Mixtape 11

Mixtape 11 is ready just in time for fall! This one has been percolating for a good long while, and features some of the bands that I'm digging at the moment, like Yukon Blonde, Japandroids, The Drums, and Frankie Rose. Some of the tracks have been linked on the blog before, so they might be familiar to you. You can find the torrent link here. Let me know what you think, or if you have any technical difficulties with downloading it.

MIXTAPE 11

1. Yukon Blonde - My Girl
2. Real Estate - It's Real
3. Japandroids - The House that Heaven Built
4. Alabama Shakes - Hold On
5. The Drums - Book of Revelation
6. Frankie Rose - Know Me
7. Grouplove - Tongue Tied
8. Kathleen Edwards - Change the Sheets
9. Yukon Blonde - Fire
10. War on Drugs - Best Night
11. Sophie Madelene - Oil & Gold
12. Youth Lagoon - Daydream
13. Purity Ring - Fineshrine
14. Frankie Rose - Interstellar
15. Kindness - Gee Up
16. Escort - Starlight
17. Spiritualized - Hey Jane

New M.I.A.!

M.I.A. is set to drop her fourth album 'Matangi' in the coming weeks. She has described it as "Paul Simon on acid", and has a new production team ditching former boyfriend Diplo and Switch (who went on to do the Major Lazer project), describing them as "fame whore colonisers". OK then. Here is a sneak peek at the first single "Come Walk with Me"

Pete Yorn - "Life on a Chain"

Pete Yorn is a man with big brass balls. He had a dream that he collaborated with Scarlett Johansson on an album. He approached her through her agent (his brother) and they did collaborate to release 2009 "Break Up" featuring the dynamite single 'Relator'. My dreams about Scarlett have no hope of coming true!


This track popped up on the radio recently, and I totally dug it. It's from his 2001 debut 'musicforthemorningafter'. Enjoy

Purity Ring - "Fineshrine"

This Edmonton based duo started on a lark with a single last year "Ungirthed", and have just dropped their debut album "Shrines" on 4AD records. It received a 'Best New Music' nod on Pitchfork, and they are already on a European tour for the summer. Not bad. Their sound is ethereal with vocals provided by Megan James and production by Corrin Roddick. This is a great single, with a tripped-out video.

Dan Scotty - Hard Rain's Gonna Fall

This classic Dylan tune is one that strikes me deep as a parent. We never can tell where our children will end up, we can only be there when then need us as a home base/soft place to land. Congratulations Regan on the birth of a blue-eyed son! Where will he go?

Yukon Blonde - "My Girl"

I've posted about these guys before. They are Kelowna transplants to Vancouver and are catchy as hell. They have a new album out called Tiger Talk, and as far as I can tell this is the first single.

Beirut ~ "After the Curtain"

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