Summer's Ending? Citizen Insane's Got a Mixtape for That

Well, it's September and I can already feel the changes. I've started to wear actual shoes instead of, y'know, flip-flops. I'm finally wearing pants again, breaking my shorts-everyday summer record. I've even stopped sweating through every t-shirt I go out in. But before October rears is chilly, leaf-turning head, let's all soak up these last few weeks of sunned weather, patio bars and the outdoors with no jacket required... Pretty soon, we'll be missing it.

Citizen Mix Vol. VII - Summer's End


Tracklist:

1. Major Lazer - Keep It Going Louder (So Shifty Remix)
2. The Zombies - Time of the Season
3. TV Girl - Benny and The Jetts
4. Wugazi - Ghetto Afterthought
5. The Scientists - Frantic Romantic
6. Syme - Modern Love (David Bowie Cover)
7. SBTRKT - Right Thing to Do
8. Lil B - I'm God
9. Joy Division - Disorder
10. Ducktails - Sit Around With Ya
11. Big Star - September Gurls
12. Beirut - After the Curtain

Alternate Download Link: Click here to download the mix straight from MediaFire.

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The Monday Mixtape - A Musical Recap of My Weekend

Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays...
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Nicolas Jaar - Work It
Spectrals - Big Baby
Jamie Woon - Spirits (YouTube Version)
High Places - Year Off
Best Coast - How They Want Me to Be
Ducktails - Sit Around With Ya
Belle & Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming (Cold Cave Remix)
Toro y Moi - Saturday Love
Vivian Girls - Take It as It Comes
Dirty Beaches - Golden Desert Sun

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Lisztomania - The Top 15 Records of 2011 (So Far)

Because everybody loves lists...
As you've probably read elsewhere, we've reached that just-about halfway mark in the year (and the official start of summer, whoo) so it's time for every music publication to rattle off their favourite records of the the past six months. As is my due blogging diligence, I'm throwing my hat in the ring, keeping my list to a stout 15.

An exercise like this can be a weird one though. A Stereogum commenter put it well when he wrote, "These lists are snapshots in time, snapshots take time to develop. We’ll see what more exposure brings come winter time."

It's hard to accurately rank albums I've spent so little time with and who knows where or if they'll show up on my year-end list--plus, there's that looming issue of albums I haven't even heard yet. Regardless, here are the LPs I've been spinning nonstop since I first got my ears on them...

- 2011's Top 15 Albums (So Far) -
15. Woods - Sun & Shade
14. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
13. SBTRKT - SBTRKT
12. Julian Lynch - Terra
11. Ducktails - Arcade Dynamics

10. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
09. White Denim - D
08. Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
07. Zomby - Dedication
06. Wild Beasts - Smother

05. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
04. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
03. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver*
02. Pure X - Pleasure
01. James Blake - James Blake

*Includes the album's three bonus tracks.

Like the list? Click on each album title for its respective download link.

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Panda Bear Joins Ducktails, Awesome Obviously Ensues

Ducktail's Arcade Dynamics is only ten days old and it's already a contender for my 'Best Albums of 2011' list.

As if you needed a reason to seek out this album other than its jangly, lo-fi pop stylings and homemade charms, Panda Bear hopped on the LP's "Killin' the Vibe" and the results are sublime.

Grab the Panda Bear "remix" + one of my favourite tracks of last year.

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Ducktails - Killin' the Vibe (feat. Panda Bear)

Ducktails - Hamilton Road

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