LWA Blog — mixtapes

It's been a minute since I posted here, mainly because...2023 was, well, it's been something. I went back and forth a couple times on whether I wanted to do this or not. The old habit won out in the end and here we are. As usual, the download version is the one I prefer because, well, reasons. But here's a Spotify link if that's your thing, no judgement. The download version has a couple tracks and a couple nifty things that aren't available from the corporate machine.  Details details details. This is just stuff I like and what I was able to...

I feel like lately there's been a lot of R.E.M. discourse happening, maybe thanks in part to The Bear, the excellent Hulu drama (seriously, watch it, I didn't think I'd like it but guess what), which features a couple R.E.M. songs. Strange Currencies, Half a World Away and Oh My Heart. I had to look up that last one, late-period R.E.M. kinda escapes me. I'm not one of those "Oh I only listen to the I.R.S. stuff" assholes, but I did kinda fall off after Up. It just didn't feel the same at the time, I was more on the...

This is the last one of this "Possible Soundtracks" series. It definitely sounds good in the car.

This one might be my favorite, I just love post-rock, ambient and space sounding shit. 

This one is pretty light, just like a romcom, I like it. Track 9 is supposed to be the original Ada cover of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Maps, but it isn't available on this platform. You can check it out here if you like. This Thomas/Mayer remix is pretty nice, though, and still fits the bill.