March has gone and Spring has sprung. If you were too busy trying to top up your vitamin D levels with every weak little sunbeam then fear not, we have collected everything featured on Wake The Deaf in one handy little playlist. Follow the links in the tracklisting to be whisked away to the relevant pages.

We are taking a short break over Easter to gather our thoughts and hopefully return with something shiny and new. No promises just yet but keep an eye here, Twitter or Facebook for developments. Until then!

Tracklisting:

1. i. – Danielle Fricke
2. Dk/Pi – Aero Flynn
3. Summering – Summering
4. Chapter 1 – Human Behavior
5. Dogs 1 – Vio/Miré
6. A Home Just Over Yonder – Frankie Duff
7. M.M.G.A.T.M – Field Medic
8. Broken Necks – Eskimeaux
9. Maybe I’m Wasting My Time – Jake Rollins
10. God is Laughing at Me – Butterfly House
11. Hold Me Like a Child – GOOD, GOOD BLOOD
12. Invisible Cities – Beat Radio
13. Somebody Kill Me Please – LVL UP
14. The Plane – Andrew Hung
15. Roles Reversed – Kid In The Attic
16. Floral Mattress – Naps
17. Tennis – Derek Piotr
18. The Day is Past and Gone – Jean Ritchie
19. The Day is Past and Gone (Variations) – Sarah Louise
20. Buffalo Bones – Wes Tirey
21. Don’t Go – Radical Dads
22. Lucky Man – Joplin Rice
23. Billy Madison Victory Song – Krill
24. Demise – Psalmships

March 2015 Roundup from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Did you miss anything on Wake The Deaf this month? Catch up with this handy 8tracks mixtape featuring a track from all the artists. Click the names in the tracklist to be zoomed off to the relevant post.

Tracklisting:

1. The Blackest Crow – Robbie Banks
2. Good News is Too True – Newfoundland
3. The Blues Easing – Slows Down
4. Silly River – Gay Angel
5. A Whole New Shape – Happyness
6. The Ghost at Woodland Park – Molly Drag
7. Matches – ACAB Rocky
8. Comb The Feelings Through You Hair – Grooms
9. Spider’s Web – Obody
10. Field Guide – Sarah Louise
11. So Long – Anomie
12. Slow Time Vultures – Elephant Micah
13. Light Leaks – Ben Seretan

February 2015 Roundup from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Miss last month’s edition? Listen to our January round-up.

February Mix from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Tracklisting:

1. Borrowed Tune (Neil Young Cover) – Field Report*
2. Someone Like You (Adele Cover) – Shipwrecks & Island of Misfit Toys
3. Good Good Things (The Descendents Cover) – Edsel
4. Ceremony (New Order Cover) – Chromatics
5. Angels (The XX Cover) – KOTKEE
6. Dark Eyes (Bob Dylan Cover) – Dirty Projectors
7. If I Had No Place To Fall (Townes Van Zandt Cover) – Nathaniel Rateliff^
8. Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen Cover) – Praything
9. From the Soil, a Violin (Goose Lake Cover) – Wand (formerly First Nations)
10. I Can’t Talk About It (El Perro Del Mar Cover) – His Clancyness
11. Such Great Heights (Postal Service Cover) – Iron & Wine
12. From The Morning (Nick Drake Cover) – Pickering Pick
13. Night Moves (Bob Seger Cover) – Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson^
14. Hang Me, Oh Hang Me (Traditional) – Daniel Rossen
15. My Dreams Have Withered and Died (Richard and Linda Thompson Cover) – Angel Olsen & Marissa Nadler
16. No Ordinary Love (Sade Cover) – The Rosebuds
17. You Aint Seen Nothing Yet (Bachman Turner Overdrive Cover) – Yo La Tengo
18. Indian Sunburn (Schooner Cover) – Wesley Wolfe
19. Ohio (Damien Jurado Cover) – Neil Halstead*
20. I See a Darkness (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy Cover) – Johnny Cash

* = taken from Fuel/Friends Chapel Sessions
^ = taken from Daytrotter Sessions

Please remember to support the artists! We’ve included links on the tracklisting that will take you somewhere more specific for each band so be sure to check out their original material. Also visit Daytrotter and Fuel/Friends, the sessions they do are well worth your time.

