Mixtape: Walk Out Free

Title: Walk Out Free
Length: 1:14:20
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1. Simon & Garfunkel - "Old Friends"
2. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Come Saturday"
3. Telefon Tel Aviv - "The Birds"
4. TV on the Radio - "Staring at the Sun"
5. Joni Mitchell - "Blonde in the Bleachers"
6. Neutral Milk Hotel - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
7. Astronautalis - "Astigmatism"
8. Elliott Smith - "Let's Get Lost"
9. of Montreal - "The March of the Gay Parade"
10. Hercules and Love Affair - "Athene"
11. Los Campesinos! - "The International Tweexcore Underground"
12. A Great Big Pile of Leaves - "Bring Back Recess"
13. Nick Drake - "Pink Moon"
14. Amesoeurs - "Gas in Veins"
15. School of Seven Bells - "Face to Face on High Places"
16. Eric's Trip - "My Chest is Empty"
17. Acoustic Ladyland - "The Room"
18. The Mountain Goats & Kaki King - "Black Pear Tree"
19. Quiet Steps - "Resilience"
20. Slow Club - "Sunday"

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Bruno Coulais - Coraline OST (2009)

Fantastic score to a fantastic film, swings between moods of playfulness and menace, also contains a short track by They Might Be Giants written specifically for the film, I really can't recommend this soundtrack (or film) enough

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Paatos - Kallocain (2004)

A combination of progressive rock and trip-hop, and no you didn't read that wrong

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MU330 - Ultra Panic (2002)

Most recent album from the ska punk band named after the music class they met in, more in common with Op Ivy than Streetlight Manifesto, complete with a vignette about Klan-funded highways

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Various Artists - There and Back Again Lane (Sarah 100)

Compilation of tracks released by Sarah Records, seminal twee/jangle pop label, all hand-picked by the label's founder, if you're at all interested in indie pop or related genres this is an excellent place to start

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Battlestar Galactica OST (Seasons 1-3 + Miniseries)

So after the punch-in-the-gut finale of one of the finest shows ever put on television, Battlestar Galactica, I felt it appropriate to post the music, which was always an integral part of the show. Even if you aren't a fan of the show (what's wrong with you), these are still essential downloads for anyone who enjoys orchestral music that is equal parts roaring, moving, and reflective.

Richard Gibbs - Miniseries OST
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Bear McCreary - Season 1 OST
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Bear McCreary - Season 2 OST
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Bear McCreary - Season 3 OST
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Nomo - Ghost Rock (2008)

Funky jazzy afrobeaty madness from Michigan

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Artist Feature: The Imaginaries

The Imaginaries are a Canadian band who play Pavement-esque lo-fi singer-songwriter indie rock music. In the studio (bedroom?) everything is recorded by Jackson Fishauf; when performing live, they're a full band.

Despite forming the band only a short time ago, Fishauf has already recorded a formidable body of work, including ten albums and a number of singles. Aside from Pavement, who has already been mentioned, I would highly recommend his work to fans of Bob Dylan, the Velvet Underground, Silver Jews, and all similar artists, as well as anyone who enjoys good acoustic rock music.

I encourage you to visit their official website, where you can find all the download links contained in this post (as well as the rest of their discography), news about the band, information on upcoming shows, and links to purchase their music and merchandise.


A small selection from their catalog to get you started:

Jac's Milk

Another Side of the Imaginaries

The Imaginaries & Nico

Exoskeleton EP

Big Dark Shadow

A big thanks to Jackson Fishauf and everyone else involved with the Imaginaries, both for making great music, and for allowing it to be freely downloaded and enjoyed by all. Keep up the great work. To everyone else, remember to support independent music as much as you can; a little bit can go a long way.


Artist features may or may not become a regular occurrence on Watch the Tapes. Only time can tell. If you are an artist, and you would like me to feature your music here, just contact me either at last.fm (username FinalPizzaHut), somewhere on this blog, or at finalpizzahut@yahoo.com.

Karl Mundt Project - Spit Your Gum EP (2009)

Experimental punky alt rock with old film samples, self-released as a free download, just spreading the word

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The Big Sleep - Sleep Forever (2008)

2008 saw these bodacious rocker dudes stepping up their indie-prog-rock to the next level, now it's only a matter of time before people start noticing

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The Big Sleep - Son of the Tiger (2006)

An "indie rock" band that actually, you know, rocks. About time, eh

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Quiet Steps - Quiet Steps EP (2007)

Another band with that post-rock/screamo sound that's been so trendy lately, they're better than that makes them sound though

thanks to whoever posted this on moo

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The Nils - The Nils (1987)

Power-pop pop-punk, I like to call it powerpunk although that name is way too lame for how awesome this band is

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Chinese Telephones - Chinese Telephones (2007)

Orgcore pop-punk from Milwaukee, apparently they just broke up a few weeks ago and this makes me sad

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School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms (2008)

Experimental dream-pop and electronica, I don't have anything witty to say about it

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Spindrift - Songs From the Ancient Age (2007)

Spindrift is a so-called 'psychedelic western' band from the east coast, yes I'm as confused as you are

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Florian - No One Goes For the Most Clever Girl in Class (2001)

Disgustingly cute twee pop band that's so underground I can't even find an album cover or a myspace or any information about them at all, fuck yeah indie cred +50

