09a.

Now that I'm at a fixed address again, I am back in the Mixchange, the quarterly mix CD swap organized by ashley. This time around I did something new: instead of getting all theme-y, I just used what I'd been listening to lately. Like everyone else does all the time, apparently. So this is kind of a snapshot of my recent favorite discoveries, or rather, my favorite discoveries a month and a half ago, when I started this project. I listened to it again the other day while I burned discs and folded little paper envelopes to put them in, and I have to say I found it pretty listenable. So I thought you might enjoy it as well.

MIX 09a
1. tUnE-YaRdS - FIYA
I wrote this song off as merely annoying, and then I listened a couple more times and realized I was an idiot.
2. Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance
Thanks to Operaman for pointing me toward this gem via the awesome video.
3. Ra Ra Riot - Ghost Under Rocks
I don't know what they're singing about, but it's very exciting!
4. The Hylozoists - Smiley Smiley
Aw, I just realized I've been spelling their name wrong the whole time.
5. Jeff Hanson - This Time It Will
Mostly I love his voice.
6. Mates of State - My Only Offer
MoS do shouty-happy really, really well.
7. Styx Tiger - String Strikes
And now, a moment of chill-out.
8. M. Ward - Never Had Nobody Like You
Hokey and sweet.
9. Woven Hand - Kicking Bird
Saw this guy live earlier this year, and man, he was intense.
10. Calexico - Absent Afternoon
Music to space out to.
11. Silver Jews - Party Barge
"Send us your coordinates, I'll send a Saint Bernard."
12. The Deadly Syndrome - I Hope I Become a Ghost
Oo-oo-oo-oo....
13. Jib Kidder - Windowdipper
I'll never hear Windows sound effects the same way again.
14. My Brightest Diamond - Inside a Boy (Son Lux Remix)
Satisfyingly overdramatic.
15. Sister Suvi - The Lot
I like the interplay of the vocal parts especially.
16. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Cold and warm at the same time, like a heated convertible on a chilly evening.
17. Esau Mwamwaya w/Radioclit - Tengazako
Can you handle one more "Paper Planes" remix? How about an African "Paper Planes" remix?

Pick a few, or collect them all. Several of these may be familiar to you if you follow my shared Google Reader posts (and you should). Links good for seven days after posting. Play at your own risk; tracks not vetted for cussin' or what-have-you, although nothing jumped out at me. All tracks provided for promotional purposes only, etc.

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