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ffaannggrrll: FFAANNGGRRLL MIX TAPE 1: All Girl Summer Fun Mix (Click the picture!) Tracklisting (for those who can’t see the image): Plumtree- Go! Charlotte Hatherley- Summer The Breeders- Saints Shop Assistants- Safety Net Novella- Santiago Tiger Trap- Super Crush The Pin Ups- Lookin’ For Boys Shannon and the Clams- Hunk Hunt Gore Gore Girls- I’m Gonna Get You Yet Trash Kit- Sun Spots All Girl Summer Fun Band- Jason Lee Henry’s Dress- Target Practice Cub- NYC It’s about time I put this up here as the sun has finally shown itself over the past week. In terms of the song choices, I think Plumtree’s “Go!” is the perfect start to anything and should be used on every soundtrack (and not just for Scott Pilgrim). Charlotte Hatherley’s “Summer” is actually kind of sad, but it’s hopeful and that’s what the beginning of summer has always felt like. The middle is the most fun part of course, and by the end it’s just nostalgia and memories (Cub’s “NYC”). I feel like I’m selling one of those really bad compilation ads on TV. This is something I made to contribute to my friend Jaz’s zine, which should be finished and released shortly. As soon as I have any copies, I will be sure to post about it here in case anyone would like one! Some day soon we will revive this blog. In the mean time, here is a mix one of our friends made! You should check it out, and check out her blog, which is all about highlighting awesome female/female-fronted bands.

ffaannggrrll:

FFAANNGGRRLL MIX TAPE 1: All Girl Summer Fun Mix (Click the picture!)

Tracklisting (for those who can’t see the image):

  1. Plumtree- Go!
  2. Charlotte Hatherley- Summer
  3. The Breeders- Saints
  4. Shop Assistants- Safety Net
  5. Novella- Santiago
  6. Tiger Trap- Super Crush
  7. The Pin Ups- Lookin’ For Boys
  8. Shannon and the Clams- Hunk Hunt
  9. Gore Gore Girls- I’m Gonna Get You Yet
  10. Trash Kit- Sun Spots
  11. All Girl Summer Fun Band- Jason Lee
  12. Henry’s Dress- Target Practice
  13. Cub- NYC

It’s about time I put this up here as the sun has finally shown itself over the past week.

In terms of the song choices, I think Plumtree’s “Go!” is the perfect start to anything and should be used on every soundtrack (and not just for Scott Pilgrim). Charlotte Hatherley’s “Summer” is actually kind of sad, but it’s hopeful and that’s what the beginning of summer has always felt like. The middle is the most fun part of course, and by the end it’s just nostalgia and memories (Cub’s “NYC”). I feel like I’m selling one of those really bad compilation ads on TV.

This is something I made to contribute to my friend Jaz’s zine, which should be finished and released shortly. As soon as I have any copies, I will be sure to post about it here in case anyone would like one!

Some day soon we will revive this blog. In the mean time, here is a mix one of our friends made! You should check it out, and check out her blog, which is all about highlighting awesome female/female-fronted bands.

11 months ago  57 notes View high resolution

pleb-scout asked: I know you haven't done a mix on here in ages but would you be able to make one for me ? I like stuff like folk, punk rock, acoustic, I have a blog of music I like skelliconnnection(.)tumblr(.)com if that helps :) I really enjoy all the other mixes btw x

I’m annoyingly busy at the moment so I won’t make any promises, but this might just kick my arse into gear for reviving this blog, yeah!

Or Rob might also be up for it?

- Yan

1 year ago  1 note

Forgot about this, it’s something our friends in The Marriage of a Dead Dog SING! made for Halloween. Should keep you going until one of us makes a new mix!

themarriageofadeaddogsing:

It’s Halloween, which is basically Christmas for Goths. So here’s a present we made you.

  1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Dead Flag Blues
  2. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Pearls For Swine
  3. Warpaint - Bees
  4. Holy Fuck - They’re Going To Take My Thumbs
  5. Horace “Andy” Hinds (ft. The Aggrevators) - A Noisy Place
  6. These New Puritans - We Want War
  7. TWELVE - Mad Skillz
  8. Queen Adreena - Sleeping Pill
  9. Battles - Leyendecker
  10. NoMeansNo - Forget Your Life
  11. Greenhouse Effect - The Cycle
  12. Saul Williams - Act III Scene 2
  13. AGF - Disturbia
  14. DJ Krush - Yeah
  15. Radiohead - Talk Show Host

(via themarriageofadeaddogsing-deact)

1 year ago  16 notes

MFF#27 High Maintenance Machines This doesn’t really require much explanation. It’s a compilation of my favourite songs by The Mountain Goats, just because I had felt like doing this for a while. Also Rob hates them, and it’s always fun to try to bother Rob. It’s a highly subjective collection, and they have an absolutely ridiculous number of albums I haven’t even listened to, but these are my favourites and this is probably a pretty good introduction to The Mountain Goats (even if it will be obvious to fans what kind of Mountain Goats song I like best). Here is the tracklist: Prowl Great Cain Dilaudid No Children Estate Sale Sign High Hawk Season Dinu Lipatti’s Bones Colour In Your Cheeks Jam Eater Blues Jenny Going To Georgia The Best Ever Death Metal Band This Year Dance Music Mountain Goats Shirt song (Live) See America Right Lion’s Teeth Oceanographer’s Choice No Children (live a capella version) As always, click the picture to download it. It is not all tagged up properly like Rob’s are, but there is a .m3u file that will arrange everything for you in your media player. Oh, and the cover is a picture of John Darnielle that I took.

MFF#27 High Maintenance Machines

This doesn’t really require much explanation. It’s a compilation of my favourite songs by The Mountain Goats, just because I had felt like doing this for a while. Also Rob hates them, and it’s always fun to try to bother Rob.

