I told myself that I would try not to make the next mixtape more than 25 tracks, but I couldn’t bring myself to cut any of these 29 songs. If that is an indication of what the rest of 2014 holds for music, we are all in for a helluva music year. This month’s mixtape might be one of the most diverse I’ve compiled in awhile with new indie pop (Fickle Friends, Great Good Fine Ok), blues rock (Benjamin Booker, The Black Keys), dance (Kove, Blonde) and even a few remixes (The Magician, RAC). Vacationer (“The Wild Life”) and The Griswolds (“Beware The Dog”) do their best at crafting beach-ready summer indie anthems, while The Kooks and Foster The People return with catchy tracks of their own after long absences. The synth pop bliss of Zedd’s “Find You” has been a recent addiction, but Morningsiders’ “Empress” might be my favorite of the month. The inescapable hook and inescapable harmonies, keys and strings is near indie pop perfection. Let me know your favorites in the comments.
JayeL Audio 5-19-14 – STREAM (8tracks)
- Bad Suns – Salt
- The Kooks – Bad Habit
- Foster The People – Best Friend
- Zedd – Find You ft Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant
- Kove – Way We Are ft Melissa Steel
- Porter Robinson – Sad Machine
- Javeon – Intoxicated (The Magician remix)
- Blonde – Foolish ft Ryan Ashley
- MNEK – Every Little Word
- Mr Little Jeans – Mercy
- Great Good Fine Ok – Not Going Home
- Vacationer – The Wild Life
- Fickle Friends – Play
- Curtis Harding – Keep On Shining
- Lykke Li – Gunshot
- Panama Wedding – All Of The People (RAC mix)
- The Black Keys – 10 Lovers
- Benjamin Booker – Violent Shiver
- Cody ChesnuTT – Gunpowder On The Letter ft Gary Clark Jr.
- Ray LaMontagne – Supernova
- Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)
- Misterwives – Money On My Mind (Sam Smith cover)
- The Griswolds – Beware The Dog
- Morningsiders – Empress
- Haley Bonar – Woke Up In My Future
- Sylvan Esso – Play It Right
- Little Dragon – Paris
- RAC – Ready For It ft St Lucia
- The Antlers – Hotel
Thanks,
JayeL Audio
