In what’s become an annual tradition the …By a Fire Mixtapes are an alternative—although not entirely disparate—Holiday Mixtape. An hour long, commercial-free Holiday Mixtape where only 1/3 of the tracks are actual Christmas songs. I’m happy to say I’m back with Volume 3 this year, a nice selection to throw on and forget about. No silence between tracks, no worrying about making a playlist.

1. Sleigh Ride by She & Him
2. Plateau Ramble by The Acorn
3. It Goes Deep by Debra-Jean & The Means
4. Christmas in the Room by Sufjan Stevens
5. The Gambler and His Bride by Daniel, Fred & Julie
6. Lover’s Spit by Chris Rubeo
7. Silver Screen by Beat Connection
8. Father Christmas by The Kinks
9. Bermuda by Kisses
10. The End of a Love Affair by Julie London
11. I Was There by The War on Drugs
12. Come on Santa by The Raveonettes
13. Bimini Bay by Tennis
14. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee
15. Keep You by Class Actress
16. Santa Baby by Reverend Run & The Christmas All Stars
17. Pitter Patter Goes My Heart by Broken Social Scene

Want to worry about even less music selection? Download …By a Fire & …By a Fire: Volume 2

Ever since I began making these Mixcasts, it was my eventual hope I would be able to co-host and co-curate some of these mixes. In some way, this small dream has come true with the Guest Mixtapes I’ve been able to share with you; but at the end of the day, it was still my voice. At least in the literal sense. All of that changes today as I’m joined by my friend Erik Jack (@erikstocrat).

We sat down and picked some of the songs we haven’t been able to get out of our heads in the past couple months, as well as each bringing new songs to the table that neither of us were familiar with. What we’ve come up with is what we think know is an incredible summer mix, one that will hopefully get you stoked on all your summer adventures with your friends, family and lovers.

We run the gamut here, we hit on some indie hits, some lo-fi summer jams, hip hop, near-ballads and balls-out, unapologetic pop. To be completely honest, there was about four songs I was convinced I’ve already played for you before. I love them so much, I listen to them always, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t shown them before. Thankfully, Erik has showed me the error of my ways. Let’s get into it!

• Abducted by Cults
• It’s Time by Imagine Dragons
• Indian Sun by Mean Lady
• Kites by Geographer
• Dear Lucy by The Slakadeliqs
• Multi-Millionaire by Penguin Prison
• Get In Line by I’m From Barcelona
• Make a New Dance Up by Hey Ocean!
• Heat Wave by Alphabeat
• Betty by Brooke Fraser
• Your Ghost by Hannah Georgas
• That’s My Bitch (feat. Jay-Z & Elly Jackson) by Kanye West
• Teleport 2 Me, Jamie (feat. Desire) by WZRD

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Well spring has sprung (if you ask me, and no, no one did) and you know how I feel about warmer weather. Instead of doing a two-parter spring Mixcast this year, I figured I’d just do a double length. I didn’t put a lot of effort into narration for this one, so the good news you get to enjoy more music! Get in the mood with these fine musicians:

• Amor Fati by Washed Out
• Weekend by Class Actress
• Young Silence by Echo Lake
• Friendship Station by Le Tigre
• A Visit From Drum by Liars
• Ashamed by Deer Tick
• All We’ll Ever Know by Parallels
• Triceratops (CFCF Rmx) by HEALTH
• King of the Beach by Wavves
• Operation by Yuck
• Beach Bummed by Weed Hounds
• Whitechapel by S.C.U.M
• Space Baby by Best Coast
• The Shore by Chapel Club

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Now this has been a long time coming. The last few months for me have been a ride, to say the very least. January, usually a slow time in my life was quickly filled with personal projects I had been putting off for a long time. I followed up with a lot of people I’ve wanted to collaborate with, under the assumption about 30%-50% of them would have the time to commit to a collab… imagine my surprise when just about everyone was into working together.

Long story some-what short, I asked my friends in Sex with Strangers (@SWSmusic) to put together a Mixtape for me at a pretty busy time for them as well. When I sent them a message asking for the Mixtape they had just begun a Canada-wide tour, so it took them awhile to get back to me.

