July 5, 2012 Mix

Another mix with songs for the summer. Enjoy!

Mix
1. Bobby Birdman - These Sentences Comment On Art, But Are Not Art
2. Why? - Sod in the Seed
3. Poolside - Slow Down
4. Teen Daze - Brooklyn Summer (Lushlife Remix)
5. Mac Demarco - Baby's Wearing Blue Jeans
6. Ducktails - Killin the Vibe
7. Lord Huron - Mighty
8. QTM - Rocket
9. Passion Pit - Take a Walk (M Machines Remix)
10. Dirty Gold - North
11. Kid Cudi/Best Coast - All Summer
12. Ice Cream Shout - Marianne
13. Weird Dreams - House of Secrets
14. Jeans Wilder - Daisy
15. Goodbye the Band - Morning Bell/Birthday Slope
16. A Lull - Weapons for War
17. Wing Dam - That Light
18. Beach Fossils - Distance
19. Fruit Bats - Dolly
20. Woods - Hand it Out
21. Peter and the Wolf - Sure I See the Sun

June 10, 2012 Mix

A mix that has been over a year in the making! Given how long it's taken to finish, lots of variety appears on this mix.  Enjoy and please support the bands by following the links below.

Part I
1 (0:00). New Animal - Far Away
2 (3:42). Animal Collective - Honeycomb
3 (6:39). John Maus - No Title (Molly)
4 (9:42). Spencer Owen - Water Drinkers
5 (12:45). Polysick - Smudge, Hawaii
6 (14:45). Expensive Looks - Nothing More
7 (17:22). Lotus Plaza - Evingness
8 (22:24). Young Man - Fate
9 (26:25). Co La - Egyptian Peaches
10 (31:20). Beat Connection - The Palace Garden, 4am
11 (34:39). Fiction - Careful
12 (37:42). Surfer Blood - Drinking Problem
13 (41:10). Mouse on Mars - Metrotopy
14 (44:44). Xiu Xiu - Hi
15 (48:28). Jowa Sun - Something More
16 (51:46). Future Islands - Give Us The Wind
17 (55:49). Majical Cloudz - Francisco
18 (59:11). Moon Duo - When You Cut
19 (64:04). Mi Ami - Dolphins
20 (68:29). Ganglians - Evil Weave
21 (72:07). Craft Spells - Scandinavian Crush
22 (75:31). Zammuto - F U C-3P0

Part II
1 (0:00). Jib Kidder - My Baby (Slowfeel Coasting Mix)
2 (2:38). Amerigo Gazaway - Ooh
3 (6:28). Tanlines -  Brothers
4 (10:28). Oneohtrix Point Never - Up
5 (14:22). Peaking Lights - All The Sun That Shines
6 (21:13). Doldrums - Egypt
7 (28:16). Oberhofer - Gotta Go 
8 (31:27). Nodzzz - Time
9 (33:04). Parenthetical Girls - Careful Who You Dance With
10 (35:40). Bi - Tuf Jak
11 (37:59). Flow Child - The Human
12 (42:07). Walsh - Welcome to 2K12
13 (47:10). King Krule - The Noose of Jah City
14 (50:51). The Streets - Cinema Barz
15 (53:38). Monster Rally - Moonglow
16 (56:29). Toro Y Moi - Still Sound
17 (60:54). Here We Go Magic - Make Up Your Mind
18 (64:57). Julia Holter - Goddess Eyes
19 (68:18). Messy Sparkles - Kids In Tall Trees

