April 2013
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cityslangradio:
SHEARING PINX member and ISOLATED NOW WAVES label overlord Nic Hughes talks to us about releasing tapes, Eric’s Trip, and naked weed whacking! We play a whole set of tunes from his label, including Pompoir, Shearing Pinx, Nun Un, Tranquil Heat, Noisy Tits, and Mormon Crosses. Plus tunes from Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin, Useless Eaters, Grape Soda, Needs, Milk Music, and Sean...
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March 2013
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Mixtape Mondays #20 - Young Hearts Spark Fire
Three months to go until the end of high school… Let’s live it up while we can.
#1. Young Hearts Spark Fire - Japandroids
#2. Sixpack - JEFF The Brotherhood
#3. Rose - The Girlfriends
#4. Can’t Hardly Wait (Tim Version) - The Replacements
#5. We All Grow Up - Year Zero
#6. Warm Ridin’ - Diarrhea Planet
#7. Paradise - New Swears
#8. I Don’t...
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New Zine!
Finale 95 #1: 32 quarter-sized pages of teenage girl goofiness, on everything from Catholic school woes to Scrabble addiction. Send a toonie to Alanna Why C/O Martin Trophies, 2062 St. Joseph Blvd, Orleans, ON., K1C 1E6. Come to the zine-off at Pressed tomorrow and I’ll give you a copy in the flesh!
February 2013
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Steph's Tumblr: A Personal Message to all my... →
stephekay:
Hi, I don’t normally post personal stuff on my Tumblr, but I feel this is important. Last night I went out to a party on Elgin and McLeod. I drank too much, and, in my clouded judgement, decided to walk home alone around 2:30AM. I got lost and ended up walking towards the Pretoria bridge. I heard…
Anonymous asked: I love your zines!! where do you sell them?!
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Mixtape Mundaze #19 - The Curse Of Being Young
Songs for those 19 and under. How does the exclusion feel NOW, adults?! Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Tracklist:
#1. Teenage Rebel (Live) - The Avengers
#2. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
#3. Youth - Blitz
#4. When I Get Old - Descendents
#5. Hate Your Teachers - Unnatural Helpers
#6. The Curse Of Being Young - Hunx & His Punx
#7. Teenage...
January 2013
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Mixtape Mondays #18 - I Can Live Without You
Garage-y break-up songs to make you shake it!
Track list:
#1. I Can Live Without You - Reatards
#2. Cabin - The Pack A.D.
#3. Bad Boyfriends - Harlan T. Bobo
#4. Can’t Seem To Make You Mine - The Seeds
#5. Get Over You - The Undertones
#6. Fadin’ Luv - Sonic Avenues
#7. I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself - The White...
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Mixtape Mondays #17 - 1,000,000 Kisses
Grunge-y and sensitive alterna indie, from past to future. WHO EVEN KNOWS ANYMORE?! Also, Half Japanese is the best band to ever band in the history of bands. That is all.
#1. 1,000,000 Kisses - Half Japanese
#2. License To Confuse - Sebadoh
#3. Touch Me I’m Sick - Mudhoney
#4. Buck Hill - The Replacements
#5. Academy Fight Song - Mission Of...
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December 2012
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Mixtape Mondays #16 - Ladies, Women & Girls
Apparently there are these mystical creatures that play killer tunes AND have vaginas. WHO KNEW?!
#1. Getting Nowhere Fast - Girls At Our Best!
#2. Rock Star - Hole
#3. Who Says Girls Can’t Rock - B-Girls
#4. Born Weird - Open Relationship
#5. Dear Dolli - Lunachicks
#6. Take The Mirror - White Lung
#7. Gimme Brains - Bratmobile
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November 2012
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Mixtape Mondays #15 - Music From Wes Anderson Movies
Moonrise Kingdom was pretty cool, but I think that Royal Tenenbaums was a bit too hip for me. Either way, Wes Anderson movies have some bitch-ass soundtracks! Here are some of my favourite songs from them.
Tracklist:
#1. This Time Tomorrow - The Kinks
#2. 30 Century Man - Scott Walker
#3. Judy Is A Punk -The Ramones
#4. Gut Feeling -...
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Mixtape Mondays #14 - Fuck Themes Vol.1
I appear to be running out of themes. Here are some angst-y/distorted/sensitive songs from records I’ve been listening to a lot in the past couple months, some inspired by The Stranger by Albert Camus while others stolen from The Perks Of Being A Wallflower soundtrack.
Tracklist:
#1. Be Safe - The Cribs
#2. What’s Going On - Husker Du
#3....
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Mixtape Mondays #13 - Let’s Skank
Two-tone time! PICK IT UP, PICK IT UP.
