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Hey peeps,

Just thought I'd pop in an give you all an update on the happenings at the MonthlyIndieMixtapes office. Well when I say office I really mean wherever I can find a place to park my butt for a few hours!

As you can see MIM has had a revamp. Nothing too major that is going to scare you all away but enough to give this site a bit of character and a bit more modernisation. The layout is basically the same though so all your mixtapes and "Video Of The Week" will still be very easy to find.

In the near future, MIM will be looking into new avenues to pursue. A few more album reviews and even some track reviews will become more and more common, whilst if I can snaffle a few up, I will be including some interviews.

But the real big news is this. MonthlyIndieMixtapes will be working towards a monthly Podcast!! Nothing over the top but just something that gives you a little taste test of what to expect on the upcoming mixtape.

So there you have it folks, a little bit of what is in the pipeworks for MIM. I hope you are excited as I am! If not well I'll jsut have to convince you otherwise.

So off you all run, run into the big bad world out there and scream out everything that I just told you! Make it known that MIM is coming for you!!

The Doc Of Docaliciousness.

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #13***

Unlucky for some but not for MonthlyIndieMixtapes!!

Gathered below are the best 60 tracks I could scrounge up this month and to tell you the truth, and I say it every month, this is some of the best I have found! I don't know why but Indie music just seems to be getting better as the years go on. Maybe these bands are starting to get a real feel for it and are starting to perfect the formula to a great Indie song!

So less jibbering by me and more track tasting by you.

Hope you enjoy and don't forget to leave a comment! I love reading what you guys have to say!


Tracklisting:

The Acorn - I Made The Law
Aerodrum - Don't Turn Me Down
Andy Elwell - At My Best
Arden - Grow!
Automatic Loveletter - Heart Song
The Bridgeheads - Tinnitus
Chief - Day And Night
Dan Sartain - Bohemian Grove
Detroit Social Club - Sunshine People
The Divine Comedy - At The Indie Disco
Everest - Keeping The Score
Farrah - If You Were Mine
Francis And The Lights - It'll Be Better
Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk In The Room
Gold Motel - Fireworks After Midnight
Good Self - Persia
Grouplove - Colours
Half Seas Over - Get Me To The Station
Hot Hot Heat - YVR
In Tall Buildings - The Way To A Monster's Lair
Jakob Lewis - Good News For All
James Yuill - Crying For Hollywood
Jamie Drake - Beautiful
Jeremy Messersmith - Lazy Bones
Jim Lockey And The Solemn Sun - Morning Wake Up
John Common And Blinding Flashes Of Light - Turnaround
John Mouse - By Central Cardiff Station I Sat Down And Wept
Lana Mir - I Wanna Be Adored
Luke Wesley - I Hope You Like This Song
The Magic Numbers - The Pulse
Mathemagic - Easy
Midnight Juggernauts - This New Technology
Minipop - Like I Do
Mother/Father - Cascades
Murder By Death - White Noise
My Heart Belongs To Cecilia Winter - Eighteen
My Wet Calvin - Sweet And Sour
Nathaniel Rateliff - Early Spring Till
The Niro - Stop It
Norman - It's Alright In Your Eyes
Pete Lawrie - Panic
The Pineapple Thief - The State We're In
The Pipettes - Thank You
Preacher's Sons - Poison Oak
Radio Star - Come Back
Rasmus Kellerman - The Greatness & Me
Robbers On High Street - Electric Eye
Ryan Adams - By Force
Seth Lakeman - Spinning Days
Slothbear - Don't Taunt A Tiger
Suckers - Before Your Birthday Ends
Tame Impala - Runway, Houses, City, Clouds
Tift Merritt - Mixtape
Uni_Form - The Liar
Villagers - Becoming A Jackal
Who Knew - Wallaby
Wild Moccasins - Late Night Television
Wild Nothing - The Witching Hour
Young Veins - Change
41st And Home - Sleeper


It's a very pretty list is it not?? I think it's beautiful. Check it out for yourself below.

Until next month you scurvy dogs!


