Ydnar posted a Spring Skiing mix this weekend over on his blog. I listened to all 67 minutes this morning and, along with my homemade soy latte with Blue Bottle espresso beans, it put me in a really good mood. It segues from dance to indie rock and back. Check out the playlist:
Spring Skiing:
- College - Teenage Color
- Buddy Akai - I’ll Know
- Holy Ghost! - Hold On
- The Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
- Mystery Jets - Young Love (The Shoes Mix)
- Autokratz - Last Show - Original Mix
- The Gossip - Yr Mangled Heart (Guns’N’Bombs Trashbags Remix)
- Belle & Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
- Frank Turner - This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The One Of ME
- The Helio Sequence - Hallelujah
- Earlimart - Answers & Questions
- AmpLive - All I Need
- Breakbot - Happy Rabbit
- Purple Crush - Shopping on the Dancefloor
- Teenagersintokyo - Very Vampyr
- Steve Aoki - Justice, Waters of Nazereth (Erol Alkan’s Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr Re-Edit) (with Pase Rock guest drop)
- Justice - Phantom II (Boys Noize Unreleased Turbine)
- Sébastien Tellier - La Ritournelle (Mr. Dan’s Mix)
Go listen. I've requested that he share a mix each month.
Speaking of monthly mixes, mixfreq. makes a monthly mix of mostly new indie rock with some great older songs thrown in. Steve started making his monthly mixes ages ago, as a way to keep his friends updated on what he's listening to. If you can't get Steve to hand you over a burned CD personally, you can now purchase the mix from iTunes. Sign up to his mailing list to get notified when the new mix goes up. Here's the mixfreq. tracklist for February 2008:
| 1 | Jose Gonzalez | Teardrop | In Our Nature |
| 2 | Radio Citizen | The Hop (feat. Bajka) | Berlin Serengeti |
| 3 | Morphine | You Look Like Rain | Good |
| 4 | Cowboy Junkies | My Little Basquiat | At the End of Paths Taken |
| 5 | RJD2 | Smoke & Mirrors | Deadringer |
| 6 | The New Pornographers | The Bleeding Heart Show | Twin Cinema |
| 7 | Vampire Weekend | Mansard Roof | Mansard Roof |
| 8 | MGMT | Electric Feel | Oracular Spectacular |
| 9 | The Chemical Brothers | Battle Scars | We Are The Night |
| 10 | I Am Kloot | No Direction Home | Gods and Monsters |
| 11 | Josh Joplin Group | Matter | Useful Music |
| 12 | Gnarls Barkley | Run | Run (Single) |
| 13 | The Veils | Lavinia | The Runaway Found |
| 14 | The Helio Sequence | Broken Afternoon | Keep Your Eyes Ahead |
| 15 | Gustavo Santaolalla | Deportation / Iguazu | Babel (Soundtrack) |
The Catbirdseat posts a great monthly mix as well. Are there any monthly mixes you recommend?