Doomed, Lo-Fi, & In Love
This mix is about how the weather is nice and I like holding your hand.
Why It’s Pretentious: High school me was really getting into garage rock, twee, and noise pop at this point, setting up a stellar foundation for pretentious college me. Full disclosure: there’s a lot of crossover from the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack here. Since I was obsessed with it. Obviously. Weather’s gonna be nice this weekend, so like, go hold someone’s hand, okay?
(Thus concludes a week of L-U-V luv; back with some depressing literary references on Monday.)
Tracklisting and downloads after the jump.
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Join the Evolution (Side One: Superpowers)
This mix is about comic book (mostly) superheroes.
Why It’s Pretentious: The best part of moving into my new house was being reunited with my big book of the first 20 issues of Spiderman. I’ve been reading it every morning with my breakfast and let me tell you, there’s no better way to start the day than by following the adventures of a professional wallflower turned superhero. Originally, I was just gonna make this mix about Spiderman but since that wouldn’t let me use Snoop Dogg’s “Batman and Robin,” I had to reconsider. MARVEL AT YO COMICS, Y’ALL.
Tracklisting and downloads after the jump.
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36. i want a rhythm to compliment my groove
This mix is about the first day of school, junior year.
Why It’s Pretentious: A lot of the time, mixes that I make are actually responses to other mixes. That way, when I start yet another one with Miles Fisher, I can pretend I’m being clever because don’t you see the subtle — nay, coy — reference. This mix is about all the songs I liked this summer that weren’t by Jeff the Brotherhood or Diarrhea Planet. I hope that when I officially start Pretentious Mixtapes I Made In College, I will still consider Jojo’s “Paint” to be “my jam” and Pitbull into The Drums to be one of the most inspired transitions of all time. In conclusion, Beyonce is pregnant? You guys, I don’t have TV.
Spotify link.
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Wolf Creek Ryder
This mix is about Halloween circa 1979 and why you shouldn’t pick up hitchhikers in Arkansas.
Why It’s Pretentious: This is the first 90-minute tape I’ve made in a long time. Even I think 90-minute tapes are pretentious, but I had to make room for a 9-minute song from a vaguely obscure psych rock band from the 60s, so, y’know, do what you gotta do. It’s inspired by all those old 70s-80s horror films where you pick up a stranger or your car breaks down at the side of the road and, next thing you know, you’re getting kidnapped/killed/eaten. (Also, there’s some monsters thrown in, on account of, what’s Halloween without monsters?) On a similar note, I want you guys to know that Wolf Creek is basically Australian Chainsaw Massacre and, after I watched it, my parents MOVED TO WOLF CREEK. So you see how that’s terrifying.
Also, I feel like I’m gonna have to justify the last song. While you listen to the end of the second side, picture this old dude sitting in the dark, in the middle of a shack, surrounded by dead bodies, maybe sewing the remains of a sawed-off arm to someone else’s hand, smiling forever. Okay, that song should be sufficiently creepy now.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN. DON’T LET STRANGERS INTO YOUR CAR. SAFETY FIRST, INTERNET.
Side One: Download (Right Click Save-As)
Side Two: Download (Right Click Save-As)
Tracklisting after the jump.
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BACK2SKOOL
SENIOR YEAR SHRED EDITION
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