Vacation Mixtape

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Going on vacation for 2 weeks starting October 1, and I'm looking for some recommendations. Songs, or albums.


Abstract hip hop; trip hop
Big band era
Girl groups (50's - 70's)
Obscure oldies
Pop: Dream, Indie, Psychedelic folk
Rock: Art, Post, Indie, Folk
Shoegaze
Any form of: Acid music, Ambient/electronica


Feedback will most definitely be given.

[SirNewt]

Well, if you need big band you obviously have to have Glenn Miller but you probably knew that already. I recommend the two disk Essential Glen Miller.

[chrisnu]

Electronica - Dubnobasswithmyheadman by Underworld. You can't go wrong with a track on this record, but my favorites are the one-two punch of "Dirty Epic" and "Cowgirl". Primarily techno, but they expand so much upon that.

Also, Moon Safari by Air. It recently had a tenth-anniversary re-release. "Sexy Boy" gets most of the attention, by my favorite tracks are "All I Need", and "You Make It Easy". Sweet, mellow electro-pop.

[bac0n]

Well, if you need big band you obviously have to have Duke Ellington but you probably knew that already. I recommend any sorta best-of type compilation. But then again, you can't really go wrong with The Duke.

Fixed

[D_Davis]

Pop: Dream

Alt-Ctrl-Sleep - Self Titled

Best of this genre I've heard in years, probably since the early 1990s. Absolutely amazing.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Menomena - Friend and Foe

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

um for hip hop. I suggest the album Latyrx by Latyrx

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Moon Safari by Air
Menomena - Friend and FoeHave already listened to these. Decent albums, yeah. Specifically with the 'pop' and 'rock' genres these two fall in, I'm aiming for something a bit lesser known.

The rest: Noted. Keep 'em coming!

[Acapelli]

Pop: Indie

Cub - Vacation (The Go Go's Cover)

[D_Davis]

Lesser known: Rock:

Little Lucid Moments, by Motorpsycho

The best rock album I've heard all year. Stunning work.

[SirNewt]

Fixed

silly, big band's for old white folks.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Back!


Dubnobasswithmyheadman by UnderworldI likes.
Glenn MillerGood.
Duke EllingtonGooder.
Alt-Ctrl-Sleep - Self TitledMediocre.
Latyrx by LatyrxPass, aside from a few tracks.
Little Lucid Moments, by MotorpsychoWill investigate further.

The rest (out of five stars):
Ryan Adams - Rock n Roll: **1/2
The Album Leaf - In a Safe Place: ***
Annie - Anniemal: **1/2
Joseph Arthur - Come to Where I'm From: ***
Beck - Guero: ***
The Cure - Disintegration: ***1/2
The Duhks - The Duhks: **
Engineers - Engineers: **1/2
Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat: Fail.
Gorillaz - Gorillaz: **1/2
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights: ***1/2
Interpol - Antics: ****
Ivy - Long Distance: *1/2
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: ***
Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us (second listen): ***1/2
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News: *1/2
Mojave 3 - Excuses for Travellers: **
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless: ****
Pavement - Terror Twilight: ***
The Pointer Sisters - Best of The Pointer Sisters: ***
The Postal Service - Give Up: **1/2
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters: *
Slowdive - Souvlaki: ***+
Snow Patrol - Final Straw: *1/2
The Sounds - Dying to Say This to You: *1/2
Regina Spektor - Being to Hope: **1/2
Television - Marquee Moon: ***
The White Stripes - Elephant: **1/2
X - Los Angeles: ***

Didn't get to: Sigur Rós, Squarepusher, Tosca, Wilco

[Derek]

Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat: Fail.

As in you failed to finish it because you couldn't handle that much awesomeness in one album? Or you fail because you don't like it? There is no third option. :)

[BirdsAteMyFace]

As in you failed to finish it because you couldn't handle that much awesomeness in one album? Or you fail because you don't like it? There is no third option. :)Oh, you.

I had to stop after the third track. I'll give it another listen, for sure, but I'm no rush or anything.

[Duncan]

I used to really like Blueberry Boat, but I returned to it recently and couldn't get through it.