MIXTAPES // Best if Played After 2013

Welcome to This Blog is About Music's second annual Best Of mixtape! As an attempt to improve upon last year's mix, Best if Played After 2013 features over 3 hours of great music from 2013 from an even wider range of genres than last year including Post-Rock, Pop, Dance, Chillwave, Surf Rock, Electronic, Rap, Shoegaze, Metal, and others. Check it out sometime and show it to your friends too! Happy end of the year readers.

Tracklisting

"Stormur" by Sigur Rós

"You Already Know" by Arcade Fire

"Night Drive" by Summer Camp

"If You Didn't See Me [Then You Weren't On The Dancefloor]" by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
"Happy" by Robert DeLong
"I've Hated You" by Ghasper
"The Leopard And The Lung" by The Joy Formidable
"Above Us" by Hibou
"I Sat By The Ocean" by Queens of the Stone Age
"Don't Give Up" by Washed Out
"Atomic Man" by Portugal. The Man
"Drove Me Wild" by Tegan And Sara
"Ich schreib' dir ein Buch 2013" by DJ Koze vs. Hildegard Knef
"Say That" by Toro y Moi
"The Mother We Share" by CHVRCHES
"Halo" by Cage the Elephant
"Juveniles" by French Films
"Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood 
"Adjust Glasses" by Kisses
"Compton" by Kendrick Lamar (ft. Dr. Dre)
"We Got It Wrong" by St. Lucia
"One Piece" by Panama
"Redshift" by Darwin Deez
"Time Will Tell" by Blood Orange
"Snap Out Of It" by Arctic Monkeys
"Love So Estranged" by The Bilinda Butchers
"Holding On For Life" by Broken Bells
"T.H.M." by Deerhunter
"Knowing We'll Be Here" by Daniel Avery
"Crashed Out" by Beach Fossils
"The Wire" by Haim
"Desert of Pop" by The Ruby Suns
"I Wanna Know" by Best Coast
"40 Acres" by Pusha T (ft. The Dream)
"Donny of the Decks" by Future of the Left
"The Pecan Tree" by Deafheaven
"Un Nouveau Soleil" by M83
"Life Round Here" by James Blake
"Everyday" by MillionYoung
"Ocean Repeating (Big-eyed Girl)" by Wild Nothing
"Evil Eye" by Franz Ferdinand
"Happy Birthday" by Cloud Control
"Prom Song" by Surfer Blood
"Air Bud" by Kurt Vile
"Demon To Lean On" by Wavves
"Binary Mind" by Ra Ra Riot
"Look at Orion!" by Bibio
"Destroyer" by Sad Day For Puppets
"Play Nice" by Pacific Air
"Ride Your Heart" by Bleached
"6 AM" by Fitz and the Tantrums
"Somewhere" by Yuck
"Raspberry Cane" by Youth Lagoon

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I still love you Postal Service.  :)

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Mixtapes // Songs for the End of the World

Songs for the End of the World from kyle.transue on 8tracks Radio.

Welcome to the first ever mixtape by This Blog is About Music. This is a Best of 2012 mix I have been working on since mid 2012. It features recent songs by bands like Tame Impala, MillionYoung, Wild Nothing, Animal Collective, Twin Shadow, Crystal Castles, and many more. A full list of all the bands included in Songs for the End of the World can be found below. Enjoy!

1.   "Shadow" by Wild Nothing
2.   "Left Behind" by The Bilinda Butchers
3.   "Desperate Measures" by MillionYoung
4.   "Another Face (feat. Tinatin Atinati)" by LAKE R▲DIO
5.   "Yet Again" by Grizzly Bear
6.   "Think of Tomorrow" by Leitbur
7.   "St. Cecilia" by If Anything Happens to the Cat
8.   "Today's Supernatural" by Animal Collective
9.   "Triangle Train Stop" by Dustin Wong
10. "Ég anda" by Sigur Rós
11. "Lazuli" by Beach House
12. "Messiah" by Heavenly Beat
13. "Apocalypse Dreams" by Tame Impala
14. "Someone Purer" by Mystery Jets
15. "Run My Heart" by Twin Shadow
16. "Morning Coffus" by X Nihilo
17. "Let's Go" by Matt & Kim
18."Lay Back Down" by Dogcatcher
19. "Crawlersout" by Purity Ring
20. "Plague" by Crystal Castles
21. "Spitting Image" by Freelance Whales
22. "Someday" by Two Door Cinema Club
23. "I'll Be Alright" by Passion Pit
24. "Oblivion" by Grimes

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Wild Nothing - Vultures Like Lovers

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Album Review: Nocturne by Wild Nothing

The many different covers for Nocturne

So it is finally here! The newest album by the always great dream-pop group, Wild Nothing. This newest album is called Nocturne and it is the band's second album and this album has a lot of variation in it. There isn't just one single kind of sound to Nocturne, which is a good thing. So many times I have found myself bored halfway through an album because all of the songs sound the same. Bands like The Drums and Sigur Rós often do this to me. Not that their bad bands, in fact they're some of my favorites, it's only that their songs can get repetitive after a while.

You can tell just by listening that variation and this sense of inescapable change was a big theme in the making of Nocturne. There are slow, dreamy songs like "Through the Grass", but there are also the faster, more indie-pop tunes like, "Only Heather". My favorite song at the moment is probably, "Shadow". The instrumentation within this album is also very diverse and is persistent throughout the entire album. This all makes for a really well put together sound and composition. 

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Wild Nothing - Shadow

Is everyone ready for Wild Nothing's new album Nocturne to get here? It's gonna be so cool! It's due to be released on August 28th so we only have a couple of weeks left until it's here!

In unrelated news, I'm going back to college on the 19th so that's pretty rad. I don't think being back will badly affect these posts but then again I need time to study and get good grades. I promise it wont be like how this blog is when it started (making like 6 or 7 posts a month).

Anyway if you haven't ever heard any music from Wild Nothing you can check him out here.

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Wild Nothing

NOTE: This is an old post and may be deleted in the future. For now you can read it and reminisce about days when my writing was even worse than it is now. Enjoy!

I don't think that there is a song by Wild Nothing that I don't like. Jack Tatum and his crew make probably some of the most chillest music I have ever heard.

Wild Nothing Is Jack Tatum's groovy Dream-Pop gift to the world. Now, if some of you aren't as enthusiastic about music as I am, you might not know what Dream-Pop is. So I shall bequeath unto you this snippet from Wikipedia's page on Dream-Pop. You can read the full article here.

"The essence of the music is a focus on ethereal textures and moods, rather than on propulsive rock riffs. Breathy, high-register female vocals or almost whispered male vocals"

It's pleasant, soothing, and always leaves me with a smile on my face and not a care in my mind. Wild Nothing started back in 2009 (in Virginia. REPRESENT!) and will hopefully be moving and grooving for many many years.

He currently has two albums out right now called Gemini and Golden Haze. You can check out a couple of his songs here and if you like them, make sure you give him some $$$ over at his page


Wild Nothing - Gemini by After Hours In Tokio

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