SORRY I’M NOT SORRY: A MIXTAPE

It’s been a long time since I’ve put one of these together. Special thanks to Len for the groovy artwork. Hope you like it! 

Tracklist:

01 Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarassing
02 Black Marble - MSQ No-Extra
03 Lower Dens - Lion in Winter Pt. 2
04 Chris Cohen - Don’t Look Today
05 Chelsea Wolfe - Flatlands
06 The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group - Spain
07 Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
08 Sourpatch - Say That I’m Not Over
09 The Lovely Bad Things - Hear or Anywhere
10 Jeff the Brotherhood - Diamond Way
11 The Feelies - The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness
12 Ducktails - Timothy Shy
13 Thee Oh Sees - Minotaur
14 Beach Fossils - Birthday
15 Mac Demarco - Freaking Out the Neighborhood
16 Alex Calder - Suki and Me
17 Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep
18 Connie Francis - Fallin’
19 Menahan Street Band - Everday is a Dream
20 Frank Ocean - Lost
21 So Many Details - Toro Y Moi
22 Devendra Banhart - Your Fine Petting Duck

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2K12 HOT TRAXXX: 50ish songs I like that came out in 2012.

BAD PIZZA: A Mixtape

Nine months have come and gone since the last time I did one of these. This one’s dedicated to a particularly awful slice of county fair pizza from one of the most epic days I had this Summer. Thanks to Len for making the snazzy cover. Enjoy!

Tracklist:

01 Mohammed Rafi - Jaan Pehechaan Ho
02 Chris Cohen - Monad
03 Crystal Stilts - Sycamore Tree
04 Tamaryn - I’m Gone
05 The Aislers Set - Holiday Gone Well
06 Whirr - Toss
07 Melody’s Echo Chamber - Quand Vas Tu Rentrer?
08 Dear Nora - Make You Smile
09 Sourpatch - Things You Say
10 Frankie Rose - Know Me
11 Francoise Hardy - Le Temps de L’amour
12 The Bilinda Butchers - Tulips
13 Wild Nothing - Only Heather
14 Minks - Juniper
15 DIIV - Past Lives
16 Cass McCombs - So Damn Pure
17 Belle and Sebastian - Nice Day For a Sulk
18 The Nerves - When You Find Out
19 Still Corners - I Wrote in Blood
20 The Cleaners From Venus - Only a Shadow
21 [ BONUS SECRET TRACK ] 

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And please remember, DON’T BE A JERK! If you like what you hear, support the artists. Buy their records, go to their shows, get some merch, & tell your friends!

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DO I SAD?: An Andrea Inspired Mixtape

It’s been ages since I put together a mixtape and I’ve been sitting on a lot of gems, waiting to be unearthed. These songs aren’t really a bummer, even though the title suggests otherwise. I just liked the phrase and happened to stumble upon these excellent LIFE Magazine photos of Marcel Marceau by Gjon Mili. Anddddd, as usual…I’ve included a bonus secret throwback track for those of you who make it all the way through the end. Enjoy!

Tracklist:

01 Geneva Jacuzzi - Do I Sad?
02 Computer Magic - Electronic Fences
03 Mac DeMarco - Baby’s Wearin Blue Jeans
04 James Pants - Clouds Over the Pacific
05 Regina - Haluan Sinut
06 Tennis - Traveling
07 Fear of Men - Doldrums
08 Ringo Deathstarr - Kaleidoscope
09 Blood Orange - Sutphin Boulevard
10 Foxes in Fiction - 15 Ativan (Song for Erika)
11 The Clientele - Reflections After Jane
12 Pure X - Dry Ice
13 Night Manager - Cosmonaught
14 Spectrals - Luck Is There To Be Pushed
15 The Sea and Cake - The Argument
16 Little Wings - Mr. Natural
17 Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
18 Widowspeak - Gun Shy
19 Blouse - Into Black
20 Grimes - Oblivion
21 [ BONUS SECRET TRACK ]

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And please remember, DON’T BE A JERK! If you like what you hear, support the artists. Buy their records, go to their shows, get some merch, & tell your friends!

For more Andrea Inspired Mixtapes, head over here.

GIRLGANG ZINE x GAGC: Curls ‘n Bangs Mixtape

Love those gals at GIRLGANG ZINE, so when they asked me to create a mixtape for them how could I say no? Here’s a little something I did for them on behalf of GAGC.

