Long Time No See and Midterm Mixes, Volume 2

Marathonpacks’ 2007 Midterm Mix, Volume 2 (mp3 // 67:43 // 128k: 62.1MB)

1. Au “Boute” I told you dudes this sounds like Animal Collective. Which leads to:
2. Animal Collective “#1″ Where Feels was a bunch of bucolic whoops, Strawberry Jam sounds like the sounds of a summer carnival—evoking boardwalks and fun-houses and barkers, people screaming, and the clockwork “PPPPssssssssss” of the pistons that make cheap-ass rides go. This song, however, is the fucked-up teenager-only attraction that ends up getting closed down every summer.
3. Lil’ Wayne “Get High, Rule the World” Weezy just seems like he’s only famous because of a bunch of skinny white bloggers, but he did win the BET Awards’ Viewers’ Choice award, and at least a few of those voters aren’t Nah Right readers or Status Ain’t Hood commenters.
4. Skeletons & the Kings of All Cities “Hay W’happns” (original post)
5. Liars “Houseclouds”

Josh Homme: “Hey where’s my mojo”
Liars: “WE ARE HAVE YOUR MOJO”

6. Of Montreal “Gronlandic Edit” (original post) Which leads to:
7. Dizzee Rascal “Paranoid” Another guy in Europe, scared of the walls.
8. Dan Deacon “The Crystal Cat”
9. Bonde Do Role “Geremia” (original post)
10. Modest Mouse “Dashboard” Another record, another email to Isaac Brock from the label requesting a chartable song about making the best of a bad situation. Not as good as “Float On,” but still durn good.
11. The Clientele “Bookshop Casanova” Hey baby, slip out of that turtleneck for a bit.
12. Gruff Rhys “Lonesome Words” (original post)
13. Alsace Lorraine “Call for Papers” What does one professor say to another when he’s got weed and no Zig-Zags? (review)
14. New Pornographers “Myriad Harbour” On a record chock full of AM Gold, this is Bejar’s contribution. Yes, it does sound like Jesus Christ Superstar.
15. Charlotte Gainsbourg “The Songs That We Sing” This lady, and her album, had passed me by until I saw the wonderful little music video for it. No, I still haven’t seen Science of Sleep.
16. Besnard Lakes “Disaster” This year’s “Knife.”
17. Wilco “Impossible Germany” Nothing to say that I haven’t already, more or less, except that live last month, this song was aflame. Like, this sort of aflame.
18. Spoon “Black Like Me” I’ll shut up about this song and album until next Tuesday, but let it be known that this is immediately one of the best Spoon songs to date. Let it Bleed-era Stones. “Day in the Life” ending. Less than three minutes.