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Oscar Byrne, NewFangled – Guest Mixtape Series

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We invited Oscar Byrne, host of 2SER’s new music show NewFangled, to share a mixtape of his favourite tracks of 2022. Andy Golledge – Rescue Me A song best served live ! Get your cowboy boots on for this swinger of a tune.  Blood – Self Improvement Blistering punk rock that makes you wanna bounce off the floor like Iggy Pop.  Wet Leg – Chaise Lounge A song that makes you automatically want to sing a long.  Automatic – Venus HourThe slickest and coolest track from 2022, with bouncy bass lines and smooth female vocals this is one you’ll want to spin on your next drive down the freeway.  Fontaines DC – Roman Holiday Fontaines DC never fail to deliver with their iconic Dublin accent spoken word vocals.  Girl and Girl – Garden Song The Brisbane post punkers serve up a 80’s sound that is reminiscent of The Go Betweens.  Ty Segall – Hello, Hi The Californian psych wizard is back and better than ever with fuzzed up guitar lick heaven.  Flowertruck – Crying Shame Crying Shame is a buzzing alternative rock anthem …

Euterpe – Guest Mixtape Series

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We invited Sydney local band Euterpe to share their ideal mixtape. This is is the first in our band/artist guest series. Your mum shows you this song in the car with the speakers on full blast. You think to yourself “my god, this is gonna catalyse a passion for alternative rock and Ancient Greek modalities”. -Bianca (vocals/guitar) The Nagging Doubts are a great local post-punk act. This song toes the perfect line between groove and soundscape, in my opinion. -Oscar (guitar) My trumpet teacher gave me this album in year 5, and I played it on repeat for years because I didn’t have any other music on my iPod -Conrad (drums) This song is so beautiful and haunting, but somehow simultaneously danceable (or at least foot-tappable…) –Mim (bass) Walking home from uni on a crisp windy Sydney afternoon, you listen to the liquid vibratos of an amber voice coupled with a discordant, fractured guitar. There’s something weird going on out there, man -Bianca This more reflective cut from Lianne La Havas’ 2020 album trades the …

MIXTAPE SEVEN: TIME MACHINE

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We asked you to  turn back time and hear a song that made an impact on you in your youth. Give us your teen angst,  music you would dance to wildly in your room, coming of age song. Falco – Der Kommissar Yes, I was a member of the Falco fanclub in my youth. I’ve started to hear this song in a lot of recent films. Who’s the cool kid now?AGE: 12 Oasis – Supersonic This song made me feel like I was really COOL getting the bus to school when I was 14. I felt like a real rock n roll star….. couldn’t have been further from it.AGE: 14 Police – Bring on the Night Reminds me when I was sitting for hours in front of the stereo in the leaving room, headphones on, listening to my favourite vinyls and feeling the music so deeply in my whole being.AGE: 13 Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone I freakin love this song. Teenage angst at it’s best.AGE: hmmm…early teens? Orange Juice – Blue Boy I …

MIXTAPE SIX: SONGS OF SEDUCTION

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These are the songs you throw on when you want to get busy. Track 1: Ooh La La – Goldfrapp Track 2: Bob’s Yer Uncle – Happy Mondays ‘Bob’s Yer Uncle’ is the standout track from arguably the only standout album released by the Happy Mondays, the aptly titled ‘Pill ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches’. And weaved through out the tune, Shaun Ryder embraces the mantra that ‘questions are more important than answers’, posing timeless conundrums such as: 1. What do you want to hear when we’re making love? 2. Can I hold you from behind and tell you that it’s me? 3. Can I take you from behind and hold you in my arms? 4. What do we need to re-live to bring us close? 5. Why don’t you do it to me? 6. Why don’t you do those things to me? Track 3: Feel Like Makin’ Love – Roberta Flack Beautiful and smooth! Track 4: Luv Machine – Blonde Redhead So many different feelings in this song! Love/hate, attraction/repulsion… a certain vision of a …

MIXTAPE FIVE: REMEDY- LOCKDOWN RELIEF

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Whether you’re still in lockdown or on the other side – the song that has been by your side in your lockdown. Track 1: Cacao – Remasterizado – Grupo Algo NuevoSome days lockdown makes me feel like my skeleton needs to pop out of my skin just for something to do. When that feeling comes on I put this banger on and shimmy through each room in the apartment a couple of times. Track 2: What’s Goin’ On – Marvin Gaye50 years since this song was released and still as relevant today as it was then. Track 3: Breeze Blocks – Alt -JA song that appeared in my life during lockdown and stayed on rotation. Track 4: Karaköy – Brazilian GirlsMy obsession for this band grew over lockdown. This song in particular – really beautiful lyrics. Oh and the lead singer is super cool. Track 5: White Elephant – Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsWhite Elephant is from the first ever Nick Cave and Warren Ellis album (that is not a movie soundtrack); released during …

