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I'm "finishing" uni hopefully next summer, I took a break from studying to work full-time for a year... Just a boring job though, unrelated to my studies. Only decent pay if you're a student, about a €1000,- a month, which is not enough if you'd have to pay mortgages and stuff. Probably gonna do a Master's after this, because job prospects are bleak to say the least in my field (English language & culture).

Sunny, warm in the sun but chilly in the shadows.

I posted my review a few days ago, could my mixtape maker post the tracklist please? :D

Btw, if anyone is interested in a punk / loud rock music mixtape or a drum 'n bass/dubstep mixtape, let me know! I'd love to do one.

Great to see you liked it!

I fucking LOVE them! Noise WOOO :D Have you ever seen them live (probably yeah)?

So here's my review. Overall, for someone of my music taste at least, I found this mixtape difficult to get into. I'll post a track-by-track here, because the author put a couple of different genres on there. There were a few songs that stood out to me as pleasant, but a lot of it just didn't grab my attention enough. 1. Slow, Nick Cave style doom. Totally freaky vocals, very low and threatening, with a country vibe to the lyrics and inflection. Could this be someone covering Johnny Cash though? The lyrics sound very Cash to me. I like this one, though I have a feeling that I might like the original better if it's a cover. 2. A complete shift from the last song: from gloom to glee. Jingly synths, an acoustic guitar and very ethereal vocals. It's in English, but the female vocalists sounds like she might not have English as a first language. Oh my god, there's maracas and chimes now! It's funny to listen too, but waaay too elevator music for me. 3. Starts out quite country, with soulful vocals and a little dash of Jack Johnson. After the soul-style background choir kicks in and I've banged my head on the desk for some time, I've come to the conclusion that this must be John Legend. Quite upbeat, but wouldn't listen to it if it wasn't live music or background music. 4. This one begins like a soundtrack to a dramatic, still, movie scene soundtrack. I like the vocals and the old piano in the background. Has sort of Eels-like quality to the lyrics, very world-weary. I like this one, but I would've hoped for a chorus or something. 5. Synths and over-produced percussion. If there's one thing I can't stand it's over produced percussion. The vocals sort of make up for this by sounding like Santigold/Santogold or M.I.A. If I had to hazard a guess as to who this might be I'd say Santogold/Santigold (what the hell is the current spelling again), although I have a feeling it might be less recent. 6. Spanish guitars and a falsetto voice = drama. It sounds like French and an African language. The music isn't very interesting to me, and not understanding the lyrics makes it very hard to listen to this all the way through without getting bored. 7. Simple percussion, a glockenspiel and a Hammond organ. Pretty okay, I don't like the lyrics though. "Catch my disease", seriously? The repetitive "pleeaaase"-s and "that's the way I like it"-s get on my nerves after less then a minute. A have a feeling this is some popular singer-songwriter I should know, but I don't. 8. Very slow and landscape-y. Sorry, but this means nothing to me. All I can see is some dramatic desert with a sun going down like in those fast-forward sunset films. 9. This is probably my favorite song off the mixtape, I like this one a lot! A very comforting male voice with a soft, choppy acoustic guitar rhythm. Nice lyrics too, no pretention. And a cello, I'm a sucker for a well-placed cello section. I'd like to hear more from this artist. I think the singer is Scottish. 10. More acoustic guitar, a floaty female voice. I like her voice, the guitar parts are okay, the lyrics aren't very impressive. This gets a little too repetitive after a while, but it's okay on the ears. 11. Again acoustic guitar, fingerpicking. An unknown language, maybe Hebrew? Or Arabic? Again, okay on the ears, but loses my attention after a minute. Understanding the lyrics might help here. 12. Oh lord. It's lounge. As with the ambient, this just means nothing to me. I really want to put on some noisy music after a mere 20 seconds of this. Sorry! 13. Another instrumental piece, clocking in at a measly 1:13. Sounds like it's from a movie. Again, okay on the ears, but meaningless without a context. As a said before, a lot of this music just isn't my style. I'm into loud and agressive music as well as soft-spoken, romantic stuff, but a lot of this was just too slow to listen in one go. The only song with actual balls was the first one. I liked songs 4 and 9 best, so I'm curious to hear more of these artists!