It’s a highly subjective collection, and they have an absolutely ridiculous number of albums I haven’t even listened to, but these are my favourites and this is probably a pretty good introduction to The Mountain Goats (even if it will be obvious to fans what kind of Mountain Goats song I like best).

Here is the tracklist:

  1. Prowl Great Cain
  2. Dilaudid
  3. No Children
  4. Estate Sale Sign
  5. High Hawk Season
  6. Dinu Lipatti’s Bones
  7. Colour In Your Cheeks
  8. Jam Eater Blues
  9. Jenny
  10. Going To Georgia
  11. The Best Ever Death Metal Band
  12. This Year
  13. Dance Music
  14. Mountain Goats Shirt song (Live)
  15. See America Right
  16. Lion’s Teeth
  17. Oceanographer’s Choice
  18. No Children (live a capella version)

As always, click the picture to download it. It is not all tagged up properly like Rob’s are, but there is a .m3u file that will arrange everything for you in your media player.

Oh, and the cover is a picture of John Darnielle that I took.

1 year ago  2 notes

MFF#24: Matthew Boycott-Garnett Has Got What You Need Matt B-G, officially my favourite person with six Ts in his name, puts on the most amazing shows ever. Carefully Planned and Everything You Need are two of the coolest things currently going on in the UK because Matt is pretty much the most dedicated and caring gig promoter I’ve ever met. Everything he does is out of a pure love for music, which is much bigger than most people’s I know. He asked me to make him a mix so I wanted to give him some stuff he might not know in the hope that he’ll put the bands that are actually still together on near me some time soon, and also in the hope that I can out-obscure him. Click the cover to download, and ignore the fact that the files are messy in the folder, they’re all tagged right. Tracklisting: Jimmy Islip - 1990 Ten Speed Bicycle - Aw Man, I Don’t Know What I Did With My Dracula Bow Tie National School - Saltwater Taffy NGOD - Wardrobe Richard Peter Snapes & The Lie Awakes - I’ve Made Up Stories Lucky Thirteen - Stereo Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - Year Of The Rabbit Maps - To The Sky (M83 Mix) Park Jefferson - Better Boy Second Hand Stories - Frontiers Jose Vanders - Faces Going Places Jebediah - Harpoon Parachutes - Grass Leaves Metonym - Rooted He Sold Space - Like Father Like Son Hunter Smith - Seriously, No Pressure

MFF#24: Matthew Boycott-Garnett Has Got What You Need

Matt B-G, officially my favourite person with six Ts in his name, puts on the most amazing shows ever. Carefully Planned and Everything You Need are two of the coolest things currently going on in the UK because Matt is pretty much the most dedicated and caring gig promoter I’ve ever met. Everything he does is out of a pure love for music, which is much bigger than most people’s I know. He asked me to make him a mix so I wanted to give him some stuff he might not know in the hope that he’ll put the bands that are actually still together on near me some time soon, and also in the hope that I can out-obscure him. Click the cover to download, and ignore the fact that the files are messy in the folder, they’re all tagged right.

Tracklisting:

  1. Jimmy Islip - 1990
  2. Ten Speed Bicycle - Aw Man, I Don’t Know What I Did With My Dracula Bow Tie
  3. National School - Saltwater Taffy
  4. NGOD - Wardrobe
  5. Richard Peter Snapes & The Lie Awakes - I’ve Made Up Stories
  6. Lucky Thirteen - Stereo
  7. Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - Year Of The Rabbit
  8. Maps - To The Sky (M83 Mix)
  9. Park Jefferson - Better Boy
  10. Second Hand Stories - Frontiers
  11. Jose Vanders - Faces Going Places
  12. Jebediah - Harpoon
  13. Parachutes - Grass Leaves
  14. Metonym - Rooted
  15. He Sold Space - Like Father Like Son
  16. Hunter Smith - Seriously, No Pressure

1 year ago  25 notes

MFF#23 Rob’s Really Showing Me Up With These Clever Names So Rob’s been making a whole bunch of great mixes for this blog, making me feel pretty guilty. So I’m putting a few together now, but first, I realised I still have the playlists for a bunch of mixes I made last year, and better yet, I’ve copied the artwork I made for them off my old computer! This is a mixtape I made for Elen, who is in the top four raddest people I have met on the internet. In joint first place with the other three, probably. There are a couple of songs that have been on other mixes I’ve made, sorry about that, but like I said I will be making some new ones and they will have all new songs.Click to download the picture, as usual. Unlike Rob, I don’t know a way to change the track number tags on all of these that isn’t a massive pain in the arse (unless he just puts up with it) but there is a playlist file that should load them all up in order for you. TRACKLIST: BATS - Higgs Boson Particle Adebisi Shank - Horse Botch - Man The Ramparts Melt-Banana - We Wll Rock You Tom Waits - Kommienezuspadt Black Eyes - A Pack Of Wolves Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra - I Built Myself A Metal Bird O’Death - Lowtide Future Of The Left - Small Bones, Small Bodies Noumenon - Algoresrhythm Liars - Mr. You’re On Fire Mr. Boredoms - Tomato Synthesiser Dalek - Distorted Prose Mr. Scruff - Jusjus (feat Roots Manuva) Railcars - There Is Ice; It Is Blue Hipster Youth - Pale Girls The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow’s Parties The Magnetic Fields - Long-Forgotten Fairytale You’re Only Massive - Everything (demo) Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothea - Mou Pei Na

MFF#23 Rob’s Really Showing Me Up With These Clever Names

So Rob’s been making a whole bunch of great mixes for this blog, making me feel pretty guilty. So I’m putting a few together now, but first, I realised I still have the playlists for a bunch of mixes I made last year, and better yet, I’ve copied the artwork I made for them off my old computer!

