Red Mosquito

Mike's girl songs mix was quite a pleasant listen. I tended to like the more electronic stuff and the songs with elaborate arrangements more than the rock stuff. So Joanna Newsom, Susanne Sundfør, and Hop Along, for example. I had heard "Sapokanikan" before and I did give one listen to the full album, but I think I can only appreciate Newsom in a one song at a time setting, rather than a whole album. Again, as to the mix as a whole, probably not anything I would seek out on my own, but enjoyable overall.

Here's my mix: https://www.dropbox.com/s/74yyua3pj37f3 ... x.zip?dl=0



Tracklisting

1. Eric Chenaux - Have I Lost My Eyes?
2. Pat Jordache - Morning Sun
3. Wilco - Random Name Generator
4. Colleen - I'm Kin
5. Justin Small - The Warm Storm
6. Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld - The Rest of Us
7. Ought - Beautiful Blue Sky
8. Vennart - Rebirthmark
9. K.A.N.T.N.A.G.A.N.O. - Acro 1
10. Esmerine - My Mamma Pinned a Rose on Me
11. Jerusalem in My Heart - Ah Ya Mal El Sham
12. The Cluttertones - Twisted Curling

I added some text to a drawing from my sketchbook for the cover art.

Brett wrote:Mike's girl songs mix was quite a pleasant listen. I tended to like the more electronic stuff and the songs with elaborate arrangements more than the rock stuff. So Joanna Newsom, Susanne Sundfør, and Hop Along, for example. I had heard "Sapokanikan" before and I did give one listen to the full album, but I think I can only appreciate Newsom in a one song at a time setting, rather than a whole album. Again, as to the mix as a whole, probably not anything I would seek out on my own, but enjoyable overall.

Downloading yours as we speak. Will take a while until I write something about it because of uni stress but I will listen to it today. Downloaded dogofthetemple's mix as well. I already know most of the songs on ridleybradout's mixtape.

Ridleybradout's mix is a kaleidoscope of pop, touching on blues rock, punk, psychedelic, orchestral lounge, and synthpop to name just a few genre signifiers. I like the stretch of Tame Impala through CHVRCHES. The Tame Impala track in particular was a nice discovery; I really like the mood on that one.

The one moment that I really did not enjoy was Hozier's "Take Me to Church." I'm familiar with the song, having heard it a lot on the radio over the last year. I've never really liked it, but overexposure to it has totally soured me on the song (it's also from 2014, but late in the year, so we can let that slide). Though to be honest, I find the entire second half of the mix to be weaker and less interesting than the first. It's got its moments, such as the bridge in the Foals song and some of the arrangement elements of the Blur track, but the most of the rest tends toward tepid.

One last thing to point out for Brad: the tracklisting on the back cover doesn't match what's actually presented. Built to Spill appears ahead of Jim O'Rourke in the running order, but it's switched on the artwork.

I wasn't expecting to like much of SNC's mix, and I guess I wasn't disappointed. Way outside my wheelhouse with this one, but the second half was far more listenable than the first. Thigh Master, Salad Boys, and Wildhoney were actually pretty good on the whole.

More disappointing was the fact that SNC couldn't be bothered to change the tagging on his songs to make them play in the intended order. While tedious, but ultimately painless, to do on my own, it evokes a sense of carelessness towards the quality of assembly.

Brett wrote:Ridleybradout's mix is a kaleidoscope of pop, touching on blues rock, punk, psychedelic, orchestral lounge, and synthpop to name just a few genre signifiers. I like the stretch of Tame Impala through CHVRCHES. The Tame Impala track in particular was a nice discovery; I really like the mood on that one.

The one moment that I really did not enjoy was Hozier's "Take Me to Church." I'm familiar with the song, having heard it a lot on the radio over the last year. I've never really liked it, but overexposure to it has totally soured me on the song (it's also from 2014, but late in the year, so we can let that slide). Though to be honest, I find the entire second half of the mix to be weaker and less interesting than the first. It's got its moments, such as the bridge in the Foals song and some of the arrangement elements of the Blur track, but the most of the rest tends toward tepid.

One last thing to point out for Brad: the tracklisting on the back cover doesn't match what's actually presented. Built to Spill appears ahead of Jim O'Rourke in the running order, but it's switched on the artwork.

Cheers for the feedback Brett and for picking up on that artwork glitch

Glad you enjoyed the mix, 'Let It Happen' is my favourite song of the year and possibly the decade so far, can't get enough of it

Brett wrote:I wasn't expecting to like much of SNC's mix, and I guess I wasn't disappointed. Way outside my wheelhouse with this one, but the second half was far more listenable than the first. Thigh Master, Salad Boys, and Wildhoney were actually pretty good on the whole.

