8tracks  

Fourth in a series of CDs I've made for my mom over the past ten years. 19 tracks including Priscilla Ahn, The Nines, and Bishop Allen.

A typical hour of music from the streaming internet radio station. Also available as an iMix on iTunes.

That there's twelve tracks should give a pretty strong clue as to the conceit behind this mix.

Headlights, Keren Ann, The Decemberists

A largely-upbeat collection of largely-recent alterna-tunes that I'm particularly fond of.

Fifteen tracks including music by The Bird and the Bee, Belle & Sebastian, Bishop Allen, Mates of State, and David & the Citizens.

The next programmed show for the station will be a weekly hour of covers. It will be called Coverbucket and will have songs like this.

Fourteen tracks including music by Fountains of Wayne, Girlyman, The Hippos, Yazbek, WIlloughby, and Jon Brion.

That bluegrass cover of S.O.S.? Well, of course.

photo: .craig

Songs in a minor key, a minor chord progression, a minor vocal counterpoint in the bridge... something about it pushes my buttons.

Pretty telling that I had already given all these tracks five-star ratings in iTunes.

Fourteen tracks of alternative and pop, including music by Tim Finn, Dan Wilson, Muse, Happy Bullets, Jonatha Brooke and Keren Ann.

Hey Poindexter, drop that calculus book and listen up!

Twenty-two tracks with geektastic overtones, including music by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, Moxy Früvous, Bigwheel, Sia, Da Vinci's Notebook, Inara George, and Dada.

Finally got around to importing some 25 albums that have been piling up for a couple months. These are a few of the top tracks coming out of that so far.

23 tracks of power pop and alternative, including music by Dr. Dog, Clearlake, DeVotchKa, Phantom Planet, and The Weepies.

Not necessarily new releases, but new to the station.

Music that reminds me of college in the latter half of the 80s. Your memories may vary.

One hundred tracks of pop, rock, and alternative including music by 'Til Tuesday, 10,000 Maniacs, Aztec Camera, Poi Dog Pondering, Crowded House, Toad The Wet Sprocket, They Might Be Giants, and Bangles presented in chonologicalish order.

Six and a half hours too long? It started out as 9:30 and was culled to 7:40 before the 100-track limit resulted in what's heard here.

(p.s., there's a 100-track limit on 8tracks)

Thirteen songs that have a tendency to get stuck in my head, including music by Flight of the Conchords, Hummingbirds, Pilot, The Hippos, Sloan, and Taxiride. You've been warned.

photo: Ben McLeod