Friday Mixtape Volume 25
Jamie Kohns on June 23rd, 2006
This week’s mixtape is a little short, and I’m sorry for that. It’s been a very busy week for me, with lots of work and World Cup things going on. I have manged to find nine tracks for you all though- it’s quality, not qualtity that counts, right? Many of this week’s tracks could be considered ‘emo’ or ‘pwwer rock’, but never fear, SquirrlFood is not going emo. It all really started while parusing the catalogue of Fueled By Ramen artists, including last week’s favorite mixtape artist The Hush Sound, which lead to the inclusion of Paramore and October Fall in this week’s mix. Myspace contributed acts Single File, Brightwood and The Merediths. We’re From Barcelona is just too catchy not to include (check out the video), and I threw in the Regina Spektor track…well, I don’t know why, but it’s there. Finally, I picked up the Smoosh album a few weeks ago as a novelty, but wasn’t sure what to think of it. I can now say that for two sisters who aren’t even in high school yet (ages 12 and 14), this is pretty amazing- and Find A Way is a better song than some indie-pop bulshit I hear from adults on a regular basis. If these two keep it up, and don’t marry their back-up dancers, they’re likely to be HUGE by the time they’re able to vote.
Atlanta photographer Brooke Novak’s picture of the Cotton Mill Lofts is dark and ominous, and in with the emo qualities of this mixtape (which really makes the I’m Form barcelona track out-of-place). She’s got a great eye for composition, and captures some stunning images. Brooke’s flickr site has tons of great photos, and her Atlanta set has some quality shots of SF’s locality. I have no doubt that her work will grace the cover of SFFM again in the future.
Download it HERE while you can!
Tracklisting:
Single File - Velcro
Paramore - Pressure
Smoosh - Find A Way
Brightwood - Sit Still
Regina Spektor - Fidelity
October Fall - Second Chances
Sherwood - Middle Of The Night
The Merediths - Marmalade Maggie
I’m From Barcelona - We’re From Barcelona