Part III
1 (0:00). Liars - No. 1 Against the Rush
2 (5:03). Gauntlet Hair - Bunk
3 (8:00). Pepepiano - Bruce Springstein
4 (11:37). Each Other - Sit Still
5 (14:17). Mozart Parties - Black Cloud
6 (19:00). Cotton Jones - Down Beside Em
7 (22:03). Metronomy - The Look
8 (26:24). The Vaccines - If You Wanna
9 (29:16). Just A Number 05272011 - He Didn't Want A Love Song
10 (32:04). Washed Out - Amor Fati
11 (36:24). Rangers - Zombies (Night)
12 (40:16). Real Estate - Out Of Tune
13 (45:02). Hot Chip - Flutes
14 (52:04). Tune Yards - Lady
15 (57:17). Wet Hair - Echo Lady
16 (60:57). DIIV - Doused
17 (64:33). Spectrals - 4 Big Baby
18 (66:54). The Radio Dept. - You Stopped Making Sense
19 (70:47). Spectre Folk - The Blackest Medicine
20 (75:29). Teen Daze - Let's Fall Asleep Together

February 28, 2011 Mix

It's been so long that this mix became a three parter. Next up should be a TTFEOO mix. Enjoy this one for now and please support the bands.

Part I
1 (0:00). Akron/Family - Light Emerges
2 (1:38). Painted Palms - All Of Us
3 (4:39). Miniature Tigers - Bullfighter Jacket
4 (7:54). Ice Cream Shout - Tattooed Tears
5 (12:36).  Lord Huron - We Went Wild
6 (17:20). Deerhunter - Helicopter
7 (22:09). Winter Gloves - Strange Love
8 (24:39). Millionyoung - Hammock
9 (27:40). Eric Copeland - Fun Dink Death
10 (31:17). Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross - Blacks
11 (34:28). Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - These New Knights
12 (37:51). Braids - Plath Heart
13 (42:10). Hard Mix - Memories
14 (45:54). Range Rover - Soda
15 (49:00). Living Rooms - Cave In
16 (52:04). Wu Lyf - I Got Dem Wu Wu Busted Teef
17 (55:48). New Animal - Try
18 (60:08). You! - To Disappear
19 (63:02). Weed Diamond - Mint In My Mouth
20 (66:00). Delicate Steve - Butterfly
21 (70:07). Jonquil - I Know I Don't Know

Part II
1 (0:00). Ducktails - Hamilton Road
2 (2:23). Women - Locust Valley
3 (6:38). Bye Bye Blackbird - So Sorry, Girl
4 (8:51). CEO - Come With Me
5 (12:36). Three Mile Pilot - Planets
6 (16:12). Fujiya Miyagi - Ventriloquizzing
7 (20:19). Navajo Bixby - Moonlighting
8 (25:48). Beat Connection - In the Water
9 (30:35). Bear Hands - Belongings
10 (34:33). Beach Fossils - Face It
11 (38:03). Possessed By Paul James - Four Men From the Row
12 (41:12). The War On Drugs - Comin' Through
13 (44:33). Sunsquints - Machu Picchu
14 (47:46). Abe Vigoda - Throwing Shade
15 (51:17). Keith Canisius - First Tambourine Love
16 (57:11). Crystal Castles - Not In Love (ft. Robert Smith)
17 (60:56). Diamond Rings - All Ty Songs
18 (63:38). Spectrals - Peppermint
19 (67:00). Craft Spells - You Should Close The Door
20 (70:09). Southern Shores - Grande Comore
21 (74:15). Magic Man - Nest

Part III
1 (0:00). Buffalo Daughter - A11 A10ne
2 (4:06). The Soft Moon - Parallels
3 (7:10). Young Magic - You With Air
4 (10:34). Tanlines - Real Life
5 (15:11). Panda Bear - Alsatian Darn
6 (19:27). Dirty Gold - California Sunrise
7 (23:16). The Jameses - Rat People
8 (27:40). Small Black - Photojournalist
9 (31:16). Yuni In Taxco - King of Borneo
10 (34:11). Truman Peyote - Magentadoor II
11 (38:05). No Age - Glitter
12 (41:52). Whirl - Leave
13 (46:02). Little Wings - Gold Teeth
14 (49:41). Terror Bird - Married Women
15 (52:06). Tronik Youth - Th?nk
16 (56:52). LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
17 (61:41). The Fresh and Onlys - Waterfall
18 (64:52). Mike Adams At His Honest Weight - Bad Weather
19 (69:56). Velvet Davenport - When You Are Out