This is a mixtape I made for Elen, who is in the top four raddest people I have met on the internet. In joint first place with the other three, probably. There are a couple of songs that have been on other mixes I’ve made, sorry about that, but like I said I will be making some new ones and they will have all new songs.
Click to download the picture, as usual. Unlike Rob, I don’t know a way to change the track number tags on all of these that isn’t a massive pain in the arse (unless he just puts up with it) but there is a playlist file that should load them all up in order for you.

TRACKLIST:

  1. BATS - Higgs Boson Particle
  2. Adebisi Shank - Horse
  3. Botch - Man The Ramparts
  4. Melt-Banana - We Wll Rock You
  5. Tom Waits - Kommienezuspadt
  6. Black Eyes - A Pack Of Wolves
  7. Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra - I Built Myself A Metal Bird
  8. O’Death - Lowtide
  9. Future Of The Left - Small Bones, Small Bodies
  10. Noumenon - Algoresrhythm
  11. Liars - Mr. You’re On Fire Mr.
  12. Boredoms - Tomato Synthesiser
  13. Dalek - Distorted Prose
  14. Mr. Scruff - Jusjus (feat Roots Manuva)
  15. Railcars - There Is Ice; It Is Blue
  16. Hipster Youth - Pale Girls
  17. The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow’s Parties
  18. The Magnetic Fields - Long-Forgotten Fairytale
  19. You’re Only Massive - Everything (demo)
  20. Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothea - Mou Pei Na

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MFF#21: Time Travel Songs. I made this for Jaimie quite a while ago. I was going to post it out to her but I couldn’t be bothered and it’s probably expensive anyway, so I’m just posting it up here instead, a few months late. It’s called Time Travel Songs because the time difference between America and England means that she lives in the past and I live in the future. Jaimie has spent many a day/night/whatever listening to me moan over Facebook chat and she honestly just rules, and I hope I can meet her some day for some serious partyin’ of some description. So I made her a mix of British bands, including some of the most British-sounding bands I could think of, as well as some stuff from America or whatever. I think it’s pretty good. The last track is especially relevant because it’s a song by Dave House, a folk punk singer from the UK, recorded live in a living room in West Chester, PA, which is where she lives now. It’s likely that she’ll know the person who recorded it. Just goes to show what a small world we live in thanks to the internet sometimes, and how things and people can be connected in unexpected ways. Click the cover to download, and ignore the mess the folder is in as it’s all tagged properly. Tracklist: Pudge - Fuckin’ Yes Mate Johnny Foreigner - Elegy For Post Teenage Living Parts 1 & 2 The 255s - In Northern England Cats and Cats and Cats - Young Person’s Guide To Becoming A Rock Star Winston Echo - Winchester Cathedral Choir Frightened Rabbit - The Wrestle Chrik - Music (Without A Condom) Idlewild - When I Argue I See Shapes Joan Of Arc - Bobby Burg & Nate Kinsella Los Campesinos! - Too Many Flesh Suppers Pop Unknown - Oh Kay Mansions - Shoes On, Pants Off Tubelord - Our First American Friends [Acoustic ‘For The Grandparents’ version] Kyle Fischer - Too Soon To Know Old Canes - Blue Eleanor Tanaou - St. Crispin’s Got Our Backs Boilermaker - Slow Down One Toy Soldier - Dusty Shelves, Broken Blinds Matt Berry - One Track Lover Dave House - Kingston’s Current [Live ‘At My Parents House’ version]

MFF#21: Time Travel Songs.

I made this for Jaimie quite a while ago. I was going to post it out to her but I couldn’t be bothered and it’s probably expensive anyway, so I’m just posting it up here instead, a few months late. It’s called Time Travel Songs because the time difference between America and England means that she lives in the past and I live in the future. Jaimie has spent many a day/night/whatever listening to me moan over Facebook chat and she honestly just rules, and I hope I can meet her some day for some serious partyin’ of some description. So I made her a mix of British bands, including some of the most British-sounding bands I could think of, as well as some stuff from America or whatever. I think it’s pretty good.

The last track is especially relevant because it’s a song by Dave House, a folk punk singer from the UK, recorded live in a living room in West Chester, PA, which is where she lives now. It’s likely that she’ll know the person who recorded it. Just goes to show what a small world we live in thanks to the internet sometimes, and how things and people can be connected in unexpected ways. Click the cover to download, and ignore the mess the folder is in as it’s all tagged properly.

Tracklist:

  1. Pudge - Fuckin’ Yes Mate
  2. Johnny Foreigner - Elegy For Post Teenage Living Parts 1 & 2
  3. The 255s - In Northern England
  4. Cats and Cats and Cats - Young Person’s Guide To Becoming A Rock Star
  5. Winston Echo - Winchester Cathedral Choir
  6. Frightened Rabbit - The Wrestle
  7. Chrik - Music (Without A Condom)
  8. Idlewild - When I Argue I See Shapes
  9. Joan Of Arc - Bobby Burg & Nate Kinsella
  10. Los Campesinos! - Too Many Flesh Suppers
  11. Pop Unknown - Oh Kay
  12. Mansions - Shoes On, Pants Off
  13. Tubelord - Our First American Friends [Acoustic ‘For The Grandparents’ version]
  14. Kyle Fischer - Too Soon To Know
  15. Old Canes - Blue Eleanor
  16. Tanaou - St. Crispin’s Got Our Backs
  17. Boilermaker - Slow Down
  18. One Toy Soldier - Dusty Shelves, Broken Blinds
  19. Matt Berry - One Track Lover
  20. Dave House - Kingston’s Current [Live ‘At My Parents House’ version]