More disappointing was the fact that SNC couldn't be bothered to change the tagging on his songs to make them play in the intended order. While tedious, but ultimately painless, to do on my own, it evokes a sense of carelessness towards the quality of assembly.

Oh kiss my ass.

I didn't even know that would be a problem, sorry. I thought if you dropped the playlist flie in whatever you were using, it would put everything in order. Yeah, after Lumpy the mix gets more "rm friendly". Thanks for giving it a shot though.

My goal with the first half was to give Stip an aneurysm.

https://open.spotify.com/user/126135597 ... olrYSWTmQ8

Arcs of Command - Caspian
Acetate - Metz
Still Running - Young Fathers
Clearest Blue - Chvrches
Continental Shelf - Viet Cong
Lost at Sea - Margot & The Nuclear So And So's
Should Have Know Better - Sufjan Stevens
How Much a Dollar Cost - Kendrick Lamar
In Time - FKA Twigs
Surface Envy - Sleater-Kinney
Dimed Out - Titus Andronicus
Horsepower - Lightning Bolt
Feathers - Library Tapes

super nintendo chalmers wrote:

Brett wrote:I wasn't expecting to like much of SNC's mix, and I guess I wasn't disappointed. Way outside my wheelhouse with this one, but the second half was far more listenable than the first. Thigh Master, Salad Boys, and Wildhoney were actually pretty good on the whole.

More disappointing was the fact that SNC couldn't be bothered to change the tagging on his songs to make them play in the intended order. While tedious, but ultimately painless, to do on my own, it evokes a sense of carelessness towards the quality of assembly.

Oh kiss my ass.

I didn't even know that would be a problem, sorry. I thought if you dropped the playlist flie in whatever you were using, it would put everything in order. Yeah, after Lumpy the mix gets more "rm friendly". Thanks for giving it a shot though.

My goal with the first half was to give Stip an aneurysm.

I did try to play the .m3u in VLC, but it threw an error at me for some reason. I figured it should've worked, but it didn't. Like I said, not a huge problem, but presentation y'know?

Poise counts

I apologize if I offended. It was only meant to be a bit of good-natured ribbing, but I may have failed at accurately conveying my tone.

At the least, your mix is commendable for being unique and bringing in a highly developed esoteric sense of taste. I like checking these things out because I'm well aware that I inhabit a very insular listening space and this gives me a chance to venture beyond my personal sphere and experience a portion of the wider musical landscape.

Crossing dogofthetemple's mix off my list. Nothing of particular import to report from this one. Your standard indie rock with some college rock and grunge holdovers playlist. Marriages at least perked up my ears, and I did like the beginning of the Chris Cornell song before it went full on over-arranged carefully calculated pop. As with most of these mixes I've listened to thus far, nothing really struck me as bad, it just isn't all that compelling.

It should probably go without saying that my mix is going to be a little...different from what other people have been posting. Anyway, here you go...



I edited all the songs into one continuous MP3 to get the best transitions and volume consistency possible.

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8e86aveiuhin ... x.mp3?dl=0

Tracklist:

1. Kanye West - "All Day"
2. Failure - "Hot Traveler"
3. High on Fire - "Slave the Hive"
4. Sleater-Kinney - "Bury Our Friends"
5. Kitty - "Drink Tickets"
6. Kendrick Lamar - "King Kunta"
7. Pyogenesis - "Steam Paves Its Way (The Machine)"
8. Big Sean - "Blessings" (Video Version)
9. Selena Gomez - "Good for You"
10. Joey Bada$$ - "Escape 120"
11. Grimes - "REALiTi" (Demo)
12. Jazz Cartier - "Wake Me Up When It's Over"
13. Demi Lovato - "Cool for the Summer"

I don't know why, but I didn't really like Mike's full-size mix. Perhaps it was too long? Maybe it was too similar to his Girl Songs mix, since it had many of the same artists? I had a hard time trying to pay attention to it, though, that I do know. My VLC player apparently wasn't too reverent about it either, playing the tracks in a random order for some reason until the last few. Surprisingly, of the songs I didn't know, the Carly Rae Jepsen tune stood out the most to me. I kinda liked what was going on with the saxophone synth patch or whatever that was at the beginning of the song.

Turned2black's mix had a strong starting set. I've heard the Caspian song before, on Burt's mix and on their KEXP session, and while I'm not really into it, it's an enjoyable enough song and works well in this mix. Never heard Metz or Young Fathers before, but those were also good songs, and the Chvrches track tied it together nicely. From there it sort of faded in interest, though. The Margot & The Nuclear So and So's track wouldn't play, but I don't think it would have mattered much. I looked it up on Youtube and was indifferent.

