July 2006 Mixtape Part Two

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MusicTimes July 2006 Mixtape Part Two

August 11th 2006 03:33

Here's part two:

9. Eskimo Joe - London Bombs
From "Black Fingernails Red Wine"
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One of the slow ballads on Eskimo Joe's latest offering (read the review here), it's a sweet piano-based track featuring lead singer Kavyen Temperly's voice in a new light.

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Live: Manchester and Dublin

10. Rodrigo y Gabriela - One/Take 5
From "Live: Manchester and Dublin"
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One of the two versions of One that is available on the "Live: Manchester and Dublin" album, this is probably the better of the two. This track bears its heavy metal influences more than Foc does, but halfway through transforms into a more spanish, upbeat acoustic song that mixes the classic jazz song Take 5 with Rodrigo y Gabriela's unique musical style.

11. Joshua Radin - Winter
From "We Were Here"
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A heart wrenching song, this is one of my favourite tracks of the moment, emotionally charged, and filled with enough harmonies to put modern pop punk into a state of depression. Simple, acoustic, and a beautiful addition to any compilation.

12. Tigercity - Mountain Pass
From "Tigercity EP"
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I mentioned Tigercity early on in the life of this blog and, as yet, they are yet to come up with a full length release. Nevertheless, their EP is still a classic, rough, corny and full of 80s synthesisers. This is one of the better tracks from the album, and a definite 2006 favourite. Two new demos, Solitary Man and Dark Water are available on their myspace.

Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo to Anywhere

13. Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You're Dead
From "Waterloo to Anywhere"
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Another Dirty Pretty Things song, this is the first single released from the album and a slightly poppier than Deadwood. While not my favourite, it is still an enjoyable song for its duration and only hope Carl Barat can heal fast enough to get some more stuff out there.

We Are Scientists - With Love and Squalor

14. We Are Scientists - The Great Escape
From "With Love and Squalor"
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We Are Scientists has been one of those band everyone likes to bash, accused of joining the "indie rock" bandwagon simply because its a good way to make money at the moment. Whether or not that's true, the album is still pretty good and I remain pretty firm in the idea that these guys are one of the few good American indie rock bands out there at the moment.

15. Bloc Party - Pioneers (M83 Remix)
From "Silent Alarm Remixed"
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The quintessential ending track for a compilation, a long and drawn out remix to Pioneers that shows the genius of the indietronic duo to recreate the song in such a way that it is almost unrecognisable as a Bloc Party track. Kele's vocals and Gordon Moakes' occasional harmonies are all thats left of the song, ripped to shreds to create a slow, strings-based euphony, a wierd mixture of the pleasant and plain wierd, a song that sounds like it is battling itself for control, and its all the better for it.

MusicTimes July 2006 Mixtape

1. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Foc
2. Dirty Pretty Things - Deadwood
3. Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat
4. Goldfrapp - Fly Me Away (C2 Remix 4)
5. Bloc Party - Pioneers
6. Rocky Votolato - Uppers Aren't Necessary
7. Toto - Hold the Line
8. Tunng - Band Stand
9. Eskimo Joe - London Bombs
10. Rodrigo y Gabriela - One/Take 5
11. Joshua Radin - Winter
12. Tigercity - Mountain Pass
13. Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You're Dead
14. We Are Scientists - The Great Escape
15. Bloc Party - Pioneers (M83 Remix)

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