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Getting Chummy: TDoL Summer Mix 2010

Monday, July 26th, 2010 | musiX, pdX | 3 Comments

Summer is finally here in Portland … at least for a few days—’tis the season for barbecues, tubing down the river, bottomless ice chests and summer jams (Jams? JAMZ!).

TDoL spent countless hours in a dark room assembling your summer soundtrack for 2010, a mixtape filled with singalongs, un poquito de español, noise (Noise? NOIZE!), a few breezy numbers, a handful of Portland cuts, and loads of hand claps … we’re talking more clap than a state school fraternity house. Most of the music on this compilation has been lovingly featured on The Days of Lore. You should totally buy the records.

Grab the full mix in a convenient zip folder by clicking the link below. Pairs well with road trips, good barbecue and cheap beer, as well as bad trips, good times and cheap friends.

TRACKLIST:
1. “Guadalajara” - Pepe Guízar
2. “Girlfriend” - Ty Segall
3. “Too Young to Burn” - Sonny & the Sunsets
4. “Free Association” - These Hills of Gold
5. “Better Surrender” - Far
6. “Beverly Kills” - Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
7. “Flashes” - International Waters
8. “Miss Metro” - The Knuckles
9. “Starting Over” - Typhoon
10. “The Ghost Inside” - Broken Bells
11. “Bad Buzz” - The Mint Chicks
12. “Get Around Town” - Revolver
13. “Juniper” - Y La Bamba
14. “Evening Star” - Blitzen Trapper
15. “TAOS” - Menomena
16. “La Barra” - Montañas
17. “Cars and Explosions” - Kevin Dunn
18. “Doesn’t Shake Me” - The Goodnight Loving
19. “Floating Vibes” - Surfer Blood
20. “Atom Bomb” - The Apples in stereo
21. “Sidepain” - Sea of Bees
22. “A More Perfect Union” - Titus Andronicus

DOWNLOAD: Getting Chummy: TDoL Summer Mix 2010 (117 MB ZIP)

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Discover These Hills of Gold

Monday, May 31st, 2010 | musiX | 1 Comment

San Francisco’s These Hills of Gold are just getting started, which is why you’ll find nary a drop of ink on the band. Photos, either. In a world where everybody’s all up in your biz, These Hills of Gold have managed the impossible—maintaining an air of mystery … ya know, like those bands you worshiped in the ’60s and ’70s.

Yes, the only thing you get is the music—imagine that. Led by Jefferson Parker THoG have just released their debut 45 RPM on Happy Parts Recordings, which features four brilliant, sunny pop tunes that will take you back to another time. “Free Association” is one of the best songs of 2010 if I don’t opine my damn self, a vintage tune that works in some ’60s pop with early Elvis Costello rawk (and some great, slinky organ). Needless to say I’m looking forward to the band’s full-length due out this July. No need to get aimlessly verbose (although I will if put in a corner). Dig in!

“Free Association” - These Hills of Gold

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