Digitizing my old mix tapes

The Cold Meat Crew Download

This one all came from my vinyl collection.

ArtistsThe Clash • Sunny Day Real Estate • Fugazi • Directions • The Sorts • C-Clamp • Archers of Loaf • The Scott Farkus Affair • C.R. • Bluetip • Hot Water Music • Jawbreaker • Quicksand • Snapcase • The Delta 72 • Rube Waddell • Guided By Voices • Elliott Smith • Jets To Barzil • Pullman • John Fahey • Tortoise • Stanley Turrentine

Constant Rice Download

Constant Rice was named from a conversation with an old friend. One evening drinking at Tumulty's in NB — a great crew of regulars and staff, a close-knit community — Eric was talking about his roommates and said there was always rice cooking, ‘it's like constant rice.’ I liked it, so I named a mix tape that, and I think of him every time I put it on. Rest in peace, Eric.

ArtistsSnowpony • Creeper Lagoon • Built to Spill • Superchunk • Guided By Voices • Superdrag • The Afghan Whigs • T.S.O.L. • Naked Raygun • Mule • Unwound • Tristeza • 5ive Style • Texas • The Clash • Hepcat • The Avengers • Boss Jim Gettys

non-prophet Download

ArtistsOrbital • Fugazi • Rival Schools • Waterdown • Saves The Day • Nathan Larson • Death Cab for Cutie • Sloan • Beulah • Pernice Brothers • Superchunk • Varnaline • Jay Farrar • Built to Spill • Jupither • Jimmy Eat World • Hot Water Music • Burning Airlines • The Halo Benders • Lost Kids • David Garza • David Byrne • King Chango

Heart Disease Download

ArtistsGarrison • Pretty Girls Make Graves • Dredg • The Notwist • Death Cab for Cutie • Rilo Kiley • The Wrens • Damien Jurado • Pete Yorn • Ted Leo and the Pharmacists • The Twilight Singers • Minus the Bear • Eddie Bo & The Soul Finders • Jurassic 5 • The Roots • Atmosphere • Desert Sessions • The Mars Volta • Interpol • Hot Hot Heat • Yeah Yeah Yeahs • Epoxies • Cobra Verde • Sloan • Grandpaboy

Rat Download

ArtistsHole • Boss Jim Gettys • Burning Airlines • The Promise Ring • (Smog) • Hedwig and the Angry Inch • The Olivia Tremor Control • Slint • Rodan • Laddio Bolocko • Varnaline • June of 44 • PJ Harvey • Fugazi • Rites Of Spring • The Avengers • Naked Raygun • The Psychedelic Furs • Guided By Voices • Beth Orton • Lucinda Williams • Sheryl Crow • Elvis Costello • Elliott Smith

Who Are You? Download

ArtistsPete Townshend • ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead • Sense Field • The Break • Abandoned Pools • Big Collapse • Girls Against Boys • Seafood • Eels • Sloan • Badly Drawn Boy • One Line Drawing • Cub Country • Neil Finn • Death Cab for Cutie • Jesuseater • Tool

Unusual Download

ArtistsLovelight Shine • The New Rising Sons • Sloan • Lilys • Ride • Jejune • Blonde Redhead • Radiohead • PJ Harvey • U2 • The Mooney Suzuki • Sultans • Gluecifer • Mondo Generator • Built to Spill • Silkworm • James • Liz Phair

Vernal Download

ArtistsKelly Joe Phelps • Lois Maffeo and Brendan Canty • Bettie Serveet • The Replacements • Errortype: 11 • Trans Megetti • Hot Snakes • Dillinger Four • Kid Dynamite • Lifetime • Refused • Small Faces • The Jam • Pulp • The London Suede

Death Download

ArtistsChavez • Boss Hog • Tom Waits • The Rolling Stones • Fiona Apple • Chamberlain • Cobra Verde • The Kinks • The Jam • The Hollies • The Beatles • Bright Eyes • Lucinda Williams • Elvis Costello

Introduction Download

This one starts with a message from my answering machine (I think it actually had a cassette in it). A wrong number — but the guy liked my outgoing message, so he let me know.

