Alright everybody, the second mix has officially been completed. And if you look at the last 17 posts you will know which songs have been chosen, but now there is also an order to the eclectic samples. I knew that the song order would be important because good music should affect your mood, and I don't think your mood should change back and forth 17 times within a single CD.
But I am trying something new with this mix, because mix CDs in the past usually consisted of the same vibe and same feel. But because I have been reading music blogs, mags, and listening to anything I can get a hold of, the variety of great music is out there and I would be doing anyone injustice by sticking to an exclusive genre. But before I go on, here is the mix list.
#) Artist - "Track" - Album
1) The Lodger -"Good Old Days" - Life Is Sweet
2) Jacks Mannequin - "Spinning" - The Glass Passenger
3) The Rocket Summer - "Break It Out" - Do You Feel
4) Chester French - "The Jimmy Choos" - She Loves Everybody EP
5) Little Jackie - "The World Should Revolve Around Me" - The Stoop
6) Pop Levi - "Dita Dimone" - Never Never Love
7) Jamie Lidell - "Little Bit of Feel Good" - Jim
8) Marc Broussard feat. Sara Bareilles - "Why Should She Wait" - Keep Coming Back
9) Band of Horses - "The First Song" - Everything All The Time
10)The Very Most - "Good Fight Fighting" - The Very Most
11)Kevine Devine - "Not Over You Yet" - Make The Clocks Move
12)Raining Jane - "Incline" - Paper Nest
13)Miou Miou - "Avant le Voyage" - La La Grande Finale
14)Ingrid Michaelson - "The Chain (Live" - Be OK
15)Anberlin - "The Unwinding Cable Car" - Cities
16)Sigur Ros - "Gobbledigook" - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
17)Bon Iver - "Skinny Love" - For Emma, Forever Ago
In a few words, this is how I would describe this record. Find an upbeat beginning to wake you up transitioning into music that will keep you company as you walk, study or work and then finally transitioning song by song into a place of rest and contemplation.
The first four tracks are meant to bring an upbeat tempo and some catchy hooks and choruses to start your listening. Little Jackie brings the sole R&B song, to the record, and you shouldn’t be surprised if you start hearing more and more of this artist soon. In track 6, the kimono wearing Pop Levi, gives us the most eclectic track on the record with a style I had never heard before.
Lidell and Broussard bring a little taste of blues, soul and funk. Band of Horses with Track 9, is really a transitional song, and the album from that point changes and goes into a mellow direction. Track 10-14, all build up to the grand finale of track 15, 16, and 17. Don’t get me wrong I am not truly giving all these tracks the justice they deserve. To find more elaborate descriptions of why I chose each artist and song look at previous entries.
That being said, the last three songs could be a record in itself. Imagine a road-trip with nothing in front of you or behind you, just your headlights on the open road and the music and conversation that accompanies you. That, is the last three tracks. Enjoy.
Find this iMix on iTunes, called Wiki Mix Volume IV, or listen to the tracks on the blog mixtape17.blospot.com. Looking for more indie? Indie Hip-Hop? More good stuff? Don’t go to AM/PM, go to bbqchickenrobot.com
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