Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Quiet Indie Songs - Fall '23

 

I haven't done a quiet indie songs mix since this time last year. This one started when I heard the latest Peter Gabriel track, Love Can Heal, which I adore. And the timing is good as I'll be seeing him in concert on Oct. 2nd. I've heard that in his live show he plays a lot of the new tracks he's been releasing monthly. Several months ago that would have given me pause because I didn't much care for the first few new tracks. But they have been getting better and better with each new song.

The rest of the mix is just what it says it is - a collection of quiet indie tracks, all of them released in 2023. It includes some old faves like Neil Young, Kevin Morby, Slowdive, & Julie Byrne along with new to me artists like Scott Orr, The Finks, This Is The Kit, & Jörgen Kjellgren. 

Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00    Jörgen Kjellgren - Bluebird Waltz (Bluebird 2023)
  • 04:09    Scott Orr - Horiszon (Horizon 2023)
  • 07:45    Peter Gabriel - Love Can Heal(Darkside Mix) (2023)
  • 12:57    Silvana Estrada - Milagro y Desastre (2023)
  • 16:54    Julie Byrne - Flare (The Greater Wings 2023)
  • 20:14    This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers (Careful of Your Keepers 2023)
  • 23:01    The Finks - Marco Polo (Birthdays at Solo Pasta 2023)
  • 27:06    Arborist - Dewdrop Cherryoak (An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros 2023)
  • 32:19    Kevin Morby - Like a Flower (Music From Montana Story 2023)
  • 35:30    Dean Johnson - Faraway Skies (Nothing For Me, Please 2023)
  • 39:00    Neil Young - Star of Bethlehem (Chrome Dreams 2023)
  • 41:35    DeYarmond Edison - Ragstock (Epoch 2023)
  • 44:04    Allegra Krieger - Lingering (I Keep My Feet on the Fragile Plane 2023)
  • 47:21    Indigo de Souza - Younger & Dumber (All of This Will End 2023)
  • 51:50    JFDR - The Orchid (Museum 2023)
  • 56:00    Slowdive - prayer remembered (everything is alive 2023)
  • 60:30    end


Wednesday, September 06, 2023

For the Love of Iceland

 


I just got back from a week in Iceland so naturally I had to make a mix with music from Icelandic artists. The usual suspects are here - Sigur Ros, Johann Johannsson, Bjork, Olafur Arnalds, along with some new additions. 

It still boggles my mind that the tiny island has produced such amazing music. But now, having been there, I guess it makes a bit more sense because the place is unique. The landscape and spirit seeps into your mind and body like hot water through porous volcanic rock. It's impossible not to fall in love with the people and the natural beauty.



Hopefully this mix can be your own mini vaca to Iceland. Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00    Sigur Rós - Blóðberg (ÁTTA 2023)
  • 07:03    Jóhann Jóhannsson - A Prayer to the Dynamo pt. 1 (Spectral Symphony 2023)
  • 13:50    Friðþjófur Johnson - Black Sand Blues
  • 19:10    Rökkurró - Svanur (Í Annan Heim 2010)
  • 24:20    Björk - Vokuro (Medulla 2004)
  • 27:18    Ólafur Arnalds feat Ella McRobb - And we'll leave it there (2023)
  • 30:47    Valgeir Sigurðsson - Eva's Lament (Kvika 2021)
  • 32:17    Kiasmos - Looped (Kiasmos 2014)
  • 36:00    Friðþjófur Johnson - Sambólúsí
  • 40:50    Yagya - The Downpour (Faded Photographs 2023)
  • 44:33    Múm - Faraway Swimmingpool (Finally We Are No One 2002)
  • 47:00    Frakkur - Dream Fyrir John (Pling pong)
  • 52:33    Ruxpin & Stafrænn Hákon - Dark Rift (Meet Me In Forever 2023)
  • 56:14    Jóhann Jóhannsson - Stuk (Elegy for Lost Time 2023)
  • 58:35    Ólafur Arnalds - Spiral (some kind of peace 2020)
  • 61:54    end