“For days when you get up before everybody else."
This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
HI54LO5: AEROSMITH S/T
“This hardly sounds like the Aerosmith that I knew when I was listening to them in the 90s. Which makes me feel less dumb when remembering how a young me once thought that 'Dream On' was a Led Zep song.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ JOSHUA JAMES AMBERSON
“So I suppose my recommendation is just a reminder (to myself as much as others) that the world is so big and has so many different kinds of people, and we shouldn't let our eyes get in the way of being open to it.”
EPISODE 044 // THE MIX TAPE RADIO SHOW
Things kick off with a track from Shakey Graves and finish with a track from the Growlers. In between that you'll find something from Gorgeous Bully, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy craving dumplings (again), Foxes In Fiction, Field Report, Field Medic… and A bunch of other great artists that don't start with 'F'.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ JONATHAN CHIN (CEREAL & SOUNDS)
“Stop worrying what everyone else is doing. Drink more water. Cut down on the caffeine (or at least I've tried to). Practice more empathy and cool it with the narcissism.”
EPISODE 081 | THE MIX TAPE RADIO SHOW
EPISODE 081 kicks off with Jenn Grant asking to be taken to the bar so she can see if she can fight, and before a Maggot Brain transitions into an Orange Peeler, you'll hear gems from Sam Moss, Addie Pray, Evening Hymns, and a bunch more goodness.
HI54LO5: BLUE
"Makes you feel like you're in a coffee commercial reading the Arts section while soaking up the first light of the morning. Even if you are actually doing junior Sudoko on a rainy afternoon in the same clothes you wore yesterday."
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ LAUREN REARICK
“I'm a big proponent of reaching out to people you admire and saying hey, you do great work. Do that more.”
FANDCAMP: PASSING PLACE
“Places me in repose where I sometimes belong.”
HI54LO5: GRIS GRIS
“They say that if you play this album 3 times in the bathroom mirror after midnight, you will summon The Devil as played by Tom Waits in 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'. Try it if you dare.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ DANTE ALLINGTON
“The Internet is cool as hell but so is outside. Go outside. Go sit in a park, or hike a mountain, or even chill at a bar. Just remember to unplug every once in awhile.”
EPISODE 073 | THE MIX TAPE RADIO SHOW
EPISODE 073 kicks off with an oldie from Lee Hazlewood, and before things close out with an oldie from Mulatu Astatke you'll hear a not quite as oldie from Yo La Tengo, a brand new one from Ings, Nap Eyes, Buddy Holliday and even more goodness.