Tracklist:
#1. Yellin’ In My Year - Operation Ivy
#2. I Know - Save Ferris
#3. Nite Klub - The Specials
#4. Decadencia De Civilizacion - Saint Alvia
#5. Cooler Than You - The Planet Smashers
#6. Where’d You Go? - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
#7. Gangsters - Neville Staple
#8. Time Bomb - Rancid
#9....
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October 2012
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Mixtape Mondays #12 - Punk Covers
Punk, garage and indie bands take on the classics (and other punk bands too!)
Track list:
#1. Gloria - Patti Smith (cover of Them)
#2. Lola - The Raincoats (cover of The Kinks)
#3. Jailhouse Rock - Dean Carter (cover of Elvis Presley)
#4. Dear Prudence - Siouxsie & The Banshees (cover of The Beatles)
#5. Suffragette City - Blitz (cover of Ziggy...
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Mixtape Mondays #11 - Too Young To Be In Love
Love songs for the bitter.
Tracklist:
#1. Favorite Thing - The Replacements
#2. September Gurls - Big Star
#3. Keys To Your Heart - The 101’ers
#4. Back In Your Life - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
#5. Girly Girly Girly - The White Wires
#6. Be Your Baby - Harlem
#7. So Bored - The Exploding Hearts
#8. Private Room - Hunx
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Mixtape Mondays #10 - Music From Quentin Tarantino Movies
Only 77 days until Django Unchained! Kill Bill Vol.3 in 2014! HURRAH, HURRAH I LOVE QUENTIN TARANTINO!
#1. A Few Words From The Bride (Dialogue) - Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol. 2)
#2. Little Green Bag - George Baker (Reservoir Dogs)
#3. Woo Hoo - The 5.6.7.8’s (Kill Bill Vol.1)
#4. Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon - Urge...
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September 2012
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Mixtape Mondays #9 - I’m So Sensitive
Alternatively titled “Post-Punk To Make You Feel Sad And Stuff”. Excuse me, I have to go fix my hair and cry now.
Tracklist:
#1. Reel Around The Fountain - The Smiths
#2. Kidney Bingos - Wire
#3. In Between Days - The Cure
#4. Lost In Music - The Fall
#5. Rain of Ruin - Suicide
#6. Total Recall - The Sound
#7. I Wanna Be Adored- The...
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Mixtape Mondays #8 - Holy Shit, We’re In A 90s Teen Movie!
This would be the soundtrack to the ultimate 90s/early 2000s teen movie. Also file this one under “Guilty Pleasures”.
#1. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
#2. Good - Better Than Ezra
#3. Closing Time - Semisonic
#4. Stay - Lisa Loeb
#5. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
#6. Rollin’ With My Homies - Coolio
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Mixtape Mondays #7 - Sexy Times 3.0: Even More Sexy Times
Jesus Christ, there’s a lot of material for this theme. Sexy Times 3.0 brings us songs that are explicitly about sex. Find a willing accomplice (or take a cue from the Buzzcocks and go solo) and enjoy!
Tracklist:
#1. Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
#2. Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me - Rocky Horror Picture Show...
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Mixtape Mondays #6 - Ottawa(wesome)
Songs from my hometown of Ottawa, Cana-DUH. In other news the new White Wires album, WWIII, is amazing so go do yourself a favour and get one from Dirtnap Records. WWs FOREVA! (Sidenote: the title of this mix is stolen from Standard Issue. Do yourself another favour and go read Standard Issue.)
Tracklist:
#1. All Night Long - The White Wires
#2. That Ring -...
August 2012
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Mixtape Mondays #5 - Time To Mosh
Hardcore hits!
Tracklist:
#1. Terminal Preppie - Dead Kennedys
#2. Fuck School - The Replacements
#3. Let’s Go Die - Husker Du
#4. Rise Above - Black Flag
#5. Lexicon Devil - The Germs
#6. World Up My Ass - Circle Jerks
#7. Dicks Hate The Police - The Dicks
#8. I Saw Your Mommy… - Suicidal Tendencies
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Mixtape Mondays #4 - This One Time, At Bandcamp…
The best punk/lo-fi/garage RAWK off of Bandcamp. You can get most of this stuff for free, courtesy of the artists.
Tracklist:
#1. New Setta’ Wheels - The Jetbirds
#2. Heat - Boyhood
#3. Don’t Let Me Down This Summer - First Base
#4. The Boy Next Door - Blondewich
#5. Adult Party - Rat Tales
#6. Do You Ever? - G A L P A L...
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Mixtape Mondays #3 - Sexy Times 2.0: Indie Games
I make no apologies for liking Girls and MGMT.
Tracklist:
#1. Sugar On My Tongue - The Talking Heads
#2. The Oh So Protective One - Girls
#3. Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
#4. All The World Is Waiting - Elf Power
#5. I’ll Be With You - Black Lips
#6. Congratulations - MGMT
#7. Where Is My Mind? - The Pixies
#8. Feel Me - Zulu Pearls
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