***MonthlyIndieMixtape #8***

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL MY WONDERFUL LISTENERS!!!

What a great year it was for music hey? And let me tell you it is going to get even better this year with bands challenging themselves sonically and technologically! I'm excited about what they all have in store for us in the big old year that is 2010!!

I have lists I have to post for my best of 2009 yet but I will get to that when I can. For now it's time to reveal the 8th, and the 1st for 2010, MonthlyIndieMixtape!

Come on and follow me!!

Tracklisting:

Ainara Legardon - Sickness
Alberta Cross - ATX
Amos The Transparent - Up, Up And Away
Anderson - Napoleon * It's You In The Spotlights
Annie - My Love Is Better
Basia Bulat - Go On
Best Coast - This Is Real
Big Spider's Back - Warped
The Blue Violets - Sam
Bombadil - Honeymoon
Brothers Of End - Big Bird
Califone - Bucuel
Camera Obscura - Swans
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Codeine Velvet Club - Hollywood
Cold War Kids - Santa Ana Winds
Colonies - Silence & The Stain
The Combs - Loser
Customs - Where The Moon Spends His Days
Delorentos - Editorial
The Dials - Watch Her Walk Away
The Dorian Grays - The Butcher
The Dudes - Not S'pose To Call
Electric President - Circles
The Elms - The Good Guys
Field Music - Effortlessly
First Aid Kit - Winter Is All Over You
The Flying Eyes - Red Sheets
Frankmusik - In Step (Acoustic)
Girls - Life In San Francisco
Goodnight Owl - Verandah
Gun - Seraphina
Hellogoodbye - When We First Met
Herman Dune - When The Sun Rose Up This Morning
The High Wire - Sleep Tape
King Of Spain - Menagerie
Let There Be Light - Dawn
Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring
Magic Wands - Black Magic
The Men They Couldn't Hang - Mrs. Avery
Midlake - Acts Of Man
Minus The Bear - Broken China
Moonspeed - Harvest
My Luminaries - Ambition
Pyramiddd - Medicine
Ramona Falls - Clover
Rosie Thomas - Paper Doll
The Shudders - Better Off Dead
The Spinto Band - Jackhammer (Slim Version)
Steye & The Ottowanians - Pheromonic Magic Misses
The Sun - Do The Sucker
The Sweet Serenades - Boom Bye Bye
Tristez - BLCKFLMNGO
Tubelord - Somewhere Out There A Dog Is On Fire
Two Door Cinema Club - Do You Want It All?
Via Audio - Olga
Whateverland - Andromada
Yeasayer - ONE
Zoey van Goey - The Best Treasure Stays Buried
The Zolas - You're Too Cool


Would ya just look at that list? It's full of little treasures! I think it's a good way to start the new year and I know you're gonna like what you hear. So enough of me ranting, let's get down to the nasty business!

Below holds the links:

MonthlyIndieMixtape #8 - Part 1.

MonthlyIndieMixtape #8 - Part 2.

Enjoy my Pretties!

The Doc.

Video Of The Week.

Try this tasty little treat out for your Xmas ears.

It's a great little track that really sounds great with the two ladies harmonising.

The Best EP's Of 2009.

Howdy all folks.

Well it's coming to that time of year where people all over this vast planet of ours start to make lists. Lists about who was the best dressed celeb this year, lists about who was the trashiest trashbag of the year. Well us music lovers make other lists. Better lists. Lists that we can come back to years down the track and reminisce just how good of a year it really was.

So in saying that, I am putting together a few lists of my own.

Today is the best EP's that I have come across this year. 25 of the best. There were lots more on my list so I had to cut it down to a nice number.

Anyways, check out the list and then check out the EP's and then check out the bands and see what makes them click.

It's been a good year for music.


Art Vs. Science - Art Vs. Science EP

Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer EP

The Boy Least Likely To - The Best B-Sides Ever

Death Cab For Cutie - The Open Door EP

Dinosaur Pile-Up - The Most Powerful EP In The Universe!!

Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Doomsday EP

Former Child Stars - Serotonin City EP

Go To Berlin - Just A Band

Goodnight Owl - Goodnight Owl EP

Greg Laswell - Covers

Gun - Popkiller

Hot! Donna - Call It Kennedy EP

Hungry Kids Of Hungary - Mega Mountain EP

The Jezabels - The Man Is Dead

Marina And The Diamonds - The Crown Jewels EP

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - The Daytrotter EP

The New Wine - The New Wine

Owen - The Seaside EP

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars

Sherlock's Daughter - EP

Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - #4

Until June - Sound Of Defeat

Washington - How To Tame Lions EP

Yves Klein Blue - Draw Attention To Themselves

Zeus - Sounds Like Zeus

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #7***

Good morning, good morning!!

The 1st day of December is upon us and so is the last MonthlyIndieMixtape for the year. It's been a great year for Indie music and I've had a blast of a time sharing the best of what I come across. I for one have found some bands that I will call favourites for the rest of my life and I hope you have too. It's just amazing how many bands and artists out there can still make moving music when a lot of music feels like it has gone stale. Thank you to all you guys and gals that keep that dream alive by creating all the time. We salute you.

So anyways, thanks to all you listeners and anyone who floats by this page and has a fleeting interest. You are all welcome!!