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MFF#20: covers//downers I made this as a playlist for my own purposes initially, but decided to share it. It’s a bunch of sad covers of songs. Some of the songs were initially happy, some were initially sad, but these are some fairly miserable renditions of songs played by people who clearly really care about what they’re playing. I’ve included the original artist on the tracklisting below, in case you don’t know what’s what. The album art for this one is weird. Sorry. I don’t really know where it came from. Click it to download this mix. Although the folder might look a bit of a mess, it’s all tagged up properly. Tracklist: Sun Kil Moon - Exit Does Not Exist [Modest Mouse] Frank Turner - Pay To Cum [Bad Brains] Dave House - New Slang [The Shins] Ryan Adams - Wonderwall [Oasis] Owen - Never Meant [American Football] Ben Marwood, Franz Nicolay & Frank Turner - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight [The Postal Service] Bright Eyes - The Biggest Lie [Elliott Smith] Minor2Major - Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong [Against Me!] Matt King - Girl From The North Country [Bob Dylan] Straylight Run - Peach, Plum, Pear [Joanna Newsom] The Burning Paris - Asleep [The Smiths] Xiu Xiu - Fast Car [Tracy Chapman]

MFF#20: covers//downers

I made this as a playlist for my own purposes initially, but decided to share it. It’s a bunch of sad covers of songs. Some of the songs were initially happy, some were initially sad, but these are some fairly miserable renditions of songs played by people who clearly really care about what they’re playing. I’ve included the original artist on the tracklisting below, in case you don’t know what’s what.

The album art for this one is weird. Sorry. I don’t really know where it came from. Click it to download this mix. Although the folder might look a bit of a mess, it’s all tagged up properly.

Tracklist:

  1. Sun Kil Moon - Exit Does Not Exist [Modest Mouse]
  2. Frank Turner - Pay To Cum [Bad Brains]
  3. Dave House - New Slang [The Shins]
  4. Ryan Adams - Wonderwall [Oasis]
  5. Owen - Never Meant [American Football]
  6. Ben Marwood, Franz Nicolay & Frank Turner - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight [The Postal Service]
  7. Bright Eyes - The Biggest Lie [Elliott Smith]
  8. Minor2Major - Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong [Against Me!]
  9. Matt King - Girl From The North Country [Bob Dylan]
  10. Straylight Run - Peach, Plum, Pear [Joanna Newsom]
  11. The Burning Paris - Asleep [The Smiths]
  12. Xiu Xiu - Fast Car [Tracy Chapman]

1 year ago  28 notes

MFF#19: Fuck This Place This mix was made for Heather. I don’t talk to her very much anymore, but I used to talk to her every day. For a large chunk of this summer, I was living in an absolutely horrible student flat that was empty for the summer whilst trying (and failing) to find a job and waiting to be able to move in to the house I live in now. In retrospect, it was probably a huge mistake. A whole bunch of things either happened or didn’t happen that made it an absolutely miserable time, and I think I probably took this out on Heather quite a bit by being a fairly massive jerk to her for pretty much no reason. I’m not surprised she doesn’t bother to talk to me anymore. So this was kind of intended as an apology mix CD, and it’s full of some of the songs I listened to most during my time there, as well as songs I thought she’d like. It’s a pretty good mix of more indie/pop stuff, with a few curveballs in there. Often gloomy, as you might guess from the name, but occasionally cheerful too. It’s all over the place, much like I was at the time. The cover photo is the view from the window of my flat. I really, seriously, hated that place. Click the cover to download, and although the folder will look a bit messy, it’s all tagged up properly. Tracklist: The Remarkable Rocket - Helicopters Rainer Maria - Mystery And Misery Anathallo - To Gary And Marcus - The Sovereignty Of God His Omnipresent Nico - These Days Sigur Rós - Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur Laura Stevenson and the Cans - Holy Ghost! Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos Cheap Girls - Her And Cigarettes The American Analog Set - The Postman (ft. Ben Gibbard) [Styrofoam Remix] Bloc Party - This Modern Love (Live/Acoustic) The Promise Ring - Best Looking Boys Cat Power - He War Emmy The Great - The Hypnotist’s Son Into It. Over It. - Pontiac, MI Joanna Newsom - Bridges And Balloons Marie-Flore - Half Past Three Rilo Kiley - With Arms Outstretched

MFF#19: Fuck This Place

This mix was made for Heather. I don’t talk to her very much anymore, but I used to talk to her every day. For a large chunk of this summer, I was living in an absolutely horrible student flat that was empty for the summer whilst trying (and failing) to find a job and waiting to be able to move in to the house I live in now. In retrospect, it was probably a huge mistake. A whole bunch of things either happened or didn’t happen that made it an absolutely miserable time, and I think I probably took this out on Heather quite a bit by being a fairly massive jerk to her for pretty much no reason. I’m not surprised she doesn’t bother to talk to me anymore. So this was kind of intended as an apology mix CD, and it’s full of some of the songs I listened to most during my time there, as well as songs I thought she’d like. It’s a pretty good mix of more indie/pop stuff, with a few curveballs in there. Often gloomy, as you might guess from the name, but occasionally cheerful too. It’s all over the place, much like I was at the time.

The cover photo is the view from the window of my flat. I really, seriously, hated that place. Click the cover to download, and although the folder will look a bit messy, it’s all tagged up properly.

