Friday Mixtape #48 - The Reflex

Spring has sprung! Yet I give you some dark electro and 80s. What can I say, that's how I roll. Get your sexy slow drum machine on tonight, life is too short. At Love Action headquarters we're definitely mourning the loss of Malcolm McLaren, so I've included two acts that were his brainchild. I've also included... to the public's ears for the very first time the official remix of my band's song Bad Boyfriend. It's the 'Cast Aside Brides Remix' and it's dark and epic and makes our band want to float away off stage in a giant hot dog. I'll be sending a link to download that track soon.
Enjoy!

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Included on this week's mix:
1. Air - So Light Is Her Footfall (Breakbot Remix)
2. Bow Wow Wow - Mile High Club
3. Adam and the Ants - Antmusic
4. Alonzo/Parlange - Easy Lover
5. New Young Pony Club - We Want 2 (NYPC Reprise Mix)
6. Mighty Mouse - Song For Ellen
7. Passion Pit - Cuddle Fuddle
8. Duran Duran - The Reflex
9. Performance - Reptile
10. Talulah Does The Hula - Bad Boyfriend (Cast Aside Brides Remix)

Friday Mixtape #47 - Dark Days

April you say? Well only that of Irish April which means Sun on Sunday, Rain on Monday, Snow on Tuesday. Friday is upon us and we started out miserable and grey and have now ended up bright and sunny. It's also Good Friday, which in Ireland translates to official 'House Party Friday' also known as Zombie Jesus Day. Just remember the old saying: April Showers Bring May Flowers.

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Friday Mixtape #47 - Dark Days by Loveaction on Mixcloud

This week's mix includes:
1. Plastiscines - Barcelona (Lifelike Remix)
2. Science & Industry - This Is How It's Meant To Be
3. Chin Chin - Dark Days
4. Hacienda - She's Got A Hold On Me
5. Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To?
6. Twin Sister - All Around And Away We Go
7. Toward The Ghost - Brahms
8. Out Hud - "My Two Nads" (Dad Reprise)
9. The Phenominal Handclap Band - Baby (Architeq Dub)
10. Blur - Battle

Friday Mixtape #46 - Sunshine Yellow

It won't take you long to guess by the name of this mixtape that the weather in Dublin is slowly turning from bitter to springy. Today especially was a lovely sunny breezy day that was perfect for cycling around the city... hence music for breezy Spring days and activities. Typically, last week when I was going out of my way to find decent covers I struggled, and now this week I came across possibly two of my favorite covers of all time by accident. It's pretty psyche-pop-rockin with the usual dose of electro-pop that I always tend to slip in. Nice.

Have fun this weekend, enjoy the weather... GO OUTSIDE! x

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Included in the mix this week:
1. Modular - Femme Fatale
2. Georgie Fame - Somebody Stole My Thunder
3. Bertrand Burgalat - Sunshine Yellow
4. Capsule - Eternity
5. Sunglasses - Whiplash
6. Mystery Jets & Esser - In Between Days
7. Everything Everything - My Keys, Your Boyfriend
8. Annie Phillipe - C'est La Mode
9. She & Him - In The Sun
10. Kisses - Bermuda

Friday Mixtape #45 - Use Somebody - The Covers mix

This week's mixtape is another themed mix... it's made up entirely of cover songs... and covers done in my favorite way... completely different to the original! It's pretty mellow, which might be a good musical choise for my fellow Irish dwellers as we need to calm ourselves after the Paddys Week festivities.

Also included of course is a Big Star cover in honor of the late Alex Chilton who passed away this week. Enjoy.

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Friday Covers Mixtape #45 - Use Somebody by Loveaction on Mixcloud

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Included on the mix this week:
1. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - I Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Is In [Mickey Newbury]
2. Walter Wanderly - The Girl From Ipanema [Antonio Carlos Jobim]
3. The Stranglers - Walk On By [Dionne Warwick]
4. Nada Surf - Blue Moon [Big Star]
5. J Mascis - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side [The Smiths]
6. Bat For Lashes - Use Somebody [Kings of Leon]
7. Grizzly Bear - Boy From School [Hot Chip]
8. The Morning Benders - Dreams [Fleetwood Mac]
9. Sia - Gimme More [Britney Spears]
10. Dr. Fox's Old Timey String Band - Kids [MGMT]

Weekend Hangover Mixtape #44 - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Another non-friday mixtape.... and this time I can only blame the drink. To help those of you like me, who over-indulged this weekend, I've put together a bit of a relaxing come-down mix. Even if you aren't nursing a sore head, it's a very Sunday evening appropriate mix, a tinge of the sad and melancholy, as relaxing and calming as possible.

Enjoy the rest of your day off, stay in your jammies, relax and drink sugary tea and chocolate and close your eyes and listen to this mix.

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Included in the mix this week:
1. Tomita - Clair de lune
2. The Aislers Set - Alicia's Song
3. The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says
4. Love - Alone Again Or
5. Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
6. Cults - Go Outside
7. The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
8. Pulp - Bad Cover Version
9. Samantha Jones - Don't Come Any Closer
10. Brian Eno - An Ending

Weekend Mixtape #43 - The Get Go

This week, due to life's usual way of getting in the way, Friday's mixtape became a "weekend mixtape". So I decided to give my mix a theme of something some of you might be likely to do at the weekend... exercise. Well, speaking for myself I've been in training for the Great Ireland Run which takes place in April.

This mix is designed to be the perfect upbeat driving accompaniment to any type of workout; whether it's an exercise kind of workout, or a workout on your dancing shoes. I'd say it's particularly good for spinning as the speeds change from double time to halftime, but my plan is to use it while running, or even to time myself in the gym. It's exactly an hour, with a five minute cool down & stretch at the end. Oooh wee!

So if you feel like sweating it out... or just pretending to, give this mix a listen.

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Weekend Mixtape #43 - The Get Go by jessieloveaction

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The workout mixtape includes:
1. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
2. Man Parrish - Heatstroke
3. Roxy Music - Same Old Scene (Glimmers Remix)
4. Classixx - I'll Get You (Ft. Jeppe)
5. Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood (Monarchy Gliese Remix)
6. Chromeo - Night by Night (Siriusmo Remix)
7. Phoenix - Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)
8. New Young Pony Club - The Get Go
9. Ladyhawke - Another Runaway
10. Kraftwerk - Tour De France
11. Devo - Whip It
12. A Certain Ratio - Do The Du
13. Lali Puna - Grin and Bear
14. Michael Sembello - Maniac
15. Erasure - Stop!
16. Morrissey - You're The One For Me Fatty
17. Nouvelle Vague - I Melt With You
18. The Smiths - Stretch Out And Wait

Sunday Mixtape #42 - Real Life

This week's mix is designed to be filling like a big Sunday dinner. It's got lots of unusual flavors that meld together into a exciting musical melange. It's a bit disco and uplifting and dancy, which is unusual for a Sunday I suppose, but it's meant to pick up your spirits despite the fact the weekend is coming to a close. There is a little fun treat hidden in there which is a song from an old band I was in that has since been re-jigged into a song for my current band. Ooooh sneaky.

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Included on the mix this week:
1. Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work
2. James - Fire So Close
3. Distractions - Time Goes By So Slow
4. Fingerprintz - Wet Job
5. Aeroplanes - Transport One
6. Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move
7. Sons & Daughters - Dance Me In (JD Twitch & The Truffle Club's Optimo Remix)
8. Tanlines - Real Life (Memory Tapes Remix)
9. Alyoa - It's Been Too Long (Lifelike Top Gun Mix)
10. David Naughton - Makin' It