Unfortunately, when they finally did, I was juggling a ridiculous amount of other projects and work which had started to pick up, so this last weekend was literally the first moment I had to sit down and commit to producing a mix and cover. Honestly, it’s felt a little like Hatch (of SWS) is skulking in the corner, peering over my shoulder, wringing his hands gleefully as I’m listening to the final mix.

And this is a good thing.

Sex with Strangers invites you to see as their three concept albums come together to form a post-apocalyptic trilogy about robots. As an intro, they present to you The Top 10 Songs About Robots:

1. The Robots by Kraftwerk
2. Mr Roboto by Styx
3. I, Robot by Alan Parsons Project
4. Friday by Rebecca Black
5. Paranoid Android by Radiohead
6. (My 1st) Big Break by Cut Chemist
7. Robot Rock by Daft Punk
8. The Body Electric by Rush
9. I’ll Replace You With Machines by Guided By Voices
10. I Love You (Miss Robot) by The Buggles

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I tried something new last year when I gave you the …By a Fire Mixtape, an alternative—although not entirely disparate—Holiday Mixtape. An hour long, commercial-free Holiday Mixtape where only 1/3 of the tracks are actual Christmas songs. To this day, I’ve considered producing another Mixtape in a similar fashion. I know it’s nice to be able to put some music on and forget about it. I also hate the silence between tracks on regular Holiday albums so we kill two birds with one stone. Now, enjoy …By a Fire: Volume 2.

1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! by Dean Martin
2. I Was Young When I Left Home by Antony & Bryce Dessner
3. Blue Beard by Band of Horses
4. Melt Your Heart by Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
5. Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt
6. Summer Kids Go by The Moonbabies
7. Winter A-Go-Go by Yo La Tengo
8. Journey of the Featherless by Cloud Cult
9. The Christmas Waltz by She & Him
10. Christmas Ghosts by The Raveonettes
11. Oh, Magnolia Tree by Ducktails
12. Love Me Like You Used To by Class Actress
13. It Takes Time to Be a Man by The Rapture
14. Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley
15. A Thing for Me (Breakbot’s B-LIVE Miami Mix) by Metronomy
16. Silent Night by Hawksley Workman

Photography by Adam Flewwelling. Visit admflwlng.com for mixtapes and awesome posts.

Happy Friday, I’ve got a very chill Mixcast for you this time. Inspired by my own personal playlist, “Herman Miller,” this playlist contains the loopy and dreamy electronic songs I’ll use when I’m working or designing late night to early morning. Or on rainy days. Or throughout Autumn. Or, since we’re being completely honest, whenever the mood strikes me. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• UR Soul and Mine by Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX
• You’ll Improve Me by Junior Boys
• Cymbal Rush (The Field Late Night Essen Und Trinken Remix) by Thom Yorke
• Nobody Knows (Part II) by Zoot Woman
• Raw Spectacle by Miracle Fortress
• Love/Lust (FAMILY Remix) by D/R/U/G/S
• Clean Coloured Wire by Engineers
• Across the Graveyard by Röyksopp
• Midnight City by M83

Here’s a link to the Krautrock Mixtape by Aidan Whiteley

Here’s the video I made and entered into the M83 “We Own The Sky” contest a few years back

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Happy Friday, Happy September, Happy Birthday to me! Yes it’s true, today is my birthday, 26 if you’re wondering… I’m still kind of salty I didn’t lineup today to be my 26th Mixcast as well, but C’est La Vie. For today’s Faked Potatoes Mixcast, I decided to let fate choose the tunes. The only theme here is these are the first 7 songs that came on my iPod when I clicked shuffle. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Carry On by Weed Diamond
• Photobooth by Friendly Fires
• Stingray by The Shadows
• Forces…Darling by Koop
• Final Horrors by Benjamin Gibbard & Jay Farrar
• Memorial Day by Heloise & The Savoir Faire
• Demin Prince 13 (MPD Jammer) by Ghibli

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Oh, hello, I didn’t see you there! Are you ready for some new music? Good! No themes, no frills this time, just music. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Warning Sign by Local Natives
• Friendship Station by Le Tigre
• Latin America by Holy Fuck
• Two Steps Twice by Foals
• Tu Cages (2nd Version) by I Blame Coco
• Diamonds by Kanye West
• Heartbeat by Blackbird Blackbird
• Show Me Something New by Shout Out Louds
• They Never Did Know by Treefight For Sunlight

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Photos by The U.S. National Archives, Cover & back photo.

