Wednesday 20 February 2008

Cracked Grooves Mixtape



Photo of Howard Dully aged 12, after his lobotomy.

The second of two compilations I made for camping up
a mountain in Wicklow during the summer (The first
mix was Campfire Crazy). This one is full of prog to pop
psychedelica, murderous melodies and songs of salvation.

01 A Song - David Shrigley

Artist turned songsmith. Still haven't picked up "Worried
Noddles" yet, out on the always reliable Tomlab records.
02 Leaf House - Animal Collective
Another hit from the kings of "Hit and Miss".


03 About Fun - Psapp
Seen them two years ago and the drummer was playing
the most incredible drum kit, everything from tin cans
to the petrol tank of a motor bike, working with
Einstürzende Neubauten must have rubbed off a little.


04 Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra

The flatmate hates this track, too full on prog for him,
but that trumpet track is "killer dude".
05 The Chemicals That Wait - Semifinalists
Another band I seen summer 06, the drummer looks and
sounds like Vincent Gallo and the lady uses a casio vl 1, so
they cant be too bad. This track is Mercury Rev-esque
psychedelica, hop notch.
06 A Man Of Experience And Wisdom - Yekermo Sew
A track of the Ethiopiques 4 compilation I posted an age
ago.

07 Winter's going - Bonnie Dobson
Always a sucker for songs using the changing of the seasons
as a metaphor. This song is the start of the murderous
melodies section.

08 Sock It My Way - Animated Egg
Michael Mann could have easily used this song instead of
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" for that scene with the shotgun in
his underrated flick Manhunter.

09 Evening On The Ground (Lilith's Song) - Iron And Wine
The heaviest song Mister Bean has ever written.
10 Ruby - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Also the heaviest song Mister Billy has ever recorded, such
a great b side.

11 Dirty Pants - Smog
"TUNE" off one of his great but not amazing album "Rain On Lens".
12 Rituals - Archie Bronson Outfit
Why aren't they MASSIVE.
13 Jezebel - The Drones
Again,
Why aren't they MASSIVE.
14 W.C.S. (First Draft)- dEUS
Before Sonic youth, I was obsessed with dEUS. This track is a good
reason why, druggy dirge with beefheart undertones. The first time
I seen them live, was in Paris back in 2004. I thought Tom Barman
was l
ike a cold turkey mental patience, the song pauses, he wailing
out "Are you listening you fool, your magnificent liar". I was frozen
with fear, but it was probably just the acid.



15 Jesus - The Velvet Underground
The start of the salvation section.
16 Jesus Loves Me - CocoRosie
17 Nothing Came Out - The Moldy Peaches
Perfect if it wasn't for the G.N'R. solo and I love the phone ringing
in the middle of the song.

18 Whats The New Mary Jane - The Beatles
"Oh no, johns taking the trips again".
19 Fly Eye - Daniel Johnston
Maybe my favourite of his, short but sweet.

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If you liked this, for more of my mixtapes go here.
Next mixtape well probably be this.

3 comments:

Gerard said...

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mikehughesphoto said...

So I shall have a listen to your mixtape - Mahivishnu John McLaughlin and the Velvets on one tape must be worth a go. I came over to Dublin end of Jan to see Stars at the Tripod - nice city, bloody expensive, especially while idling away a day coz' the ferry got cancelled!
Cheers

Gerard said...

Yeah dublin is dearer now an even more so for you with the weak pound. Plus Tripod is one of the dearer venues and you don't even get a full pint in your crappy plastic cup. i might have gone if i had known that Apostle of Hustle were supporting, but i still haven picked up any stars album. but all b.s.s. splinter groups sound pretty good.