Wednesday, November 27, 2013

It's A Long Time Coming - Songs 2013

It's A Long Time Coming - Songs 2013 Pt. 5

A collection of songs from albums released this year that I've been enjoying. The Eighties are alive and well and this particular set focuses more on the keyboards then so many other of my mixes of the music from 2013.  Even the guitar bands here have that 80's sound.






Au Revoir Simone - More Than (Move In Spectrums)
Depeche Mode - Should Be Higher (Delta Machine)
Lovers - Oh Yeah (A Friend In The World)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - If You Didn't See Me [Then You Weren't On The Dancefloor] (The Speed of Things)
Islands - Winged Beat Drums (Ski Mask)
Foxygen - Shuggie (We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic)
Frankie Rose - Sweet Dreams (Herein Wild)
Editors - The Weight (The Weight Of Your Thoughts)
Franz Ferdinand - Stand On The Horizon (Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action)
St. Lucia - Elevate (When The Night)
Daft Punk - Instant Crush (Random Access Memories)
Arcade Fire - We Exist (Reflektor)
Minor Alps - I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands (Get There)
Vampire Weekend - Step (Modern Vampires of the City)



Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Take Me To The Mountain - Songs 2013

Some more spacey freak folk electonica shoegazing psychedelic jams for a cold winter evening.










  1. Great Peacock - Take Me To The Mountain (Great Peacock)
  2. Radar Brothers - Disappearer (Eight)
  3. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - From The Sun (II)
  4. The Sudden Death of Stars - Supernovae (Getting Up, Going Down)
  5. Follakzoid - Trees (II)
  6. Chelsea Wolfe - The Warden (Pain Is Beauty)
  7. The National - Demons (Trouble Will Find Me)
  8. Smith Western - 3am Spiritual (Soft Will)
  9. Blouse - No Shelter (Imperium)
  10. Nightlands - So Far So Long (Oak Island)
  11. Jonathan Rado - Seven Horses (Law and Order)
  12. Dog Bite - Forever, Until (Velvet Changes)
  13. Numbers and Letters - Wading (Guns Under Water)
  14. Sigur Ros - Yfirboro (Kveilkur)



 

Monday, November 25, 2013

So Far From Here - Songs 2013

So Far From Here - Songs 2013 Pt. 3

The folk, country and Americana of the previous two mixes in this series of songs from my favorite albums released in 2013 now definitely move into the indie freak folk weirdness, droning electronica and shoegaze jams.











Tunng - So Far From Here (Turbines)
Akron/Family - Until The Morning (Sub Verses)
Wooden Wand - Supermoon [The Sounding Line] (Blood Oaths Of The New Blues)
Mark Lanegan - Mescalito (Black Pudding)
Lightning Dust - Mirror (Fantasy)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - We No Who U R (Push The Sky Away)
Moby & Damien Jurado - Almost Home (Innocents)
Night Beds - 22 (Country Sleep)
Daughter - Tomorrow (If You Leave)
Cloud Cult - It's Your Decision (Love)
The Love Language - Golden Age (Ruby Red)
The Stargazer Lillies - We Are The Dreamers (We Are The Dreamers)
The Besnard Lakes - People Of The Sticks (Until In Excess, Imperceptable UFO)
The Deep Dark Woods - Miles and Miles (Jubilee)


Saturday, November 23, 2013

At The Edge Of The World - Songs 2013

At The Edge Of The World - Songs 2013 Pt. 2

The mix of folk, country and Americana songs from some of my favorite albums released this year continues but a little more indie folk weirdness thrown in.










Over The Rhine - Meet Me At The Edge Of The World (Meet Me At The Edge Of The World)
Patty Griffin - Ohio (American Kid)
Cass McCombs - Brighter! (Big Wheel and Others)
Mount Moriah - Bright Lights (Miracle Temple)
Will Courtney - A Century Behind (A Century Behind)
Deadstring Brothers - Cannery Row (Cannery Row)
Houndmouth - Long As You're At Home (From The Hills Below)
The Civil Wars - Dust To Dust (The Civil Wars)
Half Moon Run - Full Circle (Dark Eyes)
Moor Hound - Holiday (Stifled Spirit)
Richard Buckner - Surrounded (Surrounded)
Phosphorescent - Song For Zula (Muchacho)
Junip - Walking Lightly (Junip)
Califone - Stiches (Stiches)
Still Corners - The Trip (Stange Pleasures)
Sarah Jarosz - Over The Edge (Build Me Up From Bones)



Thursday, November 21, 2013

Another Story - Songs 2013

Another Story - Songs 2013 Pt. 1

This is my first mix collection of songs from some of my favorite albums released in 2013. Mostly Americana, country and folk rock this time around. The new band I'm excited about on this mix is The Shouting Matches.

Photo: The Head and The Heart in concert.







The Head and The Heart - Another Story (Let's Be Still)
Mikal Cronin - Peace of Mind (MCII)
Will Courtney - There's No Answer (A Century Behind)
Jason Isbell - Traveling Alone (Southeastern)
Willie Sugarcapps - Colorado (Willie Sugarcapps)
Steve Earle - Burning It Down (The Low Highway)
The Wood Brothers - Neon Tombstone (The Muse)
The Shouting Matches - Avery Hill (Grownass Man)
Futurebirds - Serial Bowls (Baba Yaga)
Hollis Brown - Gypsy Black Cat (Ride On The Train)
Water Liars - Sucker (Wyoming)
The Civil Wars - From This Valley (The Civil Wars)
Amos Lee - Stranger (Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song)
Steve Martin & Edie Bricknell - When You Get To Asheville (Love Has Come For You)
Son Volt - Hearts and Minds (Honky Tonk)
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Sleep On It (Wassaic Way)