Mixcast No. 023 doesn’t have any Floyd on it, I hope the cover isn’t misleading. The cover does make sense however, from a certain perspective, as we revisit the concept of covers this Mixcast! Yes, back for our second Mixcast of covers (I told you so!) since I maintained a considerable amount of tracks covered by great artists that I needed to share.

I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of covers, they’re a polarizing concept… some people love them, some people don’t. Whether a cover artist feels the need to lay down their own version for money, street cred, or a legitimate need to cover a song that means something very special to them, these songs find their way into our consciousness and coerce us to alter our pre-conceived perceptions about what a ‘classic song’ is, if only for a moment. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Everywhere by Vampire Weekend (Fleetwood Mac)
• Falling in Love by Sambassadeur (Dennis Wilson)
• These Days by St. Vincent (Nico)
• Maps by Rogue Wave (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
• Postcards From Italy by Florence + The Machine (Beirut)
• Grow Old With Me by The Postal Service (John Lennon)
• The Scientist by Johnette Napolitano & Danny Lohner (Coldplay)
• It’s Not Over Yet by Goldfrapp (Grace)

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Well well, we’ve neared what is the warmest time of the year (typically) in the Western Hemisphere. It’s the end of July, it’s August long weekend and there are a number of reasons for you to be outside with your friends, or outside alone, basking in the wonderful rays from that orb in the sky we call the sun.

A Summer Sessions Mixtape will go perfectly with your outdoor adventures, whether you’re on that annual camping trip, looking to go for a hike through some beautiful woods, or even on the patio with a few besties for a BBQ. And always remember, the key difference between a Mixtape and a Mixcast is this Mixtape is 100% music with no vocal interruptions. Awesome.

1. Something Good Can Work (Ted & Francis Remix) by Two Door Cinema Club
2. June Evenings by Air France
3. Dreamin’ by Feldberg
4. We Are the People (Ted & Francis Remix) by Empire of the Sun
5. Mystery (What Kind Of Breeze Do You Blow? Extended Edit) by Lake Heartbeat
6. Disappear by Pacific!
7. Sleep on the Roof by Memory Cassette
8. The Heart of the Nightlife by Kisses
9. Tighten Up by The Black Keys
10. Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack
11. You Gotta’ Teller by Zeus
12. Ring the Bell by YACHT
13. Hoop Dreams by Teengirl Fantasy
14. In Heat (Javelin Rmx) by HEALTH
15. Chlorophyl by MillionYoung
16. Norkuy by Com Truise
17. Damnation by Baths
18. Puzzles by The Mary Onettes
19. Somebody to Love Me (feat. Boy George and Andrew Wyatt) by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.

Hello, hello, hello! Happy Friday (and thank god!) it’s a perfect day to listen to new old music! This is going to be a classy mix, every track except the one by Tame Impala was written and performed before 1969 (even though Deep Purple covered Hush and Hendrix covered All Along the Watchtower) and there is a reason for piecing all these psychedelic-rock outfits together. This Mixcast, we’re celebrating hookah culture! Getting together with friends and having a social experience. Chatting, catching up, sitting together and actually communicating. Like all things in life, this experience requires a soundtrack and I happen to have just the sounds I associate with it to share with you! So sit back and relax like you’ve never relaxed before, artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles
• Alter Ego by Tame Impala
• Hush by Deep Purple
• Light My Fire by The Doors
• All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix
• Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground
• White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane

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I’m happy to say we’re back with Faked Potatoes Mixcast No. 021. I was going to go for a Electro/French House themed Mixcast this time around, but lately I’ve been feeling like yeah, we’ve done that…  a few times. Luckily, the last few days have been a bit chillier at night but still perfect to drive with your windows down, and perhaps enjoy a little Folkier music. So that’s what this is, some folky songs I’ve started to remind myself I have. Hopefully you enjoy these musicians, Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Doorways by Radical Face
• Upward Over the Mountain by Iron & Wine
• Down In the Valley by The Head and the Heart
• Orange Sky by Alexi Murdoch
• Riga Girls by The Weepies
• Ghosts by Laura Marling
• Rich Doors by NewVillager
• Little Lion Man by Mumford & Sons
• Deep Water by Portishead

