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Spring returned in ATL, but someone might have got the seasons confused because its more like Summer here. Santigold, Tanlines, Edward Sharpe and Free Energy are here to let you know: they aren’t confused and essentially picked up where they left off since we last heard them. Elsewhere, Cudder and Dot Da Genius get into space age love as WZRD on “Teleport 2 Me” and Reptar shows why they are one of my band’s to watch on the spring-ready anthem “Sebastian”. Also, someone really needs to explain to me why “Wolf” was only a bonus cut off First Aid Kit’s recent album. If their album leftovers sound like that, they need to put out album #3 already. Lastly, I’m not sure what a Django Django is, but if these guys put out thumping music like “Default”, I’ll support it.

JayeL Audio 4-4-12 (link)
1. Santigold – Disparate Youth
2. The Mowgli’s – San Francisco
3. Tanlines – All of Me
4. Django Django – Default
5. Reptar – Sebastian
6. Vacationer – Good As New
7. Norah Jones – Happy Pills
8. Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine
9. Francis – Traktor
10. First Aid Kit – Wolf
11. Elliott Brood – Northern Air
12. WZRD (aka Kid Cudi & Dot Da Genius) – Teleport 2 Me
13. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes – Man On Fire
14. DWNTWN – Transition
15. U.S. Royalty – Sleepy Eyes
16. The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather
17. Free Energy – Electric Fever
18. Maximo Park – The National Health
19. Capital Cities – Kangaroo Court
20. Deportees – A New Name To Go By ft Lykke Li
21. The Civil Wars – Billie Jean (MJ cover on LaundroMatinee)

Special Thanks to CoS, PMA, All Things Go and Phil for the heads up on the Civil Wars cover.

In case I’ve neglected to mention it before, the .xml file included in the folder you are about to download will organize all these songs in the order I intended. Simply add the “JayeL Audio 4-4-12″ folder of songs to your iTunes, then click “File”>”Library”>”Import Playlist” and select the .xml file. You’ll be able to hear the songs in the order I intended. Yes, there is a method to my madness.

A combination of moving, late nights at work and a fried motherboard means we have a lot of music to talk about. Luckily, I was able to scoop up a new MacBook Pro and get relatively caught up on the plethora of new music unleashed in the last month or so. I’m somewhat glad I waited as long as I did though, otherwise the new mixtape wouldn’t have included new joints from the likes of Edward Sharpe, Dragonette and Jai Paul. Get after it. I’m pretty sure I’m more addicted to Tennis’ bluesy “Petition” than I was when I reviewed it.

JayeL Audio 4-3-12 (link)
1. Tennis – Petition
2. Lana Del Ray – Blue Jeans (RAC mix)
3. Vacationer – Dreamlike
4. Miike Snow – The Wave
5. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes – Thats Whats Up
6. Sydney Wayser – La Di Da
7. Jack Penate – No One Lied
8. Beat Connection – Think-Feel ft Chelsey Scheffe
9. Dragonette – Let It Go
10. Bahamas – Caught Me Thinking
11. Best Coast – The Only Place
12. Wild Child – Pillow Talk
13. Alex Winston – Fire Ant
14. Cultfever – Collector
15. Release the Sunbird – I Will Walk
16. Mariee Sioux – Swimming Through Stone
17. KO KO – Float
18. Deportees – Islands and Shores
19. Dante – Won’t Go
20. Gossip – Perfect World
21. Plants and Animals – Lightshow
22. Jai Paul – Jasmine

Next mixtape is coming sooner than you think. Props to CoS, All Things Go, PMA and Hype Machine.

Influence is largely the theme of the majority of mixtape number two for this week. Teen Daze kicks things off with an Earth, Wind & Fire sampling dance party. Speaking of influence, does the piano fueled opening of Miike Snow’s “Devil’s Work” remind anyone else of Van Halen’s “Right Now”? I swear I just flashbacked to middle school. Charming female songstresses Alex Winston and Oh Land cover The Black Keys and The National, respectively. Even Mayer Hawthorne and Electric Guest offer up soul and Motown related gems. Elsewhere, The National demo a new track that sounds, well, like The National. We welcome back The Shins, which sound like the old Shins, but aren’t really the old Shins. Lastly, I have to say, I’m really enjoying the blues rock inspired sound of Cold War Kids new demos. I’m certainly intrigued by the addition of a new lead guitarist in Modest Mouse’s Dann Gallucci.

