Mixtape January 2017

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

Open playlist in Spotify 

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

Mixtape Oct 16

Here's twenty of the best new tracks I've uncovered in the last month with the regular Spotify playlist. Enjoy Indie Rocktober
 

Open playlist in Spotify 

1)  Love by Stonefield.
Four Aussie sisters from Victoria, Australia

2) People On The High Line (Richard X Remix) by New Order
Great dance remix of New Order track courtesy of Richard X

3) Randy by Justice
French dance masters with the full joyous version - please ignore the short changing radio edit 

4) Harvest Moon by Sunflower Bean
New York band with a cover of Neil Young

5) Never Say Never by Thundamentals
Funky Aussie Hip Hop 

6) Stonecutters by Dope Lemon
Another track taken from Angus Stone's excellent new album

7) Acid Rainbow by Sweat
Time to find the end of the acid rainbow according to this new sweat band from the UK

8) Still Breathing by Green Day
Green Day continue their revival with this being the second new song in two months that I've enjoyed

9) Robin Hood by Jamie T
This is one of my favourite tracks of the year and must be remembered when I start compiling an end of year wrap up.  It is a fitting tribute to the legend of The Clash

10) Hold On by Teenage Fanclub 
One of indie's greatest bands has returned after six years with their eleventh album called Here

11) Wow (GUAU! Mexican Institute Of Sound Remix) by Beck.
Awesome Mexican remix of his first single with an album expected in November

12) Grace by Work Drugs
A dreamy chilled out moment

13) Ceremony by Wussy
You can't beat a Joy Division cover (unless you're playing the original)

14) Ivy League by Alex Lahey 
Alex Lahey is an indie pop songwriter from Melbourne

15) Hearts To Kill by Palace Winter
Danish/Australian indie rock

16) Gotta Find A Way by The Frightnrs
New York group making classic early reggae sounds.  The singer Dan Klein died a couple of months ago but the band have just released this final album.   

17)  Olympic Village, 6AM by Belle & Sebastian
A cheesy instrumental offering from the Twee Overlords that reminds me of O.M.D.

18) Waste A Moment by Kings Of Leon.
No description necessary here.  Plus I've got nothing of interest to add.

19) The Opposite Of Us by Big Scary
Beautiful music from the Australian band who have released a new album this month called Animal

20) Just A Lover by Hayden James
A slab of laid-back Aussie house music to play us out