Indie Mix 13

"Cliff House." Awesome art by Andrew Bannecker.  Check out more of his work at his site, located here.

*Clears cobwebs and stumbles into the room*  Uhhh.....hello.  So, I was just listening to Tres Ouias' more mellow mix the other day and thinking this guy has good taste and that I haven't listened to a ton of new music lately.  I wonder if Tres Ouias has any that he would like to share with me.  I sent out a carrier pigeon to touch base with him and he told me he just made a mix for baby Tres Ouias and that he would post it in a bit.  Post it I thought?  Why post...ohhh that's right, we used to run a music blog.  I told him that I had just finished a couple of mixes and that I had just planned on emailing him but if he is going to post his newest mix, I guess i could dust off the old blogging gloves as well.

This is another under the influence headphone kind of mix.  I was listening in the car while sober and it was not quite the same as having this stuff pumped directly into your ear hole.  Especially with the early part of the mix.  Kind of slow pretty, richly textured stuff.  Let me just say that this mix does not bump, it caresses.

There are lot of familiar names on this mix, a couple tracks from Blind Pilot's newest album, Port O'brien, The Morning Benders, We Are Trees, even Big Phony and Damien Jurado who may have first appeared 12 Indie Mixes ago.

Samples, download link, and tracklist behind the jump or just grab the mix here.

Indie Mix 12

Awesome installation from Jim Houser's March show at Le Basse Projects in LA.  Check out more photos from the show here.

Tres Ouais is making me feel like a slacker with the way he has been producing mixes...I see Jeffro doesn't have the same inability to cope with guilt as I do.  Hey Ohhh!!  Low hanging fruit, Hi-YAAH!! *makes chopping motion*  I have actually had some mixes done but have been selfishly enjoying them myself.  Grab the latest Indie mix below or hit the jump for the tracklist and unnecessary words about said mix.

Indie Mix 12

Indie Mix 11

One amazing piece from Doyle's current show. 

Thomas Doyle has been doing amazing sculptures for a while now.  His current show at LeBasse Projects is no exception.   Check out the rest of the show here.

Get your grubby paws on the new indie mix here or hit the jump for some samples and the track list.

Indie Mix 10

Back from the swamplands and the ample supply of fried things in New Orleans, I come bearing gifts.  Here is an out of order mix.  Meaning this is Indie Mix 10, but the last one I posted was Indie mix 7.  No real reason to rush this one to the forefront.  I will post 8 and 9 at some point.  I was just listening to this one and thought some other people might want to hear it as well.

It is heavily stacked in the favor of covers.  I counted a total of 11 covers but I may have missed one or two.  There are three covers by the Morning Benders from their all cover album, "Bedroom Covers."  They take on Fleetwood Mac, Roy Orbison, and the Cardigans, known for their hit from the, "Romeo and Juliet," soundtrack, "Lovefool."  There are 4 Harry Nilsson covers, one is actually a cover of a cover.  Harry had big success with his version of, "Everybody's Talkin" which was originally a Fred Neil song.  On this mix Luna takes a turn at it.  There is also an Adele cover, a Beach House cover, and M Ward does two covers, one song by the Everley Brothers and one by Pete Townshend."  Grab the mix here and/or hit the jump for the whole tracklist.

Indie Mix 7

"United States" by Rueben Rude. From his current show at Thinkspace Gallery.

I like Rueben Rude's stuff. He shows a lot at Fabric8 on Valencia, a local artist supporting a local gallery, that's always nice. I have pined for one of his pieces for a long time and I was impressed with the current body of work he put out for his current solo show. The show, titled "Place to Place," is currently at Thinkspace Gallery, in L.A. To view the show online click the link in the caption. Really good work, always liked his style.

"Awhile"

One more piece and an indie mix behind the jump. Follow meeee. *Waves hands and skips ahead*

Eye Candy

Music plus Barry Mcgee. That's good enough for me.

Barry McGee - TRANSFER SP Brasil from Antonio de Paula Ternura on Vimeo.

Who wants to see some hip hop dancing? Wait for it.


The Sarah Palin Battle Hymn. The dude in the camo hat needs to go solo. This isn't scary, not scary at all...


We Are Trees are my kind of band. That's some well crafted music. Here they are performing, "Sunrise Sunset," on a roof in Brooklyn.

We Are Trees from High/Low Film on Vimeo.

Dawes and The Morning Benders. I don't think I love this song. I do love lamp though.

Dawes & The Morning Benders "When My Time Comes" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Indie Mix 6

Jim Houser- Piles

To the left is a great piece by the amazing Jim Houser.  He has such a nice aesthetic.  Great muted, subdued color palette, with concise striking design sensibilities.  He  does amazing work and I have been a fan for a long time, just thought I would share his skill for the uninitiated.  Now on to the music.