Thanks for the review! http://rapidshare.com/files/405940414/mixtape.zip (if the link stops working, get back to me, I'll re-upload) Tracklisting: A: 1. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Home American indie folk/neo-psychedelica ensemble, hailling from L.A. My personal summer favorite, this is a song off their first album, released in 2009. 2. Noah and the Whale - My Broken Heart British indie folk this time; this band used to have Laura Marling and Emmy the Great as background singers. The song is off their sophomore effort, also from 2009. 3. Crooked Fingers - Luisa's Bones This is more of a project than a band, seeing as this outfit has a rotating line-up. Constant factor and the man who started is Eric Bachmann, formerly of Archers of Loaf (if that means anything to anyone). 4. Foals - Spanish Sahara You got that one in one go, yay! I love this song. 5. The Coral - Music at Night This is not Alex Turner's side project, but rather the Merseyside band that inspired him: The Coral. They do 60s psychedelia mostly, with a little folk and country added. I think it's awesome. 6. Kaki King - Sunnyside This is actually NOT Laura Marling, far from it! This is the work of Kaki King, a female American guitar player and singer-songwriter. Her earlier stuff includes a lot of virtuoso stuff on the acoustic guitar, like tapping and slap-bass techniques, while later stuff leans more toward indie rock. This is off her latest record, Junior, released a couple of months ago. If you want to hear more of this style, get this album or Dreaming of Revenge; if you're curious about her guitar-y stuff, get ...Until We Felt Red, or Legs to Make Us Longer 7. Charlie McDonnell - A Song About Acne This is by 19-year old YouTuber Charlie McDonnell, who incidentally is the most subscribed YouTuber in the U.K. He also writes songs about Doctor Who. If you think it's funny, you can check him out on http://www.youtube.com/charlie . 8. Laura Marling - What He Wrote This actually IS 20-year old Laura Marling, who isn't American at all. It's off her second album, I Speak Because I Can. B: 9. Enter Shikari - Tribalism This is by just one British band actually, called Enter Shikari. Their greatest hit ( [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4MiC67seUY]YouTube- Enter Shikari 'Sorry Youre Not A Winner' video[/ame] ) is Sorry, You're Not A Winner. They do a weird and IMHO awesome mix of post-hardcore, metal, dubstep, spoken word and trance/hardcore dance. What's also great is that they've been making music and touring completely independently for 7 years and making a huge name of themselves at that. Oh, and their motto is "Enter Shikari: abusing music genres' worthless boundaries since 2003". 10. Disco Ensemble - Headphones This is a Finnish (!) punk rock/post-hardcore band. 11. Sonic Boom Six - Floating Away Again British, this time a ska/reggae/punk fusion. 12. Taking Back Sunday - Cute Without The "E" Post-hardcore/emo heroes from Long Island, NY. Pioneers of the genre they represent. 13. Alexisonfire - Young Cardinals Again post-hardcore, this time Canadian. I'll admit this might be a bit rough for some people. 14. Wir Sind Helden - Die Konkurrenz German indie-rock, and one of my all-time favorite bands. A translation of these particular lyrics can be found at http://lyrics.wikia.com/Wir_Sind_Helden:Die_Konkurrenz . 15. +44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating This was a side project of Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker of Blink-182 fame. They made one album in this line-up before Blink reunited. 16. Die Ärzte - Junge Possibly the most famous punk band from Germany, die Ärzte (German for "The Doctors" or "The Physicians") formed back in the 80s and have released 11 albums since.

You should check out eBay, there are a couple up right now ;)

Ah, we meet again! I just bought a red one for €15 from eBay and a blue US one for about the same.

Hi everyone, I've been updating my Coldplay collection lately, and I wondered if anyone knows how much the Lost promo CDs usually go for? This means the red as well as the blue version...

Thanks for that, I paid €10, which is a little less.

Hahaha, thanks! Apparently this was too much to ask :P doe hem maar mailen ;)

Does anyone have a definitive catalog of Coldplay's physical releases handy? Someone recently sent me one, but it's in an Open Office format which I can't open. So anything in Excel would be awesome, especially if it's up to date to at least 2009!

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Real ones?

Funny how everyone in this thread was so sure it was the same song, and then the Prospekt's March EP came out :P Oh, snap!

Life in Technicolor II 5 - Trouble 3 +

For you. "Sit down and sing to me"

:D What about you, do you have any CDs/vinyl? Little poster of Chris Spart-in above the bed? :P

Yes, thank you! I like having records you say? Why do you ask :P

I'll PM you later, thanks! I've got: The Singles Collection Brothers & Sisters (original Fierce Panda) Brothers & Sisters (re-release) The Blue Room EP (original) Shiver (original UK digipak) Acoustic EP Sparks EP Don't Panic (original UK digipak) Don't Panic (special Dutch edition) Dont Panic (promo) Yellow (promo) Yellow (original UK digipak) Trouble (limited 7" numbered) Trouble (UK promo) Trouble (U.S. jukebox promo) In My Place (2-track) In My Place (12") The Scientist (DVD single) The Scientist (2 track) God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (2 track) Clocks (2 track) Clocks (DVD single) Clocks (12"? something? not sure, I'm not home) Speed of Sound (single) Fix You (single) Talk (DVD single) Talk (3CD Dutch Special) Violet Hill (CD single) Violet Hill (7") Viva La Vida (single) Life in Technicolor II (single) Life in Technicolor II (7") Strawberry Swing (promo) And that's just the singles ;)

Yep, saw it, had to have it =) I'm collecting the singles now, just scouring Marktplaats and a few secret web spots ;)

As far as I can see the wiki has nothing to say about it?

Does anyone have any idea how many of these were made and when it was released, how much it's worth? I just bought one for ten bucks... This isn't the one from the boxset or the 7" limited numbered one. It says "jukeboxes only" and has a red label and a white paper sleeve. Apparently it's a limited U.S. pressing.