This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
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Episode 185 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the ongoing HI54 Mix CD ‘BRITISH COLUMBIA’ - ft. Sam Lynch, Sleepy Gonzales, Nature Walk, Mother Sun + a bunch more BC-flavoured headphone goodness.
“A great 'Side A to Side B' listen in general, but I can specifically vouch for this tape going really well with sorting thru boxes of old stuff and figuring out which stuff to keep & which stuff to donate to the charity store.”
“Can't tell you how grounded and at peace these tracks have made me feel over the past weeks. Gentle, elemental work.”
Episode 184 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the ongoing HI54 Mix CD ‘UNDER THE COVERS’ - ft. Okey Dokey, Shovels & Rope, Bonny Light Horseman, Three Queens in Mourning + a bunch more covers-flavoured headphone goodness.
The HI54 Monthly Sunday Mass Email is now a quarterly newsletter, and since Q1 2021 is officially in the books, a new batch of ‘hi here’s five things for…’ has been sent out to subscribed inboxes. Not subscribed? Well, you can still read the newsletter here + sign up for future quarterly updates if that sounds like not the worst thing.
Episode 183 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the ongoing HI54 Mix CD ‘FROM THE SUBMITHUB ARCHIVES’ - ft. Joe Kaplow, Goodparley, Why Dogs Why, Johanna Samuels + a bunch more headphone goodness found on Submithub.
“I've loved this band from the git-go, but this is probably their best recorded performance to date. Earworms galore, and well-recorded to boot.”
“A massive collaboration compilation featuring a whole bunch of my favourite hip hop artists? Ok, just let me go grab my samurai sword and then I'm all in.”
Episode 182 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems pulled from the ongoing blahg series ‘Fandcamp’ - ft. Floating Points, Chad VanGaalen, Madvillain, Phoebe Bridgers + a bunch more Available-on-Bandcamp-flavoured headphone goodness (ps: this Friday, April 2nd is another special ‘Bandcamp Friday’).
"Sad but in a cosy, reassuring way – like being alone in an empty room on a rainy afternoon."
Episode 181 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the ongoing HI54 Mix CD ‘EVERYTHING LIKED IN: INSERT CURRENT YEAR’ - ft. Valerie June, Hiss Golden Messenger, Madeline Kenney, Minor Moon + a bunch more 2021-flavoured headphone goodness.
Since yesterday was my birthday, I figured I’d postpone jumping back on the grind of creating new content and rather than make a new episode of the Mix Tape Radio Show I’d upload another "lost episode" from back in the day when I was making mixes for Folk Radio UK. So here’s a taste of my headphones from January 2014 \m/