The saying goes, every actor wants to be a rock star and every rock star wants to be an actor.  It makes sense, most actors grow up doing all of that drama geek sort of stuff.  High school musicals and the like.  Though the saying may be true, few actors are able to cross back and forth between the two worlds successfully.  This new mix has two actors that make music that I actually enjoy listening to.  One is Jason Schwartzman and his band Coconut records, they made their first appearance on the last mix.  The other is Baby goose himself, Ryan Gosling *swoon* and his friend Zach Shields, with their project called, Dead Man's Bones.  Baby Goose, songs about zombies, kids choirs!!!  Ahhh it's too much indie to handle.  *Rocks back and forth waiting for a stoplight on a fixie*  Tracklist and download link behind the jump.

Eye Candy

Mike Giant & Derick Montez get busy at Ameoba on Haight.  Giant is a legend and Derick is super skilled, but I can't help but feel bad for all the people they just went over.  I guess it's better than getting buffed or painted over by a toy.  Might as well get wiped out by a legend right?

"Amoeba" | Mike Giant & Derick Montez from Justin Gallagher on Vimeo.

The Morning Benders, who I just saw last Saturday have a newish video for their song "All Day Day Light."  It was a great show, they sounded amazing and it was a nice set, just some complaints not related to the band's performance.  A much better writer did a review of the show and you can check that out at her site located here.

The Morning Benders - "All Day Day Light" from Jack Ferry on Vimeo.

I thought this was entertaining.  I also make jewelry out of found hair and practice the ancient art of fire dancing, so take from that what you will.


Flying Lotus - Kill Your Co-Workers from Warp Records on Vimeo.

Nice beat on this one.  Talib always flows nice, on beat or off beat and it's not a bad video from Reflection Eternal with their song, "Long Hot Summer."



El Mac puts in some work in Vietnam to a nice track.  Does anyone know who that's by?  Does it say somewhere in the video and I spaced for that part?


This is scary as shit. Why would you do such a thing Japan?

Indie Mix 3-10-10

Well that didn't take as long as I thought it would. Here is a dreamy indie mix for you. Not dreamy in a David Cassidy kind of way..too old?...uhh in a David Hasselhoff kind of way?..whatever, I give up. What I mean is the first several songs contain the word dream. They also have a floaty ethereal feel to them.  They are otherworldly transportation devices that will carry you above the daily grind atop a floaty pillow of pretty pop music.

Several of the features on this will be coming to town and were mentioned in this post.  It kicks off with the Morning Benders song, "Excuses," here is the video that was in the last post in case you are lazy.

Yours Truly Presents: The Morning Benders "Excuses" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

It sticks with that sort of vibe for awhile and picks up later.  Here is one from the more lively section.  It's by J. Roddy Walston and the Business.  I think it's a super solid track.  These dudes from Baltimore tear it apart

Here is their track, "Brave Man's Death." It's off of their self-titled sophomore LP which is due out July 27, courtesy of Vagrant.


Jeffro's loves The Local Natives make two appearances as well.

 Here is one of their tracks from the mix, "Camera Talk."


Grab the whole thing here.

Upcoming Shows

You guys took my previous advice and went to the Insane Clown Posse show right?  How was it?  Did you guys figure out how magnets work?

Well I hope you enjoyed yourselves. I only went to one show out of the many that were posted...and no it wasn't the Wondergirls one. I saw Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings at the Warfield and it was awesome.  The Dap Kings are seriously one of the greatest live bands ever.  The Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings concert experience is at the top of my list for quality shows.  Sharon has way too much energy for being in her 50's, she never misses a note, she belts everything out with so much skill it's unbelievable, and she can get down with a James Brownsian flare that will put anyone to shame.  You add this together with the solid backing of the Dap Kings and you have one of the best concerts I have ever been to.  Look, Zumbi from Zion-I and his twitter agree with me.

"The DapKings r the tightest band Ive ever seen live. Slick. http://yfrog.com/0kqodj."  

We were actually standing right next to him when he tweeted this but I didn't want to bother him, or creep him out by whispering, "I love your band," in his ear.  I will say this though, that dude is a gentleman, he was carrying his girl's purse for her and he went to go get her a bottle of water.  That's a keeper, I make girls carry everything for me, even my keys, because I don't like the way they rub against my delicate legs when they are in my pocket.  Plus it's easier for them to hand and then light me a cigarette when they already have that stuff in their possession.  All I have to do is snap, it's easier for everyone that way.  


Onto business.  Shows you should go to and creepily watch someone tweet at behind the jump.