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Under the Radar interview: Aberdeen

Aberdeen

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Feliz Cumpleaños, Alyssa. I wanted to make you a mix of brazen melancholy, since I think our first inklings of friendship were seeded in the mutual appreciation and consumption of this wonderful grayness. For maximum melancholy, I wanted to draw from the genres that have it mastered: twee (mostly sarah records) and new wave/post-punk. This is a mix to wrap around you as you bike through the city, hopefully casting it in a new, askew light that could remind you of me. And our love (our love is real).

1. Tramway - Maritime City
2. BMX Bandits - Tugboat
3. Television Personalities - Someone To Share My Life With
4. Gentle Despite - Bittersweet Kiss
5. The Sugargliders - Ahprahran
6. Another Sunny Day - The Centre of My Little World
7. The Harvest Ministers - You Do My World the World of Good
8. Aberdeen - Fran
9. Shelley - Hero
10. Altered Images - I Could Be Happy
11. Felt - Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow
12. Aztec Camera - Oblivious
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Under The Covers is the third volume of the mp3 compilation series that me and some friends have been working on since late last year. It's a collection of cover songs by twenty one Filipino bands. Finally, it's up!

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Tracklisting:

Nocturnal We - Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)
Golden Teardrops - If I Needed Someone (The Beatles)
Carnival Park - Portland, Oregon (The Cat's Miaow)
Scattered Pearls - The Lucky One (Au Revoir Simone)
That Lingering Feeling - Abandon Ship (April Showers)
The Fantasy Lights - Loveless (New Order)
Superminty - Time Thief (Pale Saints)
Some Gorgeous Accident - Brighter (The Railway Children)
Lovely Days And Loud Hurrays - Before We Begin (Broadcast)
So The Jerk - Hole In My Heart (BMX Bandits)
farewell isobel - Keep Your Love (the loveninjas)
the JEALOUS sea - Toy Tambourine (Aberdeen)
Soft Pillow Kisses - Over The Rainbow (The Crooner)
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As one could easily see by looking at my plays for the last month or two, I've been on a pretty heavy shoegaze bender. It was a pretty productive run, found a few new bands (Rollerskate Skinny, Secret Shine, and Malory especially) and rediscovered a few (how did I forget about Chapterhouse?). Of course, there was a lot of terrible stuff in their as well, but that is to be expected.

What is interesting to me is what has been replacing the shoegazer stuff in my listening. Generally, it's twee-pop and early indie-pop stuff- generally mopey and lovelorn kind of stuff. Not outright depressing, but more whistful fare, like that found on Sarah Records or the C-86-style acts. So far, I've discovered two great acts, Aberdeen and Blueboy, rediscovered Heavenly and Comet Gain, and have picked up a number of things I'm excited to check out.

That's all well and good, but it got me thinking about why this stuff appeals to me right now. Little bit of backstory- I'm getting married in May to…

fun! BOAT came in and played live! they're also playing the next day at the biko garage with other sweet bands. and lapcat reunited and played! yes! and iji, math the band, and jason anderson almost played, but they got in too late. bummer. next time. it was a really fun show!

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Muscle - The Lil' Hospital
Boo to the Freaks - Fine China
I'm Dreaming - The Estate of Samuel
Stroll Always - Lois
What You'll Miss - The Lucksmiths
To Understand - The Encyclopedias
Sensible Shows Blues - Milky Wimpshake
At The End of the Rain - The Desks
Blue Like Nevermind - Kimya Dawson
Willow Trees - Emily Powers

LIVE: Boat

double decker bus - Fat Tulips
Student Body Treasurer - Sissybar
Phthalo Blue - Fairways
The Radio - The Escargo-Go's
Kickball - Gritty Kitty
Daddio - Teen Sensation Glasses
Megaphone - Blankets
Baby You And Me - The Wee Turtles
Star World - 14 Year Old Girls
Summer's Near - Apple Orchard
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x /

1. Tim Hecker - Midnight Whispers (0:59)
2. Amp - In Side Out (7:40)
3. Windy & Carl - Venice (8:20)
4. Phaser - Northern light (3:59)
5. Raymond Scott Woolson - Nachteinbruch (3:57)
6. Tim Hecker - Blue Ember Breeze (6:02)
7. Mahogany - il dynamo de luce (4:40)
8. Fennesz - Circassian (5:49)
9. Flying Saucer Attack - For Silence (7:39)
10. Cluster - Hollywood (4:48)
11. The Autumns - Flies In The Eyes Of The Queen (2:04)


x //

12. Loop - Collision (5:26)
13. The swirlpool - when you sleep (3:36)
14. Astral - turn me around (2:39)
15. Third Eye Foundation - Sleep (7:05)
16. Bailter Space - Ore (3:33)
17. Slowdive - Some Velvet Morning (3:23)
18. She, Sir - Lieutenant (2:30)
19. The Brother Kite - The Finest Kind (4:11)
20. Closedown - See Me Fade (4:22)
21. Sleepless - Lights (4:48)
22. Lyca Sleep - Inches Of Air (6:10)
23. Dive - minor sleep (5:05)
24. Hartfield - A Sorrowful Heartland (6:34)
25. iLiKETRAINS - Citizen (3:02)
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In the future I will organise a poll or a mutual top
100 on my group's page Triphop but up to now I just make this list myself :) feel free to add your best tracks too. By the way, some tracks might be linked to
triphop (dreampop, electronic, downtempo or maybe some other linked genre) but anyway don't bother about that.

Handsome Drink from Aberdeen
Fjorden from Barbara Morgenstern
Born Yesterday from Rob Dougan
Talk Is Toy from Silent Poets
Death Of A Superfox from Funky Monkey
Influx from DJ Shadow
Nights Interlude from Nightmares on Wax
Max from Paolo Conte
Utopia from Goldfrapp
18 from Moby
Unfinished Sympathy from Massive Attack
3Ree from Attica Blues
You Make It Easy from Air
COME 2 ME (I GO CRAZY MIX) from Pomegranate
Breath from Serapis
Nothing from Earthling
He's On The Phone from Saint Etienne
Shining from Peace Orchestra
Today's the Day from Aimee Mann
Busenfreund from Tosca
Curfew from Men At Arms
Stuck In A Hard Place from Blue Foundation
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5609 songs, 14.5 days, 22.79 GB


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First Song: A-OK
Last Song: 1984

Sort by time:

Shortest Song: Outro
Longest Song: Never go hungry again (acoustic)

Sort by album:

First Song: There She Goes My Beautiful World
Last Song: Untitled


Top 10 Most Played Songs:
1) A New England
2) Bloody Motherfucking Asshole
3) Everlong
4) E-Talking
5) It ain't me, babe
6) Carolina Rain
7) Catch
8) Mr. Brightside
9) Samson
10) Portions For Foxes


First five songs that comes up on Shuffle:
1) Everything's Shining Bright
2) Trouble
3) Will You Please Be There for Me
4) Sometimes
5) Hot Rod


Search ....
"sex", how many songs come up?: 39
"love", how many songs come up?: 330
"you", how many songs come up?: 755
"death", how many songs come up?: 52
"hate", how many songs come up?: 43
"wish" how many songs come up?: 13