- Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl (Mezzanine, 1998)
- PJ Harvey - Down By The Water (To Bring You My Love, 1995)
- Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise (99.9 F, 1992)
- Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me (Superstition, 1991)
- Bjork - Big Time Sensuality (Debut, 1993)
- Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Foxbase Alpha, 1992)
- Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender (Surfacing, 1997)
- Elastica - Hold Me Now (Elastica, 1995)
- Liz Phair - Supernova (Whip-Smart, 1994)
- Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know (Jagged Little Pill, 1995)
- Garbage - #1 Crush (Garbage, 1995)
- Fiona Apple - On The Bound (When The Pawn..., 1999)
- Poe - Trigger Happy Jack (Drive By A Go-Go) (Hello, 1995)
- Tori Amos - Crucify (Little Earthquakes, 1992)
- Beth Orton - How Far (Trailer Park, 1996)
- Kendra Smith - In Your Head (Five Ways Of Disappearing, 1995)
- Sleater-Kinney - Little Babies (Dig Me Out, 1997)
- Sam Phillips - I Need Love (Martinis and Bikinis, 1994)
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Dissolved Girl - Ladies Night
A 90's rock Ladies Night mix.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
When It's Dark - Late Night
Another mix in the Late Night series. Coming from a dark place...
- Yo La Tengo - When It's Dark (Popular Songs, 2009)
- Massive Attack - Paradise Circus (Heligoland, 2010)
- Radiohead - Little By Little (The King Of Limbs, 2011)
- Boy & Bear - My Only One (Moonfire, 2012)
- Robert Plant - Monkey (Band Of Joy, 2010)
- Maps - Adjusted To The Darkness (Vicissitude, 2013)
- Sia - Breathe Me (Colour The Small One, 2004)
- Beck - Round The Bend (Sea Change, 2002)
- Mogwai - Friend Of The Night (Mr. Beast, 2006)
- Over The Rhine - Rave On (The Long Surrender, 2011)
- Low - On The Edge Of (The Great Destroyer, 2005)
- Half Moon Run - She Wants To Know (Dark Eyes, 2013)
- Girls - Love Like A River (Father, Son, Holy Ghost, 2011)
- Zola Jesus - Night (Stridulum, 2010)
- M83 - Wait (Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, 2011)
- Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down (Only In Dreams, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2016
The Way It Goes - Ladies Night
More Ladies Night
A late night mix of some women singer songwriters and bands.
A late night mix of some women singer songwriters and bands.
- Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes (The Harrow & The Harvest, 2011)
- Emmylou Harris - Here I Am (Stumble Into Grace, 2003)
- Mary Lou Lord - Stars Burn Out (Baby Blue, 2004)
- Neko Case - People Got A Lotta Nerve (Middle Cyclone, 2009)
- Florence + The Machine - Breaking Down (Ceremonials, 2011)
- Charlotte Gainsbourg - Set Yourself On Fire (5:55, 2007)
- Marissa Nadler - Mary Come Alive (Little Hells, 2009)
- PJ Harvey - Written On The Forehead (Let England Shake, 2011)
- Cat Power - Sun (Sun, 2012)
- Alela Diane - The Way We Fall (About Farewell, 2013)
- Sarah McLachlan - Love Come (Laws Of Illusion, 2010)
- Sarah Jarosz - Come Around (Follow Me Down, 2011)
- Sera Cahoone - Naked (Deer Creek Canyon, 2012)
- The Secret Sisters - Rattle My Bones (Put Your Needle Down, 2014)
- Oakley Hall - All The Way Down (I'll Follow You, 2007)
- First Aid Kit - I Found A Way (The Lion's Roar, 2012)
