Bleck. That’s what this weekend is looking like. At least it’s supposed to be sunny for the kick off of my early season soccer match on Sunday- it’ll be sunny, but cold. Can one play soccer in long johns? I might try.

Any, I’m rambling, as I just don’t have much to say about music, or anything else for that matter. So, I’ll stop rambling, and let you just skip right on over to the downloads:

Tracklisting:

Goldfrapp – Believer
Hexicon – Narissa I Won’t
Ice Palace – Trampolining
Stornoway – Fuel Up
The Banyans – Grenade on Course
The Happy Hollows – Faces
The Hot Rats – (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)
Yamon Yamon – The Darker Place

Download it here while you can!

This week’s image comes from Ram Yoga.

Even though they’re not officially in this week’s mix, I highly recommend you go download those two tracks from Death On Two Wheels (previous post), and just DIY add them to the mixtape. It would make it a fuller, better rounded mix for certain. Otherwise, enjoy

Tracklisting:
Cavalier Rose – Painted Bird
Cold War Kids – Audience
Dawn Landes – Young Girl
Goldhawks – Where In The World
Gorillaz – Stylo
Sam Isaac – Bears
Smashing Pumpkins – Widow Wake My Mind
The Delta Mirror – He Was Worse Than The Needle He Gave You

Download it here while you can!

This week’s image comes from Swamibu.

Atlanta rockers Death On Two Wheels just announced that they have a couple of tracks in the soundtrack for a film called “The Violent Kind”, currently showing at Sundance. Calling Us All Back Home and Two Dollar Bills are from their current release SEPARATION OF CHURCH & FATE on The Ghost Umbrella Records. That’s some great news from one of Atlanta’s best bands- and equally great news for everyone else:

To celebrate the release of The Violent Kind, DO2W is offering both songs for FREE at http://deathontwowheels.bandcamp.com.  As well, for a limited time, Separation Of Church & Fate is available for only $5.

That’s two for free, and the whole kit for just $5!

As for the film, it’s a slasher from a duo that call themselves “The Butcher Brothers”, and are responsible for the likes of April Fool’s Day, and The Hamiltons. So, chances are I won’t be seeing the film- but I hope critics at Sundance love it, and it brings DOTW to a larger audience!

Spotify (not available in the US) has shown media outlets how they have built a sustainable revenue model, paying record labels royalties in two of its international markets, and a share of ad-based revenues in another four. The socially enabled, P2P-based music service lets users stream music through a custom application on user’s computers for a monthly fee, or free with advertising support. In the service’s home country of Sweden, Spotify revenues already top iTunes.

So the gist of it is: a new music industry revenue model is rising, and it’s good for consumers and labels alike.

Read more at the Telegraph UK

Twenty-six year old Allen Ellis was acquitted Friday in the UK of charges his OiNK music sharing site defrauded the music industry. The 200,000+ member site was shut down with Ellis’ arrest in 2007.

Read the full story at Wired.com