News From Nowhere

Artist Song
The Shins  Caring Is Creepy (Oh, Inverted World, 2001) 
Kind Of Like Spitting  Birds Of A Feather (Nothing Makes Sense Without It, 2000) 
Namelessnumberheadman  Every Fiber (Your Voice Repeating, 2003) 
Ocean Colour Scene  The Day We Caught The Train (Moseley Shoals, 1996) 
Cat Power  Yesterday Is Here (Dear Sir, 1995) 
Pedro The Lion  Bad Diary Days (It's Hard To Find A Friend, 1998) 
The Race  Safe And Sound (If You Can, 2004) 
Now It's Overhead  Blackout Curtain (Now It's Overhead, 2001) 
Kevin Coyne  Nasty, Lonesome Valley (Marjory Razorblade, 1973) 
Jens Lekman  Black Cab (Maple Leaves, 2004) 
Super Furry Animals  Liberty Belle (Phantom Power, 2003) 
Kitchens Of Distinction  Drive That Fast (Strange Free World, 1991) 
Snow Patrol  Spitting Games (Final Straw, 2004) 
Broken Social Scene  Almost Crimes [Radio Kills remix] (You Forgot It In People, 2003) 
Seachange  News From Nowhere (Lay Of the Land, 2004) 
New Sense  Outside Chance (New Sense, 2003) 
Mojave 3  Bill Oddity (Spoon And Rafter, 2003) 
The Paper Hearts  Circles (Hard To Smile, 2004) 
Uncle Tupelo  Punch Drunk (Still Feel Gone, 2001) 
The Raincoats  Fairytale In The Supermarket (The Raincoats, 1980) 

Comment:

Aaaaand...let's mix up the genres one more time. Odd as it may sound, some people, whether I know them well or not, strike me as great "mix candidates" - I sometimes wonder what sort of mixes I'd make for them. However, if I end up making said mixes, I don't know if I ever actually intend to pass them on - not so much because I don't want to, but more out of a fear of looking like a stalker if I don't know the person too well...! This is one such "speculation" mix - made a while ago for a girl who was more of a friend of a friend. I had a conversation with her about music once and we recommended a few bands to each other, which got me to making this. Sadly, I never did get to give it to her!
image for mix

Feedback:

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musicgnome
Date: 8/5/2005
Diggin' this one.
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G-Sphere
Date: 8/5/2005
Looking real good. Might be the place to do some trading.
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Orchid
Date: 8/5/2005
I know exactly what you mean about "mix candidates"! I speculate about potential mixes for people all the time, even when I don't know them very well. (Which reminds me-- my best friend and I used to drive around and pass out a variety of mixes to strangers on the street, based on what we thought they'd like. It was a veritable mixmobile!)
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p the swede
Date: 8/5/2005
I quite like this but I really love the strech 9-12
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Siobhan
Date: 8/5/2005
Orchid, you're my hero. That's exactly what I'd like to do!
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abangaku
Date: 8/5/2005
Is Yesterday Is Here the Tom Waits song by any chance? i'd love to hear Cat Power doing that one.
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Dom1
Date: 8/6/2005
More stalker wisdom from Scotland's Indie Queen.
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gaucho
Date: 8/6/2005
so much awesomeness! love the sfa & kitchens & coyne & shins picks etc.
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bungeeless jumper
Date: 8/7/2005
so many good songs:)
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Rob Conroy
Date: 8/7/2005
Your opener and closer are to die for, and that's a fine SFA track, as well... The rest looks encouraging, too.
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sport !
Date: 8/8/2005
Excellent! Mix!