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Astronautalis - The Mighty Ocean & Nine Dark Theaters (2006)

Even more abstract and airy hip-hop, my personal favorite from Mr. Bothwell

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Astronautalis - You and Yer Good Ideas (2003)

Abstract hip-hop artist with indie rock undertones, or maybe the other way around

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Mixtape: Shot for the Stars

Title: Shot for the Stars
Length: 56:29
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1. Arts the Beatdoctor - "Mellow Drama"
2. Beck - "Nobody's Fault But My Own"
3. Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"
4. El-P - "Up All Night"
5. Wilco - "Heavy Metal Drummer"
6. The Rentals - "Friends of P."
7. Daedelus - "Aim True"
8. Bôa - "Duvet (acoustic)"
9. John Frusciante - "Been Insane"
10. John Zorn - "Hammerhead"
11. M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"
12. Why? - "Fatalist Palmistry"
13. The Postal Service - "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
14. Dario Marianelli - "Elegy for Dunkirk"
15. Eels - "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues"
16. Ghost Mice - "Free Pizza for Life"

Yeah I use that Postal Service track a lot, sue me. It's a great track for tapes.

Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs (2009)

Ian Curtis came back to life as a woman and busted Varg Vikernes out of prison, then they went to France and ran into Anthony Gonzalez and they all recorded a collaboration album

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The Terrordactyls - The Terrordactyls (2007)

Smirky twee pop band that should be way more successful than they are, look at me doing my part by helping you steal their music shit yeah

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Young and Restless - Young and Restless (2007)

Post-hardcore with female vocals done by a bunch of crazy Australians so you know it's weird

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The Wind Harp - Song from the Hill (1972)

Alright so here's the deal, a bunch of hippies stuck a huge harp up on top of a hill in California and made earthy drone music about seasons and elements, drugs may have been involved

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Steve Burns - Songs for Dustmites (2003)

Flaming Lips-esque indie rock by the dude who used to host Blue's Clues, I love this album way more than I probably should but it's got a certain charm to it so I make no apologies

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The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines (1992)

Comp with pretty much everything ever recorded by the seminal twee/indie rock group, you should have this already but if you don't I promise not to tell the dude at your local record store because he probably wouldn't let you back in

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Gowns - Red State (2007)

Experimental noise/folk release from California

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Free the Robots - Free the Robots EP (2007)

According to last.fm this band blends "elements of Jazz, Hip Hop, Electronica, Bossanova, Experimental, Soul, Psychedelic, and rock", come on how can you resist that

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Free the Robots - The Prototype (2005)

Jazzy electronica band, really unique, also they cover King Crimson on this album

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Man or Astro-man? - Is It...Man or Astro-man? (1993)

Spacey surf rock with lots of sci-fi samples, will post more if requested

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Jeffrey Lewis - The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane (2001)

People call this anti-folk but I don't really know what that means

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Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder (2004)

Ever wanted to puke rainbows, well have i got the band for you

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Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day (2009)

Lovely new lo-fi singer-songwriter album from miss Doiron, of Eric's Trip and Mount Eerie fame for those not in-the-know (shame on you)

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Slow Club - Let's Fall Back in Love (2008)

Forgot to post this and now the posts are out of order shit fuck piss, man I'm so twee

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Salad - Drink Me (1995)

Criminally ignored alt rock britpoppy band, sorta like the La's except with more balls and a female vocalist, how does that work anyway

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Slow Club - Because We're Dead (2007)

Muffins and ice cream and first kisses

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Dirt Dress - Theme Songs EP (2008)

Folksy alt rock that's lo-fi to the bone, similarities to Pavement circa 1991 (that's code for 'keep an eye on this band')

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Ryan Lindsey - White Paper Beds (2007)

Acoustic singer-songwriter local to Norman, think Elliott Smith except not such a downer

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Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha (1991)

One of those funny transition albums between house and electropop, and it's hard not to like this album

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Mixtape: Come On, Welcome In

Title: Come On, Welcome In
Length: 1:13:11
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1. 65daysofstatic - "Dance Parties (Mechanised)"
2. Madlib - "Montara"
3. Burial - "Night Bus"
4. Mount Eerie - "Voice in Headphones"
5. The Cranberries - "Zombie"
6. Max Tundra - "Gum Chimes"
7. Eels - "Saturday Morning"
8. The White Stripes - "Take, Take, Take"
9. The Cure - "The Blood"
10. John Frusciante - "Central"
11. Ween - "You Fucked Up"
12. The Beatles - "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
13. LCD Soundsystem - "Daft Punk is Playing at My House"
14. Blonde Redhead - "Signs Along the Path"
15. R.E.M. - "Star 69"
16. Broken Social Scene - "Pitter Patter Goes My Heart"
17. Broken Social Scene - "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl"
18. Los Campesinos! - "2007: The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)"
19. Elliott Smith - "Bye"
20. Saint Etienne - "She's the One"

Jackdaw - Jackdaw (2001)

Celtic punk rock from Buffalo with more bagpipes, accordions and fiddles than you can shake a stick at

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The Mountain Goats & Kaki King - Black Pear Tree (2008)

Soft-spoken and moving folk-rock release from two artists who need no introduction

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