Tracklist:

  1. The Remarkable Rocket - Helicopters
  2. Rainer Maria - Mystery And Misery
  3. Anathallo - To Gary And Marcus - The Sovereignty Of God His Omnipresent
  4. Nico - These Days
  5. Sigur Rós - Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
  6. Laura Stevenson and the Cans - Holy Ghost!
  7. Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came
  8. Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos
  9. Cheap Girls - Her And Cigarettes
  10. The American Analog Set - The Postman (ft. Ben Gibbard) [Styrofoam Remix]
  11. Bloc Party - This Modern Love (Live/Acoustic)
  12. The Promise Ring - Best Looking Boys
  13. Cat Power - He War
  14. Emmy The Great - The Hypnotist’s Son
  15. Into It. Over It. - Pontiac, MI
  16. Joanna Newsom - Bridges And Balloons
  17. Marie-Flore - Half Past Three
  18. Rilo Kiley - With Arms Outstretched

1 year ago  21 notes

ffaannggrrll: FFAANNGGRRLL MIX TAPE 1: All Girl Summer Fun Mix (Click the picture!) Tracklisting (for those who can’t see the image): Plumtree- Go! Charlotte Hatherley- Summer The Breeders- Saints Shop Assistants- Safety Net Novella- Santiago Tiger Trap- Super Crush The Pin Ups- Lookin’ For Boys Shannon and the Clams- Hunk Hunt Gore Gore Girls- I’m Gonna Get You Yet Trash Kit- Sun Spots All Girl Summer Fun Band- Jason Lee Henry’s Dress- Target Practice Cub- NYC It’s about time I put this up here as the sun has finally shown itself over the past week. In terms of the song choices, I think Plumtree’s “Go!” is the perfect start to anything and should be used on every soundtrack (and not just for Scott Pilgrim). Charlotte Hatherley’s “Summer” is actually kind of sad, but it’s hopeful and that’s what the beginning of summer has always felt like. The middle is the most fun part of course, and by the end it’s just nostalgia and memories (Cub’s “NYC”). I feel like I’m selling one of those really bad compilation ads on TV. This is something I made to contribute to my friend Jaz’s zine, which should be finished and released shortly. As soon as I have any copies, I will be sure to post about it here in case anyone would like one! Some day soon we will revive this blog. In the mean time, here is a mix one of our friends made! You should check it out, and check out her blog, which is all about highlighting awesome female/female-fronted bands.

ffaannggrrll:

FFAANNGGRRLL MIX TAPE 1: All Girl Summer Fun Mix (Click the picture!)

Tracklisting (for those who can’t see the image):

  1. Plumtree- Go!
  2. Charlotte Hatherley- Summer
  3. The Breeders- Saints
  4. Shop Assistants- Safety Net
  5. Novella- Santiago
  6. Tiger Trap- Super Crush
  7. The Pin Ups- Lookin’ For Boys
  8. Shannon and the Clams- Hunk Hunt
  9. Gore Gore Girls- I’m Gonna Get You Yet
  10. Trash Kit- Sun Spots
  11. All Girl Summer Fun Band- Jason Lee
  12. Henry’s Dress- Target Practice
  13. Cub- NYC

It’s about time I put this up here as the sun has finally shown itself over the past week.

In terms of the song choices, I think Plumtree’s “Go!” is the perfect start to anything and should be used on every soundtrack (and not just for Scott Pilgrim). Charlotte Hatherley’s “Summer” is actually kind of sad, but it’s hopeful and that’s what the beginning of summer has always felt like. The middle is the most fun part of course, and by the end it’s just nostalgia and memories (Cub’s “NYC”). I feel like I’m selling one of those really bad compilation ads on TV.

This is something I made to contribute to my friend Jaz’s zine, which should be finished and released shortly. As soon as I have any copies, I will be sure to post about it here in case anyone would like one!

Some day soon we will revive this blog. In the mean time, here is a mix one of our friends made! You should check it out, and check out her blog, which is all about highlighting awesome female/female-fronted bands.

pleb-scout asked: I know you haven't done a mix on here in ages but would you be able to make one for me ? I like stuff like folk, punk rock, acoustic, I have a blog of music I like skelliconnnection(.)tumblr(.)com if that helps :) I really enjoy all the other mixes btw x

I’m annoyingly busy at the moment so I won’t make any promises, but this might just kick my arse into gear for reviving this blog, yeah!

Or Rob might also be up for it?

- Yan

Forgot about this, it’s something our friends in The Marriage of a Dead Dog SING! made for Halloween. Should keep you going until one of us makes a new mix!

themarriageofadeaddogsing:

It’s Halloween, which is basically Christmas for Goths. So here’s a present we made you.

  1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Dead Flag Blues
  2. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Pearls For Swine
  3. Warpaint - Bees
  4. Holy Fuck - They’re Going To Take My Thumbs
  5. Horace “Andy” Hinds (ft. The Aggrevators) - A Noisy Place
  6. These New Puritans - We Want War
  7. TWELVE - Mad Skillz
  8. Queen Adreena - Sleeping Pill
  9. Battles - Leyendecker
  10. NoMeansNo - Forget Your Life
  11. Greenhouse Effect - The Cycle
  12. Saul Williams - Act III Scene 2
  13. AGF - Disturbia
  14. DJ Krush - Yeah
  15. Radiohead - Talk Show Host

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MFF#27 High Maintenance Machines This doesn’t really require much explanation. It’s a compilation of my favourite songs by The Mountain Goats, just because I had felt like doing this for a while. Also Rob hates them, and it’s always fun to try to bother Rob. It’s a highly subjective collection, and they have an absolutely ridiculous number of albums I haven’t even listened to, but these are my favourites and this is probably a pretty good introduction to The Mountain Goats (even if it will be obvious to fans what kind of Mountain Goats song I like best). Here is the tracklist: Prowl Great Cain Dilaudid No Children Estate Sale Sign High Hawk Season Dinu Lipatti’s Bones Colour In Your Cheeks Jam Eater Blues Jenny Going To Georgia The Best Ever Death Metal Band This Year Dance Music Mountain Goats Shirt song (Live) See America Right Lion’s Teeth Oceanographer’s Choice No Children (live a capella version) As always, click the picture to download it. It is not all tagged up properly like Rob’s are, but there is a .m3u file that will arrange everything for you in your media player. Oh, and the cover is a picture of John Darnielle that I took.

MFF#27 High Maintenance Machines

This doesn’t really require much explanation. It’s a compilation of my favourite songs by The Mountain Goats, just because I had felt like doing this for a while. Also Rob hates them, and it’s always fun to try to bother Rob.

