Weekly Mix 2/13/13

Hello, here's some music:

1. Tune-Yards - "Powa"

2. Wild Belle - "Keep You"

3. Toro Y Moi - "Rose Quartz"

4. Dream Cop - "Marooned"

5. Menomena - "The Pelican"

6. Mountain Man - "Animal Tracks"

7. Kings of Leon - "Soft"

8. Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - "Reading In Bed"

9. Foreign Fields - "Taller"

10. Big Star - "Holocaust"

Show Review: Toro Y Moi at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro Hill, NC

All Photos by Dylan Newcity

Oh, the grooves... 

Cat's Cradle was the place to be last Friday night, as Toro Y Moi kicked off the weekend with one hell of a dance party. Columbia, SC producer Chaz Bundick helms the project, supported by an ace backup band consisting of a drummer, guitarist/keyboardist, and one of the tightest bassists I've ever seen. The quartet's hypnotic blend of sultry rhythms and funk-ified chillwave textures had the sold-out venue grooving until well past midnight. Bundick, having grown up in the Southeast, admitted that it was a dream come true for him to play at the legendary Cat's Cradle, let alone sell it out. His gratitude was obvious from the smile on his face all night. 

Wild Belle and Dogbite provided support, but Dogbite's lack of dynamics started things off on a boring foot. Wild Belle, however, were great! The island-y rhythms and uniquely-voiced front woman woke everyone up nicely, and foreshadowed the dance party to come. 

Weekly Mix 2/6/13

Wow, 2013 is flying by so far. I hope everyone has been doing well and life has been good for you. Personally, I've been a little stressed, but that's not the end of the world, right? I'll have a Bandcamp up in a few days with some of my own music for people to download for free, so there's that.

1. My Bloody Valentine - "Only Tomorrow"

2. The Flaming Lips - "One More Robot/ Sympathy 3000-21"

3. Deerhunter - "Red Ink"

4. Ty Segall - "Goodbye Bread"

5. Mount Moriah - "The Letting Go"

6. Summer Heart - "I Wanted You To Stay"

7. An Horse - "Camp Out"

8. Jessica Lea Mayfield - "Our Hearts Are Wrong"

9. The Wooden Birds - "Believe In Love"

10. The Republic of Wolves - "Cardinals"

Weekly Mix 1/30/13

I saw Chelsea Wolfe last night, so there might be something regarding that posted posted soon. I've been pretty busy and stressed, so not much love for the blog has been given. Oh well, hope you enjoy these mixes at least.

1. MGMT - "Siberian Breaks"

2. King Krule - "Octopus"

3. Nico - "Chelsea Girls"

4. Toro Y Moi - "So Many Details"

5. Father John Misty - "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings"

6. Chelsea Wolfe - "The Way We Used To"

7. Hands - "Forced Fascination"

8. Aphex Twin - "Rhubarb"

9. Jim Sullivan - "UFO"

10. Jeff Buckley - "Corpus Christi Carol"

Weekly Mix 1/23/13

I've decided to start posting these mixes every Wednesday because I feel like they are best served in the middle of the week as a pick-me-up of sorts. Hopefully you'll agree. Something about posting on Mondays always felt somewhat premature. Who knows why.

1. Guerre - "Care 4 Me"

2. Indians - "Cakelakers"

3. Into It. Over It. - "Anchor"

4. Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band - "Stay Away (Nirvana Cover)"

5. Colour Revolt - "We Are Memories"

6. Robin Pecknold - "I'm Losing Myself (ft. Ed Droste)"

7. Porcelain Raft - "Tip Of My Tongue"

8. Youth Lagoon - "Dropla"

9. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Bicycle"

10. SNOWMINE - "Penny"

Weekly Mix 1/14/13

I've been doing a good amount of work for Speakers in Code recently, so I haven't had much time to do writing on this blog. Apologies for this (because I'm sure you're heartbroken...), but I think it makes more sense to focus my energy on something that'll be more widely available, rather than my little wanna-blog. I really do appreciate the support, though. I think that these weekly mixes are a good way to keep things going and maybe build this site up to where I feel like diverting more time to it. Thanks again, thugs.

1. Devendra Banhart - "Für Hildegard von Bingen" 

2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Jubilee Street"

3. Memoryhouse - "When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine cover)"

4. Atoms For Peace - "Judge, Jury, And Executioner"

5. Bark Psychosis - "From What Is Said To When It's Read"

6. Chelsea Wolfe - "Tracks (Tall Bodies)"

7. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - "The Day"

8. Sarah Jaffe - "A Sucker For Your Marketing/Vulnerable"

9. Analog Rebellion - "Voice Boxes And Pretty Teeth"

10. Sparklehorse - "Piano Fire"

Weekly Mix 1/7/13

It's a new year! How exciting! I wish everyone a joyous 2013, full of new experiences and changes for the better.

1. Aphex Twin - "[hankie]"

2. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - "Inuit"

3. Blackbird Blackbird - "Blind"

4. Alexandre Desplat - "The Heroic Weather - Conditions Of The Universe, Parts 1-7"

5. Coleman Hawkins - "Body & Soul"

6. American Football - "But The Regrets Are Killing Me"

7. Bert Jansch - "Black Waterside"

8. Silver Apples - "Oscillations & Seagreen Serenades"

9. Acid Glasses - "My Pale Garden"

10. The Dwarf Cast - "Misty Mountains (From The Hobbit)"