July 11, 2010 Mix

Next installment of the TTFEOO mix series is in the works and will showcase the songs of Slapstick and the offshoot bands that have resulted from this great ska-punk band breaking up in the late 90s.  Enjoy these tunes for now, mostly from new bands playing rock, lo-fi, punk, shoe-gaze, new wave, folk, noise, disco or some weird combination of these genres. Support the bands by clicking on the links and purchasing their music and let me know what you think!

Part I
1 (0:00). Oberhofer - I Could Go
2 (4:57). The Thermals - Separate
3 (8:33). Safe - Get Along Good
4 (11:14). Birds & Batteries - Out In The Woods
5 (15:42). Future Islands - Walking Through That Door
6 (20:12). Twin Sister - Lady Daydream
7 (23:14). Beach Fossils - Golden Age
8 (27:15). Pure Ecstasy - Voices
9 (31:44). Gauntlet Hair - I Was Thinking
10 (36:35). Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Menopause Man
11 (39:10). Crystal Castles - Baptism
12 (43:19). Lands & Peoples - In Living Colour
13 (46:49). Neighbors - I'm A Building, I'm On Fire
14 (49:25). Active Child - I'm In Your Church At Night
15 (53:47). Cale Parks - Running Family
16 (58:30). Friendo - Callers
17 (63:05). Small Black - Despicable Dogs
18 (66:54). Vehicle Blues - Changer
19 (69:50). Washed Out - #2
20 (72:39). Male Bonding - Weird Feelings
21 (74:53). Everybody Yay - Listening

Part II
1 (0:00). Blithe Field - Bible School
2 (3:32). Secret Cities - Pink Graffiti Part 1
3 (8:06). Asa Ransom - New Circles
4 (11:46). Washed Hands - I'm Feeling So Great
5 (15:38). Coolrunnings - San Dimas Oasis
6 (18:42). Young Man - Just a Growin'
7 (22:36). Grimes - Rosa
8 (25:50). Liars - Pleasure In Boss
9 (28:45). Wild Nothing - Take Me In
10 (32:09). Baths - Aminals
11 (35:26). Blind Man's Colour - Sleeping Bag
12 (38:37). Fang Island - Daisy
13 (41:54). WU LYF - Heavy Pop
14 (45:17). Slow Animal - Sitting Here
15 (47:54). Open Hand - Honey
16 (51:13). Tame Impala - Jeremy's Storm
17 (55:35). Ancient Crux - In Teen Dreams
18 (58:05). Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars
19 (60:33). Hey Hey My My - Jazzol
20 (63:42). No Kids - At the Grove
21 (69:15). Jeremy Jay - Just Dial My Number
22 (73:24). Cloud Nothings - Even If It Worked Out
23 (76:17). Happy Birthday - Fun

Volume IV: James Ward (Asa Milbankx) and Company

The latest in the Trying to Figure Each Other Out mix series is finally available for download. This mix explores the musical projects James Ward has been involved with since I met him thirteen years ago waiting in line for a concert on Long Island. Since that night, Jim and a cast of other talented musicians have released several albums and EPs as Sonic Six, Analog Birds and the Latters, and Jim is about to release a solo album operating under the guise Asa Milbankx through the Mount Valley imprint. In addition, I have also been the lucky recipient of hundreds of demos which I have amassed over time, most of which have never been released properly or more accurately, heard by more than a handful of people. This mix is my attempt at collecting the best of the released and unreleased material I have collected as the self-appointed archiver of Jim's music.

