August Mixtape

SIDE A
1. Sufjan Stevens - I Walked
2. The National - You Were A Kindness
3. The War On Drugs - Comin' Through
4. Deer Tick - Piece By Piece And Frame By Frame
5. No Age - Glitter
6. Margot & The Nuclear So & So's - New York City Hotel Blues
7. Cotton Jones - Glorylight & Christie

SIDE B
1. Land Of Talk - Swift Coin
2. S. Carey - In The Stream
3. Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - For The Summer
4. Junip - Always
5. Dylan Leblanc - If The Creek Don't Rise
6. These United States - The Great Rivers
7. Dax Riggs - Let Me Be Your Cigarette

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The Covers Mixtape XXVI

SIDE A
1. Julian Lynch - Sedan Delivery (Neil Young Cover)
2. Arcade Fire - Born On A Train (Magnetic Fields Cover)
3. Dirty Projectors - Dark Eyes (Bob Dylan Cover)
4. My Morning Jacket - It Makes No Difference (The Band Cover)
5. Calexico - Ocean Of Noise (Arcade Fire Cover)
6. She & Him - Bring It On Home To Me (Sam Cooke Cover)
7. Clem Snide - Faithfully (Journey Cover)

SIDE B
1. Yo La Tengo - Speeding Motorcycle (Daniel Johnston Cover)
2. Drive-By Truckers - Rebels (Tom Petty Cover)
3. The Roadside Graves - Holiday Road (Lindsey Buckingham Cover)
4. The Flaming Lips - Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen Cover)
5. The Swell Season - Young Hearts Run Free (Candi Staton Cover)
6. Crooked Fingers - The River (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
7. The Black Angels - No Satisfaction (Black Mountain Cover)

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July Mixtape

SIDE A
1. J. Tillman - Three Sisters
2. Black Mountain - The Hair Song
3. Lissie - Bully
4. Ra Ra Riot - Boy
5. The Walkmen - Stranded
6. Colour Revolt - Our Names
7. The Black Angels - Telephone

SIDE B
1. Peter Wolf Crier - Crutch And Crane
2. Strand Of Oaks - Bonfire
3. Wolf People - Tiny Circle
4. Megafaun - Volunteers
5. Vanish Valley - Become The Night
6. The Wilderness Of Manitoba - Orono Park
7. Frontier Ruckus - Nerves Of The Nightmind

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June Mixtape

SIDE A
1. Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
2. Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises
3. Blonde Redhead - Here Sometimes
4. Wolf Parade - Ghost Pressure
5. Julian Lynch - In New Jersey
6. The Drums - It Will All End In Tears
7. Patrick Park - Blackbird Through The Dark

SIDE B
1. Cloud Cult - Running With The Wolves
2. David Karsten Daniels & Fight The Big Bull - The Funeral Bell
3. Deer Tick - Twenty Miles
4. Johnny Flynn - The Water
5. Lissie - Little Lovin'
6. Micah P. Hinson - Seven Horses Seen
7. Sam Quinn - Suite Motown

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The Covers Mixtape XXV

SIDE A
1. David Bazan - Flirted With You All My Life (Vic Chesnutt Cover)
2. My Morning Jacket - All The Best (John Prine Cover)
3. Port O'Brien & Papercuts - Military Madness (Graham Nash Cover)
4. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang - Play, Guitar, Play (Conway Twitty Cover)
5. Beth Orton & Sam Amidon - Thirteen (Big Star Cover)
6. The Tallest Man On Earth - Graceland (Paul Simon Cover)
7. Dirty Projectors - I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (Bob Dylan Cover)

SIDE B
1. Local Natives - Careful (Television Cover)
2. Bon Iver - Come Talk To Me (Peter Gabriel Cover)
3. Brian Fallon (of The Gaslight Anthem) - Antonia Jane (Lightning Dust Cover)
4. Jonsi - Time To Pretend (MGMT Cover)
5. The Morning Benders - Dreams (Fleetwood Mac Cover)
6. Fanfarlo - We Only Come Out At Night (Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
7. The National - Clampdown (The Clash Cover)