JayeL Audio 1-27-12: DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. Teen Gaze – Let’s Groove
2. Electric Guest – This Head I Hold
3. Johnny Headband – Over There
4. The Shins – Simple Song
5. The Concept – Gimme Twice
6. Gospel Music – Apartment
7. Midi Matilda – Day Dreams
8. Ed Vallance – Crystlalline
9. Mayer Hawthorne – Stick Around
10. The National – Rylan (Live on Q)
11. Miike Snow – Devil’s Work
12. Meg Myers – Adelaide
13. The Big Pink – Hit the Ground (Superman)
14. The Oh Hellos – Hello My Old Heart
15. Alex Winston – Everlasting Light (The Black Keys cover)
16. Dana Falconberry – Petoskey Stone
17. Cold War Kids – Minimum Day
18. Kishi Bashi – Bright Whites
19. Diagrams – Tall Buildings
20. Water Town Bucket Boys – Meet Me Where The Crow Don’t Fly
21. Boxer Rebellion – Losing You
22. Oh Land – Bloodbuzz Ohio (The National cover)
Thanks to CoS, All Things Go, Mixtape Maestro, PMA, Largehearted Boy and the interwebs.

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The post 2011 wrap-up/holiday catch up is always a tough one, but brings plentiful music from artists new and old. The return on Lettercamp is in full swing on electro pop anthem “Oh Well”, Florence and the Machine put together one of the best covers of 2011 (“Take Care”) and Tennis expands on their reverb pop sound with “Origins”. Electric Guest show off the reasons Danger Mouse is producing their debut, The Rubens continue their building buzz (“My Gun”) and Frankie Rose shines with retro pop. Lastly, who is excited for the long awaited comeback of Santigold?

JayeL Audio 1-23-12 – DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. Florence + The Machine – Take Care (Drake cover)
2. Electric Guest – American Daydream
3. The Rubens – My Gun
4. Santigold – Big Mouth
5. fun. – One Foot
6. Outasight – Let’s Go
7. Nneka – My Home
8. Lettercamp – Oh Well
9. The Features – From Now On
10. Mausi – sol.
11. Dirty Ghosts – Shout It In
12. Fibes, Oh Fibes – Cerahtonia
13. Frankie Rose – Know Me
14. Crystal Fingers – Follow
15. School of Seven Bells – The Night
16. Tennis – Origins
17. Digital Leather – Young Doctors In Love
18. FAN-TAN – 1989
19. Tanlines – Brothers
20. Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings
21. Water Tower Bucket Boys – Walkin’ The Road
22. Young Heel – Love You Down (Ready For The World cover)

Oh and be ready for another mixtape this week. Props to CoS, All Things Go, PMA and Largehearted Boy

Similar to last month, the ladies of indie music continue to have blogs, ipods and Spotify on lockdown. Florence and the Machine continue their streak of anthems (“Shake It Out”), Feist eerily charms (“Graveyard”) and St. Vincent gets poetic about society (“Cruel”). Bubbling acts like Alabama Shakes, Lydia Loveless and Meiko also carry the lady torch further with throwback sounds and enchanting vocals. My favorite newcomer though is Class Actress who offers up two solid new wave inspired tracks in “Keep You” and “The Weekend”.

Aside from the strength of the females, this mixtape certainly feels like a Fall mixtape in that the slower guitar-driven tracks out weigh the dance cuts. Justice pick up where they left off on dance anthem “Helix”, while Blitzen Trapper continue their alt country twang on “Love The Way You Walk Away” and Umphrey’s McGee bring their multi-instrument approach to “Miami Virtue”. Lastly, I’m not sure anyone else could cover Frank Ocean’s “Swim Good” the way Ed Sheeran did. Check it.

JayeL Audio – 10-04-11: DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. Class Actress – Keep You
2. RAC – 1979 ft Liz Anjos (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
3. Florence and the Machine – Shake It Out
4. St. Vincent – Cruel
5. Blitzen Trapper – Love The Way You Walk Away
6. Karallreven – As Young As Yesterday
7. Meiko – Between the Sheets
8. Ed Sheeran – Swim Good (Frank Ocean Cover)
9. Apes In the Orange Grove – So Many Windows
10. Justice – Helix
11. Grouplove – Don’t Say Oh Well
12. Walk the Moon – Lisa Baby
13. Feist – Graveyard
14. The Head and the Heart – Cats and Dogs
15. Typhoon – The Honest Truth
16. Penguin Prison – Don’t Fuck With My Money
17. Umphrey’s McGee – Miami Virtue
18. Alabama Shakes – Hold On
19. Class Actress – Weekend
20. Lydia Loveless – Jesus Was a Wino
21. Pickwick – Hacienda Motel

Oh and I’ll be married in 4 days. How about that?!?! Comment aplenty below.

