79 mixes taggedpop power pop

And this is what you waited for
But under lights, we're all unsure

LCD Soundsystem
The National
The Radio Dept

These were the songs that I developed unhealthy obsessions with back in the day. Never going to forget the lyrics to these gems! Featuring "artists" such as LFO, Dreamstreet and Aqua.

Twenty tracks featuring music by Big Star, Material Issue, and Cherry Twister

Okay, at this point, it's become official that I've never made a playlist with any sort of rhyme or reason.

pop songs go in this direction with tracks by Aztec Camera, Brave Irene, and The Pastels.

meaty, beaty, big and bouncy. this may give you cavities. 22 tracks from nada surf, teenage fanclub, sloan etc.

Launching Ishmael's Music Club in 2008 with eighteen stellar tracks including music by Big Star, Crowded House, and E.

Twenty-four tracks including music by Stacy Clark, Dashboard Confessional, and The Rocket Summer.

Quote by Cat Stevens

I know everybody says they have the strangest dreams, but, when I have to get through 2 giant cardboard monsters with a light saber under a sky full of glass stars and have David Byrne threaten me at gun point to allow him to be my radio co-host, I think I'm in the top 10. Oh, these dreams have a pretty sweet soundtrack too!

This one-hour experience has been given the hoity-toity title "The Wide-Awake Dream," and you may notice some lyrical content that orbits around the concept of dreams, fantasies, imagination, etc. From US radio hits to across-the-pond faves to retro diversions to a world-class guitar workout by Prince!

Ishmael's mixtape for 2011! The songs that end up on my compilations usually have one thing in common: even after dozens of plays, I get tingles up and down my spine or a pitter-patter in my heart when the music hits my eardrums. This mixtape has no special thematic thread or concept except that all of the music has "Affected" me (hence the title). You may also notice a few singers along the way with somewhat "affected" vocals.

Eight tracks including music by Supergrass, Elastica, and Teenage Fanclub.