#fall mixtape

This past weekend in my neck of the woods, temperatures dropped nearly 50 degrees overnight, and with the drastic weather change, along with all the colorful foliage and seasonal beverages, it’s the perfect time to switch from exuberant synthy jams to wistful guitars and angsty vibes. Here’s the 10th edition of the Autumn (Or What It Feels Like To Fall) mixtape to help evoke the winsome melancholy of the season. Click here to listen to this mix in its entirety.

01. American Football - Uncomfortably Numb (ft. Hayley Williams) 02. Kate Teague - In Our Element 03. Wilco - Love is Everywhere (Beware) 04. Aldous Harding - The Barrel 05. Big Thief - Forgotten Eyes 06. Whitney - Valleys (My Love) 07. Jay Som - Nighttime Drive 08. Tiny Ruins - Olympic Girls 09. Sandy (Alex G) - In My Arms 10. Weyes Blood - Something To Believe 11. Hiss Golden Messenger-  I Need A Teacher 12. Molly Sarlé - Human 13. The Mountain Goats - Waylon Jennings Live! 14. SASAMI - Take Care 15. The National - Light Years 16. J.S. Ondara - Torch Song 17. Clairo - Bags 18. Andrew Bird - Manifest 19. Yves Jarvis - Curtain of Rain 20. San Fermin - The Living 21. Better Oblivion Community Center - Dylan Thomas 22. Julien Baker - Red Door 23. Bon Iver - Faith 24. Chastity Belt - Elena 25. Orville Peck - Roses are Faling 26. First Aid Kit - Strange Beauty 27. Brittany Howard - Stay High

OH NO it’s been almost a year since the last mixes. Well fear not, we’re back and I promise to keep this thing warm in the future. Also if you feel inclined to make me a mix, please let me know! Always welcoming new contributors. 

Carly Ogonek returns with this sweet lil guy for you, guy! Carly makes my favourite mixes did you know that? Now you do.

it’s true it’s true by Carly Ogonek, available to download here.

Track List:

One Sure Thing - Jim & Jean

 Pretty Brown - David Campbell 

A Number and a Name - Steve Gillette 

Promenade in Green - Terry Callier 

Hello to the Wind - Rick Nelson 

The Coffee Song - Poet and the One Man Band 

Sundown - The Dillards 

Possibility I Was Wrong - Val Stoecklein 

How Insensitive - Charms 

Someday Baby - Jonathan and Leigh 

Smiling Wine - Great Speckled Bird 

For Where Have You Been - Honeybus 

Inside Out - Carol Stromme 

Losing True - The Roches 

Angel on My Shoulder - Shelby Flint

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Ok here is the one I made isn’t that nice? A lil collection of lady - punk and synth pop. I altered the name of one of songs on the track list because it made me feel weird and it’s not essential to the song and I can do that if I want to! It’s important to say ‘hmmm no’ even to pieces of art that you really like, even if they were made 30 or so years ago. 

WOMEN II  by Julia Dickens, available to download here.

Track List

Getting Nowhere Fast - Girls At Our Best

Decollage - The Honeymoon Killers

Stretch - Maximum Joy

Stop, Halt - Lora Logic

Button Up - The Bloods

T.V. In My Eye - Los Microwaves

Lucky Number 1 - Lene Lovich

Birthday Party - Stinky Toys

Beautiful Pictures - Fatal Microbes

Bla Bla - Pink, Plastic & Panties

Janitor - Suburban Lawns

Liberty - Kitchen And The Plastic Spoons

Good Times - Drinking Electricity

Boystown - Inflatable Boy Clams

Laundrette - Vivien Goldman

Never Say Never - Romeo Void

Bamboo Curtain - The Varve

Black Silk Stocking - Chrisma

Wheels Over Trailers - Stanton Miranda

L’Acrostique D’Amour - Ashphixiation

Do- Dada - The Dance

Elle Hotesse - Tokow Boys

Little Dead Bodies - Algebra Suicide

Strong White Male - Mecca Normal

She Said ‘Boom’ - Fifth Column

Hey, I know it has been awhile since I’ve posted a mix tape on here. Sorry I’ve been unmotivated. But I’ve been working on this one for a bit. I hope it turned out ok. This summer has been a total bummer and fall isn’t looking much better but at least we have good music.