ArtistsRob Swift • Beck • King Chango • De La Soul • Hepcat • RX Bandits • Nathan Larson • Death Cab for Cutie • Beulah • Sam Phillips • Chris Isaak • Jim White • Queens of the Stone Age • Sloan • Enon • Guided By Voices • Rival Schools • Rocket from the Crypt • Saves The Day • Gameface • Texas Is The Reason • The New Rising Sons • Shudder to Think • Bright Eyes • Jay Farrar

Hey Tomcat! Download

ArtistsUgly Casanova • Death Cab for Cutie • Superdrag • Guided By Voices • The Damn Personals • The Vines • Queens of the Stone Age • Dillinger Four • Rocket from the Crypt • Jason Loewenstein • Rye Coalition • Jesuseater • Hot Water Music • Chainsaw Little Kids • Beehive & The Barracudas • Paul Oakenfold • Beth Orton • Neko Case • The Sheila Divine • Grandpaboy • Cake • The Stereo • J Mascis + The Fog

Information Download

ArtistsGameface • Braid • Chamberlain • Jimmy Eat World • The Cogs • True Love • Enon • Bright Eyes • Sunny Day Real Estate • Sweeder • Tristeza • Built to Spill • Sloan • Elliott Smith • Social Distortion • Mule • Queens of the Stone Age • Veruca Salt • Iggy Pop • Guided By Voices • Rick Brown & Sue Garner • Gomez

Just My Luck! Download

ArtistsTrans Megetti • Tim Easton • Shawn Colvin • Jim White • Death Cab for Cutie • Rainer Maria • The Forty Fives • Track Star • Ex Number Five • Rocket from the Crypt • Jejune • (Smog) • Guided By Voices • Built to Spill • Old 97s • The Stereo • Piebald

Motor Away Download

ArtistsRube Waddell • Guided By Voices • The Sea and Cake • Isotope 217 • Jamiroquai • James Brown • Three To Six Inches • Sleater-Kinney • Ani DiFranco • The Kelly Deal 6000 • Liz Phair • Prosolar Mechanics • John Fahey & Cul de Sac • Patti Smith Group • Elvis Costello • The Monkees • Skeleton Key • Definition of Sound • Public Enemy • Tool • The Misfits • Morphine • The Bomboras • The Boss Martians • Vampire Sound Inc. • Rocket from the Crypt

SCHWA Download

ArtistsGuided By Voices • Sleater-Kinney • Foo Fighters • Shudder to Think • June of 44 • Shellac • The Bomboras • Beck • The Beatles • Squirrel Nut Zippers • John Fahey & His Orchestra • John Fahey • Metallica • Snapcase • Jawbox • Superchunk • Calvin Krime • Gaunt • The Parasites • The Mushuganas • Sidecar • Skeleton Key • Love Gas • Foo Fighters • Boss Jim Gettys • Lumous

Punk Tape Download

This one I can date to 1990. I was in high school and my friend Matt made this mix for me — he also gave me my first mohawk.

ArtistsThe Buzzcocks • Pagan Babies • Circle Jerks • Dead Kennedys • The Lemonheads • Table Leg • Dayglo Abortions • D.I. • The Vandals • Lard

The Bruce Partington Plans Download

This one has samples from a scratchy Sherlock Holmes radio play between techno songs. I'm no techno aficionado, but I do have a set of artists I really like.

ArtistsAFX • Vapour Space • Sven Vath • Orbital • Barbarella • Sun Electric • C.J. Bolland • Jam & Spoon • Aphex Twin • Beaumont Hannant

No Sex Until... Download

Two mix tapes of industrial music (~3 hours) and a couple of songs. Harkens back to going to Communion at The Limelight in NYC. I recently went past and saw it's now a pizzeria. Times do change.

ArtistsFront 242 • Snog • Lords Of Acid • KMFDM • My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult • Front Line Assembly • Steel Pole Bath Tub • 1000 Homo DJs • Ministry • Nitzer Ebb • Godflesh • Psychic TV • Slow Bongo Floyd • Fractured Cylinder • The Hunger • Mighty Force • Nine Inch Nails • Meat Beat Manifesto • Pop Will Eat Itself • Greater Than One