It’s a highly subjective collection, and they have an absolutely ridiculous number of albums I haven’t even listened to, but these are my favourites and this is probably a pretty good introduction to The Mountain Goats (even if it will be obvious to fans what kind of Mountain Goats song I like best).

Here is the tracklist:

  1. Prowl Great Cain
  2. Dilaudid
  3. No Children
  4. Estate Sale Sign
  5. High Hawk Season
  6. Dinu Lipatti’s Bones
  7. Colour In Your Cheeks
  8. Jam Eater Blues
  9. Jenny
  10. Going To Georgia
  11. The Best Ever Death Metal Band
  12. This Year
  13. Dance Music
  14. Mountain Goats Shirt song (Live)
  15. See America Right
  16. Lion’s Teeth
  17. Oceanographer’s Choice
  18. No Children (live a capella version)

As always, click the picture to download it. It is not all tagged up properly like Rob’s are, but there is a .m3u file that will arrange everything for you in your media player.

Oh, and the cover is a picture of John Darnielle that I took.

MFF#24: Matthew Boycott-Garnett Has Got What You Need Matt B-G, officially my favourite person with six Ts in his name, puts on the most amazing shows ever. Carefully Planned and Everything You Need are two of the coolest things currently going on in the UK because Matt is pretty much the most dedicated and caring gig promoter I’ve ever met. Everything he does is out of a pure love for music, which is much bigger than most people’s I know. He asked me to make him a mix so I wanted to give him some stuff he might not know in the hope that he’ll put the bands that are actually still together on near me some time soon, and also in the hope that I can out-obscure him. Click the cover to download, and ignore the fact that the files are messy in the folder, they’re all tagged right. Tracklisting: Jimmy Islip - 1990 Ten Speed Bicycle - Aw Man, I Don’t Know What I Did With My Dracula Bow Tie National School - Saltwater Taffy NGOD - Wardrobe Richard Peter Snapes & The Lie Awakes - I’ve Made Up Stories Lucky Thirteen - Stereo Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - Year Of The Rabbit Maps - To The Sky (M83 Mix) Park Jefferson - Better Boy Second Hand Stories - Frontiers Jose Vanders - Faces Going Places Jebediah - Harpoon Parachutes - Grass Leaves Metonym - Rooted He Sold Space - Like Father Like Son Hunter Smith - Seriously, No Pressure

MFF#24: Matthew Boycott-Garnett Has Got What You Need

Matt B-G, officially my favourite person with six Ts in his name, puts on the most amazing shows ever. Carefully Planned and Everything You Need are two of the coolest things currently going on in the UK because Matt is pretty much the most dedicated and caring gig promoter I’ve ever met. Everything he does is out of a pure love for music, which is much bigger than most people’s I know. He asked me to make him a mix so I wanted to give him some stuff he might not know in the hope that he’ll put the bands that are actually still together on near me some time soon, and also in the hope that I can out-obscure him. Click the cover to download, and ignore the fact that the files are messy in the folder, they’re all tagged right.

Tracklisting:

  1. Jimmy Islip - 1990
  2. Ten Speed Bicycle - Aw Man, I Don’t Know What I Did With My Dracula Bow Tie
  3. National School - Saltwater Taffy
  4. NGOD - Wardrobe
  5. Richard Peter Snapes & The Lie Awakes - I’ve Made Up Stories
  6. Lucky Thirteen - Stereo
  7. Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - Year Of The Rabbit
  8. Maps - To The Sky (M83 Mix)
  9. Park Jefferson - Better Boy
  10. Second Hand Stories - Frontiers
  11. Jose Vanders - Faces Going Places
  12. Jebediah - Harpoon
  13. Parachutes - Grass Leaves
  14. Metonym - Rooted
  15. He Sold Space - Like Father Like Son
  16. Hunter Smith - Seriously, No Pressure
MFF#23 Rob’s Really Showing Me Up With These Clever Names So Rob’s been making a whole bunch of great mixes for this blog, making me feel pretty guilty. So I’m putting a few together now, but first, I realised I still have the playlists for a bunch of mixes I made last year, and better yet, I’ve copied the artwork I made for them off my old computer! This is a mixtape I made for Elen, who is in the top four raddest people I have met on the internet. In joint first place with the other three, probably. There are a couple of songs that have been on other mixes I’ve made, sorry about that, but like I said I will be making some new ones and they will have all new songs.Click to download the picture, as usual. Unlike Rob, I don’t know a way to change the track number tags on all of these that isn’t a massive pain in the arse (unless he just puts up with it) but there is a playlist file that should load them all up in order for you. TRACKLIST: BATS - Higgs Boson Particle Adebisi Shank - Horse Botch - Man The Ramparts Melt-Banana - We Wll Rock You Tom Waits - Kommienezuspadt Black Eyes - A Pack Of Wolves Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra - I Built Myself A Metal Bird O’Death - Lowtide Future Of The Left - Small Bones, Small Bodies Noumenon - Algoresrhythm Liars - Mr. You’re On Fire Mr. Boredoms - Tomato Synthesiser Dalek - Distorted Prose Mr. Scruff - Jusjus (feat Roots Manuva) Railcars - There Is Ice; It Is Blue Hipster Youth - Pale Girls The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow’s Parties The Magnetic Fields - Long-Forgotten Fairytale You’re Only Massive - Everything (demo) Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothea - Mou Pei Na

MFF#23 Rob’s Really Showing Me Up With These Clever Names

So Rob’s been making a whole bunch of great mixes for this blog, making me feel pretty guilty. So I’m putting a few together now, but first, I realised I still have the playlists for a bunch of mixes I made last year, and better yet, I’ve copied the artwork I made for them off my old computer!

