Here are my summer 2014 high-rotation tunes. If the new stuff’s not new to you, maybe the old will be, or vice versa. If you fast-forward track 8 I’m not sure if we can still be friends. Otherwise, talk it out in the comments section.
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1. Today More Than Any Other Day – Ought – 2014
2. What Do I Get? – Buzzcocks – 1978
3. When I See You – Thompson Twins – 1981
4. Black and White – Parquet Courts – 2014
5. Personal Planes – Priests – 2012
6. Calculations – Household – 2013
7. Snag – Swearin’ – 2011
[Interlude] 8. March of the Siamese Children – The 20th-Century Fox Orchestra – 1956
9. In Conflict – Owen Pallett – 2014
10. Inspector Norse – Todd Terje – 2014
11. I Want More – Can – 1976
12. Summer in a Small Town – Cleaners From Venus – 1984
13. Lost Weekend – The So So Glos – 2013
14. Yellow Eyes – Eagulls – 2014
15. After Dark – The Flowers – 1979
[Interlude] 16. Première Pensée Rose Croix – Teodoro Anzellotti (Erik Satie comp.) – 1998/1892
17. Rose 4 U – TEEN – 2014
18. In the Sound – Freelove Fenner – 2013
19. O Mi Amore (Instrumental) – Television – 1978
20. The World Is Flat – Quilt – 2014
21. Primitive – Real Estate – 2014
22. Stars – The Clean – 2001
23. Kong – The Notwist – 2014
24. Bronx Cheer – Mercury Rev – 1993
25. Third Uncle – Brian Eno – 1974
[Exit Music] 26. High on a Rocky Ledge – Moondog – 1978
[Previously. And.]
SOOO GOOOD
thanks for this mix, bryan!
I second that. Love it. Really great mix to be out running to in NY tonight. Funny that this mix didn’t bubble up while you were writing the Television book. But I guess it still makes sense now since your new book project has you immersed in the same era. This sounds like a mix tape from NY’s downtown scene in the late 1970s. Funny that so many of the new bands are still making those same kinds of songs. Hopefully some of the new kids will always be making these kinds of songs.
We are listening to this in the actual now.
1., 2., & 3.: Thanks for listening! I hope it comes in handy in some way as the long wkend wends its way. I’ve been using it to write but I’d like to take it on a run as well. And play it really loud with friends.
2.: It’s funny that you say that about the MM book — but a good 1/2 of these songs were released *after* that book. I did make a kickass mix of songs related to the book though, including a lot of recommendations by key players: here.
And can I just say, I’ve listened to FF’s last two mixes SO MUCH the last while. And listening to the late night one now, because here it’s, well, late at night.