What I hope you hear as you move through the tracks on this mix is not only the wide range of sounds that his music has incorporated throughout his progression as a musician, but also the raw honesty that comes through on these tracks.  This is especially true of some of the demos, which often were sent to me with caveats like "this is just to give you an idea and is really rough, so don't judge the song yet." In sharing these tracks, which often show the fragility of his creative process or the subtle insecurity of lyrics not yet believed, Jim showed a trust in me that I will always appreciate.  This trust has led to an attachment to his songs that I have with no other artist.  Unfortunately for Jim, this has also led to a consistent stream of "I liked the demo version better" when the songs were finally released.  I don't think Jim ever expected these songs would be distributed to a larger audience, but the privilege I have had is now yours.  I hope you enjoy the mix and hear a little of the greatness I hear when I listen to these songs.

Also, I wanted to throw out a special thank you to all of the musicians who have been involved in the writing and recording of these songs, including...Tim McNicholas (Tracks 1, 14, 15 and 24); Bronson Stevic (Tracks 1 and 14); Danny Smith (Tracks 7 and 9); Ryan Weiner (Tracks 22 and 24); Matt McNiff (Track 12 and 16); George Niesuchouski (Tracks 13 and 19); Rob Devlin (Track 20); and Matt Mahone (Track 26).

If you click on certain of the album titles, you can download the album for free, compliments of the bands. 

The picture above was an album cover created by Ryan Callis for the unreleased album, We Forgot Our Weapons (which the demos Flc Raga, Luna Mesa, Up in an Oaktree and Through Walls were created in connection with). His work is incredible, so please click on this link and check it out.

Trying To Figure Each Other Out - James Ward and Company

1 (0:00). Analog Birds - Arbiters Grounds (Musique Concrete, 2007)
2 (2:11). James Ward - Angry Sun (Demo, 2006)
3 (4:58). Analog Birds - Symbol Minded (Don't Let It Slow You Down, 2004)
4 (7:59). Sonic Six - Nothing's Wrong (Dumb Angel Demo Tape, 1999)
5 (12:08). Analog Birds - Infidel$$ (Musique Concrete, 2007)
6 (14:17). The Latters - In the Meadow (Simple Shapes+Patters Demos, 2008)
7 (16:51). Analog Birds - Flc Raga (Demo, 2005)
8 (20:18). James Ward - Daybreak (Demo, 2007)
9 (21:02). Analog Birds - Over the Desert (Monkey Knife Fight, 2003)
10 (23:36). Analog Birds - No Salt in the Sea (Monkey Knife Fight, 2003)
11 (26:30). Analog Birds - Green City (Don't Let It Slow You Down, 2004)
12 (30:14). Analog Birds - Luna Mesa (Demo, 2005)
13 (32:15). Analog Birds - Overdone (Removables, 2000)
14 (35:18). Analog Birds - Jingo (Musique Concrete, 2007)
15 (37:57). Analog Birds - Up in an Oaktree (Demos, 2005)
16 (42:27). Analog Birds - Land of the Whales (Out of Sight, 2004)
17 (44:37). James Ward - What's the Mission (Demo, 2006)
18 (46:43). James Ward - Reception (Demo, 2005)
19 (48:40). Sonic Six - Variation 3 (Dumb Angel Demo, 1999)
20 (50:02). Analog Birds - Is it Slowing Down (Don't Let It Slow You Down, 2004)
21 (53:05). Analog Birds - Stroller (Monkey Knife Fight, 2003)
22 (55:49). James Ward - Dawn Project (Demo, 2006)
23 (59:31). Analog Birds - Through Walls (Demo, 2005)
24 (62:40). Analog Birds - Across the Hills (Demo, 2006)
25 (64:50). Analog Birds - Lavish (Removables, 2000)
26 (68:20). Sonic Six - Weatherman (Dumb Angel Demo Tape, 1999)
27 (70:14). James Ward - Star Collector (Demo, 2008)
28 (72:58). The Latters - Somebody Told Me (Simple Shapes+Patters Demos, 2008)
29 (75:34). James Ward - Red Project (Demo, 2006)