Pink as a link:


MonthlyIndieMixtape #13 - Part 1.
MonthlyIndieMixtape #13 - Part 2.

Video Of The Week.

Hey gang!

Got a great little video here from Conor J. O'Brian who just happens to be founder of Dublin band "Villagers".

Check out the simplicity of this track and you must listen to the lyrics!!

Do as you're told!!

Snow & Voices Album Review.

Slightly haunting, slighty deep. The new album from Los Angeles duo Snow & Voices is a breath of fresh air for this listener. Echoing vocals take centre stage with bellowing piano melodies which magically twist and weave within each other. Lead singer Lauri Kranz has a voice to die for. Think Imogen Heap meets Dido and you would probably have hit the nail on the head. Such is her voice the listener is encaptured with every single note and these days that is getting rarer to find. Tracks like "Everything Coming Apart" and the track that got my attention "I Am A Storm" are great examples of how pulsating rythyms can emphasise such a delicate voice. With strong bass lines and tantalising dream pop like guitar riffs handed to you on a platter from Jebin Bruni, you find yourself floating above the music looking down at the notes as they drift on pass as if they were boats on a river. The new album, "Anything That Moves" is a moving collection of well structured, well written alternative pop tunes that is sure to grab your attention. If you do one thing right this year, make sure it's checking out this band. You won't regret it.

Snow & Voices Official Website
Snow & Voices MySpace Page
Art Of Broadcast Official Website

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #12***

So this is it. One year ago I started this little project and it's super cool to see how much it's grown. From maybe 3 or 4 downloads a month to over 500 is just grand!

I'd like to thank all of your personally so if you give me your home addresses I'll pop by sometime in the next 1000 years and shake your hand, hug you and even cook you dinner.

So here's to another year of great music and great memories. Enjoy!!


Tracklisting:

The Americas - Ted's Birth
Aqualung - 36 Hours
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round And Round
Arne Vatnoy - Colour Chalk
Band Of Horses - Way Back Home
The Bird And The Bee - Kiss On My List
The Black Keys - Howlin' For You
Blitzen Trapper - Laughing Lover
Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
Caribou - Leave House
Cassette Kids - Spin
Ceremony - For Her Smile
Club 8 - Western Hospitality
CocoRosie - Hopscotch
Color Of Clouds - Brother
Dr. Dog - Where'd All The Time Go?
Editors - The Diplomat
Edyth And The Electric - To The Floor
Extra Life - Black Hoodie
Ferraby Lionheart - Holdin' Me Back
Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! - War Coward
Foals - Miami
The Forest And The Trees - Escape
The Futureheads - Heartbeat Song
The Gaslight Anthem - The Diamond Church Street Choir
Gift Horse - Missionaries
Interpol - Lights
James - It's Hot
Jamie Lawson - Seven
Jim Luxon - In The Garden
Joel Alme - The Spell Of Brothers
Kate Nash - Higher Plane
Katy Wren - Sunshine
The Len Price 3 - The Girl Who Became A Machine
Lovedrug - Pink Champagne
Lucky Soul - White Russian Doll
Minus The Bear - Summer Angel
The Most Serene Republic - Pink Noise
Mouse Fire - Desert Woman
The National - Lemon World
The New Pornographers - Silver Jenny Dollar
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - 0=2
Open Hand - Old Hat
Patrick Park - Blackbird Through The Dark
Pin Me Down - Cryptic
Po' Girl - Follow Your Bliss
The Radio Dept. - This Time Around
Robert Pollard - The Weekly Crow
Robinson - Always Talk To Strangers
Robyn - None Of Dem
The Ruse - I Can't Stop
The School - The One Who Left Me
Serafina Steer - How To Haunt A House Party
Snow & Voices - I Am A Storm
Sweet Apple - Flying Up A Mountain
Taylor Locke & The Roughs - Hourglass
Teenagersintokyo - Long Walk Home
Tender Forever - Only The Sound You Made
Tyler Hilton - Keep On
UNKLE - On A Wire Feat. Elle J.


