This week's mix is a bit confused, a bit jangly pop, some dark and retro electro infused with vintage orchestras playing behind mini pop-ette crooners. It hints at every decade between now and your parent's hey day. It's pleasant, uplifting, and hopefully will get you excited about warmer days to come in the months ahead.
Included in this weeks mix: 1. Lulu - I'll Come Running 2. Miniature Tigers - Cannibal Queen 3. Harlem - Friendly Ghost 4. Ann Reilly & The Echomen - Lonely Sixteen 5. Monaco - What Do You Want From Me 6. Noah & The Whale - Blue Skies (The Twelves Remix) 7. New Young Pony Club - Lost A Girl 8. Kleerup - Until We Bleed (Ft. Lykke Li) 9. Sandie Shaw - There Is Always Something There To Remind Me 10. Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island
First post of the new year and it's a bit belated as far as the rest of the "New Year" lists go, but I allowed myself a nice holiday break from the mixtape for a week, so apologies if you're listed out.
This is a first for the mixtape - as every song included has already been featured before - but you see, that's my theme.
When I started putting together these mixtapes back in April, I didn't realize how much of an undertaking it would be. It is hugely time consuming, and sometimes I'm just not feeling any of my music enough to get inspired, forcing me to actively seek out new music at a rate which I've never done before.
I've listened to some amazing bands this year, and for that, I thank my lil mixtape. My only worry sometimes was that the rate in which I was consuming music was becoming overwhelming, whereas in years past I would listen to some key tracks over and over and over, I found some of the music I was listening to was becoming disposable - a depressing thought as a musician. I would listen, love, and then simply forget.
So what I decided to do was put together a mixtape of songs I might have NEVER come across if it weren't for the fact I was putting together a mixtape! Pretty much every single one is from the past year, so it seemed quite appropriate to call it my Love Action Best-Of 2009. There were loads of others I loved that didn't quite make it in, but considering over the last 34 mixtapes I used something around 360 tracks, and probably 355 bands... well, it was easy to miss a few.
I also feel like I need to give a big thank you to some of the main sources I use to discover new music - and most of them also offer free tracks to download - so thank you to Nialler9, WinnieCooper, State.ie, NME DailyDownload & of course HypeMachine.
Enjoy! And please let me know if you had any favorite mix tracks over the last year. x Jessie
Without further A do, Love Action's Best of 2009 is: 1. The Virgins - Rich Girls (Twelves Mix) 2. Mystery Jets - Young Love (The Shoes Remix) 3. Kleerup - On My Own Again 4. Koko Von Napoo - Polly (Chateau Marmont Remix) 5. Wolf Gang - Pieces Of You (Baby Monster remix) 6. Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension 7. Jinder - Youth Blood 8. Passion Pit - Better Things 9. Midnight Juggernauts - This New Technology 10. Mirrors - Hide & Seek 11. Cate Le Bon - Hollow Trees House Hounds 12. Kimouts - Sometimes (The Diogenes Club Remix) 13. Phoenix - Lisztomania (Classixx Remix) 14. Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (the Aspirins for My Children Remix) 15. Air France - Beach Party
This slightly belated podcast is a little mixtape of Holiday music that isn't super cringey and hopefully not overplayed in shops during this most craziest of seasons... Handy for a little festive get together, mix with booze & egg nog for full effect. Happy Holidays y'all.
I know it's a full two days late... but I do have an excuse other than taking a Christmas vacation (I did that too). I've spent the last few weeks in the isolated surrounds of the Navajo Reservation & in Telluride, Colorado - which is a teensy town atop a huge mountain. Needless to say, internet was not on the menu - and who was I to argue. So I sit now in Phoenix Airport, taking advantage of the free WiFi to finally bring to you my Holiday mix. I've only created an mp3 version this week (blame the laziness on over-indulging) however, you can find all tracks below. Download Friday Mixtape #34 - Merry Christmas here, or listen straight away in the player below
This week's mix is close to home... literally. It's all about the family - I'm home with my family and I imagine a lot of people will soon be with their family, or at least their adopted family. I'm gonna get a bit personal with this mix, dedicating it to my dad who just got great news regarding a recent health scare.
