This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
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.”
“Laugh a lot, love a lot, be curious and try to be as present as possible. Watch videos of animals saving other animals and last but not least listen, play and make MUSIC.”
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’).
Here's the 13th instalment of the bi-weekly Mixcloud series where I go back to the iTunes organizational system I had setup when I used to run a 24/7 internet radio station, and then I shuffle up a selection of 95-tracks that have been rated as 'Mix Tape Radio approved' and put together an 18-track HI54 Mixed CD.
"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.
“If you see yourself creating something - art, cooking, music, writing, acting, dancing - I would suggest (to those who are not faint of heart) that doing a little bit daily is very helpful and incredibly empowering.”
“We should all cut down on shitty beer. I love a cold Rolling Rock on a warm summer night, but the closure of most bars has really brought to my attention how much havoc I'm wreaking on my gut with the stuff. You'll also feel a lot better, and you owe that to yourself in our doomed social climate.”
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/
