No June Mix Yet...

Nothing really blew me away this past month. BUT, this past week I've discovered a lot of cool music and may do a mid July mix in addition to my usual July mix to make up for it. So stay tuned...

Purity Ring - Ungirthed

I realized almost immediately after I posted this month's mix I had put the wrong Purity Ring song in it.  Not to say that I don't love "Lofticries," but I felt obligated to post this song as well because it's so damn catchy and I can't stop listening to it.  Hope you like it too.

Ungirthed by PURITY RING

May Mix

I feel like this mix is especially hodge-podge, but that's a good thing, I mean that's the point of these mixes, right?  There's some riot grrrl and X (RIP my Hole - Live Through This cassette that died this past Sunday),  a Purity Ring song that I'm obsessed with, a few songs that remind me of my mom, and quite a few brand new songs (I know there are two Quiet Lights songs, but I like them both...).  Hope you enjoy!

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1.  Bunhill Fields - Amor de Dias

2.  CQ Car Chase - Mellow

3.  I'd Rather Dance With You - Kings Of Convenience

4.  Catch The Wind - Donovan

5.  Song for Adam - Jackson Browne

6.  The Arrangement - Joni Mitchell

7.  Lofticries - Purity Ring

8.  Sofija - Jesse Ruins

9.  Sunday - Dreams

10.  March - Quiet Lights

11.  Sundown - COLOURS

12.  Ablaze - Quiet Lights

13.  Malibu - Hole

14.  Outta Me - Bikini Kill

15.  Nausea - X

April Mix

Late as usual...
This month (or last month) I started listening to a couple of really great bands, Yuck and The Soft Moon.  They both sort of set the mood for this mix, a bit 90's sounding and a little melancholy.  Hope you enjoy them as much as I have.  I also have a few electro tracks, as always... And I thought I'd throw in a little Jenny Lewis which, if you ever listened to my radio show, you know is a staple in my own musical diet.

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1.  When It's Over - The Soft Moon

2.  Smile When You Smile - A Place to Bury Strangers

3.  Blown A Wish - My Bloody Valentine

4.  Belong (Daytrotter Session) - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

5.  Screaming Skull - Sonic Youth

6.  Hawaii - No Joy

7.  Get Away - Yuck

8.  Camouflage - Small Black

9.  Believer - John Maus

10.  Beat and the Pulse - Austra

11.  Do You Really Wanna Know - Papercuts

12.  Blue Above The Rooftops - Eugenius

13.  Blackeye - Love Inks

14.  Joe Says - The Sandwitches

15.  Godspeed - Jenny Lewis

16.  Love Hurts - Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris

March Mix

More new music than old this month, and a few of my all-time favorite artists.
This mix is full of lots of "clingy-clangy" music.  So if you aren't into that, you probably won't like this mix. But if you do...enjoy!

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1.  While You Doooo - Teebs

2.  Touch - HOLY OTHER

3.  Waterparker - Botany

4.  Feels Like Heaven - Adventure

5.  Young Silence - Echo Lake

6.  So High - Ringo DeathStarr

7.  Eyes Feathers - Sweet Bulbs

8.  Esa Nena Nunca Regreso - Davila 666

9.  Connection - King Tuff

10.  Finger - Ty Segall

11.  Diamond Way - JEFF The Brotherhood

12.  Puppet Man - Jay Reatard

13.  Hang Wire - Pixies

14.  You Should Close the Door - Craft Spells

15.  Sharivari - The Dirtbombs

16.  Captin - Scary Mansion

17.  Sparkler - Jeans Wilder

18.  Last One Awake (Friend Version) - Memory Cassette

19.  Emergency Room - Ford & Lopatin

20.  ep - Junior Boys

February Mix

If February was like any other "normal" month, it would still be February now... It's not my fault it is now March and my mix is a couple days late, blame February!

Anyway, I'm going to try and do something a little different this month; someone suggested that I describe each track, and give a sort of explanation as to why I chose it for the month's mix.  Hopefully you like it, if not, let me know...

This month's mix is a little bit....(dare I say?) mainstream.  But, I think it's still eclectic and smooth, and fingers crossed there are a few songs you haven't heard just yet.

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1.  Hot Sand - Shocking Blue
Shocking Blue's biggest hit was "Venus" (which was later covered by Bananarama), but I think this fuzzy guitar (sitar?) jam is almost just as fun.

