That was mine! :D
I'm so glad you liked it. I had no idea what you'd like! Though I tried to get some insights from around and found out that you liked St. Vincent which I was gonna use in my mixtape regardless, but it was good to know you'd be liking one of them for sure hehe.
So, here's the list:
1. Actor Out of Work - St. Vincent (Actor, 2009)
As you said so yourself, it's a great song by a great new female artist. Her uniqueness and music abilities really are outstanding.
2. Just Like Honey - The Jesus and mary Chain (Psychocandy, 1985)
This was an 80s song indeed. It's soothing and beautiful. I highly recommend their album "Psychocandy" :)
3. Painter In Your Pocket - Destroyer (Destroyer's Rubies, 2006)
It's a one man band consisting of Dan Bejar. His lyrical genius and rocky tunes seem to never fade out. He just keeps getting better and better with every new release. I'm so glad you liked him. I very much recommend him and this album in particular :)
4. Never Stops - Deerhunter (Microcastle, 2008)
Another shoegaze track. I've been so into shoegaze lately it's mad! Anyway hehe, I'm glad you gave this another chance. It's just so good. And the whole album is great. It got some really good reviews upon its release. I highly recommend it too :)
5. No One Does It Like You - Department of Eagles (In Ear Park, 2008)
It's a beautiful mesmerising song and I just can never get enough of it. The band is a side project for Daniel Rossen (one of the members of Grizzly Bear). The sound in this one is very similar to the sound in most of Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest's songs. So I recommend you both albums. "In Ear park" and "Veckatimest".
And here's a song from Veckatimest that pretty much gave Grizzly Bear all the fame they truly deserve: :)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjecYugTbIQ]YouTube - Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks (music video in HD) Veckatimest out now[/ame]
6. 2080 - Yeasayer (All Hour Cymbals, 2007)
It's from a great debut album by Yeasayer. A psycheadlic folk/rock band. Recommend them as well :)
7. Lay Low - My Morning Jacket (Z, 2005)
I felt like ending the louder bits in my mixtape with this song's great solo at the end. The album is an absolute masterpiece. Hiiighly recommended!
Here's a great live one of it :D (Aaaah!)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbFqn3D7eY]YouTube - My Morning Jacket - New Years @ MSG - Lay Low (end jam) (HD)[/ame]
8. Rocky Dennis' Farewell Song - Jens Lekman (Oh You're So Silent Jens, 2005)
I love Jens Lekman. His beautiful quirky lyrics and those amazing musical arrangments in his songs are so hard to resist. This song is one of his quieter ones, he has a lot of other dancy and popish ones.
P.S: He is so cute too :blush:
9. Dance, Dance, Dance - Lykke Li (Youth Novels, 2008)
It's one of the sweetest songs ever from a very good debut album. Mainly, electro pop, it is. I hope you will be giving this album a listen :)
10. And Sleep Al Mar - Au Revoir Simone (Verses Of Comfort, Assurance, and Salvation, 2006)
I chose this song to set down the tone a bit in the mix with a darker feel. I can't say much about this band as I am still new to them but I surely recommend them :)
11. The Rip - Portishead (Third, 2008)
This was a last-minute add as I felt like I had to share their musical genius with you regardless of being sure you'd like it or not. But you did indeed! I'm so glad. This song, to me, is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. I probably recommend you start with this album and go back to their rest. But my favourite is definitly their debut; Dummy. :)
12. Alligator - Grizzly Bear (Horn of Plenty, 2004)
This album, I think, is their least accessible one. But nevertheless, this song is one of those little gems that make you so glad you got to discover again. And I mainly chose it to end the darker more low feel to the mix and to give more chance for the following song to boom. As I said before I very much recommend these guys to you :)
13. Bear - The Antlers (Hospice, 2009)
This album is an absolute masterpiece. It's one of the saddest most haunting and beautiful albums ever written.
This song comes in the middle of the album so the ending part cuts off as originally it is continued by a following song but I just love how it breaks at the end and thought it'd be suitable for the mix. And I just love the ending lines "we're just too old/we're not old at all." :)
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Again, I'm so glad you liked my mix. It was my absolute pleasure :nice:
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