This is a mixtape I made for Elen, who is in the top four raddest people I have met on the internet. In joint first place with the other three, probably. There are a couple of songs that have been on other mixes I’ve made, sorry about that, but like I said I will be making some new ones and they will have all new songs.
Click to download the picture, as usual. Unlike Rob, I don’t know a way to change the track number tags on all of these that isn’t a massive pain in the arse (unless he just puts up with it) but there is a playlist file that should load them all up in order for you.

TRACKLIST:

  1. BATS - Higgs Boson Particle
  2. Adebisi Shank - Horse
  3. Botch - Man The Ramparts
  4. Melt-Banana - We Wll Rock You
  5. Tom Waits - Kommienezuspadt
  6. Black Eyes - A Pack Of Wolves
  7. Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra - I Built Myself A Metal Bird
  8. O’Death - Lowtide
  9. Future Of The Left - Small Bones, Small Bodies
  10. Noumenon - Algoresrhythm
  11. Liars - Mr. You’re On Fire Mr.
  12. Boredoms - Tomato Synthesiser
  13. Dalek - Distorted Prose
  14. Mr. Scruff - Jusjus (feat Roots Manuva)
  15. Railcars - There Is Ice; It Is Blue
  16. Hipster Youth - Pale Girls
  17. The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow’s Parties
  18. The Magnetic Fields - Long-Forgotten Fairytale
  19. You’re Only Massive - Everything (demo)
  20. Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothea - Mou Pei Na
MFF#21: Time Travel Songs. I made this for Jaimie quite a while ago. I was going to post it out to her but I couldn’t be bothered and it’s probably expensive anyway, so I’m just posting it up here instead, a few months late. It’s called Time Travel Songs because the time difference between America and England means that she lives in the past and I live in the future. Jaimie has spent many a day/night/whatever listening to me moan over Facebook chat and she honestly just rules, and I hope I can meet her some day for some serious partyin’ of some description. So I made her a mix of British bands, including some of the most British-sounding bands I could think of, as well as some stuff from America or whatever. I think it’s pretty good. The last track is especially relevant because it’s a song by Dave House, a folk punk singer from the UK, recorded live in a living room in West Chester, PA, which is where she lives now. It’s likely that she’ll know the person who recorded it. Just goes to show what a small world we live in thanks to the internet sometimes, and how things and people can be connected in unexpected ways. Click the cover to download, and ignore the mess the folder is in as it’s all tagged properly. Tracklist: Pudge - Fuckin’ Yes Mate Johnny Foreigner - Elegy For Post Teenage Living Parts 1 & 2 The 255s - In Northern England Cats and Cats and Cats - Young Person’s Guide To Becoming A Rock Star Winston Echo - Winchester Cathedral Choir Frightened Rabbit - The Wrestle Chrik - Music (Without A Condom) Idlewild - When I Argue I See Shapes Joan Of Arc - Bobby Burg & Nate Kinsella Los Campesinos! - Too Many Flesh Suppers Pop Unknown - Oh Kay Mansions - Shoes On, Pants Off Tubelord - Our First American Friends [Acoustic ‘For The Grandparents’ version] Kyle Fischer - Too Soon To Know Old Canes - Blue Eleanor Tanaou - St. Crispin’s Got Our Backs Boilermaker - Slow Down One Toy Soldier - Dusty Shelves, Broken Blinds Matt Berry - One Track Lover Dave House - Kingston’s Current [Live ‘At My Parents House’ version]

MFF#21: Time Travel Songs.

I made this for Jaimie quite a while ago. I was going to post it out to her but I couldn’t be bothered and it’s probably expensive anyway, so I’m just posting it up here instead, a few months late. It’s called Time Travel Songs because the time difference between America and England means that she lives in the past and I live in the future. Jaimie has spent many a day/night/whatever listening to me moan over Facebook chat and she honestly just rules, and I hope I can meet her some day for some serious partyin’ of some description. So I made her a mix of British bands, including some of the most British-sounding bands I could think of, as well as some stuff from America or whatever. I think it’s pretty good.

The last track is especially relevant because it’s a song by Dave House, a folk punk singer from the UK, recorded live in a living room in West Chester, PA, which is where she lives now. It’s likely that she’ll know the person who recorded it. Just goes to show what a small world we live in thanks to the internet sometimes, and how things and people can be connected in unexpected ways. Click the cover to download, and ignore the mess the folder is in as it’s all tagged properly.

Tracklist:

  1. Pudge - Fuckin’ Yes Mate
  2. Johnny Foreigner - Elegy For Post Teenage Living Parts 1 & 2
  3. The 255s - In Northern England
  4. Cats and Cats and Cats - Young Person’s Guide To Becoming A Rock Star
  5. Winston Echo - Winchester Cathedral Choir
  6. Frightened Rabbit - The Wrestle
  7. Chrik - Music (Without A Condom)
  8. Idlewild - When I Argue I See Shapes
  9. Joan Of Arc - Bobby Burg & Nate Kinsella
  10. Los Campesinos! - Too Many Flesh Suppers
  11. Pop Unknown - Oh Kay
  12. Mansions - Shoes On, Pants Off
  13. Tubelord - Our First American Friends [Acoustic ‘For The Grandparents’ version]
  14. Kyle Fischer - Too Soon To Know
  15. Old Canes - Blue Eleanor
  16. Tanaou - St. Crispin’s Got Our Backs
  17. Boilermaker - Slow Down
  18. One Toy Soldier - Dusty Shelves, Broken Blinds
  19. Matt Berry - One Track Lover
  20. Dave House - Kingston’s Current [Live ‘At My Parents House’ version]
MFF#20: covers//downers I made this as a playlist for my own purposes initially, but decided to share it. It’s a bunch of sad covers of songs. Some of the songs were initially happy, some were initially sad, but these are some fairly miserable renditions of songs played by people who clearly really care about what they’re playing. I’ve included the original artist on the tracklisting below, in case you don’t know what’s what. The album art for this one is weird. Sorry. I don’t really know where it came from. Click it to download this mix. Although the folder might look a bit of a mess, it’s all tagged up properly. Tracklist: Sun Kil Moon - Exit Does Not Exist [Modest Mouse] Frank Turner - Pay To Cum [Bad Brains] Dave House - New Slang [The Shins] Ryan Adams - Wonderwall [Oasis] Owen - Never Meant [American Football] Ben Marwood, Franz Nicolay & Frank Turner - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight [The Postal Service] Bright Eyes - The Biggest Lie [Elliott Smith] Minor2Major - Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong [Against Me!] Matt King - Girl From The North Country [Bob Dylan] Straylight Run - Peach, Plum, Pear [Joanna Newsom] The Burning Paris - Asleep [The Smiths] Xiu Xiu - Fast Car [Tracy Chapman]

