Wednesday, January 30, 2008

+ 1 hour and 16 minutes in which to impress someone^

last week i made a mix for someone incredibly awesome whose own musical output has been formidable to say the least. it was an australian-only one which made it fun and a little easier, though of course it's always a battle to not just include friends' bands, even if they could easily fill 650mb with their awesomeness.

aside from the usual suspects (said friends), i was quite happy to include Drunk Hands (a relative pop ditty 'Gilltone' from the usually dirgy melbourne band), dynamic and possibly beat-heavy tunes from otherwise moderate indie rock bands like Touch Typist (Nostalgia is a Lake), and Aleks and the Ramps (i went 'Pisces vs Aquarius' instead of 'Brain'), the hauntingly insistent Because of Ghosts (Upwards! Forwards! Towards the Sun!), and i ended with the raw power of some live Scientists ('Blood Red River') for something a little bit different bit unusual.

^ i hope it works.

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