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Wow! 20 Mixcasts! We’ve been together for quite a while now. We’ve heard a lot of music together, and I’m not even counting the Mixtapes on here into the Mixcast count! Over the months I’ve made note of more music for future Mixcasts, I’m always tweaking lists and collecting more songs for future mixes, always with the intention of sharing as much new music as I possibly could. However, some artists just kept popping up, over and over. They had already been featured but I couldn’t help but play them, so I figured we’d celebrate a Super Happy 45-minute Fun-time Deluxe Limited Anniversary Edition of the Faked Potatoes Mixcast and collect the ‘Best Of’ of previously featured artists. Artists featured this (and previous) Mixcast(s) are:

• Blue Gowns by Blue Hawaii
• The King and All of His Men by Wolf Gang
• Mouthful of Diamonds by Phantogram
• Grey by New Young Pony Club
• Milk & Honey by Twin Sister
• Vital Signs (Tame Impala Cover) by Midnight Juggernauts
• The Past by Matt Mays
• Hearts of Love by Crocodiles
• Cryptograms by Deerhunter
• Cut Out to FL by RJD2
• Here I Am by Walter Meego

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Welcome back! FPM no. 019, wow! It’s been a bit since we’ve done any electro mixcasts. And while this isn’t quite a Neon Nights experience, there is still something definitively dancy about this mix. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Steppin’ Up by M.I.A.
• Let’s Buy Happiness by Boys Noize
• Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx A) by HEALTH
• Hustler by Simian Mobile Disco
• J’Aime Pas L’Art by DatA
• Fat Boy by MVSC
• Girl (You Chew My Mind Up) by The Presets
• 2000007 (feat. TTC) by Modeselektor
• The Sex Has Made Me Stupid by Robots In Disguise

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I’M SORRY I’VE BEEN AWAY, I have truly missed you! Between taking five days off (in a row) for Sasquatch — which seems to be a big no-no in this world — and working the weeks leading up and after I just haven’t had the time to do, well, much else. Thankfully, things are under control again and we’re here together, to hear new music! Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• At Home by Crystal Fighters
• Dust Devil by School of Seven Bells
• Fever by Sensual Harassment
• A Piece of String (Radio Edit) by Clock Opera
• Raw Spectacle by Miracle Fortress
• Mary, Please by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• A Weekend In Brooklyn by Kisses

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And here is the trailer for DiG!

Happy Long Weekend and Thank God It’s Mixcast Friday! Today I am pleased to present another guest Mixtape, this time by Andrew Lee of The Ruffled Feathers. Andrew and I met during the 2010 year of the PEAK Performance Project (where he was playing with 41st and Home) and have kept in touch (of a fashion) since then, through random tweets and Facebook comments. Andrew was another one of the large amount of amazing folks I met, but didn’t have the time to really get to know as well as I’d like. It’s hard with so many people on such a whirlwind schedule, but the beautiful part of the internets are that you can maintain contact with people.

Music has always been very important to me and, to my understanding, many if not most people should and do feel the same way. I crave music. It temporarily feeds this insatiable, creative hunger in me. It, at time, expresses crucial feelings and emotions with and for me when I may not know how. It’s a release after a long day, or a way to foster positive vibes right from the start. Even musical tastes are somewhat individual and, in that sense, speak to us about who a person is.

Basically, music as a nice way to get to know people? I’m in. So I asked Andrew if he’d like to share with me a Mixtape, that I, in turn, would share with you. A way for all of us to pay-it-forward, and get to know each other a little more while listening to some new music. Maybe we’ll find new favorite bands or even make friends?

Andrew submitted to me his personal mix, a human touch to a digital age. Passed on in the same way we may have (or still ironically do) a well-timed and deftly planned and executed mixtape. Imagine my complete delight when the theme of this Mixtape sprung from past lovers, the way a good Mixtape should:

These are some of my very favourite songs, but the happy/sad thing is that each song is connected in my memory to ex boyfriends. So, I put them all in this playlist for you as some sort of therapy I guess. I hate when songs I used to love get a little tainted, so I’m repatriating these ones while teaching myself that past relationships can be thought of fondly, not just in spite! Most, if not all of them include a lot of the classical instruments that I love so much (as a trumpet player).

