Bobby Bare

1. Long Way to Tennesse
2. Streets of Baltimore
3. Five Hundred Miles Away From Home
4. Detroit City
5. All American Boy
6. A Little Bit Later On Down the Line
7. Saginaw Michigan
8. I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
9. It's Alright
10. There Ain't No Fun in this Town

System of a Down

01. Dreaming (Hypnotize)
02. Peephole (System of a Down)
03. Chop Suey (Toxicity)
04. Old School Hollywood (Mezmerize)
05. Nuguns (Steal This Album!)
06. War? (System of a Down)
07. Violent Pornography (Mezmerize)
08. She's Like Heroin (Hypnotize)
09. Mr. Jack (Steal This Album!)
10. Lonely Day (Hypnotize)

...This is probably single-handedly the mix I'm most proud of so far.

Mouse on Mars

Mouse on Mars is maybe the greatest "electronic" group ever (sorry Kraftwerk). Their music is fun and often danceable, but it doesn't conform to the rigid repetitive structures of most electronic dance music. They also handle slow, prettier numbers masterfully. They aren't what I'd consider ambient music, but a lot of their stuff can be pleasant in the background or calming and meditative. They can also be fierce and abrasive, like on their most recent album. There's a dubby reggae influence in most of their music from the '90s, and this decade has shown them exploring all sorts of unique and interesting areas. Since adding their drummer in 2001, they perform like a band and put on one the most fun shows I've ever been to.

This mix kicks off with a collaboration with Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab (kinda linking it with my previous mix) on a slower, kind of dreamy song. Then on "Tamagnocchi" they get in a Krautrock groove which now sounds to me a lot like what Fujiya & Miyagi did nearly 10 years later. "Yippie" is ska on some kind of speed/mushroom combo, somehwat familiar sounds played on unidentifiable "instruments", a signature of Mouse on Mars. "Gocard" is the oldest and possibly best track on this mix, beautifully warm and showcasing their reggae influence. I don't know if the bass on this mp3 of "Shamp Hare Rama" is quite as deep and powerful as it is on the vinyl EP I have, but it's still a really fun track. "Untitled States Of" is probably my favorite they've done this decade, really perfecting their take on dance music with a great melody and their usual rich textures. The next two tracks don't have my full endorsement quite like the rest of this mix, but they provide a sampling of their most recent work. "Wipe that Sound" is their most conventional attempt at pop (but still pretty weird), and Düül is probably the heaviest, noisiest track they've ever recorded. (Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma did supposedly meet at a death metal concert, after all.) "Catching Butterflies with Hands" is one of their more psychedelic compositions, and closing out the mix is another strongly reggae/dub-influenced track, this one deeper and more immersive.

1. "Cache Coeur Naif" (Cache Coeur Naif EP - 1997)
2. "Tamagnocchi" (Autoditacker - 1997)
3. "Yippie" (Niun Niggung - 1999)
4. "Gocard" (Iaora Tahiti - 1995)
5. "Shamp Hare Rama" (Pickly Dred Rhizzoms EP - 1999)
6. "Untitled States Of" (Agit Itter It It EP - 2002)
7. "Wipe That Sound" (Radical Connector - 2004)
8. "Düül" (Varcharz - 2006)
9. "Catching Butterflies with Hands" (Idiology - 2001)
10. "Rompatroullie" (Instrumentals - 1997)

Loudon Wainwright III

1. Motel Blues (II)
2. Talking New Bob Dylan (History)
3. White Winos (Last Man On Earth)
4. New Paint (III)
5. Drinking Song (III)
6. The Man Who Couldn't Cry (Attempted Mustache)
7. Clockwork Chartreuse (Attempted Mustache)
8. Pretty Good Day (Social Studies)
9. Gray in LA (Strange Weirdoes)
10. Grown Man (Grown Man)

RIYL: Folk Mongers, Drunken Louts that are still somewhat charming, quality songwriting

The Black Crowes

01. Oh Josephine - Warpaint (2008)
02. Sister Luck - Shake Your Money Maker (1990)
03. Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
04. How Much For Your Wings - Three Snakes and One Charm (1996)
05. Come On - Lions (2002)
06. Could I've Been So Blind - Shake Your Money Maker (1990)
07. Blackberry - Three Snakes and One Charm (1996)
08. Go Faster - By Your Side (1999)
09. Kickin' My Heart Around - By Your Side (1999)
10. Wiser Time - Amorica (1994)




Thought I'd contribute to this mix project, hope someone likes these selections. I tried to stay away from the more popular tunes that most people were familiar with but also attempted to make an adequate cross section of the band throughout the years, cherry picking my absolute favorites.