I like to think of this playlist as a collection of anthems for my imaginary girl gang Curls ‘n Bangs. We’d have the gnarliest hairdos and the best sleepovers. Wanna join?

including: 

01 The What Four - I’m Gonna Destroy That Boy
02 Widowspeak - Gun Shy
03 Blouse - White
04 Sourpatch - Crushin’
05 Buffalo Moon - Beach Boy
06 Brave Irene - Campfire
07 Electrelane - On Parade
08 Marine Girls - Time We Used to Spend
09 Still Corners - French Kiss
10 Tamaryn - Sandstone
11 Grouper - Poison Tree
12 Friendo - Callers
13 Mirah - Make It Hot
14 Grass Widow - Give Me Shapes
15 Tiger Trap - Don’t Ask
16 Trash Kit - New Face
17 The Softies - Sleep Away Your Troubles
18 Chromatics - I’m On Fire

You can also listen to it HERE!

(via girlgangzine)

WICKED PLANTS: An Andrea Inspired Mixtape

Happy Autumn, everyone! Here’s a new mixtape I’d like to share with you.

Tracklist:

01 Cornelius \ Mic Check
02 Clams \ See the Brightest Star
03 Blouse \ White
04 Sore Eros \ Giraffe’s Kiss
05 Friendo \ Counter/Time
06 King Krule \ Out Getting Ribs
07 Widowspeak \ Hard Times
08 Atlas Sound \ The Shakes
09 Big Troubles \ You’ll Be Laughing
10 Girls Names \ Lawrence
11 Dive \ Sometime
12 Sourpatch \ Crushin’
13 Japanther \ Evil Earth
14 Deep Sht \ Hector
15 The Babies \ Sunset
16 Teenage Fanclub \ Sometimes I Don’t Need to Believe in Anything
17 Beat Happening \ What’s Important
18 The Aislers Set \ Chicago New York
19 Mathieu Boogaerts \ Ondulé
20 Umebayashi Shigeru \ Yumeji’s Theme
21 [ B O N U S . S L O W . J A M ] 

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And please remember, DON’T BE A JERK! If you like what you hear, support the artists. Buy their records, go to their shows, get some merch, & tell your friends!

For more Andrea Inspired Mixtapes, head over here.

THE OWLS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM: An Andrea Inspired Mixtape

Summertime is my favorite time for mixtapes. 

Tracklist:

01 Jeff the Brotherhood \  Heavy Days
02 Women \ Shaking Hand
03 Peaking Lights \ Amazing and Wonderful
04 Hotel Mexico \ It’s Twinkle
05 Yuck \ The Base of a Dream is Empty
06 Kids on a Crime Spree \ I Don’t Want to Call You Baby, Baby
07 Minks \ Kusmi
08 Crush \ I Need You
09 The Rockin’ Ramrods \ Bright Lit Blue Skies
10 Elvis Presley Meets The Wailers \ Crying in the Chapel
11 The Twerps \ Nothing About Nothing
12 Cults \ Never Heal Myself
13 Dent May \ Fun
14 Brown Recluse \ Golden Sun
15 Black Tambourine \ Throw Aggi Off the Bridge
16 Brave Irene \ Bank Holiday
17 Dead Gaze \ This Big World
18 Fungi Girls \ Velvet Days
19 Women \ Drag Open
20 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti \ Fright Night [Dam Funk Remix]
21 (( SECRET SUMMERTIME MEGA HIT )) 

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And please remember, DON’T BE A JERK! If you like what you hear, support the artists. Buy their records, go to their shows, get some merch, & tell your friends!

For more Andrea Inspired Mixtapes, head over here.

Version Control: An Andrea Inspired 8tracks Mix

Inspired by Kate’s Cover mix she posted last week, I slapped together my own little mix of favorite interpretations over on 8tracks.

Tracklist:

01 Pattern Is Movement - Crazy in Love (Beyonce)
02 Sonic Youth - Superstar (The Carpenters)
03 Finally Punk - Negative Creep (Nirvana)
04 Abe Vigoda - Wild Heart (Stevie Nicks)
05 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
06 The Go! Team - Bull in the Heather (Sonic Youth)
07 She Trinity - He Fought the Law (Bobby Fuller Four)
08 The Concretes - Miss You (Rolling Stones)
09 So Cow - Lee Remick (The Go-Betweens)
10 Modular - Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)

The Mall: An Andrea Inspired Mixtape

First mix of 2011. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about Kimmy Gibbler, The Get Up Kids, Xangas/Livejournals (choose your weapon) and that goofy period in your late teens/early twenties when you’re not a kid anymore but still don’t know much about anything. I guess some of those vibes came through when putting this mix together.

So whatevs, dude. Stay cool. 