You can STREAM it over HERE

You can DOWNLOAD it HERE

Currently: in need of calming.

This mix was first shared to me last year in the fall (duh, obviously) by a good friend of mine. To give a little background, I am a part of a group of friends who frequent raves and EDM shows together, coming from a variety of backgrounds and covering a wide variety of genre preferences. I’ve always loved house music though, so this mix resonated with me from the first time I listened to it, and is still one of the mixes I listen to the most. The reason why? Because it helps to calm my mind. Dealing with anxiety is a frequent struggle for me. I constantly deal with panic attacks and spots of depression, and when I’m especially struggling to cope, or calm down, I always turn to this mix. From the start, the mood is very laid back and calming. Highlighted with ambient synths, and very relaxing vocals, this mix was described to us as “chill back-rub house”, and I find the description very apt. One of the reasons I think I find this mix so calming is because it always brings up feelings very similar to one of my favorite things to experience, which is the afterglow feeling of a concert. The metaphorical come-down of experiencing an amazing show and basking in the light of it as we return, surrounded by the people we love and all caught up in the moment we all just experienced together. It’s so easy to simply close my eyes and feel myself float away, lost in the sound away from the chaos in my mind.

It’s Fall. I’m sorry everyone but that is what is happening right now. We might get one more heat blast but jump in that lake while you still can because scarf time is nigh and we shan’t be going to the pool for a long, long time. Anyways, as we all know, seasonal changes mean FEELINGS. OHHH those precious feelings of ours, never quittin’ , just rolling along down that steep hill straight to the grave all the while feeling infinite confusing things. Life is a grand adventure, each year smashing into the next until our imminent demise. GREAT.

So: wrap that scarf around your neck, put on that coat you love but can only wear one month out of the year, and pop those headphones on ‘cause me and Carly have just the soundtracks for those fall mornings and dusk walks as the sun sets lower every night and you think about every person you thought you were in love with, every walk to school, and how things got to be this way. Feel everything you can, oh friends of mine, for this life is all we’ve got.

Two mixes:

This is Fall Feelings by Julia Dickens, available to download here.

Track List:

Rhapsody In Green - Mort Garson

Forest Crystal - Human Music

Did You See - Woo

New Horizon - Third Ear Band

Where You’re At - Ultimate Spinach

Follow Me - Lyme and Cybelle

Allez Tu Peux Souffrir - Charlotte Leslie

Yegelle Tezeta (My Own Memory) - Mulatu Astatqe

Love Knows - The Keefe Sisters

The Boy Who Is Lost - The Standells

Come With Me (Rain Song) - Fever Tree

Gentle Thursday - Music Emporium

Twilight - Shin Jung Hyun (Ft. Jang Hyun)

Coyote’s Cry - Mossy Davidson

It’s My Mind - Purple Wine

Black Blind Light - Moonstone

Jennifer - Faust

Journey Tree - Syrinx

Late Night - Special Costello

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This is Getting Crisp by Carly Ogonek, available to download here.

Track List:

Queen Of Hearts - Gallery

Ullysses - Anthony Adverse & The Siren

Sleepy Rain - Sandalwood

Lahaina Girl - Corky Carroll

900 Miles - Dion

Black Is The Colour of My True Love’s Hair - Emile Latimer

If I Could Touch You - Kathy Smith

Chrysanthemum - Mimi and Richard Farina

No Stranger I Am - Norma Tanega

My Carousel - Kenny Rankin

Waterwheel - Daryl Hall & John Oates

The Ballad of Marty Mole - Linda Hoyle

Time - The Pozo Seco Signers

One Down - Kenny Knight

Roll On Babe - Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance

Part 1 / Mom

Just killed it with a 3 disc autumn mixtape for my mom and two of my sisters! Designed the cover with a physical print of one of my own instagram photos. This first mix is some super quiet fall morning tunes for my mom to listen to with coffee and sunrise. Two more to follow sometime soon....