Also a big thanks to Mayo and the gang over at MAGISKA!! These guys are just fantastic and deserve a large pat on the back!

Now let's get down to business and get down to business if you know what I mean!


Tracklisting:
Afternoon Naps - Mitten Fingers
The Almost - Hands
Bad Weather California - Let's Get High
Carolyn Mark & N.Q. Arbuckle - Let's Just Stay Here
Cate Le Bon - Me Oh My
Chris Cacavas - Who's Your Whore
Dark Meat - When The Shelter Came
Destry - So Far Away
Devendra Banhart - Baby
Donkeyboy - Ambitions
The Elephants - Turtle Struggles
The Enemy - Nation Of Checkout Girls
The Ettes - Red In Tooth And Claw
Freelance Whales - Hannah
Friska Viljor - If I Die Now
Gammalapagos - Happily Ever After
Githead - Lightswimmer
Greenskeepers - Vampire
Hard Drugs - Bad Ideas (Don't Give Up)
Heather Woods Broderick - Wounded Bird
Imaad Wasif - Priestess
Inara George - Bomb
Jens Carelius - Into The Fog
Jogger - Napping Captain
Jon And Roy - Another Noon
Josh Mease - Days Like This
The Kabeedies - We Make Our Own Adventures
Kismet - TV On
Koria Kitten Riot - Postcards To The Moon
Lake - Madagascar
Laura Gibson - Spirited
Lisa Mitchell - Oh! Hark!
Lymbyc Systym - Trichromatic
Mark Eitzel - What Do You Got For Me
Middle Distance Runner - The Sun & Earth
Molina & Johnson - Don't Take My Night From Me
Noel Johnson - All For You
Norfolk & Western - Hiding Home
The Novaks - There Goes The Night
The Novel Ideas - Adrian Blues
One eskimO - Hi, Lo And In Between
The Orange Peels - 2020
Philadelphia Grand Jury - The New Neil Young
Pomplamoose - Beat The Horse
Randy Twigg - Photograph
Real Estate - Fake Blues
Ricki Lee Jones - Old Enough
Savoir Adore - We Talk Like Machines
A Silent Film - Thirteen Times The Strength
The Snake The Cross The Crown - Coming Down The Hill
Surfer Blood - Swim
Systems Officer - East
Tap Tap - Start A War
Tim Williams - I Hit Another Wall
Tom Ugly - All I Wanna Know
Turbo Fruits - Trouble!
Tutankamon - Have You Ever Been In Love
Washington - How To Tame Lions
Yeti Lane - First-Rate Pretender
Zoos Of Berlin - Formal Is At Noon


Link It Up:

MonthlyIndieMixtape #7 - Part 1.

MonthlyIndieMixtape #7 - Part 2.

The Rest Of The Best Of The Week In Sound.

Hey guys.

Well before the days of the MonthlyIndieMixtape there was The Week In Sound. The Week In Sound was a whole bunch of weekly mixtapes that basically displayed the talents of a lot of up and coming Indie bands. It was taken off the radar to make way for the much newer and much more improved MonthlyIndieMixtapes but the same amazing sounds were still there.

So for all you new listeners here is a list of the 10 Week In Sound mixtapes for your listening pleasure. They are good and they are all here.

Check them out and don't forget to tell your friends!!

The Week In Sound Mixtape #1
Get It Here!!

The Week In Sound Mixtape #2
Get It Here!!

The Week In Sound Mixtape #3
Get It Here!!

The Week In Sound Mixtape #4
Get It Here!!

The Week In Sound Mixtape #5
Get It Here!!

The Week In Sound Mixtape #6
Get It Here!!

The Week In Sound Mixtape #7
Get It Here!!

The Week In Sound Mixtape #8
Get It Here!!

The Week In Sound Mixtape #9
Get It Here!!

The Week In Sound Mixtape #10
Get It Here!!

The First Five MonthlyIndieMixtapes!

Hey Guys.

Well since I've been kicked in the guts with Mixtape #6 I've decided to post the last 5 Mixtapes in one handy little post to make it easier for you all to get your hands on the tunes.

Check these mixtapes out!!

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #1***
Get It Here!!

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #2***
Get It Here!!

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #3***
Get It Here!!

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #4***
Get It Here!!

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #5***
Get It Here!!

There you go folks! Once I know what band threw the DMCA on me I will remove their track and put #6 back up for your listening pleasure. Only a couple of weeks before MonthlyIndieMixtape #7 will grace this blog! It's looking like it's gonna be a great listen!!

Thanks for listening Guys & Gals! Your ears are like chocolate to me!

The Doc!!!

Mixtape #6 is DOWN!!

Hey Gang.

So today I received an email from the DMCA informing me of a copyright infringement with this months blog so I'm very sorry to all the bands who like the promotion but because I don't now what band or what song was infringing, I have to remove the whole lot! It's really not fair on all the small independent bands who are looking for a kick start but hey, you don't mess with the big boys so it would seem.

So if any of you cool, sassy, independent artists out there who wouldn't mind being featured on a MonthlyIndieMixtape, would like to contact me with a song or two then I would love to help you all out! Spread the word, MonthlyIndieMixtapes is here to help!

Once again, I'm very sorry to all you great bands but the man has spoken. We'll just keep on keeping on without them!