Tracklist:

01 The Ventures \ The Creeper
02 Yuck \ The Wall
03 CUFFS \ Privilege (Demo)
04 Beach Fossils \ Fall Right In
05 The Babies \ Somebody Else
06 Smith Westerns \ Weekend
07 Rafter \ Paper
08 The Charmels \ As Long As I’ve Got You
09 Karl Blau \ Dark Sedan
10 The Luyas \ Too Beautiful to Work
11 John Fahey \ Sligo River Blues
12 Ducktails \ Killin’ The Vibe
13 James Blake \ Wilhelms Scream
14 Braids \ Same Mum
15 Yuck \ Get Away
16 The Whines \ Cut Meat
17 Finally Punk \ Missile
18 Big Surr \ Alright
19 Tennis \ Seafarer
20 Toro Y Moi \ Got Blinded
21 Mount Kimbie \ Before I Move Off
22 El Michel’s Affair \ C.R.E.A.M.
23 Broadcast \ Until Then

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For more Andrea Inspired Mixtapes, head over here. 

WE ARE STAR STUFF: An Andrea Inspired Mixtape

“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”

Tracklist:

01 La Femme \ Françoise
02 C.O.C.O. \ C.O.C.O.
03 Summer Fiction \ Chandeliers
04 Pastels & Tenniscoats \ Vivid Youth
05 La Femme \ Sur La Planche
06 Shimmering Stars \ East Van Girls!
07 Tyvek \ 4312
08 Atlas Sound \ Green Glass Bottles
09 Solid Space \ Tenth Planet
10 Marine Girls \ Time We Used to Spend
11 Spectrals \ Keep Your Magic Out of My House
12 Ducktails \ Art Vandelay
13 Two Bicycles \ Run
14 Romantic States \ One Way is Right
15 Night Control \ Frozen Eyes
16 Pigbag \ Sunny Day
17 Twin Shadow \ At My Heels
18 Pandit \ Artichoke
19 The Whines \ Indian Homewrecker
20 Teenage Panzerkorps \ Turn Out Your Lights
21 Real Estate \ Out of Tune
22 Seapony \ With You
23 Pina Chulada \ Appropriate Stranger
24 The Microphones \ The Pull
25 Washed Out \ #7

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For more Andrea Inspired Mixtapes, head over here.

FANTASTIC: An Andrea Inspired Mixtape

I’ve made ten of these things now. With each one, it feels like I’m purging myself of an obsession. A compulsion of relentlessly playing the same twenty-odd songs. These mixtapes are a perennial release of an aural tic.

01 Broadcast - Chord Simple
02 The Zombies - Leave Me Be
03 Dirty Beaches - True Blue
04 Spectrals - Leave Me Be
05 Still Corners - Endless Summer
06 Tamaryn - Love Fade
07 Teenage Panzerkorps - Knut Hamsun
08 ▲POPDRONE - belong-to
09 Coyote Clean Up - DOWNHILL EXPRESS
10 Fantastic Palace - And Now, This
11 RatTail - Green Guitar
12 Super Wild Horses - 89 Cadet
13 Paul Cary - Ghost of a Man
14 Mount McKinley - Celebrator
15 No Age - Glitter
16 Fungi Girls - Sun Blues
17 Deerhunter - Helicopter
18 Kana Kapila - Caribe Para Niños
19 Diane Renay - Watch Out, Sally
20 Ko + Friends - Hiding
21 Tennis - Baltimore
22 Grass Widow - Submarine
23 Andrew Graham & Swarming Branch - Take It Easy On Kathy At Least She Can Dance
24 Ricky Nelson - Fools Rush In 

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For more Andrea Inspired Mixtapes, head over here.

MOIST: An Andrea Inspired Mixtape

It’s been a while since I’ve released a non-themed mixtape (the last ones centered around girl bands and songs with names in their titles). MOIST is a sampling of songs I currently have on heavy rotation. It just so happens that they go quite well with jump starting the summer.

So, I present to you a compilation of songs to bring and beat the heat.

Tracklist:

01 The Equals \ Michael and the Slipper Tree
02 Tennis \ Marathon
03 Gigi \ The Marquee (with Katie Eastburn)
04 WOOM \ The Hunt
05 Modular \ Femme Fatale
06 STUNTS \ Felt
07 PS I Love You \ Facelove
08 Ty Segall \ Cents
09 So Cow \ Limboat
10 Hanoi Janes \ Casablanca
11 Super Wild Horses \ On the Corner
12 Las Robertas \ History is Done
13 Los Zafiros \ Cuando Yo La Conoci
14 The Bomboras \ Skater Dater
15 Grass Widow \ Rattled Call
16 Ennio Morricone \ Underwater (Wah-Wah)
17 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti \ Beverly Kills
18 The Go! Team \ Bull in the Heather (Sonic Youth Cover)
19 Phèdre \ Ode to the Swinger
20 Wild Nothing \ Our Composition Book
21 Campfires \ Royal Orange
22 Mike Bruno \ Fallen Kings
23 Kurt Vile \ Losing Momentum (For Jim Jarmusch)
24 Family Trees \ Dream Dream
25 Beach Fossils \ Gathering

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For more Andrea Inspired Mixtapes, head over here.

