MOVE ALONG: A Mixtape
This time next week, Len & I will be en route in a 10’ U-Haul from San Diego to San Francisco to embark on our next great adventure. I put together this mix to help ease the long drive up the coast of California. Hopefully these songs move you along and get you through a daunting task, as well.
Tracklist:
01 The Dovers \ What Am I Going to Do
02 Night Control \ Star 131
03 Cloud Nothings \ Hey Cool Kid
04 So Cow \ Casablanca
05 Ancient Crux \ Pressure
06 Christmas Island \ Bed Island
07 Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum \ Avalanches
08 Le Loup \ A Celebration
09 Holiday Shores \ Bradley Bear
10 Best Coast \ When I’m With You
11 Pill Wonder \ Gone to the Market
12 Fungi Girls \ Pacific Nostalgia
13 Sonny & the Sunsets \ Too Young to Burn
14 The Fresh & Onlys \ Invisible Forces
15 Thee Oh Sees \ Block of Ice
16 The Soft Pack \ Fences
17 Letting Up Despite Great Faults \ In Steps
18 Future Trends \ Moonraker
19 MillionYoung \ Chlorophyl
20 Death and Vanilla \ Ghosts in the Machine
21 Broadcast \ Black Cat
22 Pipas \ Pidg’s Brew
Salt, Sugar & Spice: A Got A Girl Crush Mixtape
A compilation of female fronted melodies handpicked for your enjoyment. No boys allowed.
Tracklist:
01 Girls At Our Best \ Getting Nowhere Fast
02 Sally Paradies \ Le Vol des Ciseaux-Oiseaux
03 The Delicate Situation \ Decisions, Indecisions
04 Trailer Trash Tracys \ Candy Girl
05 The Free Design \ My Brother Woody
06 Broadcast \ Come On Let’s Go
07 Taken By Trees \ Watch the Waves
08 Braids \ Lemonade
09 Vivian Girls \ Walking Alone At Night
10 Mika Miko \ Business Cats
11 Best Coast \ So Gone
12 Rattail \ Go Green
13 The Mayfair Set \ Junked!
14 The Postmarks \ 7-11
15 Camera Obscura \ French Navy
16 Mirah \ Recommendation
17 Bobby Baby \ In Ten Years From Now
18 Julie Doiron \ Last Night
The Chemistry of Soap: A Mixtape
A collection of tunes to help say goodbye to summer, and wave hello to fall. Cover art contributed by The Talented Mr. Len Crockett.
Tracklist:
01 The Free Design \ Kites Are Fun
02 Fool’s Gold \ Surprise Hotel
03 Gang of Four \ Not Great Men
04 Young Buffalo \ Catapilah
05 Many Mansions \ Oneness
06 Taken by Trees \ My Boys
07 Le Loup \ Beach Town
08 Candy Claws \ Catamaran
09 The Luyas \ Spherical Mattress
10 Bakers at Dawn \ The Instrument
11 Braids \ Lemonade
12 Toro Y Moi \ 109
13 Family Portrait \ On the Floor
14 Vivian Girls \ The End
15 The Free Design \ Love You
Ave Lucifer! (Ando Meio Desligado)
This is a fun mixtape Len made over a year ago that I still jam to this day. The album art he did for this is ACE! In his own words:
Ave Lucifer! is a mix-tape type of thing. I made it for your music enjoyment. You can download it, you put it into your iTunes or whatever music-buddy you use. Then you listen to it, you want to get up out of your pants and you leap into the air… Feel me?
Tracklist:
01 The Jeromes \ Intro
02 Tommy Haggard Orchestra \ Pealed Tomato
03 France Gall \ Hippe Hippe
04 The Black Triangle \ Hot Dog Lady
05 The Stylers \ Enjoy Yourself
06 Charlotte Leslie \ Les Filles C’Est Fait…
07 Pierre Henry \ Psyche Rock
08 Koko Taylor \ Egg Or The Hen
09 Funk Factory \ Rien Ne Va Plus
10 Sodsai Chaengkij \ The Boat That I Row
11 The Shangri-Las \ Bull Dog
12 The Dap-Kings \ Casella Walk
Something Ominous This Way Comes: A Mixtape
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” - Alfred Hitchcock
A certain awful lurks around the corner. When things don’t bode well, these songs personify the unsettling feeling which sits deep inside the pits of your stomach.
Tracklist:
01 Broadcast \ Unchanging Window/Chord Simple
02 Serge Gainsbourg \ Requiem Pour Un Con
03 Sigur Rós \ Gong
04 Portishead \ Silence
05 The American Analog Set \ (Theme From) Everything Ends
06 Junior Boys \ Teach Me How To Fight
07 DJ Shadow \ Midnight In A Perfect World
08 Broadcast \ Come On Let’s Go
09 Midlake \ Roscoe (Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)
10 Caribou \ She’s The One
11 Portishead \ We Carry On
12 Women \ Lawncare
13 Bent \ Swollen
14 Röyksopp \ Silver Cruiser
15 Yo La Tengo \ Everyday
NEON SUMMER: A Summer Mixtape
Burn it onto a CD or put it on your iPod, turn up the volume and jam it in your car. This mix is meant to be listened to while driving around in the heat of a summer’s day: shades on, the not-so-cooling A/C on full blast, warm wind blowing at your face, elbow leaning against the hot glass window, sweat collecting underneath your thighs. Whether you’re heading to the beach or going on a roadtrip, bop your head along to these tunes and dream of an infinite summer.
Tracklist:
01 Benoît Pioulard \ Ragged Tint
02 Here We Go Magic \ Ahab
03 Atlas Sound \ Dovers Jam (Live)
04 Ancient Crux \ In Teen Dreams
05 Thee Oh Sees \ Tidal Wave
06 Neon Indian \ Deadbeat Summer
07 Japandroids \ Wet Hair
08 Eat Skull \ Stick to the Formula
09 Smith Westerns \ Girl in Love
10 Neon Indian \ Terminally Chill
11 Nodzzz \ Is She There
12 Modest Mouse \ Dirty Fingernails
13 Mika Miko \ Turkey Sandwich
14 Dum Dum Girls \ Ship of Love
15 Rat Tail \ Racecar
16 Real Estate \ Fake Blues
17 Nosaj Thing \ Aquarium
18 Bibio \ Lovers’ Carvings
19 Toro Y Moi \ Blessa
20 Smog \ Our Anniversary
21 Mount Eerie \ Between Two Mysteries
22 High Places \ From Stardust to Sentience
23 Real Estate \ Atlantic City
