Congrats to the Weepies for making the iTunes Top 5 albums on their release week!

Happy holiday weekend everyone! I hopw the weather holds out for just one last poolside weekend, listening to choons. Speaking of, I’m totally hooked on Lauren Pritchard’s Painkillers. Give it, and the others on this week’s Friday Mixtape a listen, and let me know who you think! Have a fun (and safe) holiday!

Tracklisting:
April Smith and the Great Picture Show – Movie Loves A Screen
CSLSX – Futuretapes
Dan Mangan – Road Regrets
Eels – Spectacular Girl
Fistfull of Mercy – Fistfull of Mercy
Julius C – Don’t Want Anybody
Lauren Pritchard – Painkillers
Sahara Smith – The Real Thing
The Hours – Ali in the Jungle

Download it here while you can!

This week’s image comes from Sheila Tostes.

Gawker.com is reporting that Paste Magazine has folded, and will be no more. Not a huge surprise, given their struggles over the past couple of years to stay afloat.

Gawker sites an inside source and several tweets from Paste employees stating they are unexpectedly out of work.

Paste is a Decatur, Georgia-based music and entertainment magazine started in 2002

I can’t remember if this has happened in the history of the Friday Mixtape, but today is my birthday. So, excuse me if it’s a bit short, quickly cobbled together from my dinign room table while I eat breakfast. I’m gonna go enjoy a day off from work, some sunshine with the top down, and pretend I’m not as old as I really am now. Enjoy.

Tracklisting:

Bad Books – You Wouldn’t Have To Ask
Brideshead – The World Stopped Turning
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Simple Girl
Grouplove – Colours
In Grenada – Distance And Temptation
Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s – New York City Hotel Blues
Ra Ra Riot – Boy
The Spruce Campbells – More O’s

Download it here while you can!

This week’s image comes from Don Solo.