MIXTAPE FOUR: BUCKLE UP

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Buckle up. Your favourite commute song – whether it is a short trip to the shops, your commute to work or a longer road trip. A song that keeps you company, daydreaming and moving when traveling. Choose your mode of transport: Car ride, scooter, walking your dog, ferry, skateboard, train, roller skating, bus, plane, rocketship, submarine, yacht, jogging – you decide. Track 1: Hear This – JaramiMode of transport: Car roadtrip My daughter and I have this loooong playlist for our roadtrips and every time this song shows up, and especially when the contagious bass kicks in, it made us sing along and wanting to go on a crazy adventure beyond borders and dreams. Track 2: Big Chief – Professor LonghairMode of transport: car roadtrip This song has kept me company on recent roadtrips. Track 3: LA Woman – The DoorsMode of transport: Bus route Sydney to Canberra (the last long bus trip I took) I believe LA Woman is the greatest road trip song of all time. It has hypnotising back beat that will …

MIXTAPE THREE: Wonderful sounds from the screen

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Check your ticket at the door. Grab your popcorn. We want to hear your song choice from a film. Forget mainstream films –  surprise us.  Show us something you think we haven’t heard. Listen to playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5l8gmsTeqsKIOxIRTHu58q?si=a0cdcf811b5c4ad9 Want to contribute to our next mixtape? Sign up here http://eepurl.com/hteWff Track 1: Sinnerman – Nina SimoneThomas Crown Affair – John McTiernanWhile movie is average…this is one of those songs that takes you away to another place and dimension. Can’t help but love it. Track 2: Le temps de l’amour – Françoise HardyMoonrise Kingdom – Wes AndersonI love both Françoise Hardy and Wes Anderson’s films so it’s the perfect combination. And the dance scene where the song features always make me laugh. Track 3: Widana Widana – Ragheb AlamaThe Hairdressers Husband – Patrice LeconteI want someone to dance from me like this. Track 4: I Love You All – The Soronpbfs, Michael FassbenderFrank – Lenny AbrahamsonA fantastic film that showcases Michael Fassbender’s acting and singing talents Track 5: Bug Powder Dust – Bomb the BassNaked Lunch – …

MIXTAPE TWO: Find me on the dance floor

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No matter where you are, as soon as you hear the opening beats of this song, you’re up on the dancefloor. And when we say dancefloor, we mean a nightclub where no one knows your name, the wedding you weren’t invited to (but managed to sneak your way in), or aisle 6 of your local supermarket.   MIXTAPE TWO: Find me on the Dance FloorLISTEN HERE Want to contribute to our next mixtape? Sign up here http://eepurl.com/hteWff Track 1: Rock Steady – Aretha FranklinHow can you not dance to this song? Track 2: Miracle – KimbraThe dancefloor isn’t my natural habitat, to put it mildly, but this is one song that could tempt me. It’s rhythm is undeniable and it penetrates every element of the track. Track 3: I Like It – The Player’s AssociationWhen I was DJ-ing, I would always finish the night with this song – wanting folk to leave the club with a happy positive mood as they ventured out into the night /morning. It reminds me of those nights with people …

MIXTAPE ONE: I Really Like You

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The reason mixtapes are made. Songs to let someone know you really like them. LISTEN HERE Track 1: Just My Kind – The Julie Ruin I was making a mixtape for my girlfriend and this song summed up everything I felt about her in a 3:50 pop pocket of perfection. Track 2: You Make My Dreams (Come True) – Hall and OatsIt’s super cute and also a reference to one of my favourite old-school internet videos. So if you get that, you get me! Track 3: You Can Have It All – George McCrae Track 4: Swing Lynn – Harmless Track 5: Broken Arrow: Robbie RobertsonOne of the greatest love songs ever written. Track 6: Message to My Girl – Split EnzThe lyrics and the melancholy mood of the song speaks to how hard it is to say, I like you or ‘I love you’. A song that speaks to that trepidation and can be your voice is a beautiful song. Track 7: Beautiful Cosmos – Ivor CutlerIt’s the best song about love, companionship, tea …