest “mixtape” for BRITTICISMS titled Songs About Girls. Most of the songs have ‘girl’ in the title, though I stretched a bit with the Os Mutantes song. Either way, the music is straight-forward, simple, and good listening.

“A Pretty Girl is Like…” by The Magnetic Fields

“A Minha Menina (My Girl)” by Os Mutantes

“Sunday Girl” by Blondie

“Velocity Girl” by Primal Scream

“Silly Girl” by Television Personalities

“Nowhere Girl” by B-Movie (1981 version)

“Girl Afraid” by The Smiths

“Girl on the Wing” by The Shins

“Graveyard Girl” by M83

“Girlfriend” by Phoenix

“Post-Modern Girls” by The Strokes and Regina Spektor

“Candy Girl (demo)” by Trailer Trash Tracys

“Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” by Broken Social Scene

“Cherry Blossom Girl” by Air

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It’s playlist time!

CARTOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS

Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
The Lucksmiths - Now I’m Even Further Away
Art Brut - Moving To L.A.
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Travel
The Features - Leave It All Behind
LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
Say Hi - Northwestern Girls
Electrelane - To The East
Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For The Others
The Dø - Travel Light
Patrick Wolf - The Gypsy King
Beirut - Elephant Gun
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (Live @ KCRW)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Runaway
Sunset Rubdown - You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)
Emmy the Great - Bad Things Coming, We Are Safe

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Obviously I am really excited about going overseas! Because I’m sick of my uni and the people in it, and I could say I’m travelling to ‘find myself’ but if we’re being honest I just want to burn bridges and warm my hands against the flames of academia. But the thrill of excitement is also tempered by the knowledge that I’m leaving someone really important behind, and long distance takes on a whole new meaning when instead of state borders you’re crossing time zones. This might account for the, um, slightly downcast tone throughout the mix—but the cheery poptones of Art Brut ought to set things right. Enjoy!

Oh, and here’s a bonus song that might explain the playlist name:

The Lucksmiths - Guess How Much I Love You

Here’s me, here’s you; draw a line between the two. This is cartography for beginners: on a map the gap’s three fingers, but it’s more than that, it’s more than that.

[Image: trapingus @ flickr]

Hello! Here is a playlist for people who like sweet tunes (read: EVERYONE)

AMUS101: An Intro to Australian Music

Dappled Cities - The Price
Cloud Control – Vintage Books
Gotye - Hearts a Mess
Ned Collette - The Country With A Smile
Belles Will Ring - Park Benches
Architecture in Helsinki - Do The Whirlwind
Jonathan Boulet - A Community Service Announcement
Aleks and the Ramps - Antique Limb
The Grates - Sukkafish
Cuthbert and the Nightwalkers - Red Frogs
Ghoul - Corn Cob Dub / Jakob
Parades - Invaders
The Presets - If I Know You (Tania & Jori Version)
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Sherlock’s Daughter - Kids
The Bamboos feat. Megan Washington - King of the Rodeo (Kings of Leon cover)
The Middle East - Blood

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Thank you to those who gave starter suggestions. There are so many more bands I ‘should’ include, but really it’s just my take on all the indie pop that makes my heart go swoopy. (I also wrote an article for DrunkenWerewolf that talks about ‘Australian music’ more; it’s included if you want to read it.)

Anyway! Download, listen, enjoy. I’m pretty sure you’ll like it!

FBi community radio | Photo credit: fourkicks @ flickr

New playlist!

DON’T CALL ME BORING, IT’S JUST ‘CAUSE I LIKE YOU: songs from a lovestruck youth

Dappled Cities - Holy Chord
The Lucksmiths - Sunlight In A Jar
Pony Up! - The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Is That They Die)
The Spinto Band - Oh Mandy
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken
Basia Bulat - Before I Knew
Art Brut - Good Weekend
Hefner - Hello Kitten
Voxtrot - The Start of Something
Special Needs - Blue Skies
The Libertines - What Katie Did
Giant Drag - God Only Knows
Pikelet - They Call It Love? … Wow
Benoit Pioulard - Moth Wings

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When it came to adolescent romance I did myself no favours re: the objects of my affection. I fancied straight girls and gay boys, and the one time I seriously liked a girl who swung my way she’d just gotten over a crush on me that I, with my great powers of observation, completely failed to notice. It’s no surprise that the songs I loved back then are schizophrenic in nature, swinging from dizzying hyper-articulation to the depths of incoherence. Here they are in playlist format, sugar-coated in nostalgia and leaping from one end of the romantic spectrum to another but, somehow, maintaining an internal sense of consistency. Enjoy!

(The above paragraph seems like I overthought this mix but I haven’t really, it’s just a collection of songs that I really liked in my final year of high school and now, in my final year of university, are a source of great comfort when I’m up at 3am working on wanky writing projects and missing my ladyfriend.
Also: years later I pinpointed the week in which the girl and my respective crushes overlapped each other and neither of us acted on it. Sweaty-palmed anxiety! The spike in last.fm play counts of Luxembourg, Hefner and The Lucksmiths show how I channelled my awkwardness into listening to bands that have since or are in the process of breaking up. You read into the analogy there.)

I made a playlist! I think it’s worth sharing!

WHERE MY LADIES AT

The Long Blondes - Let’s Play Darts
Tilly and the Wall - Pot Kettle Black
The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful
Micachu & The Shapes - Golden Phone
The Dø - Unissasi Laulelet
Animal Collective vs Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Girls
Chairlift - Garbage
Asobi Seksu - New Years
Electrelane - In Berlin
Hello Seahorse! - Bestia
The Ettes - No Home
Florence and the Machine - Kiss With A Fist

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There’s no subliminal message! Just listen! Enjoy!