How to find new music
[2013-12-18 Shankly disappeared in Feb 2012. I currently use Spotify]
Have you stopped listening to new music? If you don’t have cool “music seeker” friends providing your aural fix then perhaps it’s time you become that person. If you’re into the shit I’m into then you’re in luck my friend. A fellow known only as “Shankly” has been putting monthly compilations on the net for a few years now. While much of it won’t take your fancy, some of it might and that can lead you to some great new music.
Sounds Great, What Do I Do
- Download this months edition of “Shanklys Mixtapes”
- Listen to the 80 tracks noting the ones you like
- Make a shortlist of albums to download. On a good month I find 5.
- After listening to the albums a few times, go buy the best ones.
Doesn’t That Make Me A Criminal?
Hey, how many albums did you buy last year? None? Because you don’t know what to get?
What’s criminal is that people don’t know this stuff is out there. Why does Radio and TV play absolute shit when there are true artists creating beautiful music.
What’s criminal is that no one told me how fucking amazing Mogwai is. Till I heard them on Shankly’s Mixtape for Jan 2011 that is.
Mix 1
- Vaccines - If You Wanna (Live)
- REM - Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter
- Foo Fighters ΓΓé¼ΓÇ£ Rope
- Arctic Monkeys - Don’t Sit Down Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
- Debbie Harry & Franz Ferdinand - Live Alone
- Wombats - I’m A Robot Like You
- Glasvegas - The World Is Yours
- Elbow - Lippy Kids
- Wolf Gang - Dancing With The Devil
- White Lies - Is Love (Stereolab Remix)
- Lykke Li - Rich Kids Blues
- Yeasayer - Swallowing the Decibels
- Uffie - Wordy Rappinghood (Evian Mix)
- Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)
- Kassidy - I Dont Know
- Deftones - Drive (Cars)
- Gruff Rhys - Take A Sentence
- Sara Lov - Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins)
- Aretha Franklin - God Bless The Child
- Radiohead - Supercollider
Mix 2
- Decemberists - Down By The Water (Live)
- Okkervil River - Rider
- My Morning Jacket - Holdin On To Black Metal
- New Pornographers - A Drug Deal Of The Heart
- Laura Stevenson & The Cans - Master of Art
- Felice Brothers - Fire at the Pageant
- Zoey Van Goey - You Told The Drunks I Knew Karate
- Iron & Wine - Godless Brother In Love
- National - Exile Vilify
- Antlers - Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
- Boxer Rebellion - Step Out of the Car
- Cascadeur - Walker
- Watson Twins - Angelene
- Low - Especially Me
- Caroline - Sleep
- William Fitzsimmons - The Tide Pulls From The Moon
- King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Bubble
- Roddy Woomble - Work Like You Can
- Matt Sweeny & Bonnie Prince Billy - Must Be Blind
- Shearwater - Missing Islands
Mix 3
- Akron Family - Island
- Dengue Fever - Cannibal Courtship
- Dirtbombs - Good Life (Inner City)
- Grinderman - Evil
- PJ Harvey ΓΓé¼ΓÇ£ England
- Bill Callahan - America!
- Parenthetical Girls - Handsome Devil (Smiths)
- British Sea Power - Stunde Null
- Art Brut - Clever Clever Jazz
- My Dad Vs. Yours - Wildcat Strike
- Buffalo Tom - Down
- Flaming Lips - Drug Chart
- Airborne Toxic Event - All at Once
- Parts And Labour - Fake Names
- Help Stamp Out Loneliness - Record Shop
- Thomas Tantrum - Its Like Drums
- Snowmen ΓΓé¼ΓÇ£ Hyena
- Young Knives - Love My Name
- Black Feather - Paperhouse (Can)
- Ema - California
Mix 4
- Dananananayckroyd ΓΓé¼ΓÇ£ Reboot
- And So I Watch You From Afar - BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMASTERCHAMPION
- Standard Fare ΓΓé¼ΓÇ£ Suitcase
- Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Girl of 1,000 Dreams
- Boogie Monster - Castle In The Clouds
- Los Campesinos! - Light Leaves, Dark Sees
- Woebot - Blues
- Mogwai - Hasenheide (B)
- Sorry Kisses - Drifting In the Dark
- Four Tet ΓΓé¼ΓÇ£ Pinnacles
- Johnny Foreigner - What Drummers Get
- Tinklers - Don’t Put Your Finger In The Fan
- Grails - All The Colors Of The Dark
- Mazes - Most Days
- Battles ΓΓé¼ΓÇ£ Futura
- Bearsuit - Princess, You’re a Test
- She’s Hit - RE_PEATER
- Moonbell - Nostalgia For The Future
- Lovely Eggs - Muhammad Ali and All His Friends
- Kontakte - The Ocean Between You And Me