MFF#20: covers//downers

I made this as a playlist for my own purposes initially, but decided to share it. It’s a bunch of sad covers of songs. Some of the songs were initially happy, some were initially sad, but these are some fairly miserable renditions of songs played by people who clearly really care about what they’re playing. I’ve included the original artist on the tracklisting below, in case you don’t know what’s what.

The album art for this one is weird. Sorry. I don’t really know where it came from. Click it to download this mix. Although the folder might look a bit of a mess, it’s all tagged up properly.

Tracklist:

  1. Sun Kil Moon - Exit Does Not Exist [Modest Mouse]
  2. Frank Turner - Pay To Cum [Bad Brains]
  3. Dave House - New Slang [The Shins]
  4. Ryan Adams - Wonderwall [Oasis]
  5. Owen - Never Meant [American Football]
  6. Ben Marwood, Franz Nicolay & Frank Turner - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight [The Postal Service]
  7. Bright Eyes - The Biggest Lie [Elliott Smith]
  8. Minor2Major - Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong [Against Me!]
  9. Matt King - Girl From The North Country [Bob Dylan]
  10. Straylight Run - Peach, Plum, Pear [Joanna Newsom]
  11. The Burning Paris - Asleep [The Smiths]
  12. Xiu Xiu - Fast Car [Tracy Chapman]
MFF#19: Fuck This Place This mix was made for Heather. I don’t talk to her very much anymore, but I used to talk to her every day. For a large chunk of this summer, I was living in an absolutely horrible student flat that was empty for the summer whilst trying (and failing) to find a job and waiting to be able to move in to the house I live in now. In retrospect, it was probably a huge mistake. A whole bunch of things either happened or didn’t happen that made it an absolutely miserable time, and I think I probably took this out on Heather quite a bit by being a fairly massive jerk to her for pretty much no reason. I’m not surprised she doesn’t bother to talk to me anymore. So this was kind of intended as an apology mix CD, and it’s full of some of the songs I listened to most during my time there, as well as songs I thought she’d like. It’s a pretty good mix of more indie/pop stuff, with a few curveballs in there. Often gloomy, as you might guess from the name, but occasionally cheerful too. It’s all over the place, much like I was at the time. The cover photo is the view from the window of my flat. I really, seriously, hated that place. Click the cover to download, and although the folder will look a bit messy, it’s all tagged up properly. Tracklist: The Remarkable Rocket - Helicopters Rainer Maria - Mystery And Misery Anathallo - To Gary And Marcus - The Sovereignty Of God His Omnipresent Nico - These Days Sigur Rós - Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur Laura Stevenson and the Cans - Holy Ghost! Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos Cheap Girls - Her And Cigarettes The American Analog Set - The Postman (ft. Ben Gibbard) [Styrofoam Remix] Bloc Party - This Modern Love (Live/Acoustic) The Promise Ring - Best Looking Boys Cat Power - He War Emmy The Great - The Hypnotist’s Son Into It. Over It. - Pontiac, MI Joanna Newsom - Bridges And Balloons Marie-Flore - Half Past Three Rilo Kiley - With Arms Outstretched

MFF#19: Fuck This Place

This mix was made for Heather. I don’t talk to her very much anymore, but I used to talk to her every day. For a large chunk of this summer, I was living in an absolutely horrible student flat that was empty for the summer whilst trying (and failing) to find a job and waiting to be able to move in to the house I live in now. In retrospect, it was probably a huge mistake. A whole bunch of things either happened or didn’t happen that made it an absolutely miserable time, and I think I probably took this out on Heather quite a bit by being a fairly massive jerk to her for pretty much no reason. I’m not surprised she doesn’t bother to talk to me anymore. So this was kind of intended as an apology mix CD, and it’s full of some of the songs I listened to most during my time there, as well as songs I thought she’d like. It’s a pretty good mix of more indie/pop stuff, with a few curveballs in there. Often gloomy, as you might guess from the name, but occasionally cheerful too. It’s all over the place, much like I was at the time.

The cover photo is the view from the window of my flat. I really, seriously, hated that place. Click the cover to download, and although the folder will look a bit messy, it’s all tagged up properly.

Tracklist:

  1. The Remarkable Rocket - Helicopters
  2. Rainer Maria - Mystery And Misery
  3. Anathallo - To Gary And Marcus - The Sovereignty Of God His Omnipresent
  4. Nico - These Days
  5. Sigur Rós - Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
  6. Laura Stevenson and the Cans - Holy Ghost!
  7. Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came
  8. Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos
  9. Cheap Girls - Her And Cigarettes
  10. The American Analog Set - The Postman (ft. Ben Gibbard) [Styrofoam Remix]
  11. Bloc Party - This Modern Love (Live/Acoustic)
  12. The Promise Ring - Best Looking Boys
  13. Cat Power - He War
  14. Emmy The Great - The Hypnotist’s Son
  15. Into It. Over It. - Pontiac, MI
  16. Joanna Newsom - Bridges And Balloons
  17. Marie-Flore - Half Past Three
  18. Rilo Kiley - With Arms Outstretched

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