Indie Mix Tape

A while ago, back before the new year I talked about Indie Mix Tapes. Well, after many long hard hours, pouring over the best indie stuff I've heard in the last while, Seb and myself have come up with one ourselves, along with some help from the awesome people that are Carrie and Kev.



So now, whether you need a mixtape for your favorite person, or just like indie music here's a helping hand...

Side A:

Tokyo Police Club – In A Cave
The Moldy Peaches – Lucky Number Nine
of Montreal – Touched Something's Hollow
John Shelly and the Creatures – Tiger Tales
The Hedge Schools – Butterfly
Broken Social Scene – 7/4 (Shoreline) ((Shoreline))
Iron & Wine – 16, Maybe Less
The National – Secret Meeting
The Presets – Girl and the Sea
Camera Obscura – Swimming Pool
The Organ – It's Time to Go
Elbow – One Day Like This

Side B:

Future Bible Heroes – Mr. Punch
The Olivia Tremor Control – The Opera House
Pavement – Shady Lane
Acid House Kings – This And That
The Seedy Seeds – Calliope
The Hi-Life Companion – You're the greatest
Cherry Ghost – Thirst For Romance
Band of Horses – Is There a Ghost
Asobi Seksu – Thursday
Miracle Fortress – Whirrs
Fleet Foxes – Mykonos

Some of the tracks are available as free downloads, full track previews or 30 second previews over on last.fm, so head over there if you like and feel free to leave comments and suggestions. Nothing's set in stone here. If you'd like a copy for yourself, just leave a comment and you can be the proud owner of a lovely mix tape.

Today's nice photo is from Erica Marshall, who has an awesome photography site muddyboots.org.

Indie mix tape

UPDATE: The check out the track list we eventually came up with after many a heated discussion.

Last week I came up with the idea of what I coined "an emergency indie mix tape". In a world where MP3's and CD's are the currency of music, tapes have become forever lost and increasingly indie. Even vinyl still has it's place in today's music circles, but the humble audio tape has become lost in the ages.



But what, assuming I can find some blank audio tape, will go on my indie mix tape? Some rummaging through the interweb and I came up with this... Last.fm user Martynas from Lithuania's "indie mix tape". It's pretty awesome, though it does include The Killers and The Arctic Monkeys. There's also an interesting discussion on one of the forums which should inspire some ideas.

This is going to be a long, arduous task to undertake. But I'll manage it somehow. If you've any suggestions or ideas do leave them in comments. I fear this is a task too great for one man, so any help is appreciated.

Today's photo is by Laura Crossett aka NewRambler from Wyoming, who apparently has an awesome mix tape collection.