I enjoy making mixtapes, but haven't done many in the past few years. I used to be active on a forum where we made anonymous mixtapes for each other and wrote reviews. Each round had its theme, and I found it a good opportunity to (re)discover my music library and find the perfect songs to match the taste of my 'victim'.
A couple of days ago I found one of those mixtapes (in the beginning we sent them through post, how DIY!) and I said to myself: there has to be a way to revive this on my blog! Of course, there are no "victims" in this case and making it anonymous would be hard (I don't want to do anything illegal by uploading a bunch of songs, at least I won't take any risks). So I decided to give myself a theme (feel free to give me suggestions!) and make a nice mix of songs. It's, of course, all my taste but I've really tried to include lesser-known bands.
The first theme I gave myself is "covers", since I was listening to a bunch of them when I came up with the idea of "Mixtape Monday" (I'm a sucker for alliteration, please forgive me...). I like covers that are completely different from the original, and I must admit that sometimes, I don't even know (or appreciate) the original ;)
The 'rules': a maximum of 15 songs, only 1 song per artist and it has to be on Spotify. Without further ado, here it is!
Cat Power – New York (Sinatra)
Band of Horses – Plans (Grizzly Bear)
Ryan Adams- Wonderwall (Oasis)
The Low Anthem- Home I’ll Never Be (Tom Waits)
M. Ward – Let's Dance (David Bowie)
Israel Nash Gripka – Revolution Blues (Neil Young)
Andrew Bird – Don’t Be Scared (Handsome Family)
Death Cab for Cutie – All is Full of Love (Bjork)
Tunng – The Pioneers (Bloc Party)
Johnny Cash – Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Imelda May – Tainted Love (Soft Cell)
Scissor Sisters – Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)
Phosphorescent – Reasons to Quit (Willie Nelson)
Under Byen – Er Jeg Din Mand (Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man)
I've got some other great covers I really want to share with you, but they aren't on Spotify..
Owen Pallett- Sweet Fantasy. Amazing Mariah Carey cover!
James Vincent McMorrow- Wicked Game (Chris Isaak). Don't care much for the original but this version breaks my heart
I hope you enjoy the mix I made! Let me know what you think and feel free to drop some suggestions below ;)