- Tori Amos - Bouncing Off Clouds (American Doll Posse, 2007)
- Bat For Lashes - Two Planets (Two Suns, 2009)
Sunday, May 8, 2016
I Wanna Holler - Ladies Night - a mix
Ladies Night
- The Detroit Cobras - I Wanna Holler (But The Town's Too Small) (Baby, 2004)
- The Raveonettes - The Love Gang (Chain Gang Of Love, 2003)
- The Kills - No Wow (No Wow, 2004)
- St. Vincent - Cheerleader (Strange Mercy, 2011)
- Beach House - Myth (Bloom, 2012)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Soft Shock (It's Blitz!, 2009)
- Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La (It Will Be, 2010)
- Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Cool Yourself (Know Better Learn Faster, 2009)
- Lonelady - Groove It Out (Hinterland, 2015)
- Lykki Li - Get Some (Wounded Rhymes, 2011)
- Au Revoir Simone - Somebody Who (Move In Spectrums, 2013)
- Jolie Holland - Waiting For The Sun (Wine Dark Sea, 2014)
- Imogen Heap - First Train Home (Ellipse, 2009)
- Julie Doiron - Don't Wannabe/Liked By You (Woke Myself Up, 2007)
- Sia - Taken For Granted (Healing Is Difficult, 2002)
- Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - The Charging Sky (Rabbit Fur Coat, 2005)
- Now, Now - Neighbors (Neighbors, 2010)
- Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes - Love Letter (Baby Caught The Bus, 2011)
- Gin Wigmore - Kill Of The Night (Gravel & Wine, 2011)
- Alabama Shakes - Hold On (Boys & Girls, 2012)
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Dream Lover - Late Night
A new mix of late night heartache sentiment. So is this mix part of my Late Night series or Heartache series. Could be either. It has the sound and feel of my Late Night mixes but the songs all seem to be about heartache.
A few of my Late Night mixes have a dream theme so I guess that puts this mix in that category.
A few of my Late Night mixes have a dream theme so I guess that puts this mix in that category.
- Big Star - Dream Lover (Third/Sister Lovers, 1974)
- David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul (Aladdin Sane, 1973)
- Mazzy Star - Be My Angel (She Hangs Brightly, 1990)
- The Sleepy Jackson - Don't You Know (Lovers, 2003)
- Beach House - Lover Of Mine (Teen Dream, 2010)
- Yo La Tengo - Tears Are In Your Eyes (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, 2000)
- Robyn Hitchcock - I Used To Say I Love You (I Often Dream Of Trains, 1984)
- Spain - Easy Lover (She Haunts My Dreams, 1999)
- Elliott Smith - I Better Be Quiet Now (Figure 8, 2000)
- The Green Pajamas - Deadly Nightshade (Narcotic Kiss, 2002)
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Love (Strung Out In Heaven, 1998)
- Dum Dum Girls - Mine Tonight (End Of Daze, 2012)
- The Henry Girls - Sweet Dreams (December Moon, 2011)
- Low - Try To Sleep (C'mon, 2011)
- Over The Rhine - I'd Want You (Meet Me At The Edge Of The World, 2013)
- Luka Bloom - Love Is A Place I Dream Of (Between The Mountain And The Moon, 2002)
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Slow Burn - Bowie Cycle
The fifth and final (for now) mix in my Bowie Cycle series.
I still have plenty of songs set aside for future mixes in this series but it's time to take a break and move on.
I still have plenty of songs set aside for future mixes in this series but it's time to take a break and move on.
