Mixtape Vol. 2 – the Sweat & Shake

The “workout mixtape” is something I’ve been kicking around for awhile. The most important thing I need at the gym or on a walk/run is good music with a rhythm that makes me move. These songs keep me going when I’d rather be napping.
Its complete luck or a possible math error that led to this coming out to an exact time. I couldn’t have planned it if I tried.
Enjoy and please share the songs that keep you motivated during a workout.

Side A: I Start to Run [44:00]
1. Doves – Jetstream 5:30
2. White Denim – I Start to Run 2:52
3. Royal Bangs – My Car is Haunted 4:45
4. Phenomenal Handclap Band – 15 to 20 4:48
5. The Rapture – Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks 4:03
6. Golden Filter – Thunderbird 5:29
7. Sleigh Bells – Crown on the Ground 3:49
8. Passion Pit – Sleepyhead 2:54
9. Discovery – Osaka Loop Line 4:01
10. Metric – Help, I’m Alive – 4:46

Side B: Foxy Boxer [38:00]
1. Animal Collective – My Girls 5:40
2. Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy 3:33
3. Pictureplane – Goth Star 3:18
4. Bearsuit – Foxy Boxer 2:34
5. Wavves – Cool Jumper 5:52
6. Health – Die Slow 3:12
7. The Big Pink – Dominos 3:48
8. Sebastian Grainger – Renegade Silence 3:38
9. Phoenix – Lasso 2:49
10. School of Seven Bells – Connjur 4:40

Mixtape #02: Oh, This Could Be Trouble After All

Let these lyrics do the talking for me.
Download- Side A: Pro &  Side B: Con

Side A:  Pro

1. After All- Sondre Lerche:  I like you too much after too little time
2. Paperweight- Joshua Radin:  I’ve been this way with so many before, but this feels like the first time
3. Happy Together- The Turtles:  Imagine me and you; I do.  I think about you day and night, it’s only right
4. L-L-Love (Acoustic)- Blondfire:  There’s a magic in you, and I’ll be under your spell, l-l-love
5. Brighter Than Sunshine- Aqualung:  Love will remain a mystery, but give me your hand and you will see, your heart is keeping time with me
6. Cocoon- Dan Black:  Wrap me ’round your finger
7. You Told A Lie- Camera Obscura: If you were a season you would be in bloom
8. Hug Me- Meg & Dia: Hug me ’til you drug me, honey, hug me. Drug me ’til you love me, honey, love me
9. Brightly Wound- Eisley:  We were walking there and I had tangles in my hair, but you make me feel so pretty
10. Rave On- M. Ward: Well, the little things you say and do, make me wanna be with you. Rave on this crazy feeling, I know it’s got me reeling

Side B:  Con

1. She Doesn’t Get It (Acoustic)- The Format: Because I feel much older, look at me as if I got a reason to stare
2. Fall Apart Today- Schuyler Fisk: I wish I wasn’t so fragile, ’cause I know that I’m not easy to handle
3. Act Appalled (Acoustic)- Circa Survive: Maybe you’re mistaken for someone who cares
4. True Affection- The Blow: You were out of my league at a distance that I didn’t wanna see
5. New American Classic- Taking Back Sunday:  See the months they don’t matter. It’s the days I can’t take, when the hours move to minutes and I’m seconds away
6. Breathe Me- Sia: Help, I have done it again.  I have been here many times before.  Hurt myself again today, and the worst part is there’s no one else to blame
7. Lost- Coldplay: Just because I’m hurting, doesn’t mean I’m hurt
8. Nineteen- Tegan and Sara: I felt you in my life before I ever thought to.  Feel the need to lay down beside you and tell you, I feel you in my heart and I don’t even know you
9. My Love- Mariachi El Bronx: You made me weak; you made me pale. You made me nervous; you made me shake
10. Annie Waits- Ben Folds: You see this is why I’d rather be alone

-V-

Mixtape #3: ‘Aussie Aussie Aussie’

it’s Australia Day tomorrow. It’s our national day, where we celebrate what it means to be an Aussie. So, in keeping spirit with nationalist sentiments, i thought i’d pay homage to some Australian artists by constructing a play list of tracks i love by Aussies! Enjoy!

Side A:

1. Fire, Fire, Fire – Dappled Cities
2. Sleeping Lion – Sparkadia
3. Holiday – The Holidays
4. Dulcinea – Closure in Moscow
5. You’ve Changed – Sia
6. Bella – Angus & Julia Stone
7. Parade – Former Child Stars
8. Milk Eyes – The Grates
9. Camp Out – An Horse
10. Ghosts – Laura Marling

Side B:

1. Take Us To Your Leader – Paul Dempsey
2. Breathe Me – Sia
3. Heartbreak Scorsese – Snob Scrilla
4. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
5. Oh Five Hundred – Staying At Home
6. Kelly – Van She
7. Killer – Whitley
8. To The Test – 50 Lions
9. Chiswell Green – Staying At Home
10. Where The City Meets The Sea – The Getaway Plan

-Audrey Nacorda

Mixtape #2: This Explains My Life

So, in mixtapes there is always Side A and Side B.  However, for this particular mix, side A and side B are going to be the exact same thing.  ONLY because you have no idea how much this mix tape explains my life to the T.  Every single song has such a significant meaning in my life.  It is crazy how this mix explains almost 99% about me.  I’m starting to repeat myself.  In order to fully enjoy this mix, you have to 1) have a glass of whisky in your hand and 2) be Krista.  Though, even without the alcohol and mortal, I’d still count on you enjoying this mix.

