Artist	Song
Pizzicato Five	Catwalk [St. Etienne Remix] (Great White Wonder, 1995)
Braid	This Charming Man (Movie Music, Vol. 2, 2000)
The Reindeer Section	I'll Be Here When You Wake (Son Of Evil Reindeer, 2002)
Elliott Smith	Say Yes (Either/Or, 1997)
Terry Hall and Salad	Dream A Little Dream (Help: A Charity Project For The Children Of Bosnia, 1995)
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood	Ladybird (Fairy Tales & Fantasies: The Best Of Nancy & Lee, 1989)
The Beautiful South	A Little Time (Choke, 1990)
The Beach Boys	Don't Worry Baby (Shut Down, Vol. 2, 1964)
The Jayhawks	Save It For A Rainy Day (Rainy Day Music, 2003)
The Velvet Underground	Who Loves The Sun (Loaded, 1970)
Dntel	The Dream Of Evan And Chan (Life Is Full Of Possibilities, 2001)
Life Without Buildings	Envoys (Any Other City, 2000)
Neutral Milk Hotel	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, 2000)
Galaxie 500	When Will You Come Home (On Fire, 1989)
Rufus Wainwright	Poses (Poses, 2001)
Bill Wells & Isobel Campbell	Ghost Of Yesterday (Ghost Of Yesterday, 2002)
Kevin Shields	Ikebana (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack "Lost In Translation", 2003)
James Taylor	Fire And Rain (Sweet Baby James, 1970)
The Decemberists	Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect (Castaways And Cutouts, 2002)
The Beatles	Here Comes The Sun (Abbey Road, 1969)
The Sea and Cake	All The Photographs (Oui, 2001)
Belle and Sebastian	Ease Your Feet In The Sea (The Boy With The Arab Strap, 1998)

Comment:

This is mood-setting music, of sorts - it's not all indie pop, strictly speaking, but it has that same light quality to it; at least, that was the idea. On Sunday I'm going to see Belle and Sebastian (which I'm looking forward to immensely!) and, while I thought about making a "best of" mix for the train ride, I instead decided to mark the occasion by making the kind of mix that would get me into a happy, indie-pop mood for the concert. A couple of tracks tend more towards folk and are a little more downbeat (the Elliott Smith and James Taylor) but for the most part, cheerful and/or melodious is what I was going for. And Belle and Sebastian at the end, just as a reminder of the inspiration for the mix!

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