03/01/2017

Mixtape January 2017

Happy New Year Old Indie Kids
Hope you have a great 2017



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1)    Open Up The Sky by Shock Machine
James Righton is the man behind Shock Machine and is a former member of Klaxons and husband of Keira Knightly

2)    Open Up The Sky (Soulwax Remix) by Shock Machine
You know it’s a great tune when there is already a Soulwax remix of it

3)    Buzz by Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
New track from the Perth rockers

4)    Song 2 by Trevor James Tillery
Blur anthem stripped back and given a sinister lounge treatment

5)    I Just Want To Be Left Alone by Hidden Charms
London band full of bluesy riffs

6)    Waltz #2 by J Masics
Dinosaur Jr guitarist covering Elliot Smith

7)    Raveshadow by Brasstronaut
Canadian band with an excellent name and horn section who have recently released their third album

8)    Easy by Thundamentals
I have only recently discovered this sun drenched gem cut from their 2011 album

9)    Break Into Your Heart by Iggy Pop
Scuzzy pop rock from Iggy Pop

10)  Good Life by Oliver Heldens featuring Ida Corr
Feel good string laden dance “choon”

11)  Roots and Chalice by Chronixx
Token reggae track

12)  Water Bored by Steve Mason
Another tuneful track from the ex-Beta Band man from the album Meet the Humans

13)  Birth Of An Accidental Hipster by The Monkees
A song co-written by Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher and given to performing Monkees

14) Caught Up In It by Ages and Ages
Portland band who sound like The Sleepy Jackson covering Pet Sounds

15)  Totally Wired by The Last Shadow Puppets
An unhinged claustrophobic rocker from the recent Dream Synopsis EP

16)  Dianne by Teeth & Tongue
Australian Indie Pop

17)  Nothing But A Bad Trip by Ed Harcourt
British songwriter Ed Harcourt writes songs, records them and releases them.  Can you tell I’m struggling today?

18)  Enter Sandman by SHEL
A cover of Metallica’s 1991 rock anthem  

19)  Grease by Flo Morissey
Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White duet on this cover of the theme tune from the Grease movie

20)  Crazy (live) by Kacey Musgraves
The final cover this month is recorded live by Texas country singer who tackles the Gnarls Barkley hit and takes it into full line-dancing cowboy territory

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