The Covers Mix: Volume #6 from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Tracklisting:

1. Lovecrimes (Frank Ocean Cover) – The Afghan Whigs
2. Little Dreamer (Future Islands Cover) – Doe Paoro
3. Bad Days (Flaming Lips Cover) – Siskiyou
4. Again (Janet Jackson Cover) – How To Dress Well
5. Dog Song (Mountain Man Cover) – Stupid Loser
6. Celebrated (Husker Du Cover) – Mark Kozelek
7. Say Say Say (Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney) – Woodpigeon
8. Zebra (Beach House Cover) – Yellow Ostrich
9. Atmosphere (Joy Division Cover) – Flowers Of Hell
10. Climbing Up The Walls (Radiohead Cover) – The Twilight Sad
11. Islands In The Stream (Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton) – Constantines & Feist
12. Louie Louie (Richard Berry/The Kingsmen Cover) – The Royal Iguana Fur
13. Harvest Moon (Neil Young Cover) – The Sour Notes
14. Into The Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover) – Paul Baribeau
15. Forgiveness (Patty Griffin Cover) – The Local Strangers
16. Calling And Not Calling My Ex (Okkervil River Cover) – Ola Podrida
17. Please Please Please Let M Get What I Want (The Smiths Cover) – Pickering Pick
18. Jesus, Etc. (Wilco Cover) – Bill Fay
19. Look At Miss Ohio (Gillian Welch Cover) – Blind Pilot
20. The Party’s Over/No Children (Willie Nelson/Mountain Goats Cover) – Manchester Orchestra

Please support the artists by exploring their other releases and becoming huge and dedicated fans.

The Covers Mix: Volume #4 from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Tracklisting:

1. Heroes (David Bowie Cover) – TV On The Radio
2. Shame (PJ Harvey Cover) – Japandroids
3. Close To Me (The Cure Cover) – WHY?
4. Float On (Modest Mouse Cover) – Blackbird Blackbird
5. The House That Heaven Built (Japandroids Cover) – Beat Radio
6. Going To Georgia (Mountain Goats Cover) – Sledding With Tigers
7. Still Life Blues (Elephant Micah Cover) – Small Sur
8. Runaway (Kanye West Cover) – Parts & Labor
9. Flume (Bon Iver Cover) – Emily Sprague
10. Lovely Allen (Holy Fuck Cover) – Shugo Tokumaru
11. Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ (The Velvet Underground Cover) – Bry Webb & Casey Mecija (of Ohbijou)
12. Whirring (Arms Cover) – Windmill
13. Wonderful (The Way I Feel) (My Morning Jacket Cover) – Trampled By Turtles
14. End Of The Line (Travelling Wilburys Cover) – GSJF
15. Constructive Summer (The Hold Steady Cover) – Kelly Hogan
16. Texas In A Drawer (Heidi Spencer Cover) – Conrad Plymouth (Now Field Report)
17. Red Candle Bulb (Withered Hand Cover) – Meursault
18. Yulia (Wolf Parade Cover) – Dan Griffin
19. Kettering (The Antlers Cover) – Sean Atkins
20. Golden Age (Beck Cover) – Strand Of Oaks

As usual if you like what you hear then go out to shows and buy stuff.

(P.S. Be sure to check out Volumes I and II if you haven’t already)

The Covers Mix: Volume #3 from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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We’ve tried to include new stuff but there are a few favourites thrown in. If any song has appeared on one of our mixes before, apologies but it probably just fitted in nicely to our idea of chronology. Hopefully it’s sunny with you this weekend to enjoy this.

Part I // Day – Tracklisting:-

1. Time To Run – Lord Huron
2. Who Knew – You Won’t
3. Murderous Joy – Carter Tanton
4. My Nature – Kissed Her Little Sister
5. Blood Brother – The Daredevil Christopher Wright
6. Messing Up My Mind – Fletcher C. Johnson
7. Summer Lawns – The Child Actors
8. Midnight Psalms (Alright!) – LANTERNS.
9. Football Hero – Bonjour
10. Oregon – Junk Culture
11. Conor, Oh Burst? – Playlounge
12. Heatstroke – Brick + Mortar
13. SOLO (‘4’ CLAIRE) – Wise Blood
14. This Summer – Superchunk
15. Electric Fever – Free Energy
16. About To Walk – Throw Me The Statue
17. All Of Me – Tanlines
18. Kiola Beach – HOT SPA
19. Whale Song – Lemolo
20. Summer Music – Advance Base
21. Mane – Conveyor
22. Certain Songs – The Hold Steady
23. Nothing To Say – Paul Baribeau
24. Late July – Shakey Graves
25. Bones -The Act Of Estimating As Worthless

Summer Mix – Day from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

Enjoy the mix and if you like what you hear, be sure to head over to the artist’s website to buy some music, a t-shirt or two and maybe some gig tickets. It’s the right thing to do!

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