The ladies were out in full force during August. Powerhouses like Florence & The Machine, Feist and Marina & the Diamonds all offered up new music. Even if Marina sounds more like Gaga right now than Marina, I’ll still support it. Elsewhere, new albums from The Rapture (“Never Die Again”), The Features (“Another One”) and CSS (“Red Alert”) showed the releases were worth the wait. Newcomers TV Girl, Kimbra (last heard on Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know“) and Starsmith all show promise, but Oregon Bike Trails win for best new band name. Last, but not least, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis churned out a hit in “Can’t Hold Us” that I’ll most likely be addicted to for the foreseeable future.

JayeL Audio 9-9-11 – DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. TV Girl – Benny and the Jetts
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us ft Ray Dalton
3. Mayer Hawthorne – The Walk
4. Florence + the Machine – What The Water Gave Me
5. James Vincent McMorrow – This Old Dark Machine
6. Starsmith – Lesson One
7. Holy Ghost! – Some Children ft Michael McDonald
8. The Features – Another One
9. Gotye – Easy Way Out
10. Typhoon – Summer Home
11. Caveman – Thankful
12. Release the Sunbird – Its All Around You
13. CSS – Red Alert ft Ratatat
14. Marina & The Diamonds – Radioactive
15. Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr – We Almost Lost Detroit
16. Mountain Man – Animal Tracks
17. Givers – Words
18. Feist – How Come You Never Go There
19. Theophilus London – Love Is Real ft Holly Miranda
20. Toro Y Moi – All Alone
21. The Rapture – Never Die Again
22. Oregon Bike Trails – Cayucas
23. Kimbra – Good Intent

Comment aplenty below….

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Whoops. Sorry for the music overload, but a lot has happened since those 4th of July mixtapes. M83 decided to drop their glowing first single from Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, Calvin Harris figured he wanted to continue making people groove and Mumford & Sons and Bon Iver opted to take over the cover game with renditions of Bonnie Rait & The National cuts. The pace may be slightly more laid back than Tuesday’s mixtape, but no less stunning. Icelandic gypsy folk collective Of Monsters and Men make harmonious music together, while Toro y Moi and Ralphael Saadiq offer up midtempo jams of their own. My favorite track so far though is Luke Temple’s strumming ode to a lady he just can’t have “Ophelia”. Interesting name and even better song. If someone explains Iron & Wine’s “Monkeys Uptown” though, it may be the frontrunner.

JayeL Audio 7-29-11 – DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. Fair Ohs – Baldessari
2. Jack Beauregard – Hollywood
3. Bombay Bicycle Club – Shuffle
4. M83 – Midnight City
5. Of Monsters and Men – From Finner
6. Handsome Furs – Memories of the Future
7. The Tallest Man On Earth – Weather of a Killing Kind
8. Alex Winston – Velvet Elvis
9. Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing
10. Gardens & Villa – Thorn Castles
11. Calvin Harris – Feel So Close
12. Hoodie Allen – The Chase Is On
13. Iron & Wine – Monkeys Uptown
14. Outasight – Setting Sun
15. Luke Temple – Ophelia
16. St Lucia – All Eyes On You
17. Raphael Saadiq – Just Don’t ft Yukimi Nagano (of Little Dragon)
18. Toro y Moi – Still Sound
19. Mumford & Sons – England (The National cover)
20. Bon Iver – I Can’t Make You Love Me/Nick Of Time (Bonnie Rait Cover)

Get after it in the comments.

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New music time. It may only be July, but this edition may have one of my favorite tracks of the year in Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know”. Go ahead and try to ignore the chemistry with Kimbra and the chorus that will somehow inch into your mind multiple times a day. Aside from that bombshell, Wilco, Mumford & Sons, The Drums and Real Estate show off wares from their next efforts. Tennis and She & Him showcase female driven throwback covers and Fair Ohs continue on their threat to own summer of 2011. Later, Heavy Roc artist Samuel gets his Postal Service on in honorable fashion and The Knux come up with a summer anthem with the help of Scott Mescudi. Last but not least, GA’s own Turf War comes up with their most potent offering yet in “Cheers To The Years.” Ask Laura, I haven’t stopped listening to it for two weeks.

