Into Focus - a yvynyl mixtape
It’s been nine months since I last dropped a proper mixtape on you guys. Not a week goes by lately that someone doesn’t send me a note asking me when the next one’s coming out. Honestly, I half-build playlists all the time, but sitting down and getting them done - like done done - seems harder than it once was. Maybe that’s a small sliver of how Kevin Shields felt. But I’ve finally finished this one - pulled it into focus. Some of these songs have been sitting in my ‘new mixtape’ folder for nearly that long, which is a shame because they slay. You’ll see.
Artwork by Scottish artist Christine Jones, used with permission.
Don’t forget to chip in to these artists’ beer/retirement funds. Click through to their sites through the handy hypertext links provided below and buy their records, tapes, tshirts and concert tix.
Tracklist:
- Cold Pumas - Fog Cutter
- Teen Mom - I Wanna Go Out
- The Courtneys - 90210
- TV Torso - Clear Lake Strangler
- TEEN - Electric
- Pure X - Things in my Head
- The Black and White Years - Just Like Old Times
- Youth Lagoon - Dropla
- Leapling - Seventeen
- Gracie - Habits
- Real Magic - The Trance
- HAERTS - Wings
- 3:33 - ___________YC
- Purity Ring - Grammy (Soulja Boy)
- White Blush - Jolene
- Pretty Heart - Toy
- Dead Mellotron - Fade In/Out
- Bennio Qwerty - Crutch
- Young Boys - Love Hits
- Each Other - Ash Mound
- Extra Happy Ghost!!! - Choke Me Out Against the Wall
- Cold Fronts - Strange Architecture
- Gabriel Mintz - Western Days
- Ben Seretan - My One True Love
Download directly here: http://bit.ly/13zdPJ1
Stream it here: http://8tracks.com/yvynyl
For best results, download the mix folder, unzip it, create a new playlist in iTunes, click and drag the folder to import, thereby maintaining track order.
Listen to more yvynyl mixtapes here.
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![Mystic Isthmus - a yvynyl mixtape
I put up a new mixtape every month or two, and have all the playlists on my iPod. Truth be told, I really do this for kinda selfish reasons. The music continues to be a personal record of periods of time or memory in my own life. I love listening back to older mixes and thinking about what was happening then, and how those songs conjure up a season, people, parties. A big part of me hopes that you do the same, that I might be adding a bit of soundtrack to your life. I approach each of these mixes in that spirit. Thanks for sharing back your positive feedback and energy - both to me and the musicians. I hope this mix brings some light and love to your summer.
It would mean a lot to me if you click through to learn more about the bands you dig here. Many of them are offering more free tracks for you to download and enjoy. Please support them and their music with your time, attention and money. They deserve it.
Original artwork by Chilean Jorge Roa, also an experimental musician performing as la costa continua. Used with permission.
Dedicated to Norm, Heather and Lil’ Spaceman. May great changes be great, and mystics stay mystical.
[Want me to dedicate the next yvynyl mixtape to a friend of yours? Leave me a short note here. I’ll pick a nice one for next time.]
Tracklist:
Grubby Little Hands - Feel in my Back
Baths - Hall
Birthdays - Van Hands
Mutual Benefit - No Mundo da Lua
Craft Spells - You Should Close the Door
Julian Lynch - Just Enough
Houses - Endless Spring
Future Islands - Tin Man
BRONZE - Deep Freeze
Cloud Nothings - Even If It Worked Out
Party Photographers - Piano Vache
Ty Segall - Girlfriend
Street Chant - Yr Philosophy
Son of Rams - No Concept, No Logic
Male Bonding - Before It’s Done (Daytrotter Session)
The CQ - Wait and See
Teenage Reverb - Under the Weather
Phèdre - Ode to the Swinger
Cosmic Sound - Night Owl
Sunvisor - Sky Dive
Magic Man - Darling
The Young Sinclairs - Future Man
Pete Greenwood - Bats over Barstow
MMOSS - Hedge Creeper
Download directly here: http://bit.ly/bUpgFu
Please create a new playlist in iTunes and then click and drag the folder to import, thereby maintaining track order.
Check out more yvynyl mixtapes here.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l30eozgYH51qz4e0mo1_400.png)
![Volcano - a yvynyl mixtape
I’m not sure, but the frequency of new mixtapes seems to be increasing. Not just because I feel the compulsive need to share musical gems, but because mind-blowingly incredible music keeps finding me. This internet thang - damn - its like a deep, deep well of art and culture and great minds. I can’t get enough. I’ve been saying to my friends that this mix is my proudest to date. Almost all of it is new, new stuff. Every second of it is rife with challenging, beautiful sounds. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
If you dig these tunes, do me a favor and click through and friend up the artists, buy their records and go see their shows.
Original artwork by illustrator Karina Eibatova [portfolio] used by permission. Thanks to frightenedbybees for originally posting her great work.
Tracklist:
Jeff the Brotherhood - U Got the Look
Woods - Blood Dries Darker
Ghost Animal - Single Man
The Mantles - Lily Never Married
Bakesale - Prom Song
Makeout Videotape - Slush Puppy Love
Slow Animal - Sitting Here
Flow Child - Cry, It’s Like Vomiting
High Magic - S.O.
hAUNTEDhOUSES - sHARKS
Gauntlet Hair - I Was Thinking…
Baths - Stupor
Twin Sister - Milk & Honey
Bachelorette - Donkey
Arches - Another Fading Memory
Coolrunnings - The Second Devil
Summer Camp - Ghost Train
Silent Diane - RiverSide
Lee Weather - I Saw Eternity the Other Night
Sonoi - Micro-Coliseum
Mount McKinley - Rainsand
Weekends - Raingirls
Jacuzzi Boys - Bricks or Coconuts
Vacation Dad - ihopeyrfavoritecoloriseverywhere
Download directly here: http://bit.ly/bGZokQ
Please create a new playlist in iTunes and then click and drag the folder to import, thereby maintaining track order.
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