Since 2004, I have been making an indie pop comp for my birthday (prior entries into the series includes Ides of April, Glide, Bees Knees, Carousel, Treehouse, Walking Through Walls, Roam the Breezy Pastures, Now That I’m Older, and Alien Ways). This year’s comp is called Memory Machine. All songs are from 2011-2013 (mostly 2012-2013). As usual for this series, I think it is relatively accessible, and much of it may be familiar to the indie music followers among you.
Click the link below to stream the compilation; the songlist follows.
1. Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland “2 [Baby]” (2012)
2. JJ “10” (2012)
3. Taken By Trees “Dreams” (2012)
4. Gardens & Villa “Gypsy” (2012)
5. Unknown Mortal Orchestra “So Good At Being in Trouble” (2013)
6. Foxygen “San Francisco” (2013)
7. White Denim “Darlene” (2012)
8. Ducktails “Assistant Director” (2013)
9. The Fresh & Onlys “Presence of Mind” (2012)
10. Candy Claws “Do You Ever Feel That Way?” (2012)
11. Melody’s Echo Chamber “Crystallized” (2012)
12. Crystal Stilts “Dark Eyes” (2011)
13. The Raveonettes “Observations” (2012)
14. Lower Dens “Two Cocks” (2012)
15. Chromatics “Cherry” (2012)
16. El Perro Del Mar “Hold Off The Dawn” (2012)
17. TOPS “Evening” (2012)
18. Andrew Bird “Lazy Projector” (2012)
19. Efterklang “Apples” (2012)
20. Peaking Lights “Beautiful Son” (2012)
April 16, 2013
* The cover image is an excerpt of Fred Tomaselli’s “Field Guides” (2003), viewed at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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And here are a few videos with songs from the compilation:
Taken By Trees “Dreams”:
Foxygen “San Francisco”:
Melody’s Echo Chamber “Crystallized”:
Efterklang “Apples”:
Wonderings 