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May Mixtape

SIDE A
1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2. Menomena - Five Little Rooms
3. Dr. Dog - Where'd All The Time Go
4. Delta Spirit - Bushwick Blues
5. Damien Jurado - Cloudy Shoes
6. Kurt Vile - Invisibility: Nonexistent
7. Wolf Parade - What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had To Go This Way)

SIDE B
1. Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss
2. Pearly Gate Music - Big Escape
3. Matt Pond PA - Running Wild
4. Junip - Rope And Summit
5. Drive-By Truckers - Birthday Boy
6. Pernice Brothers - Jacqueline Susann
7. Avi Buffalo - Remember Last Time

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April Mixtape

SIDE A
1. Phosphorescent - The Mermaid Parade
2. Band Of Horses - Factory
3. The National - Afraid Of Everyone
4. The New Pornographers - Crash Years
5. Hoquiam - Zombies Of The Sea
6. Matt Pond PA - Starting
7. The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

SIDE B
1. Josh Ritter - The Curse
2. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
3. Marching Band - It Will Never Slip
4. Plants And Animals - Tom Cruz
5. Sarah Jaffe - Clementine
6. The Hold Steady - Rock Problems
7. Minus The Bear - My Time

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March Mixtape

SIDE A
1. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
2. Blitzen Trapper - Heaven And Earth
3. Wye Oak - I Hope You Die
4. Great Lake Swimmers - Gonna Make It Through This Year
5. The Besnard Lakes - Albatross
6. Pearly Gate Music - Big Escape
7. Alcoholic Faith Mission - My Eyes To See

SIDE B
1. We Were Promised Jetpacks - A Far Cry
2. Roky Erickson & Okkervil River - Goodbye Sweet Dreams
3. Hurray For The Riff Raff - Slow Walk
4. Laura Marling - Rambling Man
5. Damien Jurado - Arkansas
6. Portugal. The Man - The Dead Dog
7. Snowden - Don't Really Know Me

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The Covers Mixtape XXIV

SIDE A
1. She & Him - Lotta Love (Neil Young Cover)
2. The Shins - Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields Cover)
3. Paolo Nutini - Wake Up (Arcade Fire Cover)
4. Gillian Welch - Black Star (Radiohead Cover)
5. Nada Surf - Electrocution (Bill Fox Cover)
6. The Morning Benders - Lovefool (Cardigans Cover)
7. The Veils - Clap Hands (Tom Waits Cover)

SIDE B
1. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Ballad Of Big Nothing (Elliott Smith Cover)
2. Calexico - I Send My Love To You (Palace Brothers Cover)
3. Yoni Wolf - As I Went Out One Morning (Bob Dylan Cover)
4. Mumford & Sons - Cousins (Vampire Weekend Cover)
5. Joshua Radin - Only You (Yazoo Cover)
6. Whiskeytown - Give Me Another Chance (Big Star Cover)
7. Shearwater - Baby's On Fire (Brian Eno Cover)

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January Mixtape

SIDE A
1. The Tallest Man On Earth - King Of Spain
2. Surfer Blood - Swim
3. Beach House - Norway
4. Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Action
5. Seabear - Lion Face Boy
6. Fionn Regan - Protection Racket
7. Worker Bee - No Dreams

SIDE B
1. Midlake - Acts Of Man
2. Rogue Wave - Good Morning
3. Shearwater - Black Eyes
4. She & Him - In The Sun
5. Get Well Soon - 5 Steps/7 Swords
6. Wild Yaks - River May Come
7. Thomas Western - Your Front Door

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The Covers Mixtape XXII

SIDE A
1. Fanfarlo - A Minor Place (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Cover)
2. The Low Anthem - Dignity (Bob Dylan Cover)
3. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor Cover)
4. Wilco - Any Major Dude Will Tell You (Steely Dan Cover)
5. Califone - For The Turnstiles (Neil Young Cover)
6. Eels - Can't Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley Cover)
7. Jay Reatard - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (Nirvana Cover)

