Music vs. Misery’s Summer 2011 Mixtape
In a shameless attempt to make up for the fact that I disappeared for the last couple of months, I’ve compiled a mix of songs that have been the soundtrack to my summer of 2011. It was undoubtedly a memorable one filled with Vancouver music festivals, drunken nights (and perhaps some afternoons), re-connecting with old friends, and the start of what I think may become a lifelong cycling obession. Of course all of these good times required music to suit the mood, so you’ll notice that this mix is a little less depressing than the stuff I usually post. I hope that you all got to dance as much as I did this summer… but if you didn’t, now is your chance.
[Above photo by me, taken during Dan Mangan’s set at Summer Live last month when giant light-up beach balls enthralled the crowd. Stanley Park, Vancouver.]
Music vs. Misery’s Summer 2011 Mixtape
- Craft Spells - After the Moment from Idle Labor
- The Morning Benders - Cold War (Star Slinger Remix) from Japan Echo EP
- Mr. Little Jeans - The Suburbs (Arcade Fire Cover)
- Handsome Furs - Repatriated from Sound Kapital
- We Are Augustines - Chapel Song from Rise Ye Sunken Ships
- The Rapture - How Deep Is Your Love? from In the Grace of Your Love
- Fiction - Parakeets
- Chiddy Bang - Too Much Soul from Peanut Butter and Swelly
- Junior Boys - Ep from It’s All True
- Apparat - Black Water from The Devil’s Walk
- Jamie xx - Far Nearer from Far Nearer
- Library Voices - Generation Handclap from Summer of Lust
- M83 - Midnight City from Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
- Sam Roberts Band - Longitude from Collider
- Bastille - Flaws (Starshapes Remix)
- 1,2,3 - Scared, But Not That Scared from New Heaven
- Austra - Lose It (Diamond Rings Remix)
- Active Child feat. How to Dress Well - Playing House from You Are All I See
- Patrick Wolf - The City (Richard X Remix)
- Kap Slap - Till Silvia Saves The World (Swedish House Mafia vs Britney Spears vs Miike Snow)
- STRFKR - Bury Us Alive from Reptilians
- Jay-Z and Kanye West feat. Otis Redding - Otis from Watch the Throne
- Bon Iver - Blood Bank (Troy Hill Remix)
- Architecture in Helsinki - Contact High (Clock Opera Remix)
- The Horrors - You Said from Skying
- Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)
- CSS - Hits Me Like a Rock from La Liberación
- Teen Daze - Wet Hair (Japandroids Cover)
- The Weeknd - Heaven or Las Vegas from Thursday
- Xaphoon Jones - The Jackson Pit (The Jackson 5 vs. Passion Pit)