2.  Can't Seem To Make You Mine - The Seeds
I love his voice in this song.  He sounds completely desperate and on edge, but it's really cool how the rest of it is so slow-paced and lazy, creating anticipation and anxiety throughout the song, not only for the singer, but for the listener as well.

3.  Play With Fire - Twice as Much
A cover of a Rolling Stones song, but a good one (The Dum Dum Girls cover isn't bad either).

4.  You Showed Me - The Turtles
Slower than "Happy Together," but a just as good, if not better, song.  Especially true if you're a big Kinks fan.

5.  Brief Candles - The Zombies
Odessey & Oracle, the album this track is off of, was released after The Zombies had broken up, which was a shame because it's such an amazing album!  I don't think there is a track on it I don't like. "Brief Candles" is one of my favorites.

6.  I Had A King - Joni Mitchell
Not from Blue, but another fantastic album, Song To A Seagull, "I Had A King" is so pretty and poetic I think Annette Bening would probably sing this song at an awkward dinner party too.  No one can convey such beauty and emotion into a song like Joni can...

7.  Middle Cyclone - Neko Case
This what country music is supposed to sound like, right? Maybe it's just country-folk-pop-core.

8.  The Strangers - St. Vincent
Every time I hear a St. Vincent song, I can't help but think of my favorite feminist bookstore.  Also, the bass at the end of this song is great.

9.  The Rip - Portishead
When I first started my radio show, a few years ago, I was really into Portishead, and when Third came out I think it was heavy on my rotation for months.  I'm embarrassed of some of the songs on my old playlists, but I am not embarrassed of this one, or any other track by them.  Radiohead does a nice cover of this song too.

10.  BASF ace - Com Truise
I don't know anything about Com Truise, but I know that if you like instrumental tracks with a chill-wave vibe, you'll probably like this one.

11.  6699 (I Don't Know If You Know) - Neon Indian
This song has a mood/tone that is sadder than the rest of the album (which I still like...)

12.  Natural Causes - Nite Jewel
I know that this is the second Nite Jewel song in a row, and it's from the same 12"...but I think I like this one even better than the previous track I posted.  I love the lyrics, I love the sound, I love everything about it.  It's smooth, but hazy, slow, but danceable, and just the right amount of melancholy...

13.  I Want You - Summer Camp
When I first started listening to this song, I wasn't a huge fan of the music or the lyrics, but as it became darker and more intense, I began to like it more and more.  Around the 2:00 mark it turns into the type of song I love, building bass, desperate sounding vocals, and a hook that you can't get out of your head.

14.  Rosa - Grimes
Vocal melodies that overlap and a good bass line, sounds like a good combo to me.

15.  Tip Of Your Tongue - Porcelain Raft
If you like the Pains of Being Pure At Heart, you'll probably like "Tip Of Your Tongue."

16.  Spirit - Arc in Round
Also like the Pains of Being Pure At Heart, but the more shoe-gazey Pains of Being Pure At Heart.

I obviously lost a little steam at the end there, but hopefully it will give you a better idea of what you are about to listen to! (should you choose to download)

January Mix?

Two days late....Oh well, hopefully February's mix will still be in February.  I'm going to attempt to be on my A-game this month.  This mix is a bit of a hodgepodge, but isn't that the point of the "menagerie?"  It's messy in a good way; a little 80's super-group, noisy 90's trip-hop, some new stuff from familiar artists, a bit of chill-wave (bad connotation, but I only have the best of intentions) that wouldn't be un-welcome on 94.7 The WAVE, and Carissa's Wierd? That one is for 16 year old me, 16 year old me would have loooooved Carissa's Wierd, had I known about it at the time....

Here it is, enjoy.

1. Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening to Neu - Ciccone Youth

2. Wasting Time - Reading Rainbow

3. Jesus Fever - Kurt Vile

4. Wild I - The Babies

5. Devils Hearts Grow Gold - La Sera

6. Caregiver - Memoryhouse

7. New Beat - Toro Y Moi

8. Weak Need - Sad Souls

9. It Goes Through Your Head (DaM-FunK Clubdub) - Nite Jewel

10. Like I Do - Star Slinger

11. Cover Your Tracks - Young Galaxy

12. Ignorant Piece Of Shit - Carissa's Wierd

13. Drag Open - Women

14. Wild Bore - Mika Miko

15. Teenager - Cowabunga Babez

16. I Sing Just For You - Pens

17. Perfume - The Jesus & Mary Chain

18. Another Day - Air