Brett wrote:I don't know why, but I didn't really like Mike's full-size mix. Perhaps it was too long? Maybe it was too similar to his Girl Songs mix, since it had many of the same artists? I had a hard time trying to pay attention to it, though, that I do know. My VLC player apparently wasn't too reverent about it either, playing the tracks in a random order for some reason until the last few. Surprisingly, of the songs I didn't know, the Carly Rae Jepsen tune stood out the most to me. I kinda liked what was going on with the saxophone synth patch or whatever that was at the beginning of the song.

Aw, too bad. I was wondering if I should repeat myself but in the end I wanted the big mix to just represent my whole year. Strange thing about the track order, I think my mp3tags should be correct. That Carly Rae song is great.
Good job reviewing all the stuff in here. I totally appreciate it and will return the favor, I'm just still too swamped.

I might make one of these

Brett wrote:Turned2black's mix had a strong starting set. I've heard the Caspian song before, on Burt's mix and on their KEXP session, and while I'm not really into it, it's an enjoyable enough song and works well in this mix. Never heard Metz or Young Fathers before, but those were also good songs, and the Chvrches track tied it together nicely. From there it sort of faded in interest, though. The Margot & The Nuclear So and So's track wouldn't play, but I don't think it would have mattered much. I looked it up on Youtube and was indifferent.

Yeah, Margot's Spotify offerings completely changed over the weekend.

Mike wrote:Aw, too bad. I was wondering if I should repeat myself but in the end I wanted the big mix to just represent my whole year. Strange thing about the track order, I think my mp3tags should be correct. That Carly Rae song is great.
Good job reviewing all the stuff in here. I totally appreciate it and will return the favor, I'm just still too swamped.

No rush, my friend, you've got important stuff to take care off. I have too much time on my hands besides looking for work after moving. As for the repeated artists, it makes sense, as that's the stuff you enjoyed the most this year which is the whole point of this thing. I just find it kind of odd that I was so blasé about it when I really enjoyed your first mix.

Some Songs From 2015 - Disc 1
101 Robert Forster - Learn To Burn
102 Matthew E White - Rock & Roll Is Cold
103 Dawes - Things Happen
104 Banditos - The Breeze
105 Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Waiting For Blood
106 Ryley Walker - Sweet Satisfaction
107 Tame Impala - Let It Happen
108 Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
109 Mikal Cronin - Say
110 The Hard Aches - Knots
111 The Rutabega - Ladder (Live)
112 Haiku Salut - You Dance A Particular Algorithm
113 Chastity Belt - Time to Go Home

Some Songs From 2015 - Disc 2
201 Darwin Deez - Last Cigarette
202 JD McPherson - Head Over Heels
203 Decemberists - The Wrong Year
204 Sara Lowes - I Find You
205 Waxahatchee - «
206 Lana Del Ray - High by the Beach
207 The Delines - Cool Your Jets
208 Mark Knopfler - River Towns
209 We Lost the Sea - A Gallant Gentleman
210 Stone Jack Jones - Song
211 Local H - Mansplainer
212 Miaoux Miaoux - It's The Quick

Huh. Listening back this could easily enough be sub-named Music for White People. Whatevs.

Varis wrote:

Some Songs From 2015 - Disc 1
101 Robert Forster - Learn To Burn
102 Matthew E White - Rock & Roll Is Cold
103 Dawes - Things Happen
104 Banditos - The Breeze
105 Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Waiting For Blood
106 Ryley Walker - Sweet Satisfaction
107 Tame Impala - Let It Happen
108 Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
109 Mikal Cronin - Say
110 The Hard Aches - Knots
111 The Rutabega - Ladder (Live)
112 Haiku Salut - You Dance A Particular Algorithm
113 Chastity Belt - Time to Go Home

Some Songs From 2015 - Disc 2
201 Darwin Deez - Last Cigarette
202 JD McPherson - Head Over Heels
203 Decemberists - The Wrong Year
204 Sara Lowes - I Find You
205 Waxahatchee - «
206 Lana Del Ray - High by the Beach
207 The Delines - Cool Your Jets
208 Mark Knopfler - River Towns
209 We Lost the Sea - A Gallant Gentleman
210 Stone Jack Jones - Song
211 Local H - Mansplainer
212 Miaoux Miaoux - It's The Quick

Huh. Listening back this could easily enough be sub-named Music for White People. Whatevs.

What a fantastic song