Third album of the yr. contender

I heard Girls' album "Album" for the first time on Friday and must recommend it/elevate it to album of the year contender status. Intermittently very good and brilliant. There will be something on it for this month's mix, but probably not the track below.

Another album of the yr. contender

I've loved the Intelligence since "Like" x7 and saw that they did a split with Thee Oh Sees. Then I saw the cover art for "Help" and bought it without having heard it. It's incredible. Check out the first two songs from the album below.

)09()09(

So, I guess since I took a month off to work on some other things it'll actually be 12 mixes this yr. Maybe I'll add a double disc one of these months if I'm ambitious and make good on the title's promise...

This one's a different flavor, inspired in part by a guy I met who's working on an Afrobeat film, the trailer for which is below. If you have any recommendations, please let me know since I've only just dipped my toe in.

1. Lady - Fela Kuti

2. Bumbo - Nomo

3. Buena - Morphine

4. White Rice Dub - Jah Thomas

5. No Discrimination - Tony Allen & His African Messengers

6. Musicawa Silt - Daktaris

7. Musicawa Silt Pt. 2 - Daktaris

8. Darker Shade of Black - Jackie Mittoo

Download.

Rockabilly+

I found a couple of things that totally blew me away this month -- the Lux & Ivy vols. noted below, a 1950s rockabilly/proto-punk comp. released by Rhino called Rockin' Bones, and the Yeti 7 comp. They had a significant impact on this mix and I strongly suggest checking them out.

Without further adieu:

1. Guitar Town - Steve Earle

2. Bird 65 - Trashmen

3. Comanche - Link Wray & The Raymen

4. Uptown - Limes

5. Mona (I Need You Baby) - Bo Diddley

6. She's My Witch - Kip Tyler

7. 5FT7 - Tonstartssbandht

8. Rumble - Jack Nitzsche

9. Act Naturally - Buck Owens

10. Jungle Rock - Hank Mizell

11. Teenie Weenie Waddy Kiss - Hasil Adkins

12. Can't Hardly Stand It - Charlie Feathers

13. Who's Been Here - Commonwealth Jones

Download it here.

P.S. My Replacements fetish has resurfaced. I was thinking of including their version of Jungle Rock but ultimately decided the original was a better fit. I couldn't find video of it, but I did find them playing Chuck Berry. Bob shreds the solo and Paul makes up some lyrics.

Lux & Ivy

Again with the non-mix post, but this one is also well-deserved.

You may or may not know that the Cramps are one of my favorite bands, and you may or may not know that Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach were the founders and integral members of the band. Watch them here:

Anyway, apparently there has been at least one compilation that cataloged some of the songs that they have claimed as particularly influential. Maybe you can still find them somewhere, I don't know. But, more importantly (and impressively), there is also a fan that went thru interviews, etc. and tracked down as many of the songs mentioned as possible. The result are these 9 compilations. It's a little bit hit or miss, but the hits are incredible. Check the Jack Nitzsche, Rev. Charlie Jackson, and Trashmen in particular.

harddrive/archive

I decided to change my MO for this mix and mine the archive of my hard drive for things that I've loved and lost sight of. Check it out below:

1. The Abandoned Hospital Ship - Flaming Lips

2. Turn into Something - Animal Collective

3. Grand Canyon - Magnetic Fields

4. Baby's in Black - Beatles

5. Speed to My Side - Rollerskate Skinny

6. I've Lost You - Beat Happening

7. Tractor Rape Chain - Guided By Voices

8. Little Bit of Rain - Fred Neil

9. Bees - Caribou

10. Sound and Vision - David Bowie

11. Olv 26 - Stereolab

12. Liebe and Romanze (Slow version) - Slits

13. Do You Love Me Now? - Breeders

14. Psychotic Reaction - Count Five

15. Plain Gold Ring - White Magic

16. You You You You You - 6ths

Download it here.

Mayy09

A couple of long tracks, so a few fewer than normal...

1. Crazy/Forever - Japandroids

2. Save Me From What I Want - St. Vincent

3. The Beetles - Intelligence

4. Sea Talk - Zola Jesus

5. Stuck - Grouper

6. Creatures - Akron/Family

7. Beach Point Pleasant - Ducktails

8. To Clean - Woods

9. Summer Jammin - Whatever Brains

Download here.

Album of the yr. contender

Hadn't initially intended to post anything other than mixes here, but I think this warrants it. Hands-down, best album of the year so far is St. Vincent's Actor.

Check the video for the first single here:

409

April monthly mix, slightly poppier than others perhaps due to additional daylight:

1. Girls on the Square - Dent May

2. No Intention - Dirty Projectors

3. Lucy Brown - Black Mountain

4. Oh It's Such a Shame - Jay Reatard

5. Like Like Like Like Like Like Like - Intelligence

6. Young Drugs - Crocodiles

7. Midnight Blues - Detroit Cobras

8. Do the Milkshake - Oblivians

9. Everywhere, There - Sic Alps

10. The Concubine - Beirut

11. We Will Rise - The Shaky Hands

12. Plenty Is Never Enough - The Shins

Download here.

III/MMIX

The monthly mix, March edition, is here:

1. Headin Inside - Surf City

2. Treat Me Like A Dog - King Khan & BBQ Show

3. I Won't Lie to You - Let's Wrestle

4. No Fun - Lovvers

5. The Tied - Blank Dogs

6. ...And the Hazy Sea - Cymbals Eat Guitars

7. -

8. Perfect Love - The Residents

9. -

10. Freeway - Kurt Vile

11. On the Beach - Gun Outfit

12. Andrew - Crystal Antlers

13. -

14. Phantom Other - Department of Eagles

Download here.

22009

Febraury 09 mix, reposted:

1. People - Animal Collective

2. River Card - Atlas Sound

3. Quicksand - Lotus Plaza

4. Starting Over - Black Lips

5. Primitive - The Groupies

6. Strange - Wire

7. Working Too Hard - The Nerves

8. Side Yr On - Wavves

9. -

10. Not Invented - The Hunches

11. Where Have All the Good Times Gone? - The Kinks

12. My Life's Alright Without You - No Age

13. -

14. House - Abe Vigoda

15. ...Or Mommy Be Good - Pillow Talk

16. The Tree - Jackie-O Motherfucker

17. Black Lake - Real Estate

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Ener09

The first installment of the mix series from January 09, reposted:

1. 2012 Blues - Thomas Function

2. Inside the Molecules - Chad VanGaalen

3. Fingernail Tea - Psychic Ills

4. My Girls - Animal Collective

5. Black Rice - Women

6. -

7. Yum Yum Cult - Tobacco

8. -

9. Everybody's Gotta Live - Love... with Arthur Lee

10. Shangri-La - M. Ward

11. Out of Time - The Dutchess & the Duke

12. Disciples of California - The Skygreen Leopards

13. Put Your Hands Together - Gentleman Jesse & His Men

Download here.