This spoke to me so clearly as I can still remember a time I didn’t listen to Death Cab for Cutie’s brilliant “Transatlanticism” after a break-up in ’05. But time passes and you realize you still really fucking love that song, so you take it back. Thank you, Andrew Lee (and Ben Gibbard).

1. Good Intentions Paving Company by Joanna Newsom
2. Black Rainbow by St. Vincent
3. Scandal at the Parkade by Owen Pallett
4. Time of My Life by Patrick Wolf
5. Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens
6. Beijing by Patrick Watson
7. Bottle Rocket by The Go! Team
8. That’s All by Clare and The Reasons
9. We Say No by Great Aunt Ida
10. Masterswarm by Andrew Bird
11. Cheer Me Up Thank You by New Buffalo
12. Rut & Nuzzle by Snowblink
13. I Didn’t Know That by The Books
14. Misread by Kings of Convenience

Photography by anonymous and Hunter Desportes.

As promised, we had a relatively nice week, but we’re definitely still in Spring mode so let’s all enjoy the 17th Faked Potatoes Mixcast, Spring part 2. This is the more upbeat part of spring, full of teasing for the type of weather to come. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Gettin’ Together by Tommy James & The Shondells
• Teléfono De La Esperanza by Klaus & Kinski
• Lights Off by The Dears
• Tiki Walk by Roudoudou
• Save Me From What I Want by St. Vincent
• Storm In a Glass of Water by Rubik
• I Don’t Have a Mind by The Fruhstucks
• Pieter Van Den Hoogenband by Gentle Touch

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Photos by The U.S. National Archives, Cover & back photo.

We’re finally nearing my favorite part of the year. The idiotic part being of course that I’ve been saying this exact phrase since January, SPRING HAS SPRUNG! Summer is on its way but Spring is here (in Kelowna anyway) and I am so ready for it. I’ve had my first longboard and let me tell you, these tracks are sunny-day approved! I have tested them all and they embody all that is spring, or at least the Faked Potatoes Mixcast No. 016, Spring part 1. Yes, this is the sluggish part of spring. The melted snow, the rain, the swept sidewalks. We’re waiting for the nicer part of spring, but that comes next week. This week, artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Tourian Courtship by Baths
• Stick to My Side by Pantha du Prince
• Salvation by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• Spirit Ditties of No Tone by Deerhoof
• What’s a Girl to Do? by Bat for Lashes
• Seven by Fever Ray
• Time Lapse Lifeline by Maria Taylor
• A Birthday Present by The Veils

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Photos by The U.S. National Archives. Cover photo & back photo.

A constant theme throughout 2011 has got to be “Taking on the World.” Both for myself and for my friends and colleagues, I’ve seen everyone grow into beautiful and ambitious people, taking on larger clients and accounts and spreading their professional wings to fly. Some days, I wake up and feel like I can take on the world, and some days, I wake up and feel like the world has taken me on.

It would be impossible to say these emotions and feelings haven’t influenced my listening habits and on the days you feel a little overwhelmed, it’s nice to start your day off by regaining the upper hand. So with that in mind, I present to you my Showdown Mixcast in the Faked Potatoes Mixcast No. 015. I’ve selected tracks that are a little raw featuring more guitar than usual, some sultry saxophone and grungy production, all maintaining that vintage Western/B Horror Movie feel, for the days you just wanna stare down the guy in the black cowboy’s hat and say, “Fuck you, sir.”

The artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Break Up Girls! by The Raveonettes
• You on the Run by The Black Angels
• Billy Speed by Crocodiles
• Golden Pendulum by The Big Pink
• Grindhouse (Main Titles) by Robert Rodriguez
• The Pink Room by Angelo Badalamenti
• Not so Dense by Deer Tick
• Who Can Say by The Horrors
• Apache by Incredible Bongo Band

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As I collect songs for various Mixcasts, I’m basically taking note of any song that gives me shivers or excites me or remains memorable throughout the day. When I get back home I drop them all into one big playlist then start to organize them out as themes emerge in songs. It’s been fourteen Mixcasts now, and three Mixtapes, as there are nearly five other Mixcasts already blocked out and a bunch of songs yet to be sorted I really started to realize how many covers I had that would fit the program we’ve developed here.