SIDE B
1. Joshua James - Custom Concern (Modest Mouse Cover)
2. Vic Chesnutt - Like A Monkey In The Zoo (Daniel Johnston Cover)
3. My Morning Jacket - Rocket Man (Elton John Cover)
4. Dan Mangan - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths Cover)
5. Matt Pond PA - Holiday Road (Lindsey Buckingham Cover)
6. Woodpigeon - Mother (Pink Floyd Cover)
7. Laura Marling - Roll Away Your Stone (Mumford & Sons Cover)

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The Covers Mixtape XXI

SIDE A
1. Joshua Radin - Sesame Street (Joe Raposo Cover)
2. Bat For Lashes - Kangaroo (Big Star Cover)
3. Magnolia Electric Co. - Lawyers, Guns And Money (Warren Zevon Cover)
4. Califone - No Expectations (Rolling Stones Cover)
5. Wilco - True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston Cover)
6. Matthew Ryan - Something In The Night (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
7. M. Ward - Green River (Creedence Clearwater Revival Cover)

SIDE B
1. Serena Ryder & The Beauties - The Funeral (Band Of Horses Cover)
2. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Puff The Magic Dragon (Peter Paul & Mary Cover)
3. Joshua James - Losing My Religion (R.E.M. Cover)
4. Marissa Nadler - Clairaudients (Bright Eyes Cover)
5. Josh Rouse - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths Cover)
6. Emmy The Great - Where Is My Mind? (Pixies Cover)
7. Metric - Don't Think Twice It's Alright (Bob Dylan Cover)

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September Mixtape

SIDE A
1. Miles Benjamin Robinson - The Sound
2. Old Canes - Little Bird Courage
3. Dan Mangan - Robots
4. Basia Bulat - Gold Rush
5. Monsters Of Folk - Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
6. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars
7. Sandbox Astronomy - Lost Languages


SIDE B
1. Kurt Vile - Hunchback
2. Castanets - Worn From The Fight
3. Sea Wolf - Wicked Blood
4.Port O'Brien - Oslo Campfire
5. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home
6. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
7. Early Day Miners - So Slowly

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Daytrotter Mixtape II

Here is a compilation of some highlights from the Daytrotter sessions. If you haven't checked out daytrotter.com, then get to it. It's one of the best resources for good, free music. -- Cap
SIDE A
1. A.A. Bondy - The Mightiest Of Guns
2. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Barnesyard
3. Phosphorescent - A Picture Of Our Torn Up Praise
4. Joe Pug - Hymn 101
5. J. Tillman - Master's House
6. Tyler Ramsey - Long Dream
7. Bon Iver - Flume


SIDE B
1. The Avett Brothers - Laundry Room
2. Bowerbirds - Beneath Your Tree
3. Matthew Ryan - They Were Wrong
4. Adam Arcuragi - She Comes To Me
5. Frightened Rabbit - My Backwards Walk
6. Weinland - Sick As A Gun
7. Andy Hull - Badges And Badges

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August Mixtape

SIDE A
1. Volcano Choir - Island, IS
2. Grand Archives - Oslo Novelist
3. Ola Podrida - Your Father's Basement
4. Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Slow Doomsday
5. Adam Arcuragi - She Comes To Me
6. Atlas Sound - Walkabout
7. Lightning Dust - I Knew


SIDE B
1. Megafaun - Kaufman's Ballad
2. The Swell Season - In These Arms
3. Langhorne Slim - I Love You, But Goodbye
4. The Dutchess And The Duke - Hands
5. David Bazan - Bless This Mess
6. Times New Viking - Move To California
7. Daniel Johnston - Freedom