- David Bowie - Slow Burn (Heathen, 2002)
- David Bowie - Days (Reality, 2003)
- Arcade Fire - Reflektor (Reflektor, 2013)
- Mechanical Bride - Sound & Vision (We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie, 2010)
- Lou Reed - I'm So Free (Transformer, 1972)
- The Chameleons UK - Moonage Daydream (The Never Ending Now, 2003)
- The Dandy Warhols - I Am A Scientist (Welcome To The Monkey House, 2003)
- Adrian Belew - Gunman (Young Lions, 1990)
- Killing Process - John, I'm Only Dancing (Goth Oddity 2000: A Tribute To David Bowie, 2000)
- David Bowie - Waiting For The Man (Sound + Vision, 1989)
- The Polyphonic Spree - Five Years (Five Years EP, 2004)
- The Flaming Lips - Life On Mars (This Here Giraffe EP, 1996)
- Mick Ronson - When The World Falls Down (Heaven and Hull, 1994)
- Human League - Nightclubbing (Travelogue, 1980)
- Iggy Pop - China Girl (The Idiot, 1977)
- TV On The Radio - Heroes (War Child Presents Heroes, 2009)
- Rickie Lee Jones - Rebel Rebel (Traffic From Paradise, 1993)
- David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind (Station To Station, 1976)
Monday, May 2, 2016
Ground Control - Bowie Cycle
The fourth mix of my Bowie Cycle. All things David Bowie continues.
- David Bowie - Space Oddity (Space Oddity, 1969)
- Lewis & Clarke - Changes (We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie, 2010)
- Keren Ann - Life On Mars? (We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie, 2010)
- Jen Chapin - Starman (Light Of Mine, 2008)
- Scarlett Johansson - Fannin' Street (Anywhere I Lay My Head, 2008)
- Robert Glasper & Bilal - Letter To Hermione (Black Radio, 2012)
- Adrian Belew - Pretty Pink Rose (Young Lions, 1990)
- Pavement - Black Out (Wowee Zowee, 1995)
- Tin Machine - Baby Can Dance (Tin Machine, 1989)
- R.E.M. - Funtime (Strange Curriencies EP, 1994)
- David Bowie - It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City (Sound + Vision, 1989)
- Davy Jones & The Lower Third - You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire and Beyond, 1996)
- Game Theory - Drive-In Saturday (Lolita Nation, 1987)
- Mercury Rev - The Sun Machine (Memory Of A Free Festival) (Crash Course For The Ravers: A Tribute To David Bowie, 1996)
- David Bowie - I Dig Everything (I Dig Everything: The 1966 Pye Singles, 1981)
- Rustic Overtones - Man Without A Mouth (Viva Nueva, 2001)
- Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - All The Young Dudes (Under The Covers Vol. 2, 2009)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suffragette City (Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers, 2012)
- David Bowie & Mick Ronson - I Feel Free (Black Tie White Noise, 1993)
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Teenage Wildlife - Bowie Cycle
The third mix in my Bowie Cycle series. More all things David Bowie. The songs on this series of mixes continue to be all Bowie related. They are songs he wrote, or produced, or sang vocals on, or covers of artists he admired. There are also songs written about Bowie by other admiring artists.
- David Bowie - Teenage Wildlife (Scary Monsters and Super Creeps, 1980)
- Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (Hot Space, 1982)
- Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (Lust For Life, 1977)
- Hotrats - Queen Bitch (Turn Ons, 2010)
- Duran Duran - Boys Keep Swinging (We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie, 2010)
- Peter Shilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) (Error In The System, 1983)
- David Bowie - Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys Remix) (Nothing Has Changed: The Best Of David Bowie, 2014)
- Rustic Overtones - Sector Z (Viva Nueva, 2001)
- Gene Love Jezebel - All The Young Dudes (Goth Oddity: A Tribute To David Bowie, 1999)
- Mott The Hoople - Sweet Jane (All The Young Dudes, 1972)
- Veruca Salt - With David Bowie (Eight Arms To Hold You, 1997)
- Mick Ronson & David Bowie - Like A Rolling Stone (Heaven and Hull, 1994)
- Lou Reed - Hop Frog (The Raven, 2001)
- David Bowie - White Light White Heat (Sound + Vision, 1989)
- Mick Jagger & David Bowie - Dancing In The Street (Nothing Has Changed: The Best Of David Bowie, 2014)
- David Bowie - Across The Universe (Young Americans, 1975)
- Chairlift - Always Crashing In The Same Car (We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie, 2015)
- Janelle Monae - Heroes (Pepsi Beats Of The Beautiful Game, 2014)
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