Not a bad little selection at all. Lots of artists have contacted me and asked to be featured so to all you bands, your wish is my command.


Linkbot:

MonthlyIndieMixtape #12 - Part 1.
MonthlyIndieMixtape #12 - Part 2.

Video Of The Week.

Hey gang!

Sorry I've been a bit slack with the VOTW but here I am with an absolutely amazing vid to make a comeback!

Check out Greg Laswell in his new clip below:

Greg Laswell "Take Everything" from Vanguard Records on Vimeo.

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #11***

Some interesting musical facts about 11:

- The interval of an octave and a fourth is an eleventh. A complete eleventh chord has almost every note of a diatonic scale.
- The number of thumb keys on a bassoon, not counting the whisper key. (A few bassoons have a twelfth thumb key.)
- In the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap's amplifiers go up to eleven.
- In Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, there are eleven consecutive repetitions of the same chord.
- In Tool's song Jimmy, the number eleven is heard numerous times in the lyrics.

Pretty cool eh? Well so is the 11th MonthlyIndieMixtape!!

Just check out what we have in store this month!!


Tracklisting:

Amy McDonald - This Pretty Face
The Apples In Stereo - Dream About The Future
Archie Bronson Outfit - Magnetic Warrior
Arid - Something Brighter
Black Tambourine - Pack You Up
Brasstronaut - Lo Hi Hopes
Cady Groves - Real With Me
Chad VanGaalen - Bones Of Man
Clogs - On The Edge
Club Smith - Lament
Cults - Most Wanted
Dag For Dag - I Am The Assassin
David John Broughton - Perfect Louse
Dead Meadow - That Old Temple
The Deadly Syndrome - Party City
The Dolly Rocker Movement - Sad Sally
DOOMSTAR! - Ronald Ray-Gun
Dr. Dog - Where'd All The Time Go?
Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La
The Dynamites - Somebody Stop Me
Emanuel And The fear - Guatemala
Empire Of The Sun - Half Mast (Slight Return)
Freaky Age - A Little Late
French Cowboy - Girl
The Fresh & Onlys - Diamond In The Dark
Goldfrapp - Alive
Goldheart Assembly - King Of Rome
Here We Go Magic - Hibernation
Island - Mistral
Japanther - $100 Dollar Remix
Jason Collett - Love Is A Dirty Word
John Butler Trio - I'd Do Anything (Soldier's Lament)
Josiah Wolf - The Trailer And The Truck
Kaki King - Falling Day
Laura Marling - Alpha Shallows
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love - Where're You Goin?
Marching Band - It Will Never Slip
Matt Pond PA - Starting
Matt Wertz - Somebody New
MGMT - Brian Eno
Micky Green - The Game
Miles Kurosky - She Was My Dresden
Monster Movie - Down, Down, Down
The Pass - Colors
Pepper Rabbit - Harvest Moon
Plants And Animals - Tom Cruz
Portugal The Man - 60 Years
Quadron - Jeans
Roky Erickson With Okkervil River - Goodbye Sweet Dreams
S - We Are Not Friends
Silje Karlsen - You Shit Like Me
The Slack - Indier Than You
The Splinters - Sea Salt Skin
The Tallest Man On Earth - Troubles Will Be Gone
Tocotronic - Ein Leiser Hauch Von Terror
Very Truly Yours - The Ballad Of Growing Up
Violent Soho - Outsider
We Have Band - Love, What You Doing?
What Laura Says - Spoke
Wye Oak - My Neighbor


Ahh it's purdy ain't it?

You guys have got to spread the word about this!! These mixtapes are gradually gaining much more exposure and who in their right mind wouldn't want to be a part of the biggest thing since sliced ipods?

GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT MONTHLYINDIEMIXTAPES OR BE FORCED TO SPEND AN ETERNITY LISTENING TO LADY GAGA!!!

Peace Y'all.

A Goo Goo Goo, A Ga Ga Ga, here are the links so far:

MonthlyIndieMixtape #11 - Part 1.
MonthlyIndieMixtape #11 - Part 2.