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The Covers Mixtape XX

SIDE A
1. J. Tillman - My Proud Mountains (Townes Van Zandt Cover)
2. She & Him - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths Cover)
3. Band Of Horses - Your Love Is Forever (George Harrison Cover)
4. M. Ward - Let My Love Open The Door (Pete Townshend Cover)
5. Jeff Tweedy - I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan Cover)
6. Robin Pecknold - Two-Headed Boy (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover)
7. Atlas Sound - Walk A Thin Line (Fleetwood Mac Cover)

SIDE B
1. A.A. Bondy - I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
2. Deer Tick - Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones Cover)
3. Radiohead - On The Beach (Neil Young Cover)
4. Broken Social Scene - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover)
5. Ruby Weapon - Two Weeks (Grizzly Bear Cover)
6. Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe (The Beatles Cover)
7. Greg Laswell - Your Ghost (Kristin Hersh Cover)

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July Mixtape

SIDE A
1. Monsters Of Folk - Say Please
2. The Cave Singers - At The Cut
3. Lou Barlow - Gravitate
4. Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Blanchard
5. The Octopus Project - Wet Gold
6. Throw Me The Statue - Hi-Fi Goon
7. Wye Oak - Take It In


SIDE B
1. WHY? - This Blackest Purse
2. Anders Parker - 72nd St. Horses
3. The Dodos - Fables
4. Magnolia Electric Co. - Little Sad Eyes
5. Nurses - Technicolor
6. Kurt Vile - Overnite Religion
7. The Mountain Goats - Genesis 3:23

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The Covers Mixtape XIX

SIDE A
1. Andy Hull - The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton (The Mountain Goats Cover)
2. The Gaslight Anthem - The Weight (The Band Cover)
3. These United States - To Ramona (Bob Dylan Cover)
4. The National - Ashamed Of The Story I Told (Polaris Cover)
5. Rufus Wainwright - Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Leonard Cohen Cover)
6. Rock Plaza Central - Panama (Van Halen Cover)
7. Deer Tick - Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen Cover)

SIDE B
1. Bright Eyes - The Biggest Lie (Elliott Smith Cover)
2. Local Natives - Warning Sign (Talking Heads Cover)
3. Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (The Cure Cover)
4. TV On The Radio - Mr. Grieves (Pixies Cover)
5. Mates Of State - These Days (Jackson Browne Cover)
6. Brand New - Oh Comely (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover)
7. Mark Kozelek - Celebrated Summer (Husker Du Cover)

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June Mixtape

Hey friends, I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately. I was in the process of changing hosting and it took much longer than expected. Everything is good to go now so I'll be getting back into the swing of things. So here's the June mixtape that should have been posted weeks ago. Hope you enjoy it. -- Cap
SIDE A
1. The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
2. A.A. Bondy - When The Devil's Loose
3. J. Tillman - Earthly Bodies
4. Fleet Foxes - Blue Spotted Tail
5. Bowerbirds - Beneath Your Tree
6. New Ruins - Lake
7. The Duke & The King - If You Ever Get Famous


SIDE B
1. Modest Mouse - Autumn Beds
2. Snowglobe - Get It On
3. Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This
4. Why? - Eskimo Snow (Link Removed Per Request)5. Noah & The Whale - The First Days Of Spring
6. Son Volt - Cocaine And Ashes
7. Owen - A Fever

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May Mixtape

SIDE A
1. Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine
2. Dark Mean - Happy Banjo
3. Bowerbirds - Northern Lights
4. The Twilight Sad - Reflection Of The Television
5. Iron & Wine - Belated Promise Ring
6. Lightning Dust - I Knew
7. Handsome Furs - Radio Kaliningrad


SIDE B
1. Wilco feat. Feist - You And I
2. Jason Lytle - Ghost Of My Old Dog
3. Akron/Family - River
4. Jeremy Enigk - Life's Too Short
5. Jeniferever - Green Meadow Island
6. Jeff Zentner - Your Siren Song
7. Eels - My Timing Is Off

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