May Runaway: A Got A Girl Crush Mixtape

I made a new mixtape for Got A Girl Crush:

It’s due time that we release another girl crush bred, female led, jam-packed GAGC mixtape, so…ta-da!

[Image courtesy of James Turnley]

Tracklist:

01 The She Trinity \ He Fought the Law
02 Finally Punk \ Negative Creep
03 Dum Dum Girls \ Bhang Bhang, I’m A Burnout
04 Nancy Sinatra \ Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
05 Best Coast \ Our Deal
06 Gigi \ Won’t Someone Tell Me (with Mirah)
07 Quadron \ Pressure
08 Ellie Greenwich \ Baby *
09 Veronica Falls \ Starry Eyes
10 All Saints Day \ It’ll Come Around
11 Bachelorette \ A Lifetime
12 White Hinterland \ Icarus
13 Yellow Fever \ Hellfire
14 Tiger Trap \ Sour Grass
15 Grass Widow \ Tattoo
16 Las Robertas \ In Between Buses
17 North Highlands \ Collar Bones
18 Twin Sister \ The Other Side of Your Face
19 Memoryhouse \ Lately (Troisieme)
20 Yes Please \ Smoothie
21 The Concretes \ Miss You
22 Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou \ Tenkou! Why Feel Sorry?
23 Nancy Sinatra \ Tonight You Belong to Me

And please remember, don’t be a jerk! If you like what you hear, support the artists. Buy their records, go to their shows, get some merch, & tell your friends!

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* It was brought to my attention that the file for the Ellie Greenwich song got corrupted. For those who’ve already downloaded the mixtape, you can replace that file with this one (right-click, Save As).

HARMONIKER: A Mixtape

I apologize for the semi-groan-worthy title, but take a wild guess at what the theme of this mixtape is. Wouldn’t it be a hoot to invite all the subjects of these songs to a dinner party?

[Image via Ben Pearce]

Tracklist

01 The Go-Betweens \ Lee Remick
02 Colin Blunstone \ Caroline Goodbye
03 Caribou \ Sandy
04 Broadcast \ Michael A Grammar
05 Black Lips \ O Katrina!
06 So Cow \ One Hundred Helens
07 Atlas Sound \ Sheila
08 Yo La Tengo \ Madeline
09 The Free Design \ My Brother Woody
10 Twin Sister \ Daniel (Live @ WYNU)
11 The Drums \ Don’t Be A Jerk, Jonny
12 Yellow Fever \ Donald
13 The Mantles \ James
14 Animal Collective \ Derek
15 DOM \ Jesus
16 POGO \ Alice
17 Oh No! Oh My! \ Jane is Fat
18 Beach House \ Gila
19 Taken By Trees \ Anna
20 Caribou \ Irene

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Plant Yourself: A Mixtape

Here’s a mixtape I made for San Diego design curators Set & Drift’s Minstrel Friday series. These are some songs that have been swilling in my head for the past few months. They’re not particularly slow, and they’re not particularly fast. So, just sit down. Put on your headphones. Take a deep breath, and plant yourself. You’re exactly where you need to be right now.

Tracklist:

01 Brothers Johnson \ Strawberry Letter 23
02 Tyvek \ Bicycle Fantasy II
03 Best Coast \ Wish He Was You
04 Christmas Island \ Blackout Summer
05 caUSE Co-MOTION! \ Baby Don’t Do It
06 Ancient Crux \ Demand Respect
07 So Cow \ Halcyon Days
08 Cloud Nothings \ Ooh You
09 Brown Recluse \ Skeletons (Demo)
10 The Bobby Fuller Four \ Let Her Dance
11 The Mantles \ Bury Me Dead
12 Jefferson Airplane \ White Rabbit
13 Warpaint \ Krimson
14 Veronica Falls \ Beachy Head
15 Yellow Fever \ Cats and Rats
16 Grass Widow \ To Where
17 Yes Please \ Buddy Friend
18 Body Language \ At A Glance (Toro y Moi Remix)
19 Memoryhouse \ To the Lighthouse
20 The Vaselines \ Molly’s Lips
21 Twin Sister \ Dry Hump
22 Cassis Orange \ Listen Heartbeat

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