You probably know by now that we do things kind of different here. For example, we rarely ever post just one or two songs and call it a day. Instead, we regularly publish at least five to 10 songs per post, and often many more. Every month – and especially during the past year and a half – we receive hundreds of songs and albums, and discover others during our regular excursions on the web.
Next, we shave down the stacks of new tracks by keeping only the songs we like the most (doesn’t matter who they are from), and ‘letting go’ of the others. The final cut tracks then go into a playlist that we share and listen to again and again before deciding which playlist series they best fit.
As is always the case, the amount of new songs and albums pile up faster than there is time to really listen to, research and write about everyone of them. Therefore, we often opt for creating mixtapes and playlists that have a common theme, whether it’s Best New Releases, Recent Releases We Almost Missed, S-25 Mix, In Dee Mail, Bands to Watch, and many others.
One of our favorite newer mixtape series is Fresh Tracks, which is simply a mix of some of our favorite new songs that we’ve received in the past few weeks from upcoming albums. So, we decided this latest installment of Fresh Tracks would work perfectly with this week’s S-25 Mix
This latest Fresh Tracks is jam-packed with new singles by Wooden Shjips, The Fair Ohs, Dominant Legs, Jim Ward, Argyle Johansen, Pepper Rabbit, Nurses, Peter Wolf Crier, The Mekons, VHS or Beta, Oax, Little Deadman, Scott Miller, Cuckoo Chaos, The Cinema, Fruit Bats and Luke Temple – and many others.
Tell Us What You Think About This Stack of Fresh Tracks
We are really want to hear your feedback about the songs and/or bands in today’s mix, so please use the Comments section. Plus, your comment may be included in another post on the site and will be seen by literally thousands of people every day. We think there are some dope tracks in this mix, and perhaps more than a few that may be getting their first “big” exposure on the indie blogosphere today.
“Baldessari” – The Fair Ohs from Everything Is Dancing – July 26th
“Lazy Bones” – The Wooden Shjips from West – Aug. 23rd
“Hoop of Love” – Dominant Legs from Invitation – Sept. 27th
“Broken Songs” (with Tegan Quin) – Jim Ward from Quiet In The Valley, On The Shores The End Begins & The Electric Six – Aug. 2nd
“Only We Can Keep You From Harm” – Young Buffalo from Young Von Prettylips – July 18th
“Percocet Blues” – Argyle Johansen from Argyle Johansen and His Inner Demo(n)s – Sept. 6th
“July” – Youth Lagoon from The Year of Hiberation – Sept. 27th
“Alive” – Armand Margjeka from Margo Margo – Aug. 9th
“Escape All Responsibility” – The Chocolate Horse from Beasts – Aug. 16th
“Rosemary Stretch” – Pepper Rabbit from Red Velvet Snow Ball – Aug. 9th
“Before The Bridges” – Future Islands, single release – July 19th
“Fever Dreams” – Nurses from Dracula – Sept. 20th
“Die to Rest” – Prophets & Kings from Prophets & Kings- Aug. 9th
“Another Day” – Echo Lake from Another Day/Breathe Deep 7″ – July 18th
“Right Away” – Peter Wolf Crier from Garden of Arms – Sept. 6th
“Space in Your Face” – The Mekons from Ancient & Modern – Sept. 27th
“I Found a Reason” – VHS or Beta from Diamond & Death – Sept. 27th
“Love and Crashing” – Oax from This Distance – July 12th
“Post Helado Madness” – Little Deadman from Shooting Seagulls EP – July 19th
“Lo Siento, Spanishburg, WVa – A Story of The Real Americana (F.A.Y. version)” – Scott Miller from Lo Siento, Spanishburg, WVa – A Story of The Real Americana – July 12th
“Tangie and Ray” – Fruit Bats from Tripper – Aug. 2nd
“Jesus Flag American Fish” – Cuckoo Chaos from Jesus Flag American Fish 7 – July 26th
“Groove (Scene 1)” – The Lions from Iconoclasts – Sept. 6th
“Ophelia” – Luke Temple from Don’t Act Like You Don’t Care – Aug. 30th
“Home/Untitled” (Live on KBCO) – Mumford & Sons