Poniedziałek 9 Mar 2009, 10:13

My wife's youngest sister has been asking me for quite some time to sit down at my computer and make her a mix of "good" indie music. She wanted to impress her friends with the knowledge of many different bands. Unfortunately, I have sort of been falling down on the job. I use to keep Last.fm up to date and would write journals and reviews often. But, since going to college, working, and getting married, I've found little time to devote to my scavenger hunts of local record stores, much less keep myself up to date with the goings on of the industry. I am going to attempt to stay more abreast of new music and try to write more. Consider this my "coming out of retirement."

The mix I made my wife's sister spans seven CDs, totaling 131 tracks, arranged alphabetically. The collection will take her just under 8 hours to listen to fully - according to iTunes. Not all of the artists are strictly indie, some may just be slightly indie-esque. Some are just of my own enjoyment. Below is the track list.

Disc One
1. A.C. Newman – Miracle Drug
2. Actionslacks – The Scene’s Out of Sight
3. Alexi Murdoch – Orange Sky
4. All-Time Quarterback – Plans Get Complex
5. All Smiles – Killing Sheep
6. The American Analog Set – Aaron & Maria
7. American Football – I’ll See You When We’re Both Not So Emotional
8. Arab Strap – (If There’s) No Hope For Us
9. Arcade Fire – No Cars Go
10. Architecture In Helsinki – City Calm Down
11. Aster – Doomed To Die
12. Azure Ray – These Bright Lights Will Bend To Make Blue
13. Badly Drawn Boy – Walking Out of Stride
14. Belle & Sebastian – Stay Loose
15. Ben Kweller – Hear Me Out
16. The Beta Band – Dry The Rain
17. Beulah – A Good Man Is Easy To Kill
18. The Black Angels – Black Grease
19. Bloc Party – Blue Light

Disc Two
20. Brendan Benson – Alternative To Love
21. Bright Eyes – Something Vague
22. Built To Spill – Strange
23. Calexico – Cruel
24. Camera Obscura – Razzle Dazzle Rose
25. Cat Power – I Don’t Blame You
26. Chad VanGaalen – Clinically Dead
27. Chris Walla – Archer V. Light
28. The Cloud Room – Hey Now Now
29. Cursive – The Recluse
30. Damien Rice – Rootless Tree
31. The Dears – 22: The Death Of All The Romance
32. Death Cab For Cutie – Coney Island
33. The Deathray Davies – Jack Never Crashes
34. The Decemberists – The Engine Driver
35. Denison Witmer – What Will Stay?
36. Destroyer – No Cease Fires! (Crimes Against The State Of Our Love, Baby)
37. The Dismemberment Plan – Superpowers
38. Dogs Die In Hot Cars – Somewhat Off The Way
39. Eels – Packing Blankets
40. The Elected – It Was Love
41. Elliott Smith – Speed Trials

Disc Three
42. Field Music – If Only The Moon Were Up
43. The Fiery Furnaces – Single Again
44. The Get Up Kids – Mass Pike
45. Guided By Voices – Echos Myron
46. Guster – Manifest Destiny
47. Headphones – Natural Disaster
48. Heatmiser – Plainclothes Man
49. Hot Chip – And I Was A Boy From School
50. I Am Kloot – Sold As Seen
51. I Love You, But I’ve Chosen Darkness – The Less You See
52. Iron & Wine – Boy with a Coin
53. John Vanderslice – White Dove
54. Joshua Radin – Star Mile
55. Kind Of Like Spitting – Happy?
56. The King Of France – White Confection
57. Kings Of Convenience – Misread
58. KT Tunstall – Under The Weather
59. Limbeck – Sin City
60. The Long Winters – Blue Diamonds
61. The Lucksmiths – William And Mary
62. The Magnetic Fields – I Don’t Believe You
63. Margot & the Nuclear So and Sos – Broadripple Is Burning
64. Mates Of State – Clean Out

Disc Four
65. Matt Costa – Astair
66. Matt Pond PA –So Much Trouble
67. Mirah – Recommendation
68. Modest Mouse – Dramamine
69. Mojave 3 – Return To Sender
70. The Mountain Goats – Source Decay
71. Nada Surf – Concrete Bed
72. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
73. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The See
74. The New Amsterdams – Proceed With Caution
75. The New Pornographers – The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism
76. Of Montreal – Requiem For O.M.M.2
77. OK Go – Get Over It
78. Okkervil River – The War Criminal Rises and Speaks
79. Pavement – Spit on a Stranger
80. Pedro The Lion – Bad Things To Such Good People
81. People In Planes – If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)
82. Portastic – Noisy Night
83. The Postal Service – Recycled Air
84. Powderfinger – Private Man
85. The Promise Ring – Happiness Is All The Rage

Disc Five
86. Quasi – It’s Raining
87. The Raconteurs – Store Bought Bones
88. Rainer Maria – Ceremony
89. The Revolutionary Hydra – Where We Intersect Is Collide
90. Rilo Kiley – Plane Crash In C
91. Rocky Votolato – White Daisy Passing
92. Rogue Wave – Like I Needed
93. Saturday Looks Good To Me – When You Got To New York
94. Sebadoh – Skull
95. She Wants Revenge – I Don’t Want To Fall In Love
96. The Shins – Fighting In A Sack
97. Shout Out Louds - 100°
98. Silver Jews – Random Rules
99. Sleep Station – Caroline, London 1940
100. The Smiths – I Want the One I Can’t Have
101. Sodastream – Fresh One
102. Sondre Lerche – Two Way Monologue
103. Sonic Youth – Incinerate
104. Spoon – Believing Is Art
105. Stars – Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
106. Stereolab – Allures

Disc Six
107. Straylight Run – The Tension And The Terror
108. Sufjan Stevens – Dear Mr. Supercomputer
109. Sunset Rubdown – They Took A Vote And Said No
110. Superdrag – Sold You An Alibi
111. Syd Matters – Obstacles
112. Taken By Trees – Lost And Found
113. Teenage Fanclub – Star Sign
114. Tegan & Sara – I Hear Noises
115. Thirteen Senses – Into The Fire
116. Travis – She’s So Strange
117. Two Gallants – Nothing To You
118. Ugly Casanova – Barnacles
119. Under The Influence Of Giants – Mama’s Room
120. The Veils – Calliope!
121. The View – Same Jeans
122. Voxtrot – Brother In Conflict
123. The Weakerthans – Left & Leaving
124. The Weepies – All That I Want
125. Wheat – Off The Pedestal
126. White Rabbits – The Plot

Disc Seven
127. Wilco – Hummingbird
128. Wolf Parade – You Are A Runner And I Am My Father’s Son
129. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion
130. Yo La Tengo – Mr. Tough
131. 764-Hero – You Were The Long Way Home