This means, the good news is there’s at least one more Mixcast of covers down the road, but I’m getting ahead of myself… artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Before You Accuse Me by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• The Pioneers by Mystery Jets
• Kids by The Kooks
• Float On by Blackbird Blackbird
• Daft Punk Is Playing at My House by Magic Arm
• Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith) by Crystal Castles
• In for the Kill by Miike Snow
• Tar Heart by Zeigeist
• Shelter by Vitaminsforyou

Here is the music video for Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill”

and the music video for Crystal Castle + Robert Smith’s “Not in Love”

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Back with another Mixtape. I know it’s been a long time since a Mix of anything, believe me that I have the next three Mixcasts already sorted in their folders, I even have 5 other Mixes near completion, three of them are part of a Summer Sessions series I plan on doing, but maybe they’ll all end up in a beachy Mixtape… we’ll see. Anyway, this has been mixed since about 2 1/2 weeks ago, last night was the first chance I had to get to the ‘cover’ artwork. This Mixtape is totally psychedelic, listen to this one alone to ensure full trippyness. Take it on a dark walk with headphones, lie back in your bed smoking that “hand-rolled cigarette” and enjoy this psychotropic trip of music.

1. Threshold by Steve Miller Band
2. I Swim Around by Beyond the Wizards Sleeve
3. Your Hidden Dreams by The White Noise
4. Ritz 107 by Fischerspooner
5. Solitude Is Bliss (Mickey Moonlight Remix) by Tame Impala
6. Electric Feel (Rasta Wigs Remix) by MGMT
7. Ulysses (Beyond the Wizards Sleeve re-Animation) by Franz Ferdinand
8. Wonderful You by The Dandy Warhols
9. Star Eyes (I Can’t Catch It) (feat. David Lynch) by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse
10. Set in Stone (M83 Remix) by Fires of Rome
11. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun by Pink Floyd
12. Peachfuzz by Hollydrift
13. Only Dreaming by The Time & Space Machine
14. In the Year 2525 by Zager & Evans
15. The Day We All Died by The Reindeer Section

As promised, here we go with Mixcast no. 013, the quiet and laid back counterpart to most of the previous Mixcasts. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab for Cutie
• You Don’t Need This Song (To Fix Your Broken Heart) by Fields
• Afternoon Drive by Atlas Sound
• The Wolves (Act I & 2) by Bon Iver
• Garbage by Chairlift
• As Serious As Your Life by Four Tet
• Sam by Morgan Greenwood
• He Lied About Death by Stars

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Mixcast no. 012 is another edition of Neon Nights! Music for bright lights and dark nights, a nice warm up before a night on the town. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Let Go of the Fear by Maps
• Scattered Diamonds (feat. Hungry Kids of Hungary) (No Device Remix) by No Device
• Sick Muse (Adam Freeland Remix) by Metric
• Smoke & Mirrors by Ali Love
• Young Aren’t Young by The Hundred in the Hands
• Malibu by Good Luck at the Gunfight
• Runway to Elsewhere by Pacific!

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For Mixcast no. 011 I present to you another varied Mixcast. It kind of hops around a bit, taking in various moods, but I definitely see it as an unwind mix. At the end of a long day, have a hot shower, a cold beer or glass of vino, pop in this Mixcast and wash the day away. Lather, rinse repeat as needed. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• If I Know You by The Presets
• Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley
• Windstorm by School of Seven Bells
• Get Over It by Solid Gold
• Victim of the Crime by Phoenix
• On Melancholy Hill by Gorillaz
• Rendezvous by Cut Copy
• 薔薇と彼女の王子 by Heartsrevolution
• So This Is Goodbye (Pink Ganter Remix) by William Fitzsimmons
• Aminals by Baths

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Here’s the video for Heartsrevolution’s 薔薇と彼女の王子 (The Rose and Her Prince)

This post is a chronological trip and homage to Punk music, and the doors that it opened. This Mixcast takes a trip, starting in 1973 and ending up in 2010, this Mixcast is about my love for the Punk music and ideals that changed the world of music forever and continue to inspire today. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Search & Destroy by Iggy and The Stooges
• Digital by Joy Division
• Can’t Find My Mind by The Cramps
• Nothing for You by T.S.O.L.
• House of Jealous Lovers by The Rapture
• Not That Social by The Von Bondies
• Reactor Party by Shitdisco
• Jams Run Free by Sonic Youth
• Hologram World (feat. Karen O) by Tiny Masters of Today
• Big Bad Mean Mother Fucker by Girls
• Monongah, WV by Weekend

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Enjoy!

