†mas

†mas
by Natural Light
12.7.10
this is wf-05

MEGAUPLOAD

00:00-02:50 :: "Run Away with Me" - Jens Lekman
02:50-04:36 :: "Got Something for You" - Best Coast & Wavves
04:36-09:39 :: "Christmas Reindeer" - The Knife
09:39-14:14 :: "Cold White Christmas (Daytrotter version)" - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
14:14-16:23 :: "When it's Time for Christmas" - Swastika Girls
16:23-21:03 :: "Do You See What I See" - Sufjan Stevens
21:03-22:40 :: "Silver Bells" - Dan Deacon
22:40-23:31 :: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
23:31-26:27 :: "Christmas Party" - The Walkmen
26:27-29:40 :: "Christmas in Oakland (live)" - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
29:40-32:50 :: "Christmas Isn't Christmas" - The Boy Least Likely To
32:50-37:45 :: "Thank God It's Not Christmas" - Parenthetical Girls
37:45-42:50 :: "Sister Winter" - Sufjan Stevens

Please pardon several repeat artists. I tried to minimize tedious. Certain songs just sort of deserve to be here, I think.

I hope Christmas is a nice thing for everyone. I hope this helps.

FA Sequel

FA Sequel
by Natural Light
11.4.10
this is wf-04

MEGAUPLOAD

00:00-00:35 :: "Fall Again Field Recording" - Natural Light
00:35-01:54 :: "It Started with a Mixx" - Los Campesinos!
01:54-05:11 :: "Fake Empire" - The National
05:11-07:39 :: "Half of Two Times Two (Never Version)" - BARR
07:39-11:44 :: "Where You're Coming From" - Matt & Kim
11:44-14:20 :: "Catholic Pagans" - Surfer Blood
14:20-18:53 :: "(This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan" - Dntel
18:53-21:28 :: "Islands" - The xx
21:28-23:15 :: "New Homes" - Lucky Dragons
23:15-26:47 :: "Night" - Zola Jesus
26:47-30:37 :: "Black Purse (Amp Live Remix)" - WHY?
30:37-32:36 :: "I Say "No"" - Mount Eerie
32:36-35:31 :: "When I'm with You" - Best Coast
35:31-39:06 :: "Apologetic Shoulderblades" - Baths
39:06-43:10 :: "This Heart's on Fire" - Wolf Parade

Never given. Sorry. I hope someone hears it.

There is some sort of sequel...sequel I am doing now. It has a lot of fun songs on it. Just kidding they are all devastating.

Fall Again

Fall Again
by Natural Light
10.15.10
this is wf-03

MEGAUPLOAD

00:00-04:48 :: "Tone Kill Two" - Odd Nosdam
04:48-07:56 :: "Cherry Tulips (TJ Lipple of Aloha Remix)" - Headlights
07:56-12:00 :: "Pa Pa Power" - Dead Man's Bones
12:00-15:26 :: "I'm Waiting to Know You (edit)" - The Fiery Furnaces
15:26-18:15 :: "Pantone Cyan" - WHY?
18:15-20:12 :: "Flutes" - Serengeti
20:12-23:56 :: "Maple Leaves (7'' Version)" - Jens Lekman
23:56-26:52 :: "Lesley Gore on the TAMI Show (version)" - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
26:52-29:59 :: "I Do What I Want, When I Want" - Xiu Xiu
29:59-34:08 :: "The Purple Bottle (Stevie Wonder Mix) (edit)" - Animal Collective
34:08-37:44 :: "What Do You Think Will Happen Next?" - Final Fantasy

I don't really want this around anymore.

(for them)/(for you)

(for them)/(for you)
by Natural Light
10.6.10
wf-02

MEGAUPLOAD

1. (for them)

00:00-04:54 :: "Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)" - Kid Cudi (feat. MGMT and Ratatat)
04:54-08:06 :: "Scandal at the Parkade" - Owen Pallett
08:06-11:33 :: "Autoclave" - The Mountain Goats
11:33-17:10 :: "Runaway" - Kanye West (feat. Pusha T)
17:10-20:19 :: "Baby We'll be Fine (The National)" - covered by Mobius Band
20:19-20:30 :: "I Do What I Want When I Want (ringtone) - Xiu Xiu

2. (for you)

00:00-00:29 :: "Possible Love Interest (ringtone)" - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
00:29-06:23 :: "Save Your Love for Me" - Suckers
06:23-11:16 :: "Red String" - Former Ghosts
11:16-14:45 :: "Green Gloves" - The National
14:45-17:20 :: "Half of Two Times Two (Newer Version)" - BARR
17:20-20:37 :: "Weaknesses" - Parenthetical Girls
20:37-24:28 :: "Simeon's Dilemma" - WHY?

X. (for anyone else)

A. "common yellowthroat (female)"
B. "i wished you fell"
C. "triptych"
D. "10-10-10"
E. "29th"
F. "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gStSBJ1E5-A"

This probably took somewhere between 6-10 hours over the course of a week to get it just how I wanted it. Which probably seems really ridiculous, but it kind of takes a long time when you try to reevaluate something in the context of everything else. Which I probably did four or five times. The song that was the definitive inspiration for the whole thing didn't even end up included by the end.

There's some pictures included too.

Fall Mix 2010

Fall 2010 Mix
by Natural Light
09.09.10
this is wf-01

MEGAUPLOAD

00:00-08:22 :: "O Superman" - Laurie Anderson
08:22-12:07 :: "Don't You Want to Be in a Cult?" - Black Moth Super Rainbow
12:07-18:00 :: "apt.A (2)" - cLOUDDEAD
18:00-22:47 :: "Monkey vs. Shark" - Thee More Shallows
22:47-26:57 :: "Thinking of You" - Laurie Anderson
26:57-29:41 :: "Lazarus Phenomenon" - Bike for Three!
29:41-31:21 :: "America Too" - Hymie's Basement
31:21-34:42 :: "My Patriotism (WHY? remix)" - Serengeti & Polyphonic
34:42-39:32 :: "(All's Well That Ends) In Medias Res" - Los Campesinos!
39:32-44:25 :: "Tithe" - Menomena
44:25-45:48 :: "O Superman (Oddnosdam Remix)" - Subtle

This is the first in a bunch of mixtapes I've made in Q4 2010. Each has had a pretty different purpose behind them. I've been mostly happy with how they have turned out so far.

This one, plainly titled (but maybe that was part of the point) just "Fall 2010 Mix" is a lot of things I was listening to during the autumn of 2008. It's very sleepy, pretty unhappy, and doesn't really end anywhere hopeful. Sorry. It's probably good if you have to take a long train somewhere at night.

And just a general thing about these mixes: I have mixed them down into one big mp3 file, partly out of respect for all the artists whose music I am putting here for free and without permission, and partly because I think how these things have been sequenced is pretty important to the overall listening experience (and most true to actually doing this on a cassette). It's probably stupid because if you even care enough to download the thing, you should be able to listen to it however you want. But I think it's how I am going to leave it for now.