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The Dunce Cap: Week of Nov. 27, 2011

in: heavy rotation

The Dunce Cap, Vol. 39: Just the smell of the summer can make me fall in love. (click on link to listen to mix via 8tracks – or just play above!)

1. “Wonder Why” – Vetiver
2. “Summer” – Modest Mouse
3. “Bastards of Young” – The Replacements
4. “September Gurls” – Big Star
5. “Chips Ahoy!” – The Hold Steady
6. “Roman History” – Pet Lions
7. “What Is Life” – George Harrison
8. “In Bloom” – Butch Walker & the Black Widows
9. “The Girl” – City & Colour
10. “This Year” – The Mountain Goats

Look at that li’l guy! Just take a looksie; my friend Jen found this guy in his Halloween get-up, as Up‘s Carl Fredricksen, on Pinterest, and I thought he’d be perfect for the cover of my newest Dunce Cap. Fair warning, though, his cheery little mug has almost nothing to do with the rest of this mix. These are ten songs I can’t seem to get out of my head; from the hip-shaking power pop of Big Star and The Replacements (I still maintain they verge on power pop; lookin’ at you, Bebe) to the killer tempo-changers from City & Colour and Butch Walker’s take on Nirvana, I’m pretty pleased overall with this’un. It’s surely not cohesive, but it’s a good last-ditch foray/eager return to mixmaking.

Happy listening!

The Dunce Cap: April 12, 2010

in: heavy rotation

Coca Cola summer 2009 ad campaign

The Dunce Cap, Vol. 3: Maybe you try to be pretty instead of kind.
(mix via 8tracks)

  1. “Summer Shakedown” – Slow Club
  2. “Whatever You Like” – Anya Marina
  3. “Heartbeat Radio” – Sondre Lerche
  4. “D.A.N.C.E.” – Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
  5. “Let Your Love Grow Tall” – Passion Pit
  6. “Back and Forth” – The Bright Light Social Hour
  7. “Styrofoam Boots/It’s All Nice on Ice, Alright” – Modest Mouse
  8. “Artificial Light” – Rainer Maria
  9. “The Summer” – Josh Pyke
  10. “That Time” – Regina Spektor

Hey there, kids! Get ready for a lesson in musikal edukation! In this week’s mix, The Girl with the Dunce Cap presents new artists! B-sides! songs from the back catalog! and the much-loved genre-crossing cover song. These songs make me want to smile and dance and throw my hands in the air and yell “WOOOO” at the top of my lungs.

Basically, I hope you love them as much as I do.

Happy listening.