• Living Decorations by Maps & Atlases
• Stop Believing by Hi Tiger
• Paris (feat. Au Revoir Simone) (Aeroplane Remix) by Friendly Fires
• State of Permission (feat. Freeform Five) by Shinichi Osawa
• Finally (The Time & Space Machine Edit) by Cherry Ghost
• Love on a Real Train by Tangerine Dream

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Aidan Whiteley (@aidanwhiteley) has thrown together a Mixtape spanning some of the most influential Krautrock artists of the last few decades. Krautrock was an avante-grade, experimental trek into a sub-genre of progressive rock starting in the 60s. Bands like Amon Düül II and Can paved the way for the Radiohead’s of the world. This mix sounds about as cold as West Germany before the wall fell, but is a at really great pace for background music when you’re studying, or working diligently on some project, some where.

1. Krautrock by Faust
2. Thief by Can
3. Soap Shop Rock: Burning Sister by Amon Düül II
4. Watussi by Harmonia
5. Hero by Neu!
6. It’s a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl by Faust
7. Das Modell by Kraftwerk
8. Future Days by Can
9. Caramel by Cluster
10. Radioaktivität by Kraftwerk
11. Frank Herbert by Klaus Schulze

Photography by Maschinenraum

Oh hey there! What, this? Oh, this is just you and me and we are finally back together again for a new Mixcast. Now, the first Mixcast of 2011 is somewhat scattered—a little bit like my brains, all over the place this time of year—and it’s entirely possible that the only common thread in this Mixcast is its own inconsistency. Enjoy!

• Die Slow by HEALTH
• Running From the Cops by Phantogram
• Summertime by We Are Wolves
• Cover Your Tracks by Young Galaxy
• Home by LCD Soundsystem
• Never Content by Air France
• Salvation by Scanners
• Lady Daydream by Twin Sister

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If you’re starting to feel exhausted from the Christmas rush, I’m betting its fair to say you’re getting tired of the Christmas music. Well, the good news is I’m not really your Christmas traditional, and while I do enjoy some classics, I’ve put together this alternative—although not entirely disparate—Holiday Mixtape called …By a Fire.

If the idea of an hour long, 100% commercial-free Holiday Mixtape where only 1/3 of the tracks are Holiday related gets you going, allow me to introduce this all-killer, no-filler, stress-free set of indie feel-good. Perfect to play when the company comes over, when you’re walking down the street in the snow, when you’re hosting a dinner party, and especially when you’re huddled up by a fire.

1. Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Dean Martin
2. Comme Des Enfants by Coeur de pirate
3. You Are Too Beautiful by Hawksley Workman
4. Eskimo by Damien Rice
5. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Death Cab for Cutie
6. Christmastime by Smashing Pumpkins
7. Evening Kitchen by Band of Horses
8. Mercury by John Murphy with Underworld
9. Green Butterflies by Maria Taylor
10. Just Like Christmas by Low
11. Christmas in Hollis by Run-D.M.C.
12. God Bless Us All by N.E.R.D.
13. Helicopter (Star Slinger Remix) by Deerhunter
14. House of Mirrors by Ducktails
15. Hold Your Breath by The Acorn
16. The Christmas Song by The Raveonettes
17. The Indie Queens Are Waiting by Dan Mangan

Photography by Aidan Whiteley

There were just too many rocker gals to put on only one Mixcast so here is the second girl rock mixcast for your listening pleasure!

• Boy Trouble by Sharades
• Chick Habit by April March
• Sexy Mistake by The Chalets
• He Didn’t Fool Me by Valerie Masters
• Pot Kettle Black by Tilly and the Wall
• Heavy Cross by The Gossip
• Give ‘er by Peaches
• No Way by Plastiscines
• Saturday Night by Noisettes
• Magic by Ladyhawke

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The cover is of a warm, sunny day, but even those memories are starting to feel frosty around the edges these days. This Mixcast is for every dark-far-too-early afternoon; for every shivery, lifeless shuffle to a warm mug of something delicious. You need a beat to shuffle too, think of this as that. Also, check out more Little Jungles.