JayeL Audio 7-26-11 – DOWNLOAD (.rar)

1. Wilco – I Might
2. She & Him – Oh Boy (Buddy Holly cover)
3. Turf War – Cheers to the Years
4. Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know ft Kimbra
5. Mumford & Sons – Home (live on KBCO)
6. me&LP – La Belle Tocade
7. Jonquil – Get Up
8. Swimsuit – Sunlight (.mp3)
9. Acid House Kings – Under water
10. My Morning Jacket – Holdin On To Black Metal
11. Real Estate – Its Real
12. Fair Ohs – Everything is Dancing
13. Sean Bones – If You Hear A Knock
14. The Knux – Run ft Kid Cudi
15. Fitz & the Tantrums – Dear Mr. President
16. The Drums – Money
17. Samuel – Say Goodbye (.mp3)
18. Atlas Genius – Trojans (.mp3)
19. Theophilus London – I Stand Alone
20. Radical Something – Long Hair Don’t Care
21. Chromeo – When The Night Falls ft Solange (Breakbot Remix)
22. Tennis – Is It True (Brenda Lee Cover)
23. Trails – Animal (Miike Snow cover)

Let me know your favorites in the comments. Seriously.

Now these are the types of mixtapes I can have a little more fun with. Its not all necessarily brand new music, but hopefully plenty of music to keep you parting into the night. There are new tracks from the likes of Martin Solveig, Asher Roth and Beyonce, but also remixes of favorites like Beastie Boys, Alex Winston, The Police and Daft Punk. Oh, and I still can’t get the new Rapture song out of my idea. Let me know when you do. See you at the campfire, next to the dancefloor…

JayeL Audio – 4th of July 2011 Mixtape – NITE: DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. Wiz Khalifa – Fly Solo
2. Asher Roth – Last Man Standing ft Akon
3. Beastie Boys – Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win ft Santigold (Major Lazer Remix)
4. Martin Solveig – The Night Out
5. LehtMoJoe – Machu Picchu Goes On (The Strokes vs. Lupe Fiasco)
6. Alex Winston – Sister Wife (Star Slinger Remix)
7. Foster The People – Houdini (RAC Mix)
8. TV on the Radio – Will Do (XXXChange Dancehall Mix)
9. The Police – Roxanne (DiscoTech Remix)
10. Avicii – ID (Levels) (Original Mix)
11. Outasight – Figure 8 (Gigamesh of DiscoTech remix)
12. Adele – Rolling In The Deep ft Childish Gambino (Jamie xx Remix)
13. Swedish House Mafia – Save the World ft John Martin
14. Kelly Rowland – Lay It On Me ft Big Sean
15. Pitbull – Give Me Everything (Tonight) ft Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
16. Martin Solveig – Ready 2 Go ft Kele of Bloc Party
17. The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love
18. Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix)
19. Beyonce – Party ft Andre 3000
20. Daft Punk – Derezzed (Avicii Remix)
21. The Hood Internet – All Of The Lights (Ellie Goulding x Portland Cello Project x Kanye West)

Who doesn’t love 4th of July? Friends, family, burgers, beer, sunshine, beach, margaritas? Hopefully, these tunes are apt to keep you satisfied in the sand. CSS is the winner of this mix (in my opinion), but Fair Ohs, Josh Rouse and the Knocks put up a fight as well? Let me know your favorite in the comments

JayeL Audio – 4th of July 2011 Mixtape – DAY: DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. Peter Bjorn John – Dig A Little Deeper
2. Josh Rouse & the Long Vacations – Diggin In The Sand
3. Noah & The Whale – Tonight’s The Kind of Night (RAC Mix)
4. Fair Ohs – Almost Island
5. Tally Hall – You & Me
6. CSS – Hits Me Like A Rock
7. Hey Champ – Anything At All
8. Lightwaves – Everybody Rock
9. Naked & Famous – Punching In A Dream
10. Spree Wilson – No Use In Running
11. Fitz & The Tantrums – Money Grabber (Daytrotter Session)
12. Delta Spirit – She’s Not There (The Zombies Cover)
13. Cee-Lo – Baby, I Don’t Care (Buddy Holly cover)
14. Mayer Hawthorne – A Long Time
15. Best Coast – Gone Again
16. James & Evander – Constellating
17. Fair Ohs – Eden Rock
18. Givers – Up Up Up
19. Starfucker – Rawnald Gregory Erickson The Second
20. Coldplay – Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
21. The Knocks – Sunshine
22. Pretty Lights – Pretty Lights vs. Summertime