may 2010 mix: part two

back to back mixes comin' at ya like a beam, like a ray, like a buzzard! this time round i have raided my hard drive for something different, some good old lo-fi, hi distortion, full on feel good indie rock. its been i while since i listened to some of this stuff and the other day i was thinking just how good all this music used to make me feel :)

the vancouver boys, japandroids kick this mix off with a belter from there first full LP, 'post nothing', i was lucky enough to catch these boys playing on my doorstep, up in highbury a couple of weeks ago and they tore the roof off, impressive for a band consisting of a just 2 people.

ash pick up the distortion from where the canadians left off in true 94 fashion, these dudes where only teens when they released there first LP 'trailer', for me its their most raw and awesome offering to date.

back over the pond again for some classic everclear, a band that brings back a lot of memories for me circa 1998-9, sadly they kinda turned cheesy in later years to come...

the pixies really need no introduction, they just own!

idlewild may not be a familiar name to those of you outside the UK, but these scottish boys where hot stuff back in the mid to late 90's and their first couple of albums where played to death by me in college and uni.

the same goes for weezer's first two albums 'blue' and 'pinkerton', sadly though, they too lost their edge over time, but this track is proof that they fucking ruled back in the day!

the smashing pumpkins where (or should i say are?) a classic grunge band from the early nineties, 'tomorrow' is taken from there second album 'siamise dream' which came out in 93 or something, but it wasn't until my mate lent me his copy (on a permanent basis) back in 98 that i realized what had been missing in my life, this album is solid gold!

the swedes take the reins next, i heard these guys for the first time on the soundtrack to a movie called 'spun' that, coincidentally, billy corgan (frontman of the smashing pumkins) wrote half of the songs for. i love this song, it makes me loose all hope but feel great at the same time...

wavvves are a crazy bunch of guys from san diego, i recently heard that they used to get really fucked up before going onstage, leading to a classic meltdown at the 2009 primavera sound festival in barcelona, when the bands singer broke down and had to stop playing... carrrazzzzy.

anyway that is my selection and here they all are in one nice little mix, enjoy:

June Mix 2010 by oliverft

track listing:

the boys are leaving town - japandroids
petrol - ash
strawberry - everclear
gigantic - pixies
when i argue i see shapes - idlewild
surf wax america - weezer
today - smashing pumpkins
instant repeater '99 - the soundtrack of our lives
mickey mouse - wavvves
wave of mutilation - pixies