Mixtape: The World Can’t Bring You Down

Well, the year shows no signs of letting up just yet, but we are skidding into the last couple of months and traditionally that has begged for a few mixtapes around here. The last few years I’ve rounded up some of the best indie pop into bouquets of jangles, in the tradition of Sarah Records comps, and this year proved more packed than most. There have been so many insistent indie pop records that it was hard to narrow down a mix, but here’s just over 90 minutes of the best bittersweet moments from the last year or so. Plenty of familiar names in the bunch, but quite a few newcomers grace the ranks as well. Dive in!

Tracklist

Tossing Seed – Bootleg Charm
Paper Jam – Roaming Eyes
NOW – The Ballad of Joy Bang
The Crabs – The World Can’t Bring You Down
Golomb – Staring
Blue Zero – Confusion
Semi Trucks – Lou and Edie
Loose Tooth – Buy Into Something
Tulpa – Let’s Make a Tulpa!
The Laughing Chimes – Cats Go Car Watching
Donna Allen – Telescope Heart
Peel Dream Magazine – Venus in Nadir
Tony Molina – Violets of Dawn
Whitney’s Playland – Long Rehearsal
Massage – Daffy Duck
The Tubs – Freak Mode
Strange Passage – Hunter’s Fancy
The Telephone Numbers – Be Right Down
Jeanines – On and On
Galore – Bastard
The Cords – Just Don’t Know (How To Be You)
Ex-Vöid – Sara
Ryli – I Think I Need You Around
Creative Writing – Sister
Bramwell – Problems
Josie – These Days
The Caroline’s – dunia belum berakhir, tetapi waktu telah berhenti
Time Thief – A Brief History of Ordinary Letdowns
Good Flying Birds – I Care For You
Autocamper – Proper
The Reds, Pinks and Purples – I Only Ever Wanted To See You Fail
Snails – Through The Moss
The Pennys – Trilobites
Piggietails – And I’m Alright