THE 405: MONDAY MIXTAPE
May 11, 2009,
Written by Stephanie Varasteh
Happy Monday everybody!
So this mix-tape is pretty laid back and easy to chill out to. There's no theme to it really. It's simply just a compilation of musical pleasures to enjoy!
You get a bit of rock 'n roll from Metric, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to The Cure, and also placid folk melodies like Patrick Watson's The Great Escape. I can assure you that if you relish in classic indie tunes and rainy-day songs, I don't think you cannot not take some measure of delight in Black Leaf Falls by Sea Wolf or Duet by Rachel Yamagata. Generally speaking, you get a bit of everything in this mix. So now just download and enjoy the rad tunes!
1. The Dark - Woods
2. Happy Meal - The Cardigans
3. Black Leaf Falls - Sea Wolf
4. Trouble No More - Dark Dark Dark
5. Buriedfed - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
6. The Great Escape - Patrick Watson
7. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. Twilight Galaxy - Metric
9. Duet - Rachel Yamagata w/ Ray LaMontagne
10. Pictures of You - The Cure
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4 responses so far...
Oliver
What a great mix!
Luke
Crackin'! I must say.
louisa
Where can I find the previous mixtapes?
Oliver
At the moment we're still sorting the archive from the old site/sorting the search facility out but over the next two weeks that should be sorted and you'll be able to access our previous mixtapes.
Hope that helps
Will - 09/02/10
Quite often when a song becomes part of a soundtrack, the artist doesn't get a say as to what programme or advert that song goes on, as music is mostly put on a huge database that production companies pay for and choose any song they like from. Can't quite remember what this database is called and I'm not sure if I've explained it correctly either, but the point is I don't think Oberst chose to have his song associated with a bank so that he could make money... maybe. [view article]
Emma - 09/02/10
I accept Danny's Lostprophets diss (Oh how I used to LOVE them when the Fake Sound of Progress came out) BUT, Iggy Pop! Iggy pop is the man. It doesn't matter that he's sold out. I'd do the same thing in his shoes. I mean, Iggy Pop, selling car insurance? It's just funny. And that freaky little side kick puppet wasn't actually provided for him by the insurance company. At least I'm assuming it's the same one that was used in the BPA video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6NbMYbX4DU (Just made slightly less disturbing for the general public) [view article]
Euan - 09/02/10
just to throw a less 'in your face, that ad makes my piss boil' examples... Where do people stand on Journey or anyone involved with the whole Glee-commerce phenomenon...? ...or what about Leonard Cohen...? Whilst he has not sold out in quite the same way, he did sell Hallelujah to Simon Cowell and Alexandra Burke for it to be brutally butchered... though granted he had been robbed by his accountant and was broke so there was some justification... Whilst I was young and idealistic about this, I'm now a lot more realistic. I think that times have changed in the digital age whereby much of music is being acquired for free (legitimately or otherwise). Given this providing soundtracks to ads, movies, eastenders, hollyoaks or whatever is now a realism and it's a way of your favourite artist making ends meet and getting enough exposure for their record company to keep them signed. Hell, even 405 faves Grizzly Bear featured on an ad in the middle of the Superbowl, Telekinesis are the sound of Ford, Conor Oberst in the shape of Bright Eyes is telling us all about Halifax, Death Cab have appeared in the OC, as have Rilo Kiley and Modest Mouse etc etc... the list goes on... Not the most structured arguement really... but the long and short of it is this... What Iggy did was the worst kind of sell out, as his appearance had nothing to do with his music but, let's face it, it's mainly just that the ad was so fucking irritating. [view article]
Oliver - 09/02/10
SUPER excited about that lineup! [view article]
emma - 09/02/10
Caribou to play alongside Phoenix for Field day 2010 http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/news/top-news-stories/6978/phoenix-to-headline-field-day- [view article]