download: old waver july mix tape

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Ready for some summertime jams to carry you through the dog days? The July mix tape has some great new stuff from M83, Toro Y Moi and Neon Indian — plus the latest from Radiohead and The Cure's Robert Smith.

Download or stream it below — and if you like it, feel free to check out the previous mixes (January, February, March, April, May and June).

download:
old waver july 2011 mix tape (77MB file)

tracklist:

1. Midnight City — M83
2. Saturday Love — Toro Y Moi
3. Last Night (Strokes cover) — The Morning Benders
4. Surgeon — St. Vincent
5. Totally True — Violens
6. Dry Ice — Pure X
7. Coming Down — Dum Dum Girls
8. The Death Of You And Me — Noel Gallagher
9. The Daily Mail (Live From The Basement) — Radiohead
10. Fallout — Neon Indian
11. Keep You — Class Actress
12. White Elephant — Ladytron
13. Answer — CANT (Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear)
14. Small Hours (John Martyn cover) — Robert Smith

streaming version:

happy 10th anniversary to the strokes 'is this it'

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To this day, one of my favorite albums of the last 20 years is The Strokes' debut Is This It. Sure, it was over hyped and overplayed — and they've had their struggles living up to its legacy, but it was a seminal record at a pivotal time in 'alternative' music.

Released 10 years ago this week, the album is being celebrated over at Stereogum with a free tribute album. Every track has been covered, or reimagined, by the likes of Owen Pallett, Peter Bjorn & John, and former Dum Dum and Vivian Girl Frankie Rose.

Download a zip file of the whole thing here, or peruse some of the highlights below. We'll start with the aforementioned PB&J, who do a faithful rendition of the album opener and title track:

Peter Bjorn & John - Is This It


New Jersey psych-rockers Real Estate chose "Barley Legal," giving it a half-time beat and lazy vocal harmonies:

Real Estate - Barely Legal


Classicly trained synthpop songstress Austra turns "Alone Together" into something beautiful, yet hardly recognizable:

Austra - Alone Together


Perhaps the most fun is the mach 2 version of The Morning Benders with an autotuned summertime jam version of "Last Night":

The Morning Benders - Last Night


Good job, everyone.

download new neon indian single 'fallout'

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The second album from Alan Palomo's Neon Indian arrives September 13th. Era Extrana appears to be a more accessible turn from the experimental chillwave of Psychic Chasms.

Produced by Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT), the sound leans more toward Palomo's other project, VEGA — at least judging by the first single, "Fallout":

Neon Indian - Fallout
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Download the track and get yourself on the email list in the widget below — and enjoy the always amusing unofficial video for "Should Have Taken Acid With You":