Friday, December 5, 2008

Mix CD 12/02/08

unfinished….lol

Track 1: Noah & The Whale – Five Years Time

Track 2: Ra Ra Riot – Ghost Under Rocks

Track 3: Glasvegas - Geraldine

A beautiful song, a simple poem, check out the lyrics here. Until I read the lyrics I absolutely couldn’t understand what he was saying. His thick Scottish accent was making me try to make sounds just to sing it, because the sound and feeling is all there, it could be sung in Japanese, but the way it’s sung still carries a powerful meaning and sense of danger and safety. Song has a lot of replay potential.

Track 4: Of Montreal – Id Engager

Funny little track. Check out the lyrics here. There’s a lot going on in this song. It’s got some remix potential, some light techno beats, electronic, an 80s attitude, poppiness (which is a combination of happy and poppy). Just like Geraldine your sad when its over and you want to hear it again.

Track 5: Blitzen Trapper – Furr
Great folky tune. I can really feel like I'm in the setting he describes. He plays about two chords the whole song, but his capable voice takes you on a wayward journey. Check out the lyrics here. I’ll try to ease you into some acoustic stuff.

Track 6: Tony Lucca – True Story
This song reminds me of American Pie, it’s an excellent acoustic story. check it out. You don’t need any lyrics its sung in perfect American English. Unless maybe you’re Scottish and you think you speak perfect English :/.

Track 7: Landon Pigg – Coffee Shop
I was kind of in love with this track a couple months ago, but it still ranks up pretty high on my list and I haven’t featured it in a CD yet recently so It’s got to be in here somewhere. It’s got a calm loving feel to it. When I hear it I imagine a warm quiet artsy coffee shop where too lovers meet over a cup of Joe. I’m usually very particular about acoustic songs that I like. But this one is sung so well, his voice is amazing. He could just talk and it would sound better than 99% of the artists out there. Obviously the artists voice sets the tone for the music and genre, but Landon Pigg’s is pleasant and original, soft and honest (posh). Check out the lyrics here.

Track 8: MGMT – Kids
Lyrics here.

Track 10: Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer
Checkout the lyrics to this track here. The last mix cd I came out with had 2 sets of repeat groups. I had MGMT twice and Eddie Vedder twice. The cd before that I had 2 tracks by the LBC Growlers. You know your on to something good when you’ve got to have 2 songs by one artist on a mix cd. Another original folky tune by Blitzen Trapper. honorable mention: Wildmountain Nation, this song sounds nothing like the other two. It sounds like they needed to have some fun and recorded they could have fun with.

Runners Up:
Cut Copy – Strangers in the Wind/lights and music
Matt & Kim – Daylight (poppy good rhythm
TV on The Radio – Dancing Choose
Jay Reatard – My Shadow
The Walkmen – The Rat
The Walkmen – In the Newyear
Santogold – Say Aha / Startruck
Empire of the Sun – Walking on A Dream
Tegan & Sara – Walking with a ghost
Tegan & Sara – Call it Off
City & Colour
Republic Tigers – Buildings and Mountains
Le Tigre – Deceptacon
Clap Your hands say yeah – The skin of my yellow country teeth
Pulp – Common People
Elbow – Grounds for Divorce
Band of Horses – Funeral
The Coral – In the Morning 
Battles – Leyendecker
Conor Oberst – Cape Caneveral
Backyard Tire Fire - Shoulda Shut it
Matt & Kim – Daylight
Deerhoof
Land of Talk – Some are lakes
Seawolf – the cold the dark and the silence
Pavement – Range Life
Mr. Gnome – Pirates
Chairlift – Bruises
Crystal Castles – Untrust Us
Ratatat – anything
Rogue Wave - California
The Avalanches – Since I left You
Beulah – Popular Mechanics
Ra Ra Riot – Can You Tell
Burial – Archangel (chill track)
Gang Gang Dance – House Jam
Matt Pond PA – Halloween
TV On the Radio - DLZ
Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue (cool acoustic)


Some Classics:
Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers part 1

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