Side A & B: This Is the Life of Krista; Examine & Listen

01. Neutral Milk Hotel – Two Headed Boy

02. Yo La Tengo - My Little Corner of the World

03. The Doors – Light My Fire

04. The Smiths – There Is A Light

05. Velvet Underground - Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall

06. Damien Rice – Cheers Darlin’

07. Elliott Smith – Pretty (Ugly Before)

08. Bob Dylan – All I Really Want To Do

09. Wilco – Be Patient With Me

10. Fionn Regan – Be Good or Be Gone

Mixtape Vol. 1 – the A.P.

The A.P. (After Party) Recipe:
-20 Songs
-Handful of Friends
-A Dash of Acquaintances
-One Night Stand (optional)
-All Available Alcohol
Mix all ingredients and serve in a perfect location.

Side A: Aha, Sha-ake
1. Fourth of July – Be Careful
2. The Almighty Defenders – Cone of Light
3. Kings of Leon – Taper Jean Girl
4. ZZ Topp – Cheap Sunglasses
5. The Love Language – Lalita
6. Black Lips – Drugs
7. Harlem – Friendly Ghost
8. The Rapture – Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks
9. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Satan Said Dance
10.The Kills – U.R.A. Fever

Side B: Recording Dreams
11. Roman Numerals – Occupado
12. Interpol – Say Hello to the Angels
13. The Fiery Furnaces – Don’t Dance Her Down
14. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Janglin’
15. Crystal Stilts – Crystal Stilts
16. ? and the Mysterians – 96 Tears
17. Girls – Lust for Life
18. Women – Black Rice
19. Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
20. Boo and Boo Too – David Turns a Mystic

Mixtape #2: ‘Back to Work’

The holidays are well and truly over. This week is looking busier and stressful the more i think about it. It seems that all those lucky bastards basking in the sun, are now returning to their 9-5 jobs, back in the game and most of all back to routine. The songs I’ve chosen for today’s mixtape, on one side conjure, to me themes of selling out, frustration, and anger towards having to work whilst on the other are song i love hearing at work.

Side A:

1. New Noise – Refused
2. Mutiny! – Set Your Goals
3. Sell Out – Reel Big Fish
4. You’ve Made Us Conscious – The Audition
5. Oxford Comma – Vampire Weekend
6. For The Workforce, Drowning – Thursday
7. All I’m Losing Is Me – Saves The Day
8. Swing Life Away – Rise Against
9. Heart Attack At 30 – Polar Bear Club
10. Know That – Mos Def

Side B:

1. Stand By Me – Ben E. King
2. M79 – Vampire Weekend
3. Killer – Whitley
4. Bridge & Tunnel – The Honorary Title
5. The Boy That Blocked His Own Shot – Brand New
6. Sloop John B – The Beach Boys
7. Lump Sum – Bon Iver
8. French Navy – Camera Obscura
9. Coffee – Copeland
10. Little Motel – Modest Mouse

-Audrey Nacorda

Mixtape #001: It Is What It Is

After a long day of work, mixtape monday takes my mind off of everything that it has been consumed with for the past 9 hours.  As I lounge in my chair and tune on to the first episode of The Bachelor, the perfect sound of melodies fill the air.  This isn’t a mixtape about love or heartbreak; this is a mix about everything being the way it is for a reason.  Enjoy.

Side A: Your Words Have Been Repeated By Everyone

1. I Was Unconscious, It Was A Dream – Slow Club  ♫And your heart it aches for the lives that you will never lead
2. Chimes – Bowerbirds ♫ These are ancient songs that fill my body
3. Unavailable – Papercuts ♫ I’m sorry, but who are you
4. Niagara Falls – Harlem Shakes ♫We can drive all night till beneath new sun
5. Black Water Child – Fionn Regan ♫ Don’t hide your face in your hands, ’cause if your eyes play tricks,it’s outta my control
6. Gray or Blue – Jaymay ♫I’m with another boy; he’s asleep, I’m wide awake
7. Welcome to the Walk Alone – The Rumble Strips ♫Welcome to the walk alone; Come right on in, make yourself at home
8. What If – Bombay Bicycle Club ♫ If only one of us had the guts tonight
9. Leftovers – Johnny Flynn ♫ Leftovers is what I want; Don’t need no fine cuisine
10. Tree Bones – Port O’Brien ♫ Dressed up with my sister; I was a bat and she was a fly

Side B: We All Have the Same Feelings

1. First Love – Emmy the Great ♫ I remember how we met, but your name I forget like the door that I have kept unopened
2. Hardwood Pews – Horse Feathers ♫ Lovely ladies make pretty babies, it’s true
3. Blood Bank – Bon Iver ♫ There’s a moon waning crescent, we started to kiss
4. Tissue Shoulders – The Maccabees ♫ Never go on your own, never go. But when you go, Just try to find someone or other with the GPS turned on
5. Honey Won’t You Let Me In – The Tallest Man on Earth ♫As we cease to know where our fate will go; We won’t see the rivers tied up in the vines
6. Busted Heart – Bishop Allen ♫ I was born a stranger thinking out loud in a foreign tongue
7. I Promise – Jeremy Warmsley ♫ You are the dream that I forgot
8. Cosmic Love – Florence and the Machines ♫ A falling star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes
9. Hooked Up On Us – Jay Jay Pistolet ♫ When our hands first intertwined and our lips first met
10. Wake – The Antlers ♫ Well you can come inside, unlock the door, take off your shoes.

And my time here is done.

-Krista