Tim Maia

1. Padre Cicero (Tim Maia - 1970)
2. Cristina (Tim Maia - 1970)
3. Voce Fingiu (Tim Maia - 1970)
4. Imunizacao Racional (Que Beleza) (Racional Vol. 1)
5. Bom Senso (Racional Vol. 1)
6. Que Legal (Racional Vol. 2)
7. Guine, Bissau, Mocambique e Angola Racional (Racional Vol. 2)
8. Amores (Tim Maia - 1973)
9. Reu Confesso (Tim Maia - 1973)
10. E Necessario (Tim Maia - 1977)

RIYL: Black Rio/Brazilian Soul, City of God, Fat Guys

Jay-Z

01 Jay-Z ft Notorious BIG- Brooklyn's Finest
02 Camron ft Jay-Z, Juelz Santana - Welcome to NYC
03 Jay-Z - Girls, Girls, Girls
04 Jay-Z - Dead Presidents II
05 Jay-Z - Jigga What Jigga Who
06 Jay-Z - Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)
07 Jay-Z - Threat
08 Scarface ft Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel - Guess Who's Back
09 Jay-Z - Heart of the City (Aint No Love)
10 Jay-Z - What More Can I Say

http://www.mediafire.com/?eejjvgxbddn

Black Crowes

1. Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution
2. Hotel Illness
3. Struttin' Blues
4. Kickin' My Heart Around
5. Nebakanezer
6. Another Roadside Tragedy
7. Losing My Mind
8. Wiser Time
9. Black Moon Creeping
10. Then She Said My Name

Wu-Tang Clan

Early stuff only, which included so many good tracks anyway that this was almost impossible

01 - Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'
02 - Method Man - Bring the pain
03 - GZA ft Method Man - Shadowboxin
04 - Raekwon ft Ghostface Killah, Nas - Verbal intercourse
05 - Wu Tang Clan - Shame On A Nigga
06 - Wu Tang Clan - Method Man
07 - GZA ft Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest, RZA - 4th chamber
08 - Raekwon ft Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, GZA - Guillotine [Swordz]
09 - Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo
10 - Wu Tang Clan - Triumph

http://www.mediafire.com/?mexmzbgmny1

Use Your Discretion: A 10'r of Guns 'n' Roses Illusion Songs That Are 5 min or Less

1. Bad Apples
2. Perfect Crime
3. Dust N' Bones
4. 14 Years
5. Bad Obsession
6. Shotgun Blues
7. Double Talkin' Jive
8. Dead Horse
9. Yesterdays
10. Garden of Eden

Blackalicious

These guys know how to compose a song, erm, rap ditty. Catchy as hell.

RIYL: rap, of a more independent nature.



01. World of Vibrations (The Craft)
02. Sky Is Falling (Blazing Arrow)
03. A To G (Nia)
04. Side To Side (The Craft)
05. Deception (Nia)
06. Lotus Flower (The Craft)
07. Blazing Arrow (Blazing Arrow)
08. Do This My Way (Nia)
09. The Fall & Rise of Elliot Brown (The Craft)
10. First In Flight (Blazing Arrow)

Brazil Tenner


Au Revoir, Mr. Mercury (2006 The Philosophy of Velocity)
A Year In Heaven (2006 The Philosophy of Velocity)
Controller (2006 B-side, Tarbox session)
By This River (2006 Eno cover, basement demo)
FIN (2005 4-track demo)
Maudlin Rose (2006 B-side, Tarbox session)
Captain Mainwaring (2006 The Philosophy of Velocity)
Subscience (2008 ERE I AM J.H. unreleased - rough mix)
And So It Goes (2001 basement demo - instrumental)
The Author Disappeared (2006 B-side, Tarbox session)

You Am I

This one was surprisingly hard to do. Ended up picking a couple songs each from most of their albums. I left off anything from Hi Fi Way, and cut a bunch of stuff I really like.

