# Deerhunter and Friends’ Personal Playlists, Vol. I

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2009/01/deerhunter-and-friends-personal-playlists-vol-i/
- Published: 2009-01-11T02:29:00-05:00
- Author: Max Hammer

[[Hard-core Deerhunter fans know about the band and it’s many other projects, incarnations
and collaborations.

Fewer know what kind of music the current and former band mates of this indie collective
listen to. So, in summarizing a huge number of posts at [their blog](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com),
here is series of personal playlist mixes from Deerhunter, Atlas Sound and Panda
Bear.

First up, is Bradford Cox’s playlist “mixed by Atlas Sound” titled Micromix 16: 
Bus Ambience, posted on May 25, 2008. Overall, most of the playlist is simply not
really our kind of music (compared to all the great music out there); but hey, who’s
to say others won’t enjoy it more.

Personally, I skipped over most of the songs, hoping for a jem within and found 
just about nada.
1. Animal Collective – Chocolate Girl (Live on BBC) – Predictable,
but good.2. The Dovers – What Am I Going to Do – OK, they have better stuff.3. The
Chills – Pink Frost – Good, like The Chills for some time.4. The Avatars – Coil –
SOK.5. Jet Harris and Tony Meehan – Some People (around 19 minutes in) – Not.6. 
B-52’s – Theme From A Nude Beach – Umm, no thanks.7. Birigwa – Okusosola Mukule –
Nice world music until the baby starts crying at the end (around 31 minutes in);
seriously, in a ‘mellowed out’ song, the last thing you want to hear is a crying
baby. Hello?!8. Black Sabbath – Solitude – Good. Classic and rarely mellow Black
Sabbath from the 1970s.9. Growing – Disconfirm – Spaceship keyboards with drum band
backgrounds. Crap?10. Beach Boys – He Gives Speeches – This is the freaking Beach
Boys?!? OK, well this is the Beach Boys at their worst. With all the possible songs
to pick from The Beach Boys!? Is this mix a joke?11. White Magic – Day – Not so 
much. I mean yes if you’re on acid. How many of you are on acid right now? This 
track would be better without the awkward choruses/chanting and some more note progressions.

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Alright, not digging Bradford’s mix all that much. Sorry man, nothing personal. 
Your own music is better.

Download it via MediaFire:

Total Time: 46:13

Next up, Panda Bear’s Bookie Pad mix

Stay tuned for more plus our playlist challenge to the Deerhunter and Friends’ Personal
Playlists series.

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