Mixtape Monday #2: Baroque & British

Okay, so its Tuesday, but I've been busy so here's this week's mixtape. This is the Baroque and British tape, which is like lush British stuff, basically stuff that I see has a connection or is influenced by Scott Walker. And he's not even British!

Baroque and British Mixtape
1. It's Raining Today- Scott Walker
2. The Universal- Blur
3. Dissolved Girl- Massive Attack
4. Lose My Breath- My Bloody Valentine
5. Stay With Me- Spiritualized
6. Quicksand- David Bowie
7. Radian- Air
8. Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead
9. Paper Tiger- Beck

So obviously these are not all British groups, both Walker and Beck being American, MBV being Irish and Air being French. Fake plastic trees is kind of a shoo in for something like this, but I guess I didn't have a choice. Radian is a great lesser know Air song, kind of a Mike Mills-esque center piece for 10,000 hz Legend. These songs have a great kind of thematic blend. Enjoy!

Mixtape Mondays #1: Nirvana

Fantasy situation: You wanna get the 14 year old in your life into Nirvana, but really wanna steer past the whole Teen Spirit/Nevermind overplayed zone. Well, there's a mixtape for that! From now on, every Monday I'm gonna post a mixtape, either just from a specific band or a mix that has some sort of theme. I'll also put some comments on some of the songs from the mix. So here's #1:

Nirvana Mix
1.Drain You
2.Aneurysm
3.Pennyroyal Tea
4.School
5.Here She Comes Now (Velvet Underground cover)
6.Scentless Apprentice
7.Love Buzz (Shocking Blue cover)
8.Sliver
9.About a Girl
10.Heart Shaped Box

I know I said trying to avoid Nevermind, but Drain You makes a good opener without being the most overplayed song from the record. Poppy substitutes come in the form of Sliver and About a Girl. Here She Comes Now, a VU song, is from the With the Lights Out box set, and is catchy and could lead the listener down a whole 'nother path. School, Aneurysm, and Love Buzz keep things extra heavy. Pennyroyal Tea and Heart Shaped Box are both haunted songs that really showcase the loud/soft aesthetic and are two of the best written Nirvana songs. At 10 songs the listener get a wide breadth of material, yet the thing's the length of a short album. Enjoy!