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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.

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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.

photo via John Ruby

Oh hey there.
Plenty of established acts and lots of new artists on this edition. Reptar wins for best new band name though. You wouldn’t know it if you get hypnotized by the pulsing synth of “The Dauphin”, but Young Digerati gets sadistic about women flocking from his “valley” to Southern California. Oh Land more than aptly takes over for Lily Allen’s absence in indie-pop land. Chromeo and Ezra from Vampire Weekend emulate Hall & Oates in the best way possible on “I Could Be Wrong”. Friendly Fires (“Blue Cassette”), Foster the People (“Call It What You Want”), and Strange Talk (“Eskimo Boy”) hold things down on the indie/electro dance front. Digitalism returns with “2 Hearts” and Beastie Boys get together with my girl Santigold. Lastly, Outasight’s Figure 8 EP is chock full of hits, but I’m loving “Life or Something Like It” most right now.

Happy Summertime….
Oh and wish Laura HAPPY BIRTHDAY while you’re at it.

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1. Beastie Boys – Don’t Play No Games That I Can’t Win ft Santigold
2. Friendly Fires – Blue Cassette
3. Bon Iver – Towers
4. Foster the People – Call It What You Want
5. Oh Land – Sun of a Gun
6. Black Lips – New Direction
7. Strange Talk – Eskimo Boy
8. The Wooden Birds – Two Matchsticks
9. Yeasayer – Phoenix Wind
10. The Black Keys – Dearest (Buddy Holly cover)
11. Sondre Lerche – Private Caller
12. Cults – Abducted
13. Bahamas – Already Yours
14. Airlines – Neon Moon
15. Fitz and the Tantrums – Don’t Gotta Work It Out
16. Purity Ring – Lofticries
17. Reptar – Houseboat Babies
18. New Villager – Lighthouse
19. Young Digerati – The Dauphin
20. Digitalism – 2 Hearts
21. Outasight – Life or Something Like It
22. Chromeo – I Could Be Wrong ft Ezra Koenig
23. The National – Exile Vilify
Bonus Track:
Almost Free – Really Don’t Know About You (free .mp3)

Return me to this place. No. Seriously.
I’ve been staring at spreadsheets and flowcharts all week so forgive the math correlation. If I had to classify this mixtapes into 4 quadrants it would be:
Harmonies – the Local Natives/Fleet Foxes charm has spread to U.S. Royalty, Yeasayer, and Wolf Gang
Covers – this month was especially rich in artists’ take on their favorite artists like MJ, Beirut and Seal
Veterans – TV On The Radio, Adele, Cut Copy, Death Cab and The Strokes all stormed back onto the music scene with work from solid new albums
That New New – Up and comers like Young the Giant, Oh Land, Airlines and Theophilus London all represent current blog favorites that could end up as your next favorite act. BTW, is it just me or does Theophilus sounds a little like Cudder on “Flying Overseas”?

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1. U.S. Royalty – Equestrian
2. Smokey Robotic – Forever My Love (Single mix)
3. Young the Giant – My Body
4. City and Colour – The Girl
5. Yeasayer – Crazy (Seal cover)
6. Toro Y Moi – Human Nature (Michael Jackson cover)
7. TV On The Radio – Caffeinated Consciousness
8. The Strokes – Gratisfaction
9. The Milk – (All I Wanted Was) Danger
10. Oh Land – We Turn It Up
11. Cut Copy – Need You Now
12. Adele – Rolling In The Deep
13. Airlines – Burial Grounds
14. Wolf Gang – Dancing With The Devil
15. Architecture in Helsinki – Contact High
16. Florence & the Machine – Postcards From Italy (Beirut Cover)
17. Death Cab For Cutie – You Are A Tourist
18. Bag Raiders – Way Back Home
19. Theophilus London – Flying Overseas ft Solange & Devonte’ Hynes

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