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.

They have indie awards now

Does winning prizes makes you less indie? But what if the prize itself if an indie one? Well, look at this years Mercury Music Prize. For those not in the know, the Mercury Music Prize was set up by a bunch of people who thought the other music prizes weren't indie enough and only rewarded popularity not musical awesomeness.

This year's winners, Elbow, are indeed awesome. Check out their stuff here and here. It only took them 18 years to get some nice recognition of what their doing. Now that's indie.

And the lovely live photo of them is by Matt Hobbs.