Anyways, you'll quickly figure out the little theme I've got going on, family, Daddy, Mother, Sister, Baby... you get the picture. Luckily there are some great tracks that feature these lil family themes. It's all a bit retro, a bit rockin, a bit sentimental without being too cheesy, well except for maybe Abba, to which I apologize in advance for, although we both know, they're a guilty pleasure. Hey, call home you! Your mom & dad love you! Download the enhanced m4a version here, or just listen in the player below. Friday Mixtape 33 - We're A Happy Family by jessieloveaction
Enjoy and happy holidaze!
This week's mix does include: 1. The Ramones - We're a Happy Family 2. The Cramps - The Mad Daddy 3. France Gall - Dady Da Da 4. Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby 5. The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know 6. Deano - Baby Let Me Be Your Baby 7. The Smiths - Shakespeare's Sister 8. Abba - Does Your Mother Know 9. The Grains Of Sand - Going Away Baby 10. The Ronettes - Be My Baby
This week's mix is a little unusual in the sense that it is melancholy-tinged manic-pop; Two styles which normally don't mix. Everyone I come across lately seems in a strangely similar mood - everything around us is full of doom & gloom, yet with this weird manic streak... With the cold cold winter, the recession, the floods, the budget, and everyone being broke... but Christmas and a new decade on the horizon, it's strangely hopeful. I thought I'd try and capture that mood with a mix. Here's to spending your last dime on some Druids cider and dancing through that dark cold night til the sun peeps out of them clouds.
By the way, please check out iTunes to make a purchase of The Mighty Stef's latest single as posted here... and you can even check out the video that I made with my own hands.
This week's mix is a bit strange... uplifting yet dark, a bit twinkly and warm with fuzzy guitars and swinging hips and booming synth raptures before finishing up with a walk through memories of teenage love. It makes me feel like donning a fringey shift dress and going barefoot on shag carpet doing bad renditions of long lost dances... It's all very cozy and atmospheric and a perfect winter treat for weekend shut-ins who want to sup wine and boogie with their mates.
What you'll hear this week: 1. Roxy Music - Angel Eyes 2. She and Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? 3. Herman's Hermits - Jezebel 4. Os Mutantes - Bat Macumba 5. Fan Death - Reunited 6. Kiss In Cities - U R My Girl 7. Human League - Open Your Heart 8. The Smiths - Frankly Mr. Shankly 9. Lesley Duncan - You Kissed Me Boy 10. The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking in the Sand)
This week's mix is a bit of cheeky fun and frolix. A lil bit of a nod of thanks to the 80s for the music of today, with a couple of fun covers thrown in for good measure. As usual, chock full of pop & electro to keep your head nodding throughout the day - or at least for a half hour. Download the fancy m4a version by right-clicking here Or you can listen straight away in the player below.
Included in the mix this week: 1. Pulp - Do You Remember the First Time 2. Mystery Jets - Young Love (The Shoes Remix) 3. The Twelves - Works For Me 4. Pyramiddd - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the 2nd (Strategy Remix) 5. Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night 6. Vampire Weekend - Everywhere 7. The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like 8. Modern English - I Melt With You 9. Papercuts - A Dictator's Lament 10. Lou Barlow - Bulletproof
Your weekly mixtape of musical Love Action. Each week I put together a mix of ten songs I'm loving at the moment. Expect a lil something every Friday morning which will hopefully put a smile on your face, possibly introduce some music you've never heard, or simply re-introduce some old classics we all love.
Subscribe to the enhanced .m4a podcast using the itunes link above. The enhanced podcast is complete with pretty album art and other "enhancements" especially nice on iPods and other audio visual devices. There's some other subscriber-y links below too. If you prefer good aul non-visual mp3s, you can find them on the sister blog here: loveactionmixtape.blogspot.com
All of the mixes presented on this site are for sampling purposes only. I encourage every music lover to support artists directly. I generally try to include links to where you can purchase the tracks as they are available.
This week's mix is a bit confused, a bit jangly pop, some dark and retro electro infused with vintage orchestras playing behind mini pop-ette crooners. It hints at every decade between now and your parent's hey day. It's pleasant, uplifting, and hopefully will get you excited about warmer days to come in the months ahead.
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