1. Mr. Milk
2. Baby Clothes
3. Top O' the Morn and Slip O' the Day
4. ... And Vandalism
5. Kick A Hole In The Sky
6. Doug Sahm
7. Crash
8. One Trick Tony
9. Gunslingers
10. End O' the Line



RIYL: classic rock, hooks and melody all over the place, equal parts introspective melancholy and ass-kickin', Aussie slang

Kathleen Edwards Tenner

RIYL: Lucinda Williams, Tift Merritt, Richard Buckner, etc.



1. Six O'Clock News
2. I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory
3. Old Time Sake
4. In State
5. One More Song the Radio Won't Like
6. Sweet Little Duck
7. The Cheapest Key
8. Away
9. Pink Emerson Radio
10. National Steel

http://www.mediafire.com/?ddzbl2nx6mm

Pagliaro

This is a guy with a string of hits from the 70s - but they're the sort of songs where you'll go "oh shit, he sang THAT?" One of the greatest sheer hitmakers of that decade, and someone who really deserves a much wider audience (or, at least, a single album in CD format or even still in print).

1. Lovin' You Ain't Easy
2. Some Sing, Some Dance
3. What The Hell I Got
4. Louise
5. I Don't Believe It's You
6. Time Race
7. Happy Together
8. Baton Rouge
9. Fou De Toi
10. J'Entends Frapper



RIYL: pop, power pop, classic rock, pop, rock n roll, pop rock, and pop

Tony Joe White

RIYL: Country Rock/Pop, Swamp Rock/Blues, Southern Rock, Jail Rock

1. Willie and Laura Mae Jones (Black & White)
2. Polk Salad Annie (Black & White)
3. Georgia Pines (Black & White)
4. Rainy Night in Georgia (...Continued)
5. High Sheriff of Calhoun Parrish (Tony Joe)
6. The Gospel Singer (The Train I'm On)
7. They Caught The Devil and Put Him in Jail in Euroda, Arkansas (Tony Joe White)
8. Backwoods Preacher (Homemade Ice Cream)
9. Can't Go Home (with Shelby Lynne) (The Heroines)
10. The Drifter (The Beginning)

Faust


Faust is/was a Krautrock band, one of the weirder ones. Maybe the weirdest one. I don't feel like writing much tonight so here:

RIYL: early Frank Zappa & Pink Floyd, Can

This mix is made up of tracks from their original early '70s albums.

1. "The Sad Skinhead" (Faust IV - 1973)
2. "Der Baum" (The Faust Tapes - 1973)
3. "It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl" (So Far - 1972)
4. "It's a Bit of a Pain" (Faust IV - 1973)
5. "Meadow Meal" (Faust - 1971)
6. "J'ai Mal Aux Dents" (The Faust Tapes - 1973)
7. "Picnic on a Frozen River" (So Far - 1972)
8. "Giggy Smile" (Faust IV - 1973)
9. "Flashback Caruso" (The Faust Tapes - 1973)
10. "No Harm" (So Far - 1972)

Bill Nelson

1 Revolt into Style - Red Noise Sound on Sound - '79
2 For Young Moderns - Red Noise Sound on Sound
3 Furniture Music - Red Noise Sound on Sound
4 Do You Dream In Colour - Quit Dreaming and Get On The Beam - 80
5 Banal - Quit Dreaming and Get On The Beam
6 A Private View - Love That Whirls - '82
7 Eros Arriving - Love That Whirls
8 Portrait Of Jan With Flowers - Love That Whirls
9 The Crystal Escalator In The Palace Of God Department Store - Love That Whirls
10 Acceleration - Chimera - '83

Tom Waits

01. Tom Traubert's Blues (Small Change)
02. I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You (Closing Time)
03. Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis (Blue Valentine)
04. 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six (Swordfishtrombones)
05. Innocent When You Dream (Franks Wild Years)
06. Jersey Girl (Heartattack And Vine)
07. (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night (The Heart Of Saturday Night)
08. Better Off Without A Wife (Nighthawks At The Diner)
09. Way Down In The Hole (Franks Wild Years)
10. Downtown Train (Rain Dogs)

Bill Fay

I'm lazy and looked for a description of Fay online to steal but cuoldn't find one i liked. Fay was an avant garde british folkie, singer-songwriter and pianist in the late 60's/early 70's with a cult following. His work is folk for lack of a better descriptor but it really defys categorization. His self-titled debut featured a 27 piece orchestra, while his follow-up, "Time of the Last Persecution" was much rawer and at times had much harder electric guitar than would typically be found in folk music. Both albums were recorded in a single day. He would later release a third album, "Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow," which I only recently purchased and am still digesting. I opted not to include anything from the third album which doesn't seem nearly as strong at first listen. I did include two tracks from his demos and extras collection, "From the Bottom of an Old Grandfather Clock."