• Echoes by Klaxons
• Atlas by Battles
• Helen of Troy by Telefon Tel Aviv
• Please Put the Knife Away by Little Jungles
• Crazy by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
• Dream Electrixra by Blue Hawaii
• Greatlakescape by The Ghost Is Dancing
• The Past by Matt Mays
• Serio by Lost Valentinos

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Watch Klaxons’ performing live with Rhianna at the 2008 Brit Awards

Watch The Asteroids Galaxy Tour’s video for The Sun Ain’t Shinning No More

Download The Asteroids Galaxy Tour myRMX app from the iTunes Store

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/asteroids-galaxy-tour-myrmx/id383524486?mt=8

And see?! I told you I’ve posted Rubik before…

It’s Mixcast 5, a bit of high energy music for these slow, cold nights. I’m starting off this Mixcast with a song I can’t stop listening to, have been blown away by and was lucky enough to be around when it was written, Last Night by Aidan Knight and Debra Jean. If you’ve always wanted the hear The xx sound less pretentious, download Last Night here for free.

• Last Night by Aidan Knight and Debra Jean
• Night By Night by Chromeo
• Ghostwriter by RJD2
• D.A.N.C.E. (Do The F.A.N.C.Y.) by Fancy
• Time After Time by We Have Band
• Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix) by Small Black
• I Don’t Really Mind by Tame Impala
• American Girl by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Candy Girl (Demo) by Trailer Trash Tracys
• Hot on Your Heels by The Mint Chicks

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Welcome Mixcast 4, music for Neon Nights! This time I felt the urge to pick something a little more electronic and dancier, so for this mixcast we’re heading out tonight… this is music to get a night started!

• No Reasons by VEGA
• M.A.G.I.C. (Lets Get Invisible Reading is Fundamental Remix) by The Sound of Arrows
• Vital Signs by Midnight Juggernauts
• Shoes (Mr. Oizo Remix) by Tiga
• Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) by Two Door Cinema Club
• One Touch by LCD Soundsystem
• Metropolis by Kris Menace
• Luv Deluxe by Cinnamon Chasers

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Watch the music video for Cinnamon Chasers’ – Luv Deluxe

or their latest single, Two Hours Time, released Monday

For the third FP Mixcast I picked songs I can’t listen to enough lately. Which is the basically the same process I use for every other mixcast, but this one is extra special, TGIF! The sweet photography was Tweeted by Douglas H. Wheelock, Astronaut and commander of International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 25. This photo he calls River of Ice is “a look at the stunning landscape of the Coastal Mountains, in British Columbia, Canada. The Silverthrone Glacier through a 400mm lens.”

• Fire in Freetown by K’naan
• Lions In Cages by Wolf Gang
• Weak Ends by MillionYoung
• Older Brother by Pepper Rabbit
• Black Rice by Women
• Farewell by Boris
• Wasted Daylight by Stars
• Red Lights by Holy Fuck

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How many times have I heard both guys and gals whine about woman front-persons in bands? Too often. Most of the time the excuse seems to be “Women can’t rock!” Wrong. This mixcast will be all about proving Girl Rock as I feature:

• Username by The Fitness
• Date with the Night by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Cheap and Cheerful by The Kills
• We Got the Beat by The Go-Go’s
• White Mice by The Mo-dettes
• What Can I Do for You? by Michael Dracula
• You’re My Heart by Lioness

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First FP mixcast! I hope to have many more of these, I already have another with the songs collected and am sure I’ll be raring to go after the BreakOut West festival this weekend here in Kelowna. This mixcast is a bunch of songs that have pleased me over the summer/fall and that I have really gotten into, hopefully you enjoy them as well. Future mixcasts will likely have more of a common theme element in them, so look forward to that! This mixcast I feature:

• Feel the Wave Pt. II by The Bird Day
• One, Two … One by Say Hi
• See What I Care by Datarock
• Make You Mine by The Drums
• Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
• Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de Pirate) by Bedouin Soundclash
• Difficult by Uffie
• Lemonade by Braids

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