These albums were all reissued a few years ago and got tremendous reviews, especially from the british press who compared him to Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Ray Davies and Nick Drake among others. For me, the best comparison would be a more avant garde and experimental Lennon. I hear similarities in the lilt of his voice and also in his melodic structures but that's probably where any comparison begins and ends. Even though I was only pulling from 3 albums, it was really hard to get this down to 10 songs. Those albums are really great. Get them if you find you like this.

Not that it should matter but Jim O'Rourke and Jeff Tweedy are big fans and Tweedy apparently has covered "Be Not So Fearful."

1. Laughing Man (Time of the Last Persecution)
2. Garden Song (Bill Fay)
3. Be Not So Fearful (Bill Fay)
4. The Room (Bill Fay)
5. Screams in the Ear (Bill Fay)
6. Dust Filled Room (Time of the Last Persecution)
7. Omega Day (Time of the Last Persecution)
8. Time of The Last Persecution (Time of The Last Persecution)
9. Warwick Town (From the Bottom of an Grandfather Clock)
10. Camille (From the Bottom of an Old Grandfather Clock)

Aztec Camera: The Number That You Keep

1. The Birth Of The True (Knife, 1984)
2. Good Morning Britain (with Mick Jones) (Stray, 1990)
3. Oblivious (High Land, Hard Rain, 1983)
4. Spanish Horses (Dreamland, 1993)
5. Beautiful Girl (Frestonia, 1995)
6. How Men Are (Love, 1987)
7. Rainy Season (Frestonia, 1995)
8. Get Outta London (Stray, 1990)
9. Knife (Knife, 1984)
10. Walk Out To Winter (High Land, Hard Rain, 1983)

This could have had a number of configurations since Roddy Frame has so many others songs I like equally well. For those not familiar, it's exquisite Scot jangle pop that skirts both schmaltz and extreme brooding but doesn't fall prey to either. Songwriting, class and guitar chops consistent throughout a career that's had Frame written off as a former wunderkind who peaked with his first album though he kept on releasing top quality sophistipop that just wasn't as edgy as some people wanted. One of my favorite dudes, anyway.[

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Ten Bad Seeds...



1. Jack's Shadow (Your Funeral My Trial, 1986)
2. Dead Man In My Bed (Nocturama, 2003)
3. Your Funeral My Trial (Your Funeral My Trial, 1986)
4. Stagger Lee (Murder Ballads, 1996)
5. Cabin Fever (From Her To Eternity, 1984)
6. Nature Boy (Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus, 2004)
7. Lay Me Low (Let Love In, 1994)
8. Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow (No More Shall We Part, 2001)
9. Let The Bells Ring (Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus, 2004)
10. The Mercy Seat [size=9](Tender Prey, 1988)

Neutral Milk Hotel:


Song Against Sex (On Avery Island)
Everything Is (Everything Is EP -- UK version)
Engine (Jeff Mangum, Live at Jittery Joe's)
King Of Carrot Flowers Parts 2 & 3 (In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)
2-Headed Boy (In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)
Holland, 1945 (In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)
Where You'll Find Me Now (On Avery Island)
Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone (On Avery Island)
Ghost (In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)
Now I'm Going Down (Shannon's Monroe House Demos)

I added a couple of rare and live tracks, just to make it a little interesting for those on the board who are already fans. Plus, they only had 2 official albums, anyway!

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS


Hello Sunshine
The Man Don't Give a Fuck
(Drawing) Rings Around the World
The International Language Of Screaming
The Turning Tide
It's Not the End Of the World
Receptacle For the Respectable
Guacamole
Chupacabras
Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir

(I do not have a copy of "Ice Hockey Hair". In fact, I've never even heard it, so that is not included on this, despite its reputation.

Dig it.

Brazil - Ten
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01 - breathe
02 - crime (and the antique solution)
03 - i.o.
04 - you never know
05 - aventine
06 - escape
07 - cameo
08 - zentropa
09 - a year in heaven
10 - iconoclast

RIYL: just download this beast..its rad plus its a fellow obner's old band